The transition from high school to college basketball isn’t always easy for a lot of athletes, but first-year Vanessa Harris has scratched that narrative in her first season with the University of Rhode Island women’s basketball team. For Harris, the journey to ending up in Kingston came down to the Rams’ recruiting process. “Rhode Island…
The University of Rhode Island softball team opened its season with a 3-2 win over Marist University on Friday in walk-off fashion, thanks to an RBI-single from third-year Riley Frickleton. While Frickleton was the hero this past weekend for the Rams, she missed all of last season due to an injury. She didn’t waste any…
For the second-straight week, 11 of the 14 Atlantic 10 Conference teams have shifted in our power rankings. Each week, the Good Five Cent Cigar Sports Staff ranks every team in the A-10. This is how our ranking shaped up as of Feb. 16: T-13th Place: Virginia Commonwealth University Rams (8-18, 4-10) (-1) Since VCU…
There are only a couple of weeks left before March Madness begins. But for some teams, it’s been over before it even starts. Each week, the Cigar Sports Staff votes on the rankings of teams in the Atlantic 10 Conference. Here’s how the rankings turned out as of Feb. 16: 14th Place: La Salle University…
The University of Rhode Island baseball team suffered a four-game series sweep to start its season on the road against Jacksonville University over the weekend. “We need to be better,” Rhode Island Head Coach Raphael Cerrato said. “I haven’t lost any faith in this team, that this team can’t be a good team.” Friday’s scheduled…
Universities are built on continuity—on accumulated knowledge, shared history, and the quiet expertise that develops over time. Yet within many institutions of higher education, experience does not always feel like a protected asset, particularly when it belongs to older women. At the University of Rhode Island, there are many employees in their sixties who have…
Disaster struck the Boston Celtics organization late in game four of the Eastern Conference Semifinals on May 12, 2025, when superstar Jayson Tatum suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon. Without Tatum, the Celtics went on to lose the series to the New York Knicks in six games. The future of the team seemed in jeopardy as…
Drivers, start your engines. A new season of NASCAR began on Sunday with the Daytona 500, a 500-mile, 200-lap, Cup Series race at Daytona International Speedway in Florida. Often called the “Great American Race,” the Daytona 500 holds a unique place in motorsports. Most major sporting leagues end their season with their biggest event, whether…
Domesticated sheep–Ovis aries–are a domesticated ruminant species numbering in the billions worldwide. Sheep have lived with humans for thousands of years and often hold symbolic meanings in various Eurasian cultures. These grazing herbivores are quite prolific and are an essential farm animal and have their place along with horses, cows, and chickens in the farm-cannon….
You finally poured your feelings out to a guy you’ve known for at least a year, hoping for reciprocation, but it went the opposite way. What’s the next move? Last semester, I had a huge crush on a guy that I’d known for a while, but I was too nervous to do anything about it….