No matter how far I move after graduation, no matter how many people I meet and no matter how many stories I publish for no matter how many different publications in my lifetime, I will never forget my first Monday night pitch meeting for The Good Five Cent Cigar. Starting off college, I was hesitant…
After a season filled to the brim with records and a revolution of program identity, the 2024 season for the University of Rhode Island football team came to an end with a 17-10 loss to Mercer University on Saturday in the second round of the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs. “We had a tremendous run, a…
With a final drive touchdown, fourth-quarter comebacks and a blocked field goal shining at the front of a slurry of highlights, the University of Rhode Island football team recently concluded its most successful season in program history. In 2024, the Rams won the most games in a single season in the history of URI football…
The University of Rhode Island women’s basketball team failed to enjoy the beginning of the holiday season, getting blanked on a three-game stretch against the University of Iowa, Idaho State University and Providence College. The week began in paradise, as the Rams went to Mexico to compete in the Cancún Challenge. The first game in…
Jackson Stepanian, a third-year student manager for the University of Rhode Island men’s basketball team, has played an integral role in the storybook 8-0 start to the season for the Rams, a role he dedicates to his late mother. “My mom was my only parent,” Stepaninan said. “My mom was my everything, she continues to…
Through a strong start and shades of woes from the past, the University of Rhode Island men’s basketball team battled through a contest with Lafayette College on Wednesday, taking the win over the Leopards 86-72. In a start that gave the Ryan Center something to cheer about, the Rams stampeded out of the gates to…
With five teams sitting inside the national top-25 rankings, another receiving votes and upsets over Football Bowl Subdivision opponents scattered throughout, the Coastal Athletic Association has proved itself as one of the best Football Championship Subdivision conferences in the country. Every week, the staff at The Good Five Cent Cigar will rank the 16 teams…
From Johnston, Rhode Island, to Joplin, Missouri, one of the debut news personalities of the midwest has been with sports every step of the way. A Rhode Island native and 2024 University of Rhode Island graduate, Cam Iasimone has relocated nearly 1,500 miles west to start his career in sports as an anchor at KSN/KODE,…
The University of Rhode Island football team lost its first Coastal Athletic Association game of the season on Saturday to the University of Delaware, 24-21. The contest left fans with a series of “what if?” questions: “What if that ball was caught,” “what if that hold wasn’t called,” and “what if the Rams stopped Delaware…
With five teams sitting inside the national top-25 rankings, others receiving votes and upsets over Football Bowl Subdivision opponents scattered throughout, the Coastal Athletic Association has proved itself as one of the best Football Championship Subdivision conferences in the country. Every week, the staff at The Good Five Cent Cigar will rank the 16 teams…