Colleen Mullen was officially reintroduced to Rhode Island as the program’s 10th head coach on Tuesday in a press conference at the Ryan Center. “It’s truly a privilege and an honor to be chosen to lead this program,” Mullen said. “Being back on campus, it’s so familiar, a lot of memories coming back.” Director of…
Colleen Mullen’s collegiate playing career began at the University of Rhode Island in 1998, and now her collegiate coaching career will continue there. Vice President and Director of Athletics Pat Lyons announced Sunday that Mullen will become URI’s next women’s basketball head coach after eight seasons leading the University at Albany. The new coach signed…
The University of Rhode Island women’s basketball team will hang two new banners in the rafters of the Ryan Center next season, but will do so without the head coach who led them there. On3’s Talia Goodman confirmed the news Monday afternoon after a morning of speculation that Rhode Island Head Coach Tammi Reiss will…
How often do you get something right on the first try? How often do you get something wrong if you don’t try? Never. As everyone around me began getting into relationships, I told my friends my plan. I was going to go one-and-done, find my perfect person, and be with her till death do us…
The University of Rhode Island women’s basketball team saw its season come to an end on Saturday in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The No. 11-seeded Atlantic 10 Conference champions took on the No. 6 seed University of Alabama and struggled to convert from the field in a 68-55 loss. “We just didn’t…
The University of Rhode Island introduced Pat Lyons as its new vice president and director of athletics in a press conference at the Ryan Center on Wednesday. A Providence native, Lyons has spent more than 25 years in executive leadership positions at the Division I level between Iona University and, most recently, Seton Hall University….
Rams Head Coach Tammi Reiss danced her way to the ladder to cut down the nets on Sunday, and more dancing is on the way for the University of Rhode Island women’s basketball team. After a 30-year wait, the team is heading back to the NCAA Tournament. Reiss built the program into a winner; now,…
A prayer was answered on Saturday as the University of Rhode Island women’s basketball team secured its second regular-season Atlantic 10 Conference championship in four years. “The only thing I wanted was a championship for these girls,” Head Coach Tammi Reiss said. “You could take anything from me, anything. But I wanted them to feel…
Rhode Island men’s basketball sixth-year guard RJ Johnson released his single “Rhody Boys” on Jan. 30, referencing the team’s full roster throughout. A month later, I can confidently bring you my breakdown of the song’s lyrics, since Genius somehow hasn’t already jumped all over it. Official lyrics, transcribed by me, annotated by me, to the…
Hykeem Carter, better known by his stage name, “Baby Keem,” is back. “Ca$ino,” Keem’s second studio album, follows up on “The Melodic Blue,” which was released nearly five years ago on Sept. 10, 2021. A deluxe edition added seven new songs just over a year later. Since then, there has been radio silence for his…