Women’s Basketball Final (2/15): University of Rhode Island 77-54 La Salle University Final (2/19): URI 70-65 Saint Joseph’s University On Saturday, the Rams hosted the Explorers for their annual Play4Kay game, as well as senior day. The two teams were separated by six points going into halftime, but Rhody scored a season-high 33 points in…
The heat is ramping up on women’s college basketball in the Atlantic 10 Conference with the month of March approaching. Each week, The Good Five Cent Cigar sports staff ranks the 15 teams in the A-10. Here’s how the rankings turned out as of Feb. 17: 15th Place: St. Bonaventure University Bonnies (5-20, 1-13) (-)…
Alarm bells bounce as the sun and I wake, this is it. We share a gaze that neither of us can keep, this is it. Leaves asleep–staining the concrete with their orange hue float away as I run by, this is it. She laughs so loud–the autumn tabby shrills, lively listening to her joyful tones,…
There truly is no place like Philly and no fans like Philly sports fans. So when the Philadelphia Eagles beat the Kansas City Chiefs in the Super Bowl 44-20 on Feb. 9, I knew it would be well worth the trip to go to the Eagles victory parade. At 5 a.m. my crew and I…
Ten out of 510,000, or 0.0019%, is a minuscule number – yet if you listen to politicians, you might think there has been some sort of takeover. Recently the president of the United States of America signed an executive order stating the White House will only recognize two genders and that gender is finalized during…
If you asked me to explain the principles of quantum mechanics and how the University of Rhode Island’s men’s basketball team is seventh in the Atlantic 10 Conference standings, I think I could better explain quantum mechanics than the rollercoaster ride that has been this men’s basketball season. I’m going to try my best, so…
Former University of Rhode Island professor and composer Zaccai Curtis just won a Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album with “Cubop Lives!” – but was it Grammy worthy? I’ll start this review off by saying that jazz is usually not my cup of tea when it comes to music. I am a rock and…
Peyton Vesneski, a second-year student at the University of Rhode Island, has over 20 tattoos. Vesneski is a marine affairs major at URI and started his tattoo journey in his senior year of high school. When asked how many tattoos he had, Vesneski didn’t know the answer off the top of his head. However, he…
You’ll likely never see America’s obsession overshadowed during its biggest week ever again. The National Basketball Association has always played second fiddle to the National Football League, especially during Super Bowl week. However, something must be in the Dallas water because Mavericks General Manager Nico Harrison made one of the most shocking trades in American…
The “art of war” is something that the modern American citizen requires a proxy to understand. For many of us, sports give us a taste of battle. The 2024-2025 Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs understood this art. Both teams overcame the attrition of an National Football League regular season to go on crazy…