Photo courtesy of GoRhody Consistency and team mentality are the pieces to success that the University of Rhode Island men’s track and field and cross country programs have been built on since 1982. Both of these pieces have come synonymous with head coach John Copeland. In his 36 years at the helm of the University’s…
Why Cox was the correct choice to be the 20th head coach in URI men’s basketball history The news broke the morning of March 22 that Dan Hurley would be packing his bags and heading west to Storrs, Connecticut to lead the University of Connecticut Huskies. For the first time in six years, the University…
Photo by Autumn Walter |CIGAR| The University of Rhode Island announced on Wednesday, April 4 that David Cox, the associate head coach for the men’s basketball team, was promoted to the head coach. The announcement resulted in mostly positive reactions from students on the Kingston campus. The opening for the head coach position was created…
The University of Rhode Island will welcome the addition of a new Division 1 cornhole team this upcoming fall. Athletic Director Thorr Bjorn was pleased to formally announce the new team in his press conference this Wednesday. Reporters and fans alike were confused as they expected the conference to be about the announcement of men’s…
Photo by Autumn Walter |CIGAR| The men’s baseball team is ready to play their next home stretch. The University of Rhode Island baseball team opened up a seven-game home stand with a win Tuesday afternoon over Quinnipiac, rebounding off of a weekend of losses at Virginia Commonwealth University, but fell on Wednesday afternoon to Northeastern….
Photo by Autumn Walter |CIGAR| It’s said that all great things must come to an end, truer words have never been spoken when it comes to the Dan Hurley era at URI. It became official on Thursday morning that Hurley won’t be stomping up and down the court next season for the Rams, instead he…
Photo courtesy of GoRhody The Rhode Island softball team began conference play over the weekend at George Mason University. Despite the Rams 4-18 record entering the series, they played at a high level against their Atlantic 10 opponent. After Rhode Island lost the first game, they came back with two wins to take the opening…
Photo by Autumn Walter |CIGAR| Over the past six years, URI has had an emotional ride with Dan Hurley as head coach. We all knew it was coming. The tough reality that the University of Rhode Island is not a destination job on the college basketball map resulted in former Rams head coach Dan Hurley…
Photo courtesy of the office of Lt. Governor Dan McKee. Throughout the course of the memorable 2017-18 season for the University of Rhode Island men’s basketball team, URI had some support coming from the State House in Providence. Rhode Island’s Lieutenant Governor Dan McKee was cheering on his home state’s university throughout the course of…
Photo by Autumn Walter |CIGAR| Baseball season starts up again with win on Tuesday and a scheduled five games next week. After 18 games on the road, the University of Rhode Island’s baseball team recorded a 5-2 win over Sacred Heart in its home opener on Tuesday afternoon. “It’s nice to play a home game,” Coach…