Photo courtesy of GoRhody A recap of a successful week in Rhode Island athletics Women’s Rowing named A-10 Boat of the Week The University of Rhode Island women’s rowing team had one of the most successful weeks of the season this week winning the 52nd annual Kerr Cup Regatta. The Varsity 8 boat was…
Photo by Autumn Walter |CIGAR| Last Thursday afternoon the team held their 10th annual drive in hopes of getting 300 new members into the registry. Over the past 10 years the University of Rhode Island football program has teamed up with “Be The Match’ to help recruit potential donors for the bone marrow registry. Rhode Island…
The other day it hit me. I sat in my friend’s living room on Sunday afternoon completely emerged in game one of the first round of the NBA playoffs between the Boston Celtics and the Milwaukee Bucks. The atmosphere, the competition, the speed of the game and the chase to win the NBA Finals had…
Photo by Autumn Walter |CIGAR| Dan Hurley passes the torch to head coach David Cox after four years working alongside each other. The search is officially over. David Cox is the next Rhode Island men’s basketball head coach. The announcement came down on the last Wednesday, April 4, from the University of Rhode Island Athletic Department….
After weeks of speculation concerning the 2018 recruiting class for the University of Rhode Island’s basketball team, three of the four recruits have declared their intention to stay with the program moving forward after the decision to promote David Cox to the position of head coach. Jermaine Harris, Dana Tate and Tyrese Martin confirmed their…
Photo courtesy of Julie Fletcher of GoRhody. In their second invitational since returning for the spring season, the University of Rhode Island golf team finished second at the Villanova Wildcat Invitational. The Rams mounted a big comeback on the second day, climbing from seven out of 17 teams all the way to second place. Ultimately,…
Photo courtesy of GoRhody| In the pole vault, senior Karlee Fowler had a mark of 11′ 11/75″ The University of Rhode Island women’s track and field team had a big weekend two weeks ago setting program records at the Raleigh Relays in North Carolina, while also finishing third at the Black and Gold invitational at Bryant….
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…