Tennis is a sport that is equally demanding physically as it is mentally. It is a sport where the burden to achieve excellence rests on the shoulders of the individual. The court is unforgiving and relentless to those who are not equipped to handle such pressure, but the players who find the balance between skill…
I am often guilty of putting athletes in their own bubble, separate from the confines of regular society. I do not give them the benefit of the doubt, but rather use their fame and fortune as a means to disprove their alleged heinous actions. I could not fathom how an athlete in the prime of…
The University of Rhode Island baseball Rams were in action this week, splitting their two-game homestand with a 5-2 walkoff win over Brown University on Tuesday before dropping their Wednesday matchup against the College of the Holy Cross, 7-4 at Bill Beck Field. The story of both games for Rhode Island was poor offensive production….
The University of Rhode Island golf team struggled to find their form, as they finished in a tie for sixth place (+35 par) at the Finnegan Invitational in LaFayette Hill, Pennsylvania Monday afternoon. The Rams came into the Whitemarsh Valley Country Club on the heels of a thrilling comeback victory at the Manor Intercollegiate last…
Baseball drop two of three at St. Bonnies, no longer unbeaten in A-10 The University of Rhode Island baseball team (15-12) lost their first conference games of the season (6-2, A-10) at St. Bonaventure University this past weekend, losing the first 5-2, and the rubber game 7-5, while winning the second 8-4. In the series…
University of Rhode Island sophomore Gregory McManus broke the URI javelin school record on April 2 on his first career throw in a Rhode Island uniform. McManus, a redshirt freshman athletically and academic sophomore, broke the record at the Black & Gold Invitational at Bryant College in Smithfield, Rhode Island. Jacob Keeling held the…
Women’s Soccer hire Wake Forest assistant as new head coach The University of Rhode Island women’s soccer team filled their head coaching void when they acquired the services of longtime Wake Forest assistant Megan Jessee last week. After losing head coach Michael Needham to an assistant coaching job at Ohio State University, the Rams were…
The University of Rhode Island baseball Rams were in action this week, splitting their two-game homestand with a 5-2 walkoff win over Brown University on Tuesday before dropping their Wednesday matchup against the College of the Holy Cross, 7-4 at Bill Beck Field. The story of both games for Rhode Island was poor offensive production….
The University of Rhode Island golf team struggled to find their form, as they finished in a tie for sixth place (+35 par) at the Finnegan Invitational in LaFayette Hill, Pennsylvania Monday afternoon. The Rams came into the Whitemarsh Valley Country Club on the heels of a thrilling comeback victory at the Manor Intercollegiate last…
There are certain Holy Grails in sports that offer an athlete the closest thing to sports immortality. They are the feats that are supposed to be unattainable, as goes the party line, “it’s a different era now, that won’t ever happen again.” But somehow a player wills himself to the unimaginable, sustained excellence and dominance…