Positives: The Rhode Island women’s track team had a really great meet at Bryant University this weekend and look like they have a team that could be just as strong as, if not stronger than, the one that came in second place in the Atlantic 10 Championships during the indoor season. One event where the…
A former University of Rhode Island men’s basketball player recently created a non-profit organization that aims to empower and provide educational opportunities for young African men and women through basketball. Ifeanyi Onyekaba, a senior finance major, left the basketball team prior to the 2015-16 season to focus on his academics. He created Unsung Talent Basketball…
The University of Rhode Island’s football team recently scored a new linebacker coach in Mark Criner, hoping that he can revive a defense that has been too susceptible to getting carved up. Criner, before he made the move up to URI, coached at Lamar University in Texas. He also played college football at Boise…
Coming off impressive indoor seasons where the URI men’s team grabbed a championship and the women’s team earned second place, both teams picked up where they left off. Most notably, junior Ondrej Honka setting a personal best at the Florida Relays in the pole vault that earned him Atlantic 10 Performer of the Week honors…
Rowing The University of Rhode Island women’s rowing team expectedly dealt with the same turbulent winds and unpleasant weather conditions that postponed or impacted most of URI sports teams this past weekend. But, the team was still competitive in the Doc Hosea Invitational Regatta in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., taking third in Sunday’s first Varsity…
The University of Rhode Island’s journalism department just got significantly more prestigious. While the department already  boasts many successful current or former professional reporters, it now has the Sports Editor of the Providence Journal, Bill Corey. Corey, who has been teaching at URI since 2006, lives a double life of sorts. He has spent…
The University of Rhode Island women’s rowing team started their season off by beating the University of Massachusetts Amherst in a sequence of races on Saturday. URI swept away UMass in a series of four races. The Varsity 4+ boat finished three and a half seconds ahead of UMass, and the Varsity 8+ boats…
Through their first two home games of the season, Rhode Island (9-12) split a pair of contests against non-conference opponents. The Rams defeated Central Connecticut State University (7-13) 5-1 on Tuesday, before being trounced by Northeastern (11-12) 6-2 on Wednesday afternoon at Bill Beck Field. On Tuesday, Rhode Island followed the lead of their…
With nonconference play in the books, University of Rhode Island starting pitcher Becca Rogers has proven to be one of the most dynamic pitchers in the Atlantic 10. And she’s just a freshman. Rogers leads the team with a 7-4 record. Her seven wins is the third most in the conference. Even more impressively, her…
The University of Rhode Island softball team (9-12) visited George Mason University this past weekend to begin Atlantic 10 Conference play, splitting a Saturday doubleheader with a 2-0 win, followed by a 4-0 loss and a 4-1 loss on Sunday. The opening weekend for conference play could not have started out much smoother for…