The University of Rhode Island men’s soccer team won both of their matches this past week in two home contests in Kingston on Thursday and Sunday. URI took down the Bryant Bulldogs on Thursday night and the Marist Red Foxes on Sunday afternoon. With the victories, all of Rhode Island’s three total wins come at…
The University of Rhode Island athletic department has gained a new fan. Paul Pabst, the executive producer of NBC Sports’s “The Dan Patrick Show,” has taken a liking to the Rhode Island Rams. Pabst, better know as Pauly on “The Dan Patrick Show,” has not only served as the executive producer for the past 12…
Matt O’Neil has been an anchor in the URI baseball lineup this season. The fifth-year senior is batting .323 with a slugging percentage of .608 on the year while adding 9 home runs and 37 RBI. O’Neil is top three on the Rams roster in all four of those categories standing third in average, second…
I did not go to the University of Rhode Island for the sports. Sure, it’s my passion, and where I hope to make my livelihood, but I had no delusions that the Rams would be competing for national championships or winning bowl games. URI was small-time, and that’s what I liked about it. I was…
The men’s track and field team competed at the Larry Ellis Invitational last Saturday in Princeton, NJ, and the Holy Cross Quad Meet on Monday, while the women’s team took second place at the Holy Cross Invitational. On Saturday, the men’s track and field team started their busy weekend at Princeton University. Junior John Stallworth…
The University of Rhode Island baseball team (21-16, 10-4 Atlantic 10) were beaten handily at George Washington University (20-19, 5-5 A-10) on Friday 15-5, but responded with back-to-back wins on Sunday 7-2, and 5-3 to clinch another A-10 series, which they followed up with a 7-2 win at the University of Connecticut on Wednesday. Friday…
The University of Rhode Island men’s and women’s track programs visited the University of Connecticut this weekend, with the men taking second in the Northeast Challenge, while the women earned their own runner-up finish at the UConn Invitational. The men’s team finished with an overall team score of 137 points, well behind host school and…
The University of Rhode Island baseball team (18-15 (8-3, A-10)) won their road series against the University of Richmond, taking the first game 5-1, and the finale 16-5, while losing the second 7-6. In the first game of the series last Friday, Rhode Island took an early 1-0 lead in the top of the first…
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…