The basketball season officially concluded in thrilling fashion, with National Championship game producing an instant classic, and quite possibly the century’s greatest college basketball game, following Villanova’s victory over North Carolina last Monday night. It has long been done for the University of Rhode Island, who after suffering severely detrimental injuries failed to meet…
A great weekend by the men’s and women’s track teams was highlighted by the men’s team having 10 individual winners in their respective events, while the women’s team had senior Janel Conley place third out of 16 competitors in the Jim Click Heptathlon in Arizona. Going more in-depth on the men’s team’s performance while…
Positives: The Rhode Island men’s baseball team rebounded strong with a series victory over Virginia Commonwealth University by winning the first two games at home, before succumbing to the Rams in extra innings 7-3. Tyler Wilson once again was fantastic, giving up just one run in seven innings while striking out six. Wilson has…
University of Rhode Island men’s track and field sprinter DeAngelo Berry was dominant this past weekend, taking first place in two individual events on Saturday at the Black and Gold Invitational hosted by Bryant University. Berry, a junior, studying public relations and writing and rhetoric, won the 100-meter dash, the 200-meter dash, and was also…
You could say Bryant University’s bark was just as bad as their bite Wednesday afternoon. Trailing 6-3 in the ninth inning, University of Rhode Island head coach Raphael Cerrato was ejected for arguing a check swing strike three that put away sophomore Jordan Powell. “I didn’t like how the umpire was dealing with the situation, 
The University of Rhode Island golf team battled harsh weather conditions at the East Carolina Intercollegiate in a tournament where high rounds and sloppy play was the norm, as the Rams grabbed sixth place on the strength of junior Billy Walthouse. Fourteen teams and nearly 80 golfers completed two rounds on Monday, and then…
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…