Tim Thomas is 38 years old, making him one of the oldest goaltenders in the league. This fact alone brings rise to a number of questions regarding the newly finished 2012 Boston Bruins hockey season.
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In the world of baseball, specialization is the way of the world. Relief pitchers throw to only one or two batters, and defensive replacements come in for only an inning or two.
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Yesterday afternoon the University of Rhode Island baseball team picked up win number 25 of the season against Brown University behind great hitting and solid pitching at home.
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The University of Rhode Island baseball team has had a busy week thus far. The Rams played two mid-week games on the road, one versus Boston College and the other against Stony Brook University, which they split. The team was also honored by College Baseball Insider for its outstanding week.
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News and notes of the past week in sports at the University of Rhode Island.
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The University of Rhode Island women’s track and field team had an outstanding performance this past weekend, setting a total of five class records in the Brown University Invitational in Providence, R.I.
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The University of Rhode Island women’s tennis team bid adieu to its seniors on Saturday, beating Albany 6-1 and winning its seventh straight match.
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The University of Rhode Island men’s basketball teams signed its first recruits of the signing period on Friday.
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Not even a 100-degree fever could keep Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski from having fun while answering questions for hundreds at the University of Rhode Island’s Edwards Auditorium last night.
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-Move men’s and women’s hockey up to the varsity level.
I understand that there are numerous costs involved with this move in terms of scholarships and travel costs, but it is something I would dearly love to see happen. Both teams are national powers at the club level and are among the most consistently successful teams on campus.
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This past weekend the University of Rhode Island women’s track team traveled to the University of Connecticut as they participated in the UConn All-Region Invitational in Storrs, Conn.
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The University of Rhode Island baseball team played two mid-week games and were victorious in both their efforts. The team has now won eight of its last 10 games and has an overall record of 18-14.
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With the weather getting warmer and the trees starting to bloom it’s time for spring football.
The University of Rhode Island football team is midway through its spring practice and head coach Joe Trainer is happy with the team’s progress so far.
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It was a staring contest from the start, and took more than nine innings to decide a winner, but in the end it was a euphoric Sunday for the Rhode Island baseball team.
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This past Saturday the University of Rhode Island men’s track team won its first event of the year, after sitting out the previous meet because of weather concerns.
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At the Masters Championship, which is a “tradition unlike any other,” Bubba Watson walked away wearing the green jacket – after a win unlike any other.
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The University of Rhode Island baseball team beat Northeastern University by a final score of 7-1 on Tuesday afternoon. The victory was head coach Jim Foster’s 200th win as the Rhody baseball coach.
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Many of you reading this might not have any idea who I’m talking about when I say “the other A-Rod,” so I will do my best to clarify. I am NOT talking about the New York Yankees third baseman, Alex Rodriguez. I’m referring to the former top-10 world-ranking tennis player, Andy Roddick.
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Back on March 22, Tim Tebow was traded to the New York Jets.
From the reaction of many Jets fans you’d have thought that the team had just signed an incarnation of Satan. Many disliked the trade because of Tebow’s sub-standard play on the field. He completed 46.5 percent of his passes last season, and I can understand the feeling of a team making a questionable acquisition (Julio Lugo…cough cough).
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Tonight marks the end of the college basketball season, which may surprise many University of Rhode Island students who thought it ended two months ago. The championship game will be played tonight, where either the University of Kentucky or Kansas University will be cutting down the nets and celebrating another remarkable accomplishment from an already accomplished basketball program.
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In recent years, the University of Rhode Island baseball team has won its games utilizing a combination of small ball and base-running prowess.
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The University of Rhode Island men’s track team was supposed to kick off it’s outdoor season this past weekend at the University of Connecticut, but due to weather concerns, the team did not attend the meet.
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There are big events and there are “big” events. Sunday night at the Thomas M. Ryan Center the biggest event in all of collegiate athletics, the women’s NCAA basketball tournament, put Kingston in the national spotlight.
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As the sun beat down on the artificial turf the University of Rhode Island baseball team took to Bill Beck Field for the first time since the tragic death of their teammate Joey Ciancola on Oct. 27.
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New England sports don’t rest. Whether in the preseason or playoffs, there is always something discuss. In Cleveland, talk shows don’t dedicate hours to discussing the upcoming draft, and in New York, the Mets are to professional baseball what Snookie is to contemporary America – but while our sports teams continue to drown in their own glory and success, New Englanders will continue to talk about them.
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After covering the men’s basketball team for three years I’ve learned where every door, every room, and every media area is in the Thomas M. Ryan Center.
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After a long and successful season, the University of Rhode Island women’s ice hockey team’s season has come to an end. The Rams could not advance pool play during spring break in the American Collegiate Hockey Association national tournament.
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This September for the first time in 14 years, Peyton Manning will not be wearing an Indianapolis Colts uniform, leaving behind a legendary legacy. But this also could be the end to one of the best rivalries we have seen in our time, Peyton Manning vs. Tom Brady.
Since 2001, Brady and Manning have squared off a total of 14 times. Brady and his Patriots won nine while Manning and his Colts have won the remaining five.
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The University of Rhode Island women's tennis team lost its match against the University of Massachusetts in decisive fashion on Saturday.
Battling an Atlantic-10 Conference rival in Massachusetts, the Rams came up short – dropping their three doubles matches before losing each of their six singles matches.
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The University of Rhode Island men's and women's track teams competed in the Eastern College Athletic Conference Division-I Indoor Track and Field Championship this past weekend placed eighth and 12th overall, respectively.
The championship was held throughout the course of two days in Boston. Cornell University won the overall titles in both men's and women's Division I, scoring 74 points and 55 points, respectively. Rhody's women's team scored 23 points overall, while the men's team managed a total of 28.
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In many households, Bounty is the paper towel of choice. In the eyes of the NFL it is something more sinister. It's…..bad PR.
The bounty system instituted by current St. Louis Rams defensive coordinator Gregg Williams, most notably when he was with the New Orleans Saints, caused a furor in the media and throughout football.
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Before last night's game against Fordham University, Anthony Malhoit had never scored more than seven points in a game.
The senior from Connecticut had 10 points…in the first half.
Malhoit would eventually pump in 21 points and pulled down nine rebounds as University of Rhode Island men's basketball team cruised past Fordham 78-58 last night at the Thomas M. Ryan Center.
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University of Rhode Island basketball fans, if you've been to at least a few games this season, the following should sound all too familiar to you.
"YESSSSOOOOOOOOOO!"
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In sports, a debate to determine what city is truly the "city of champions" has started. There are a few core sports cities which have exhibited greatness since the beginning of professional sporting. These include Los Angeles, New York, Chicago and Boston. Each city has made its case as to why it is the city of champions. Each has won many titles, had many great athletes and truly dominated sports in one time or another. I believe, however, that Boston is the definition of greatness, and should be crowned the city of champions.
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For the second year in a row the University of Rhode Island men's ice hockey team is taking home a championship cup.
The Rams entered the Eastern States Collegiate Hockey League tournament as the No. 4-seed. The weekend started off Friday with a 7-1 victory against Robert Morris University.
The next day was another great win against the top-seeded University of Delaware. The Rams went down a goal early on. However, sophomore center and tournament MVP Sean O'Neil tied the game up at one going into the second.
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With position players reporting to Fort Myers, Fla. today for the Boston Red Sox, the baseball season is quite rapidly approaching. Soon, the Sox will once again take to the field Fenway Park field the shadow of the Green Monster – a giant green wall standing tall in left field which not only gives outfielders a headache, but has worked to make the Red Sox venue the most beloved park in baseball. With that being said, Fenway needs to go.
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You know the feeling you get when you go to your favorite restaurant, you order your "usual" meal, and the chef manage to botch it up?
That's how I felt watching Sunday night's "Elimination Chamber" pay-per-view.
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It's a scenario that fans of the University of Rhode Island men's basketball team have seen many times this season. Plagued by bad shooting and a lack of dominance on the glass, the Rams fell short against the University of North Carolina at Charlotte 73-66 Saturday afternoon at the Halton Arena.
The loss drops the Rams to 5-21 on the season.
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It was announced Friday afternoon that the University of Rhode Island football team's defensive coordinator and secondary coach Ryan Crawford would become the next defensive backs coach at Harvard University.
Crawford spent the last four years in Kingston and helped develop some of the top defensive backs in the Colonial Athletic Association.
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The Tim Thomas of late is plaguing the Boston Bruins, a team which has become known for its ability to both win and lose together. Much of the success the Bruins had last year was because of their ability to remain whole as a unit, standing up for each other when it
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Many students from the University of Rhode Island are getting a taste of culture as they travel around the world this year on an alternative spring break trip. Some are going to Texas and some to Nepal, but all of them, no matter their location, are doing something to help others.
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With ESPN2 in the building and 5,606 loud fans in the Thomas M. Ryan Center, the University of Rhode Island men's basketball was poised to win a signature game in what has been a trying season.
It took Temple University just 83 seconds of basketball to ruin the good vibes.
The Owls scored the first eight points of the game and cruised past the Rams 73-56. It was Temple's sixth straight win over Rhode Island.
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This past weekend the University of Rhode Island men's track team hosted the first annual Tribute to Torpey Invitational, a track event held in remembrance of former La Salle University track and cross country head coach Charles Torpey, who passed away last summer from a heart attack.
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At the Tribute to Torpey Invitational, the final regular season meet held at the Mackal Field House on Saturday, the University of Rhode Island women's track team honored its 11 seniors as well as its one graduate student.
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Many believed this Super Bowl Sunday to be Armageddon for New England, with a loss all but erasing our region of the country off the map. Contrary to prior belief, the sun rose Monday morning per usual. Life goes on.
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llThe Rams survived several UMass runs and six lead changes to defeat the Minutemen 81-78 in overtime in front of a raucous Thomas M. Ryan Center crowd of 4,236.
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The University of Rhode Island football team signed 15 recruits yesterday during National Signing Day. The 15 players came from seven different states. South Kingstown High School's Sean Conley was the lone Rhode Islander.
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