Lebron James Signs with Lakers By Sullivan Burgess ’20 Sports Staff While this summer was filled with incredible off-season trades and pickups in the NBA, one move that stood above the rest was the announcement of All-Star LeBron James’ decision to leave the Cleveland Cavaliers and join the Los Angeles Lakers. On July 1 of […]
By Sam Scanlon ’19 Sports Staff The Providence College community lost a great one this year. Drew Brown ’16, a former Friar hockey player and National Champion, lost his courageous battle with cancer on November 11, 2017, at the age of 25. The Friars hosted the University of Massachusetts Amherst Minutemen for a weekend series […]
PC Runner Caps Off College Career as a Champion By Meaghan Cahill ’20 Sports Co-Editor Catarina Rocha ’17GS may not be the most well-known athlete on Providence College’s campus, but that does not diminish the outstanding performances she gave this year for the Providence College Women’s Cross Country Team. Her individual achievements as a runner […]
Basketball Team Falls Just Short of Third Championship By Jack Belanger ’21 Sports Co-Editor The Providence College Men’s Basketball Team had an overall successful regular season this year, going 21-14 overall and 10-8 during Big East play. While there were disappointing losses to DePaul University and to the University of Massachusetts-Amherst who would go on […]
Basketball Season Highlighted by Upset Win Over ‘Nova By Thomas Zinzarella ’21 Sports Staff After seeing the Providence College Men’s Basketball Team come off an unexpected loss against DePaul University during the latter part of the week, the Friar faithful made sure to come out in force and rally behind their home team as they […]
By Sullivan Burgess ’20 Sports Staff The best Providence College sports moment of the year was earlier in the basketball season, when the announcement of the Providence College Men’s Basketball Team signing two ESPN Top 100 High School players: Massachusetts native A.J. Reeves and Rhode Island native David Duke. With many of the starters of […]
Providence College honored its top student-athletes at the 57th Annual All-Sports Gala on Monday, April 30. The athletic department gave out awards such as male and female athletes of the year, among other awards. Here are some of the winners: Male Athlete of the Year (Team Sport): Kyron Cartwright ’18 – Men’s Basketball Female Athlete […]
By Jeremy Perrigo ’18 Sports Staff The Boston Bruins failed to eliminate the Toronto Maple Leafs for the second-straight game Monday night, as the team from the hub of Canada’s hockey world forced Game 7 with a 3-1 win at Air Canada Centre. The final game of the best-of-seven series headed back to TD Garden […]
By Meaghan Cahill ’20 Sports Co-Editor Gil Santos, inductee of the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame, radio play-by-play announcer for the New England Patriots, and member of the Patriots Hall of Fame passed away last weekend on April 19. It was his 80th birthday and 57th wedding anniversary. Known as the “Voice of the Patriots,” […]
BOP Takes This Year’s Annual Softball Game Against Friars Club By Jessica Looney ’20 Sports Staff On Sunday, April 22, the Providence College Board of Programmers (BOP) went head to head with our favorite tour guides, also known as Friars Club, in the most obvious way to show who’s best: a game of softball. BOP […]