by Joe Myko ’19 Sports Staff Former England national team soccer captain David Beckham announced on Monday Jan. 29 that his long-awaited Miami-based Major League Soccer team will be launched, becoming the 25th team included within the franchise. Beckham and Miami were formally granted an expansion side by Don Garber, an MLS commissioner, at a […]
by Jeremy Perrigo ’18 Sports Staff Providence College has a host of intramural sports for students to play all year-long, no matter the season. Those sports include ping-pong, five-on-five basketball, water polo, and ultimate frisbee to name a few. However, one intramural sport stands out among the rest: intramural hockey. If you have been looking […]
by Sam Scanlon ’19 Sports Staff Is there anything better than hitting a softball over the fence on Glay Field and off of the 5th floor of Suites? Intramural athletes long for the days when they were athletically relevant, so participating in the intramural softball league and reliving the glory days is just about the […]
Larry Nassar Found Guilty of Sexually Abusing Over 200 Gymnasts By Meaghan Cahill ’20 Sports Co-Editor It was a trial that was almost 25 years in the making and has become the greatest sexual abuse scandal in sports history. According to a 2016 lawsuit, in 1994 an unidentified gymnast, who would later go on to […]
By Sullivan Burgess ’20 Sports Staff On Sunday, July 29, 2018, Cooperstown, New York will welcome four new inductees into the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame. This marks the fourth time in history four players were voted into Cooperstown, compared to last year’s three players. This year’s new members include third baseman Chipper Jones, […]
By Jeremy Perrigo ’18 Sports Staff Since its inception in 1947, the National Hockey League All-Star Game has pitted the league’s best players against one another in an attempt to display hockey’s prime talent on a national stage. Since then, the rules of the game have changed. Originally the All-Star Game would feature the defending […]
Why the Celtics Will Make it to the Finals By Jack Belanger ’21 Sports Co-Editor Despite having multiple players suffer injuries and a tough stretch where they lost five out of six games, the Boston Celtics are where many expected them to be: first place in the Eastern Conference. Even without star […]
By Chris McCormack ’18 Sports Staff With the Winter Olympics right around the corner, there is always some debate on which Games are better: Summer or Winter? With that in mind it is necessary to understand the basic facts of the two. The Summer Olympics have been around for over a century, starting in 1896 […]
By Ethan Ticehurst ’18 Sports Staff The Winter Olympics are the best kind of games simply because of the sports that are offered. The most significant example is hockey, a sport in which some sort of competitive balance still exists. As compared to basketball or gymnastics in the summer, both of which have been dominated […]
Both Named Finalists for Hobey Baker Award by Sam Scanlon ’19 Sports Staff It is hard to think about the Providence College Men’s Ice Hockey Team without thinking of Brian Pinho ’18 and Erik Foley ’19. The two Friar superstars have been integral parts of the Friars’ offense since they joined the squad in […]