Tag: NCAA Tournament
Convention bureau in midst of winning season with sports bookings
PROVIDENCE – The Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau is reporting a banner year for sports bookings in 2024, having already secured 14 events...
Cooley leaving PC to become head coach at Georgetown
PROVIDENCE – The Ed Cooley era is over at Providence College.Â
Cooley, who has been PC men’s basketball coach for 12 seasons, was named head...
Online betting begins in sports-crazed MassachusettsÂ
BOSTON (AP) – Massachusetts sports fans raced to their cellphones Friday to begin placing bets as the state allowed online sports wagering just days...
Providence College soaring to new heights after basketball success
PROVIDENCE – On a recent trip to Rome, Providence College President The Rev. Kenneth R. Sicard was donning a Friars athletics T-shirt as he...
Bryant University men’s basketball coach Grasso receives 5-year extension
SMITHFIELD – After leading the Bryant University men’s basketball team to its first-ever trip to the NCAA Tournament, Jared Grasso will be sticking around.
Bill...
PC men’s basketball coach Cooley named 2022 Naismith Coach Of The...
PROVIDENCE – Ed Cooley’s personal trophy case increased by one significant piece of hardware.
The Providence College men’s basketball coach on Sunday was named the...
PC tourney run leads to $50K gift for local sports bar;...
PROVIDENCE – While the Providence College men’s basketball team was battling top-seeded University of Kansas Friday night in the NCAA Tournament’s “Sweet 16” round,...
PC Athletic Director Driscoll to retire in June
PROVIDENCE – The longtime head of the Providence College athletic program will hang up his proverbial cleats this summer.
The Dominican Friars college announced Friday...