Tag: NCAA
Roger Williams University adding new hockey, women’s golf programs
BRISTOL – Three new varsity sports programs will be competing at Roger Williams University within the next two academic years.
The university announced in early...
Study: PC’s sports teams generate $100M in annual economic impact across...
PROVIDENCE – Friartown has become quite financially beneficial to the Ocean State on an annual basis, and a new report showcases just how much...
NCAA hockey tourney, despite challenges, brought in $1.9M in economic impact
PROVIDENCE – Although hotel performance was weaker than what Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau officials hoped for on March 29-31, hockey “March Madness”...
NCAA president urges state lawmakers to ban prop betting on college...
The NCAA wants states with legal wagering on sporting events to ban prop bets on college athletes.
"Sports betting issues are on the rise across...
NCAA tourney snubs might financially hurt PC, other Big East schools
PROVIDENCE – “March Madness” became maddening over the weekend for not just Providence College, but also the Big East Conference Inc. as a whole....
Lawmakers propose legislation to protect image likeness rights for college athletes
PROVIDENCE – A pair of state lawmakers introduced legislation in the R.I. General Assembly that would allow collegiate athletes to personally profit from the...
Army-Navy expected to be a solid economic score for R.I.
PROVIDENCE – With the Army-Navy football game set to kick off at Gillette Stadium on 3 p.m. Saturday in Foxborough, Mass., Rhode Island is...
Bryant University men’s hoops coach Grasso resigns
SMITHFIELD – Jared Grasso’s tenure as Bryant University’s head men’s basketball coach has abruptly ended.
Grasso, who was mired in controversy before the start of...
R.I. Sports Commission executive director dead at age 63
PROVIDENCE – John Gibbons, the longtime executive director of the Rhode Island Sports Commission, died at the age of 63, the Providence Warwick Convention...
PC hires English as new men’s basketball coach
PROVIDENCE – Goodbye, Ed Cooley. Hello, Kim English.
Providence College on Thursday confirmed that it has hired English as the next head coach of the...
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