Tag: Thorr Bjorn
Bjorn steps down as URI athletics director
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – After nearly two decades, the University of Rhode Island is now searching for a new athletics director.
Thorr Bjorn announced Wednesday he...
URI football to call Centreville Bank Stadium home in 2026
PAWTUCKET – Another sports team will call Centreville Bank Stadium home next fall.
The University of Rhode Island announced Wednesday it will play home football...
URI athletic field renovations expected to progress further this year
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Ongoing renovations to the University of Rhode Island’s athletic fields are expected to accelerate later this year, with formal construction on...
College sports put a twist on team spirit, with signature brews...
MILWAUKEE (AP) – Missy Vraney and Kristin Westphal didn't go to Marquette University. Neither did any of their relatives. Yet their family tradition of attending...
URI alum, wife donate $5M to help student-athletes earn business degrees
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – A 1978 University of Rhode Island graduate and his wife have made a multi-part, seven-figure gift to the state land-grant school...
Former Hydrofera CEO, wife donate $1M toward URI athletic field upgrades
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – A University of Rhode Island alum who is the former founder and CEO of a Connecticut-based health sciences company, along with...
URI launches $20M fundraising campaign for athletic fields upgrades
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The state has already given the University of Rhode Island a significant financial boost to help renovate and refurbish the aging...
URI’s sports fields getting financial boost, but more work needs to...
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – With a stroke of the pen on June 16 outside the R.I. Statehouse, Gov. Daniel J. McKee signed off on the...
Fields of Dreams? URI hopes state support can help revitalize aging...
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Thorr Bjorn is trying to look beyond the disrepair with some University of Rhode Island athletic fields, including Meade Stadium, for...
A piece of the action: Local college athletes trying to make...
During the hockey season, Providence College player Brett Berard was a busy man.
Not only did he power through a grueling 36-game Division I schedule,...
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