Photo by Jan Laugesen/unsplash Read the first part HERE. Brian was a freshman! A high schooler! But, a small one at that. He had gained a huge 7 pounds and reported for his second year of football at 105 lean, green and not so mean pounds! He had participated as an...
Photo by Jan Laugesen/unsplash Because of some of the happenings in this rendition of what went on in the locker rooms of our youth, I will once again retreat to my mystical, Disney colored, Greenwood Cove to present vignettes of what occurred in those bastions of...
Above: Arizona Cardinals punter Nolan Cooney during Week 1 game against the Washington Commanders Sept. 10. Photo by Caitlyn Epes/Arizona Cardinals COONEY'S punting a plus in Arizona Cardinal's loss Sunday to the Washington Commanders. NOLAN COONEY, the first year...
Above: Arizona Cardinals kickers Nolan Cooney, left, and Matt Prater during the preseason win against the Vikings Aug. 26. Cooney, from East Greenwich, averaged 46.6 yards per punt during the game. Photo by Caitlyn Epes / Arizona Cardinals The Providence Gridiron...
He was always looking for ways to motivate his football team. His purview was a little different than many people in his category. In his world even. He read vociferously and reading can open up different worlds to a person. It expands you. It allows you to travel...
Above: Emmanuel Gomes, from Woonsocket, is playing DB for nationally ranked URI. Photo courtesy of URI The smell of fall is not in the air yet, but what has become America's sport is constantly present year round in OTA's, Women's Professional Football, CFL, XFL,...
Above: Bruce Mastracchio, second from the right, in his lifeguard years. Note a young Alexis Meyer, to be superintendent of schools in East Greenwich just a few decades later, is looking straight at the camera, in stripes. Courtesy of Bruce Mastracchio This is a story...
Above: David Rodriguez. Photo by Bebeclairvoyant David Rodriguez, from Mount Pleasant, was already drawing major college interest early in his career, but now he is considered one of the top prospects in the Northeast. The 6-1, 165 lb-er already has more than a dozen...
Prelog: Yes, I can spell. In fact I was a perfect 100 percent speller in school. However, I am a smoke signals kind of guy now (think Lonely Are the Brave) caught in the technological age. Add that to LaVecchio (old age) getting to me; my hands don't work right and a...
Just when you thought it was safe to go into the water, I am back. It has been a rough 3 1/2 months for me so I am happy to be able to once again share news from the football trail in Rhode Island with all of you. – Bruce Cranston West Head Coach, TOM MILEWSKI...