Above: Jack Farrelly with Tom Centore of the R.I. Chapter of the National Football Foundation. Submitted photo The Emo DiNitto / Rhode Island Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame held its 35th Annual Awards Dinner May 2 at the Crowne...
As you, my readers, have probably figured out, I have lived a full life, full of travel and adventure. A lot of it I sought out. In some cases, it came to me. I try to take people as I meet them. If they act with respect, I treat them with respect. If they act like...
Above: The EGHS Wall of Honor Class of 2022, from left, Arthur Vallely, Mason Rhodes, Jason Iannuccilli, and James Bowen. Submitted photo It may have started slow, but, once it got going the 15th annual Wall of Honor ceremony lived up to all the others before it. The...
All of Life’s a Circle: Salve Regina Football Star Matt Sylvia, center, holds his Providence Gridiron Club Home State Hero Award flanked by Bruce Mastracchio, left, and Sylvia’s father, Mark Sylvia, right. Matt and Bruce both made names for themselves playing football...
Above: Avenger Jack Farrelly makes the catch during a game in 2019. Photo by Mary MacIntosh News of several Rhode Island players, including two from East Greenwich “Speed kills” is a sports adage as old as the day is long. If you have speed it can make up for a lot of...
Above: Marquis Buchanan playing for Classical High School. Credit: Debbie Faith ([email protected]). Marquis Buchanan is staying close to home to play college football. The 2021 Gatorade Player of the Year has signed a letter of intent to play football for the...
Editor's Note: Bruce wrote this in 1984. We share it here now as a further remembrance of the life in the building that stood at 104 Duke Street until earlier this month. As Bruce wrote then, Tar Tar Ucci's passing marked the end of an era for East Greenwich,...
Above: 104 Duke Street in July 2021. It was demolished in December. When something like this happens, you don't even know where to begin. But, I am going to try. There are so many memories and I will take a walk down the hallway in my mind to that little room where...
After my first nicknames story (find it HERE) I got emails and phone calls and comments about it. I don't know why, or maybe I do, but nicknames are fascinating to people. I was asked why I have so many nicknames. The answer is fairly simple. I went to school in...
Above: Shea alum Leandro DeBrito, who plays for Duquesne, was named first team All Northeast Conference defensive back. There's motion. And then, there's motion. Johnston High School got some attention on National news when Head Coach Joe Acciardo, sent player Joe...
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