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01/05/2009

Former track star Peter Gbaa helps others to thank those who helped him
PROVIDENCE — A decade ago, he was a stranger in a strange land, a refugee, the 12th and youngest child of a Liberian minister on the run from political persecution in his native land.

Woonsocket pressing for first basketball title
Losing the starting frontcourt that drove last year’s team through a magical 18-3 season and to a heartbreaking overtime loss in the Division I state championship game would deflate the title hopes of many a team in the ensuing season.

01/02/2009

Ex-Bryant star Lorenzo Perry teaching life skills to young adults
PROVIDENCE — Lorenzo Perry, the greatest running back in the brief history of Bryant University football, has returned to the Mount Hope neighborhood where he grew up dreaming of football glory.

12/24/2008

How a coach, and Bryant, changed a volleyball star's life
Her family had no money for college, so in the spring of her senior year at Woonsocket High School she pursued an option that required courage more than cash. The U.S. Marine Corps.

Where Are They Now? Jadine Ferri still is in championship form
As a senior at La Salle Academy in 2002-03, she was a member of state championship soccer, cheerleading and volleyball teams. As a senior at Newbury College in Brookline, Mass., in 2006-07, she played on the volleyball team that set the school record of 23 victories in a season.

12/20/2008

Food banks filling the void for many school athletes
PROVIDENCE — There is another side to the story of athletes eating to compete. It’s athletes not having enough to eat, never mind to compete.

Eating wrong, too little makes high school athletes ‘run out of gas.’ expert says
PROVIDENCE — How often has an athlete or coach explained a late-game fade by saying, “We just ran out of gas”?

12/11/2008

Cranston Stadium’s FieldTurf surface makes it the jewel of RIIL facilities
CRANSTON –– Their workday started in the pre-dawn darkness, 5:30 a.m. Sunday to be exact, when Chuck Shannon unlocked the gates to Cranston Stadium so a Cox Communications crew could begin setting up for a cablecast of the Division I Super Bowl football game at noon.

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