Deb Weinreich

Stanley Dunbar surveyed the Westerly High football field. The ground was frozen and covered in snow. Later that frigid February day, Dunbar would hold his first practice as the head coach of the Westerly Bulldogs.“I remember showing up to Westerly earlier in the day and walking around the field. I really had to make...

Before he stepped on the ice this year, Ben Harding hadn’t played a competitive hockey game in four years. He hung up his skates in 8th grade after playing 10 years of youth hockey. The following school year, Harding entered Cranston East, a school which once housed a storied hockey program that won several championships...

The bar has been set high in the McMullen household. Jack McMullen has witnessed the incredible success achieved on the field by his hard-working mother and older sisters for years Now, it’s his turn. The 5’10” senior guard may be the smallest player on the court, but he has turned in the biggest game - night after...

Cheyenne Figueroa was introduced to the hammer when she entered Classical High School. Bob Palazzo handed one to her in gym class and instructed her on what to do. Four years later she had become the best high school hammer thrower in the nation. “It was the way he (Palazzo) encouraged me that very first day...

The Smith Twins first entered a swimming pool when they were just sixth months old. One twin has gone on to make a splash, earning All-State honors, has been part of three straight state championship teams and is likely to add another title this season. The other will never win a race. The Smith Twins - Ila...

Central head basketball coach Mike Reed readily admits he didn’t pay much attention to Kevin Negron at the start of last season. Reed had just taken over as the Knights interim head coach shortly before the season began. He inherited a team that hadn’t won a game in two years. The attitude was poor. A...

Nestor Bernabe remembers vividly the first time he met Moses Brown School senior Candice Ballarin. At the time, she was just nine years old and stood on the tennis court not quite sure which hand she should hold the racquet in. “When she first started she was awful,” said Bernabe, who runs Providence Tennis Academy. James...

Nate Lussier has yet to attend a class on campus or step on a football field at Brown University, but the Bears’ freshman and former La Salle star quarterback has no doubt that he has made the right collegiate choice. The prestigious Ivy League school’s academic and football programs weren't the only aspects that attracted...

JOE LENK LEADS HIS CRANSTON EAST SOCCER TEAM VS TOLL GATE HIGH SCHOOL TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27 LIVE AT 4PM ON COX'S YURVIEW CHANNEL 4 AND STREAMING HERE. Perhaps the most valuable advice Joe Lenk received from his grandfather came when he was just five years old and had stepped onto a tennis court. “My grandfather has...

Jamel Thomas’ personal struggles have been as well-documented as his basketball career. It is well known that the former Providence College star’s story began in Brooklyn where, as a boy, he faced hurdles and hardships before growing into a young man who found success on the basketball court. His journey from his painful youth to his...