NCAA Final Four Matchups – John Cardullo

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by John Cardullo, sportswriter The NCAA Basketball season gets ready to wrap up and crown both a Men’s and Women’s champion for 2020-21, a season that will be forever known for plowing on during a Pandemic. The Final Four teams are set in both the Men’s and Women’s side of the brackets and for those…

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March Madness – bracket busters (Part one)

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by John Cardullo, sportswriter March Madness? After taken a year off due to the Pandemic there has been nothing but upset after upset in the men’s tournament begs the question – when exactly did your bracket bust? Perhaps it was the season of the pandemic or the wackiness of the past year when everything that…

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Central HS Basketball Capt. Mashiya Mangum – making a difference on & off the court

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by John Cardullo, sportswriter, RINewsToday Central’s Lady Knight’s basketball Captain Mashiya Mangum has made a difference both on and off the court. The journey into the game of basketball started in elementary school for Central High School senior captain Mashiya Mangum. “I started playing in 5th grade for my school team, Veazie Street Elementary School…

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TOP STORY: CCRI Lady Knights Coach Doug Haynes…

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(Our Top Story this week was the story on CCRI’s women’s head basketball coach, Doug Haynes. So many “likes” and so many “shares” – Coach Haynes seems to be well-loved in our state.) by John Cardullo, sportswriter CCRI’s Women’s head Basketball coach Doug Haynes is on a mission and that mission is to bring the…

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