They Go for the Coach

PC Student Athlete Often Come to Play for a Certain Coach. What if that Coach Leaves?

Gatorade Player of the Year candidate, ESPN First Team All-American, Star Ledger New Jersey Player of the Year, First Team All-State. These are only a few of the awards that Brandon Adler '15 received as a high school soccer player. With awards and recognition such as these, Adler was able to choose from an array of colleges that recruited him to play soccer. Adler landed in Providence in the fall of 2011, mostly because of Chaka Daley. Full story

Henton Scores 33, Breaks Freshman Record

Whatever LaDontae Henton '15 had for his pregame meal down in South Florida on Saturday night, the Westin, where the Friars eat before home games, should make some of it. Henton poured in 24 first-half points and finished with a PC freshman record 33 in the Friars' 81-78 loss, breaking Ryan Gomes '04's 10-year record of 31 points against Miami. Full story

Supply of NFL Jerseys Dwindles as Super Bowl Approaches

The New York Giants and the New England Patriots played in the Super Bowl four years ago, when Eli Manning led the underdog Giants to one of the greatest Super Bowl wins in National Football League history. This week, the two teams landed in Indianapolis, the site of Super Bowl XLVI, in preparation for a rematch of that exhilarating game. Full story

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The Never-Ending Story: Social Media’s Crimes Against Humanity

Social media is taking over our lives. This thought hit me over Christmas break. First when my little cousin said "LOL"—not typed, but out loud. Later, I was working as a cashier, casually scanning someone's groceries when I recognized someone across the store. It took me a while to figure out who he was and I was slightly embarrassed when I did. I didn't know him at all, in fact. I recognized him as a former friend's boyfriend that I had "stalked" on Facebook. I had never met him before and I had not talked to that friend in more than five years. Embarassing? Maybe. But I know you've all done it, too.  Full story

The Best Super Bowl Performances

Yeah, Steven Tyler's rendition of the national anthem during the Pats game was complete crap, but nothing can take away from the fact that 11 years ago during the XXXV half-time show, he managed to make Nelly look cool. Aerosmith, headliner for 2001's Super Bowl, made millions croon with "Don't Want to Miss a Thing" and "Jaded." But the real highlight was when Aerosmith, Britney Spears, N*Sync, Nelly, and Mary J. Blige came together for a version of "Walk This Way" that involved more patent leather and oversized jerseys than even the '90s would be comfortable with. Even though the only thing flatter than Britney's abs in this performance was her voice, it's still top five worthy, due to pure star power.   Full story

Seagulls in St. Paul's

The flock of seagulls appeared in St. Paul's two weeks ago. I said appeared. That's what they did. There was a group of people there, in the pews right around the statue of Mary, and when they rose to leave, there was a group of gulls perched around the baptismal font. They didn't touch the water. Nor the bread. But I'm getting ahead of myself—back to where I was. The gulls perched there, not a white feather rustling; and the way Mrs. Hoess tells it, one of the gulls took to the air, flew back to the entrance, and perched right on the announcement board. And then, stranger still, the rest of the gulls rose into the air, all at the same time, not a feather out of place, and flew back with it. Anyway, the strangest thing was that none of those gulls made a noise. None of them cawed, crowed, or cried out at all. I don't know what else to call the noise a seagull makes, but none of them made a sound at all. They would, though. They'd make quite a ruckus.  Full story