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Refreshments w… https://t.co/V267NOQKIp Apr 6th - BREAKING NEWS: Providence College 2017 Honorary Degree Recipients Announced https://t.co/38CdIFBLsa Apr 5th - Roy Peter Clark '70 named as 2017 Commencement Speaker Story found on https://t.co/Tw0m0pDaJq https://t.co/1SGxP80bma Apr 2nd - Class of 2017: Less than 5 days till you find out who your commencement speaker is! Tune in Wednesday morning for t… https://t.co/xWxeRyA5N2 Apr 1st - Happy April Fool's Day! Have yourself a good laugh by checking out this year's edition of The Scowl! https://t.co/qPZ5nkUKw8 Professional Sports | Oct.28, 2021 Minor League Baseball: A Hopeful Start for Change by: Ben Bilotti '23 MLB Providing Housing for Players Ben Bilotti ’23 Sports Staff On Oct. 17, 2021, ESPN reporter, Jeff Passan, reported that Major League Baseball will now require all teams to provide housing for minor league players starting in 2022. MLB has… Read More Friar Sports | Oct.07, 2021 Big East Basketball Preview by: Will Murphy '23 Potential for a Year to Remember Will Murphy ’23 Sports Staff The Big East is perennially one of the best conferences in college basketball, and this year’s Conference looks very deep from top to bottom. Villanova University figures to be… Read More Professional Sports | Sep.23, 2021 An Entertaining Season Ahead in the English Premier League by: Leo Hainline '22 English Premier League Update Leo Hainline ’22 Sports Co-Editor The 2021/22 English Premier League season is off to a competitive start and is shaping into one of the most intriguing title races in recent years. There are four clubs that… Read More Professional Sports | Sep.03, 2021 Guide to the 2021-22 Fantasy Football Season by: Joe Quirk '23 The 2021-2022 NFL season is just around the corner, and that means it is also fantasy football season. This season has the potential to be especially unpredictable and crazy, especially in fantasy football. Fantasy football is all about risk versus… Read More Professional Sports | Sep.03, 2021 The Grand Stage of All: The Olympics by: Liam Tormey '22 Two Providence College alumni, Emily Sisson ’14 and Ben Connor ’15 competed in the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics. Sisson, one of the most decorated Friars of all-time, competed in the women’s 10,000-meter competition while Connor competed in the men’s marathon.… Read More Professional Sports | May.06, 2021 Friartown Features Hosts Williams and Burke by: Scott Jarosz '21 Two Greats Share Valuable Pieces of Advice in Being Successful Scott Jarosz ’21 Sports Staff On April 26, professional tennis player Serena Williams joined Providence College alumna and NBA broadcaster Doris Burke virtually to take part in a conversation that… Read More Professional Sports | May.06, 2021 Editor’s Corner by: Liam Tormey '22 European Super League Liam Tormey Sports Editor On April 18, the European soccer community was shaken to its core when it was announced that 12 of the biggest clubs in Europe would be breaking away to form the European Super… Read More Professional Sports | Apr.22, 2021 MLB The Show Gives Pitchers a New Way to Prepare by: Ben Bilotti '23 Chicago’s Giolito Uses Popular Video Game To Study Opponents By Ben Bilotti ’23 Sports Staff The 2021 Major League Baseball season is off and running, and so far, it has lived up to the hype. Players and fans alike are excited… Read More Friar Sports | Apr.15, 2021 Former Pro Finds Home at PC by: Thomas Zinzarella '21 Kapstein Enrolls in PC After Career in Minor League Baseball By Thomas Zinzarella ’21 Sports Staff While many 18-year-olds look forward to their freshman year at college, Zach Kapstein ’22SCE had something else on his mind: baseball. After being drafted… Read More Professional Sports | Mar.04, 2021 Lake Tahoe: Hockey in the Great Outdoors by: Ryan Carius '21 NHL Heads West For Outdoor Games By Ryan Carius ’21 Sports Staff On Feb. 20, the NHL returned to its roots: hockey on an outdoor stage. That stage was Lake Tahoe, the United States’ largest alpine lake, in close proximity… Read More 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Next About Us Established in 1935, The Cowl is Providence College’s only student-run newspaper. It boasts six sections and approximately 100 members. Issues are distributed every Thursday evening to roughly 50 locations on and off-campus. 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