Peter Ian Asen, who came to appreciate Rhode Island as a young cub, can be reached at peterasen@gmail.com.
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- Trouble in paradise
While our capital city continues to promote itself as a prime booster and center for the arts, we continue to wonder about the strength of that commitment.
- Rhody loves Chachi
Get to know Charlie “Big Chachi” Carvalho for about five minutes and it’s clear he’s equal parts confident and cordial, a down-to-earth family man with big aspirations.
- Friartown, redux
Phillipe and Jorge have always had a problem with Providence College basketball’s advertising campaign, which refers to the area as “Friartown” in a delusional suggestion that the squad has support throughout the local community.
- Cursed Aztecs
San Diego State Aztecs basketball coach Steve Fisher lectures his players during the season about how to behave off the court, getting pretty specific about what he doesn’t want to see.
- Must be the genes
You don’t often see sports-crime legacies.
- Lemon laws
The University of Georgia Bulldogs football team has a fun fall to look forward to.
- Spring fever
The Lawrence Taylor case is progressing, and as expected, each passing day upchucks new sordid details into the gossip-o-sphere.
- United we stand
With the local AFL-CIO elections coming up, Phillipe and Jorge would like to make a rare union endorsement by saying that nothing would please us more than to have George Nee, current secretary-treasurer of the organization, win his bid to take over departing Frank Montanaro's position as the organization's president.
- Tiger trap
There are a lot of famously troubled college sports programs out there, the majority of them football teams.
- Crossing the line
The news from the Dallas-based A.H. Belo Corp., owners of the Dallas Morning News and our own Providence Urinal, hit home hard and quickly last week in Our Little Towne.
- Winter warmers
Sure, some bands take the easy route and have album releases through the summer, enticing you to shows with back-patio barbecues and all-night rooftop after-parties. In January? Not so much.
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