Tyler Salk
Ordinary college students cannot be expected to run faster than NFL prospects. They can’t be expected to put up more chest press reps than a blue chip left tackle. They can, however, still take the Wonderlic test. With the NFL Draft days away, several URI students took the challenge themselves to compare themselves to NFL stars, and to see how tricky this test really is. The official test of the NFL Combine, the Wonderlic Test, has been used to measure prospects for years. The timed test allows for a maximum of twelve minutes to answer fifty questions used to measure the cognitive ability of players. The test should not to be overly difficult for players. These prospects are declaring for the draft after spending time at a university, after all.
Longtime New England Patriots' radio announcer, Gil Santos, passed away Thursday on his 78th birthday.
Santos, a radio legend in the northeast, painted the picture for a radio audience for nearly 800 Patriots games between 1966 and 2012. He also served as the morning sports anchor for WBZ radio in Boston for several years before retiring in 2009. In addition to the Patriots and WBZ, Santos served as the radio voice for many other teams, primarily Penn State Football, but also including the Boston Celtics, Boston College, and Providence College. While Santos suffered through some atrocious seasons with the Patriots early years, his persistence was rewarded in his careers twilight, as the team became one of the winningest sports teams in history. Below are some of Santos' most iconic radio calls, as compiled by the New England Patriots. Listen to Gil Santos' Top Radio Calls Below
After a feisty and spirited series at Fenway Park last week between the best-in-baseball Boston Red Sox and the third-place New York Yankees, the Pawtucket Red Sox plan to host an “Evil Empire Weekend” at McCoy Stadium when the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, the Triple-A Yankees, make their first visit of the season to McCoy Stadium on Saturday, May 5 and Sunday, May 6.
To start, any fans named Joe or Kelly will be admitted for free to that weekend’s games, while any fans self-identifying as Tylers or Austins will be banned from the premises. In addition, fans who confess to being named Aaron, Gary, Aroldis, Didi, CC, Jacoby, Masahiro, Giancarlo (or Mike) will be charged double the price of a regular ticket. All Yankee fans will, of course, be warmly welcomed.
Rhode Island ranks 10th among all states in regard to environmental friendliness in 2018, according to a recent study.
In their analysis, Wallethub looked at factors such as Environmental Quality, Eco-Friendly Behaviors, and Climate-Change Contributions, to rank each state against its peers. The study's author, John S. Kiernan, spoke out to describe why such a study is important. "In the past year, the U.S. has seen an especially devastating amount of natural disasters," said Kiernan. "According to National Geographic, 17 storms caused an estimated $200 billion in property damage. Hurricane Maria, for example, left Puerto Rico without power for months and severely hurt the territory’s economy. Experts attribute the high number of hurricanes to unusually warm Atlantic waters, so it’s possible that living more sustainably and using greener energy sources could prevent us from having quite as bad hurricane seasons in the future." New England fared particularly well as a region, with Vermont taking the top ranking followed by Massachusetts (3), Connecticut (7), New Hampshire (8), Rhode Island (10), and Maine (11). See the results below
Friend of WBOB, Sen. Sandra Cano was sworn into the Rhode Island Senate Thursday at a ceremony in the Senate Lounge at the State House. Senator Cano is the first Colombian-American to be elected to the Rhode Island Senate.
Senator Cano, a Democrat who represents District 8 in Pawtucket, was surrounded by family, friends, legislators and other dignitaries as she took the oath of office, administered by Secretary of State Nellie M. Gorbea. |
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