The Good 5 Cent Cigar, the daily student newspaper for the University of Rhode Island, had an article about Thorr Bjorn — the UMass lifer that took over as the Rams’ athletic director.
Sounds like he wants to win … imagine that:
“We want to win,” Bjorn said. “We want to win national championships. We want to win conference championships. Winning is important and at this level it’s very important. We want to win the right way and provide our athletes with a fantastic experience, but anyone who says winning isn’t important isn’t telling the truth.”
Overall a pretty complete article and the first that really gives us a glimpse at how life after UMass is for Bjorn. He’s definitely one of the good guys in college sports, and I hope he continues to succeed.
Just not against UMass.
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The Washington Post is reporting that Karl Hobbs, George Washington University’s head basketball coach, has signed an extension through 2012.
Check out the article here.
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Jeff Hill and Shiyi Zan were named Atlantic 10 Cross Country Co-Rookies of the week.
Congrats, and good luck the rest of the way.
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DeBrian Holmes, the starting running back for William and Mary, broke his ankle and will be out for the rest of the season. This is the third major injury for Tribe — all on offense.
UMass will travel to Williamsburg, Va. to play the Tribe on Oct. 27.
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This was reported by UMass yesterday, but I wanted to make sure I got it on here at some point.
Karleena Tobin, a former standout basketball player for the University of Delaware, has been named the director of basketball operations by UMass.
Here’s the CSTV article.
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