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Sports Journalist with focus on College Hoops & the New England majors. Host KevinMc Sports Hour - WPRO AM/FM Subscribe to - It's cheap

Providence, RI
Joined August 2011
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Kim English: ‘I think the analytics are bullshit.’
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Some personal news: After 30+ years this is my last week @ProJo . Thank you to my bosses/comrades, plus all the coaches and athletes who’ve made the job (mostly) a dream come true. Welcome opportunity to explore different challenges, some sporting, some not. Stay safe & healthy.
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Ed Cooley reaction to a 2-0 ⁦ @BIGEAST ⁩ start to Gavitt Games is priceless.
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Hearing that both Bryce Hopkins and Devin Carter intend to return to Providence and play for new coach @Englishscope24 Details on NIL being worked out. Awaiting word on talented big Rafael Castro
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Disastrous day in Big East, a 14-win team (Seton Hall) can’t get in. Neither can Rick Pitino and St. John’s. And Providence has most Quad 1 wins (6) not to get in.
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Some News – I’m Back! Jumping back into sports media world during a pandemic at a new web site. My own site, for lovers of college basketball and R.I. sports. Try it, you'll like it.
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Gotta love @GoodmanHoops v. @stoolpresidente but all I can say is I pick Providence over Georgetown/DC every day, all day. The traffic sucks/politicians are slime/no beaches. See you @The_AMPPVD
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Outpouring of love and admiration for this @PCFriarsmbb team is unlike I’ve witnessed in 30 plus years. Special group of young men, will be greatly missed .
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The winner of the @NaismithTrophy Coach of the Year award just given to Ed Cooley @PCFriarsmbb
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Sad to report that my friend Bill Reynolds passed away this morning. This is a remembrance from a few years ago, the themes still ring true. #RIP Shooter
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Welcome back ⁦ @aldurham01
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Cooley : ‘We don’t play the blue bloods because they won’t come play at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center. Let’s call it what it is.’ #pcbb
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Corey Floyd- never wanted to go anywhere else. ⁦ @CoreyFloydJr
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Ed Cooley; ‘I thought our men competed an amazing elite level….we responded and I couldn’t be more proud.’
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I’m the luckiest guy in the world
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Snippin nets in Friartown
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Kim English blown away by support in Bahamas: ‘It felt like we were in Newport, Rhode Island.’
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Covid fading, 60 degrees, Big East Tournament. Enjoy the day.
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English: ‘It was incredible. It felt like a mid-season SEC game at Tennessee or a January Big 12 game at Missouri. I’ve never seen a crowd like that for opening night in my 14 years of college basketball.’’ Att: 11,069
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Me guessing the PC students don't care that the schools gets fined for a Court Storm/championship style #pcbb
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Nate Watson: ⁦ @taylorswift13 ⁩ mentions me in her song.
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6 years
So this is a first, Saint Mary's makes the final @AP_Top25 but not the NCAA Tournament
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Not sure what they’re feeding everyone at Raymond Hall bu this has been the BEST student support for an entire season I’ve seen in 30 years.
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Ed Cooley
2 years
This is not just about what our team is doing, this is about our College, our City and our State! Another amazing night at the Dunk’ in which OUR fans, especially the students, helped us get a W. THANK YOU! See you Tuesday, we got a BIG one!😉
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AJ Reeves : ‘We play like this I think we’re the best team in the country.’ #NCAATournament
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In what world is this NOT a foul??
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3 years
Final tweet of the day. My heart aches for one of the all-time great basketball guys, a Saint of a Man. If you can spare a prayer tonight, Tom Konchalski could use one. He will love you back.
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Think Ed Cooley is happy with Devin Carter- best defender in the country
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Cooley on playing on St. Patrick’s Day: “That’s called Divine Providence, I may be the leprechaun tomorrow.” 🍀
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Dan Hurley w message to vocal Friar fans- go home.
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Kim English: ‘This place is as good as any in the country…they show up with broken bridges.’’
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1 year
Jim Boeheim on post game exchange with Jared Grasso:, players not shaking hands: ‘He gave me a sarcastic apology, which fits him.’
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Cooley: ‘For Minaya not to be in the top 5 defensive players (nationally) is an absolute joke.’
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Don’t call Cooley for Nova tix: ‘I like saying No, because all the tickets are gone.’
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Cooley Preaching - this is wild
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BREAKING: Steve Napolillo named Athletic Director at @PCAthletics
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‘I wish I had come to Providence a little earlier than my 5th year.’
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Ticket Gaines :Sporting a few stitches above eye, feeling fine.
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Ed Cooley: ‘There are a lot of decisions I need to make, a lot of thinking I need to do. But I need to be there for our players.’
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Not many full Houses in college basketball tonight/ very close here in Providence ⁦ @PCFriarsmbb ⁩ ⁦ @The_AMPPVD
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Kim English: Forget the fluff and the bracketologists, just win if you want to play in the best tournament ever
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Kim English: I don’t want to calm our fans down. Turn Up Friar Nation! I want our fans to be AMPed
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Kim English: "If we had trades in college basketball, there's not another guard in the country I'd trade Devin Carter for." @kingcarter2225 goes for career-hi 31pts, 13 rebs, 4 steals
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Ed Cooley: “We’re not a pretty team. I don’t coach pretty teams, that’s not our style. We’re gritty, we’re nasty, we’re ugly. We’re not trying to go to the prom and become prom kings. We want to be the ugliest but we want to be the most successful."
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PC keeps rolling, wins at Villanova, 58-54
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Providence with massive road W, 79-75 A 5th Quad 1 win
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Kim English loving Friar fans- Away and Home
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Cooley: Last time I checked the Friars are still in first place.’
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Devin Carter accepting Player of the Year award
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1 year
A happy Ed Cooley in another NCAA Tournament, addresses Georgetown situation. ‘I’m worried about Kentucky l.’
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Providence’s highest seed ever; previous high was a 5 in 2004
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One-time Ed Cooley commit heading back to Providence
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NEWS: Saint Joseph’s transfer center Christ Essandoko, a 7-foot freshman, has committed to Providence, he tells @On3sports . Averaged 8.2 points and 5.6 rebounds per game this season.
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Josh Oduro and his wife and son #SrNight
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Providence recruiting near & far but I keep hearing that defensive dynamo Oswin Erhunmwunse (Putnam, CT) and wing scorer Joson Sanon of Fall River both like the Friars and are thinking of reclassifying into 2024 Class.
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Kim English is excited about meeting the Providence fans
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Providence 86 St. John's 82....19-2 start, best since Ernie-Marvin-Kevin and the '73 Final Four.
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3 years
Providence announces C Nate Watson returning for 5th season. Best @BIGEASTMBB Big ‘I wanted another opportunity to compete for a BIG EAST title and make a run at the NCAA’s with my teammates.’’
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Ed Cooley: “As we move on, I want everyone to know how proud I am of our team and what they accomplished,” he said. “We have some great memories and our five seniors will be remembered for their late-season run and how they grew as leaders." @PCFriarsmbb
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David Duke, Jr in the House @TheGarden
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Devin Carter joins Kris Dunn as only Friar Players of the Year @BIGEASTMBB
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Kim English emphasizing the Quad 3 &4 losses that other Bubble teams own. His team has zero- and 6 Quad 1 wins.
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Things happen but the Mountain West needs Utah St to save its bacon tonight. Six bids for these guys? San Diego St survives but Boise loses in First 4, New Mexico gets hammered, Colorado State ripped by Texas and Nevada chokes big-time vs. Dayton. Six-bids? Mistake.
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Shame the Big East only had 3 good teams, now 5-0 in this Tournament
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Kim English: ‘We were without the depth we needed this year. We will have 13 dudes next season.’
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The Bill Reynolds Media Room at ⁦ @The_AMPPVD
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Mindset
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Driscoll: Ed Cooley had the job offer at Michigan, I promise. He and (his wife) chose to stay in FriarTown because of the people.’
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NET Strength of Sked: SHall (33), SJU (34), Prov (36) - All OUT MWest: SDState (25), Boise (51), Col St (60), Nevada (88), Utah St (90) - All IN as at-larges. Moral of story: Play weaker foes and improve analytics, W/L record
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NCAA Committee recommends instant eligibility for transfers - if your grades are good
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2 years
Wonder if the Friars are going to fall in the NET or Kenpom after that win??? (tongue-in-cheek)
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The Great Escape: PC 71-70, OT
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Providence announces that Noah Horchler will return for a 5th season. Key piece @PCFriarsmbb
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Wherever I turn here in the Windy (and yucky) City I see @PCFriarsmbb fans. Hotel lobby, lunch spot, gym. (Actually I walked by the gym, didn’t enter 😉) #pcbb
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Friars vs. Coach Cal and Kentucky
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Kim English thrilled to be the godfather of Josh Oduro's son, Gabriel. "It's my greatest thrill as a coach."
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AJ Reeves to the crowd: 'Sweet 16...they said we were Lucky ☘️Sweet 16.'
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Cooley: This game was over when the ball went up. A lot of emotion in there.’
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Wesley Cardet, Jr., commits to Providence, via @TheFieldOf68 Seen as top wing scorer in Big East, avg 18 ppg for his uncle Gerald Gillion at Chicago St. ‘I feel I’m one of the top 2-way guards in the country.’
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Congrats to Justin Minaya, a late-season call-up by the Blazers
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St. Peter’s vibe : Doug Edert congrats Shaheen Holloway in Providence
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Dan Hurley barking at PC fans
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A.J. Reeves shoots the ball like he has the last 2 games and the Friars are extra scary
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Friars scoop up Syracuse transfer Brycen Goodine
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Ed Cooley: "We kind of defy the analytics the way we play."
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Ed Cooley, on 5 men of color still dancing: 'We have to be guardians of the game...we need more AD's and search firms to recognize us. We need to continue to fight for equality.'
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How many places in the East - or country - are rocking like this in the 2nd game of the season? #pcbb
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Friartown, we got Stonehill on Tuesday at 5 pm. It’s support like this that makes the AMP the best home court in college basketball. Us We Together Family Friars
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Big day in Friartown 😉
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Providence's selling point to NCAA committee: Quad 1 wins. Now up to 6, two on the road and 1 neutral. What Bubble teams can boast three Q1A wins? (2 Creighton/1 Marq) ?
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Providence is a very real contender for Top 30 recruit Bryce Hopkins
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Devin Carter is the @BIGEASTMBB Player of the Year
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Pretty funny/interesting that nearly every game I turn on I spot a former Providence recruit who chose to go ‘big time’ and now barely play…..And yet the Friars are #17 in the country . Amazing that playing time isn’t #1 reason to pick a school for all kids.
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Josh Oduro:‘It’s been an amazing year. I’m taking time to enjoy every moment.’
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PC 89 Purdue 88, OT
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Devin Carter says he ‘was feeling bouncy today’ and chuckled at Corey Floyd’s half court pass ‘I don’t know what that was.’
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Cooley: ‘I’m just a believer and a dreamer. I always say my worst day is somebody’s ultimate dream.’
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BREAKING: @PCFriarsmbb announce transfer guard Brycen Goodine's transfer has been approved.
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Have thought all season that if this Providence team can get to 11 Big East wins it will be in NCAA's. Giant step tonight with Road win at Xavier. Contributions up and down lineup (Ticket block, Castro 6 rebs, Barron three 3's, Pierre 17 pts, ect.) Now 9-7 with 4 games left
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'Emmitt almost died.' PC Friars thankful, inspired by Holt's return to court
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Friars survive 76-73 in overtime. Now 21-2, bring on Villanova
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Anthony Carter - Devin’s Dad - courtside tonight
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Croswell: ‘I’m going to take pride in these last few games here…our kids are Amp’ed up, it’s the House that Coach Cooley built.’’
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