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Brown Slashed Sports in 2020 to Become More Competitive — It Hasn’t Worked
In May of 2020, Brown University President Christina Paxson admitted that the University’s sports were not competitive and that she was slashing 11 varsity sports to repurpose the dollars to increase the remaining programs’ chances of succeeding.
According to Paxson in her comments in 2020 announcing the cuts, “In the decade ending in 2018, Brown earned 2.8% of Ivy League titles, the lowest among member schools. The initiative will implement a net reduction in varsity teams from 38 to 29.”
“We envision varsity athletes who, as Brown students, are among the most academically talented in the world, who also compete on teams that are among the most competitive among our peers,” Paxson said at the time of the announcement in 2020.
Paxson later reinstated some sports after alumni and student backlash — and threatened litigation.
In 2020, Brown University slashed sports, faced federal Title IX litigation, had embarrassing emails released, canceled athletic schedules due to the pandemic and saw the departure of the long-time athletic director Jack Hayes.
The outcome has been a measurable failure for men’s sports and an increase for women’s sports. But the majority of Brown’s programs have losing records and consistently finish at or near the bottom of the Ivy League.
More Title IX Litigation
Just after the announcement of the sports cuts, litigation was threatened and filed after the decision to cut eleven sports at Brown and then to reinstate men’s track and cross country. Men’s track has a significant number of Black students participating.
In a motion filed with the federal district court of Rhode Island, the original legal representatives for Amy Cohen and the other women athletes who brought the original suit against Brown in 1992, say the University violated the terms of their agreement when it announced the elimination of five women’s varsity athletic teams, resulting in non-compliance with the court-ordered requirement that “intercollegiate level participation opportunities for male and female students are provided in numbers substantially proportionate to their respective enrollments.”
According to the ACLU release on the filing, the cuts announced by Brown “will eliminate participation opportunities for twice as many women as for men,” also observing that “throughout the last 22 years of operation of the Joint Agreement, not once have women athletes at Brown ever reached their proportion within the undergraduate enrollment and at all times have remained the ‘underrepresented’ gender.”
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — A car crashed into a pole in front of the Rhode Island State House on Friday.
The Providence Police Department said that the 70-year-old driver was believed to have suffered a medical emergency prior to the crash.
They were transported to the hospital.
ABC 6 News crews on scene saw a damaged vehicle alongside fire and police personnel.
WARWICK, R.I. (WLNE) — The Black Friday rush started bright and early for some Rhode Island residents following the Thanksgiving holiday.
An estimated 36% of Americans were expected to make a purchase today, with an average of $480 spent overall.
Big malls like Warwick Mall, Emerald Square in Attleboro, and the Wrentham Outlets were open for Black Friday shopping, starting at 6 a.m. and 7 a.m.
Other shopping centers like Garden City in Cranston, and Providence Place Mall opened for shoppers at 8 a.m. and 9 a.m.
Here are the Black Friday store hours for some prominent national chains that may vary by location:
Best Buy stores: 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Dick’s Sporting Goods: 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Home Depot and Lowe’s: 6 a.m. to close
JCPenney and Kohl’s: 5 a.m. to close
Macy’s stores: 6 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Sephora stores: Some will open early and/or stay open late.
Most Target stores: Will open at 6 a.m.
Walmart stores: Will be open from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m.
ABC6 was live at the Warwick Mall with shoppers who made their way in and out as they grabbed their Black Friday deals.
Rhode Island notched its seventh straight win of the season, beating Texas-Arlington 83-78 on Thanksgiving Day. The team is off to its best start in 44 years.
The Rams (7-0) defense made three straight stops in the game’s final two minutes, and Sebastian Thomas and Javonte Brown each hit both ends of a 1-and-1 to put URI ahead 81-75. UT Arlington got a 3-pointer from Brody Robinson, but that was all the scoring the Mavericks could muster as Rhody completed a two-game sweep at the Jacksonville (Fla.) Classic. Rhode Island beat Detroit Mercy on Wednesday.
Thomas and Jamarques Lawrence each scored 18 points to lead Rhode Island. Thomas also had four steals and three assists, while Lawrence a career-high seven assists with five rebounds. David Green added 15 points, three rebounds and two assists before fouling out.
The victory set a URI program record by winning its seventh game before the end of November. (The previous high was six wins, when the Rams were 6-3 in 2013-14). The last time URI opened the season 7-0 was 1980-81 under coach Claude English, who led the Rams to a 21-8 record that year and a spot in the National Invitational Tournament.
Rhode Island will be back in action on Monday when it hosts Yale at the Ryan Center at 7 p.m. (ESPN+).
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