Many of us appreciate the profound influence that sports can have in a child’s life, and the ways in which children can learn compelling life lessons on the playing field.  Sadly, we’ve also been horrified by reports of parents who have lost all sense of perspective about their children’s athletic lives.  Dan Doyle shares his beliefs – based on his lifelong involvement in athletics – about the role sports should play in children’s – and their parents’ – lives.  Doyle is founder and executive director of the Institute for International Sport at the University of Rhode Islan

Providence Mayor David Cicilline is adopting a zero-tolerance policy toward tent communities for the homeless. His hard line comes as lawyers for the city go to housing court today in an attempt to evict about 17 people from an encampment on Westminster Street. WRNI's Flo Jonic has a preview.

For the next two days, senior officials from the Obama administration will be in Providence to hear from residents and experts in Rhode Island about how best to manage the nation's oceans and coastlines.  

The theater can be a very tenuous proposition.  That's why it's notable when an acting troupe lasts for 25 years.  Now in Pawtucket, the Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre has done just that.  Bill Gale has a look at the past and present of a Rhode Island theatrical winner.