PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- With heavy hearts, the Providence College Friars ditched their traditional black and white uniforms for Tuesday's game against Colgate for the green and white school colors of Sandy Hook Elementary.
PC Coach Ed Cooley said as he sat and watched the gripping news of the school shooting in Newtown, Conn. Sunday night, he picked up the phone and called the school's Nike representative. He asked if there was a way Nike could send out fresh uniforms in time for Tuesday's game against Colgate, the Friars would gladly wear them.
At 11:30 Tuesday morning, the green and white uniforms with matching sneakers were in Providence.
"I can't thank Nike enough," Cooley said, "because we felt we had to do something to acknowledge what those people are going through in Connecticut. I couldn't watch all this without being moved, like so many people. If we can show the people there that we're thinking of them, I hope we've helped."