Senior Kristen Busch broke her own 6K record to finish sixth overall and help pace the Bradley women’s cross country team to a sixth-place team finish at the NCAA Midwest Regional. “Our goal was to try to be top-5 and beat some of those nationally…
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In 2014, the first year of the College Football Playoff, the committee ranked Texas Christian University third in the playoff rankings in the second to last release of the rankings. The following week’s rankings would decide the four teams in the playoff. TCU won its…
It was a tale of two halves for the Bradley women’s basketball team against the University of Missouri-St. Louis according to head coach Michael Brooks. Luckily for the Braves, the game was never in doubt. After shooting a paltry 34 percent from the floor against…
Looking into the giant crystal ball that is the world of sports, its easy to spot the worst. However, a panel, which was part of the Charley Steiner school of sports communication’s inaugural symposium, discussed the most insurmountable issue in sports. The panel, led by…
After winning its first conference match of the season last week, the Bradley women’s volleyball team dropped both games of its road trip. Last Friday, the Braves visited conference rival Illinois State, where they had trouble stringing together points. Bradley lost the first two sets,…
The Bradley men’s basketball team played its second and final tune-up game of the 2015-2016 season Monday night. Once again, the Braves weren’t particularly challenged as they trounced St. Joseph’s College 84-65. For most of the game, the Pumas were within striking distance as they…
When the Missouri Valley Conference cross country preseason rankings reared its irritating head, the Bradley men’s cross country team found itself exiled to third place. However, head coach Darren Gauson and the men’s team dashed their way through the season and eventually found themselves favored…
Last year’s lone exhibition game ended with a 58-56 loss to Division III Augustana College and raised enough questions to fill the empty seats in Carver Arena. However, this year’s exhibition opener left one major question unanswered: Has any college team ever had a starting…
The offseason has officially ended for the Bradley women’s basketball team as they opened up play Sunday against McKendree University. The women started their 2015-2016 campaign in suffocating fashion, topping McKendree with a score of 52-38. The Braves defense was the story of the season…
I remember sitting on my living room couch on a cold and breezy October night, wrapped up in blankets with my whole family. We were all huddled together, crunched in tight, but sitting anxious and alert on the edge of the slightly tattered, navy blue…