The Bradley women’s tennis team battled to the last serve but were unable to tally a point in their 7-0 loss to Ball State on Saturday. The Braves had several chances to avoid a sweep, but fell short in all 7 matches. Ball State took…
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The Bradley men’s basketball team sought to get back on track and snap a two-game losing streak in a Missouri Valley Conference rematch against I-74 rival Illinois State. In their earlier matchup at Redbird arena, the Braves offense shot 50 percent from the field and…
The Kentucky Wildcats are 26-0 and off to their best start in school history. Only seven teams in college basketball history have concluded with a perfect season, the last time being the Indiana Hoosiers in 1976. The Wildcats could very well be the next team…
Nate Wells is a seven-foot one-inch junior center for the Bradley men’s basketball team, but don’t let his quiet character fool you. His reputation precedes him, like lightning precedes thunder. Wells is a ukulele-strumming, tennis-playing, three-point slinging center that receives a rather loud ovation at…
Michael Cross will resign his position of Director of Athletics following the women’s Missouri Valley Conference Basketball Tournament. Cross became Director of Athletics in January of 2010 after spending three years at Princeton University as the Acting Director of Athletics. During Cross’ 11 years on…
Heading into last weekend’s game against Evansville, Bradley men’s basketball had not won a road game since defeating Loyola in Chicago last season, a streak that spanned the team’s prior 15 games away from Carver Arena. Junior center Nate Wells, apparently, was tired of that…
The Bradley men’s and women’s track teams continued their seasons at the Meyo Invitational in Notre Dame, Indiana Feb. 6. The men’s races were highlighted by a school record falling for the second time in three races, while the women were paced by two top…
For the better part of my childhood, it always appeared to me the Yankees’ primary baseball strategy was to throw a bunch of money at whatever moved. In 2004, for instance, the team paid someone named Jaret Wright $24 million over three seasons to pitch…
While the temperatures in the coming week are slated to hit 20 degrees in Peoria, the Bradley baseball team will lace up their cleats for the first time under the 80 degree skies in Phoenix, Arizona. Coming off a campaign where the Braves started 13-3…
For the second weekend in a row, the Bradley women’s basketball team split their weekend games. The Braves fell at home last Friday night to Indiana State, but bounced back two days later to take down Evansville. The game plan going into Friday’s game was…