The pigskin flew around on Bradley’s campus once again for a brief time during Homecoming weekend when students and staff took part in the Bradley Bowl, held on Alumni Quad. The event, hosted by someone the Student Activities Office (SAO), pitted students from all parts…
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The Bradley men’s and women’s cross country teams split up over the weekend, as one half of each squad went to Indiana for Pre-Nationals, while the other half stayed in Peoria for the Bradley Classic. In a race that featured six nationally-ranked teams, the women…
Hiring coaches in any sport is tricky. The wrong hire can set a school back for decades, but if a school lands the right coach, they could find themselves on the fast track to relevancy. For instance, the Pittsburgh Panthers decided Mike Haywood, then-coach of…
The dream of playing Division I sports is commonly shared among most high school athletes. Sometimes, however, that dream has to be passed up for an education. For these athletes, it’s hard to leave behind the game to which they’ve devoted much of their time…
The Bradley women’s tennis team showcased their youth and potential at the ITA Midwest regionals in Urbana, Illinois this past weekend. Freshman Alexa Brandt and sophomores Ariel Dechter and Ashley Thai made the trip for the Braves, going 3-3 overall. After receiving a first round…
No matter the sport or the activity, if you are a senior or participating in said activity for the final time, you want to go out with a feeling of accomplishment knowing you leave as the best. Senior volleyball player Madison Kamp has had quite…
Bradley’s soccer team has lost double-digit games just four times under head coach Jim DeRose. Two of those four seasons have occurred in the last seven years, with the team losing 11 games in 2007 and 12 in 2008. What does this have to do…
It says a lot about a person that plays basketball mainly as a shooter and plays any season with a hip surgery that affects the way you shoot the ball every single time. Junior guard Omari Grier had to endure pain that most players would…