Living in the Midwest, I have always seen a lot of coverage of baseball teams east of the Rocky Mountains, which isn’t necessarily fair to the elite players and teams on the west coast. This summer I lived in Los Angeles and got to cover…
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Preseason events change To start the 2014-2015 men’s and women’s basketball seasons, the Bradley athletic department announced that it will be changing the pre-season events most students are used to. Men’s basketball coach Geno Ford and women’s basketball coach Michael Brooks will host the Bradley…
The saying “patience is a virtue” can be applied to many sports, but none exemplifies it more than the sport of fishing. Sitting, mostly motionless, in one place for an extended period of time can be a chore. However, the wait is worth it if…
For the first time in the 40-year history of the Bradley volleyball program, a Braves squad is facing the challenge of securing its first win after 10 games to start a season. “It’s hard,” coach Jenny Maurer said. “It’s hard not to be aware and…
Bradley University football may have been sidelined since the 1970s, but arguably the school’s most famous football alumni donned a Braves uniform just two decades ago. Former Brave Marcus Pollard played 14 seasons in the National Football League with five different teams, 10 seasons of…
Following a 5-2 drubbing at the hands of the University of San Diego, soccer head coach Jim DeRose had to make changes. The five goals were the most the Braves had allowed in a game since September 1996, DeRose’s first year as head coach. During…
The Bradley women’s tennis team competed in it’s first tournament of the season at the Chicago State Invitational Sept. 12-14, serving up two title winners by the tournament’s end. Competing against players from Lewis University, Northern Illinois University, the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and the…
It is safe to say the National Football League has had better weeks. Even if you barely follow the league, you would have heard of the disturbing things going on in America’s favorite sport. Since these events, I, more than most NFL fans, actually want…
Bradley cross country swept the men’s and women’s dual meets at the 28th Bradley Intercollegiate at Detweiller Park. Twins Kristin and Caitlin Busch paced the women’s team, finishing first and second, respectively, by four seconds over Maria Baldwin of Eastern Illinois. Coach Willy Wood said…