The reactions were rampant but similar in Chicago. The fans hated it, the players hated it and the coaches hated it. Phoenix Coyotes’ forward Raffi Torres launched a monster check into Chicago Blackhawks’ forward Marian Hossa, which sent Hossa’s head straight to the ice, and…
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After taking two of three from Missouri State this weekend and winning six of their last seven, the Braves baseball team is playing its best baseball of the season. Senior Joe Bircher pitched all nine innings in a twelve-strikeout effort Friday night, and junior Mike…
While most colleges are worrying about which sports to cut, Bradley decided to reinstate its men’s outdoor track and field team for the 2012 season. The same program that produced a silver medalist in the broad jump at the 1932 Summer Olympics is competing for…
There have been many dynamic duos in sports: Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen, Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal, Wayne Gretzky and Mark Messier. Well, the Bradley softball team has their own combination with junior Mackenzie Camp and sophomore Madeline Lynch-Crumrine in the pitching circle. “This…
Thunder When looking for the best team in the NBA, the search starts and stops in Tornado Alley. The Oklahoma City Thunder, who have sat atop the western conference standings for the majority of the season, are clearly the team to beat as we approach…
At the beginning of every baseball season, there are two guarantees. Chicago Cubs’ fans will think “it’s our year” and it will end in disappointment like it has for the last 104 years. Picking the division winners is a bit trickier, but I channeled my…
The Bradley Braves baseball team has righted the ship with a three-game winning streak dating back to last weekend. Since March 31, they have scored 28 runs, the most of any three-game stretch this season. Junior outfielder Mike Tauchman continues to produce since returning to…
With the bases loaded and the score tied in the bottom of the sixth inning, sophomore Alex Chandler, who hit a home run in the third inning, stepped into the batter’s box. Although she had an opportunity to give the Bradley softball team its first…
If you had told me the day the NBA lockout ended, that come April the Chicago Bulls would sport the best record in the league despite missing MVP Derrick Rose for 21 games, Rip Hamilton only taking to the court 17 times, and Luol Deng…
Yes For the first time in two seasons, the Final Four did not have a team from outside one of the six power conferences. And it showed. I may be in the minority, but I loved seeing Butler in the National Championship game two years…