Originally published in the September 3, 2010 issue While students were off enjoying summer break, the Bradley Athletic Department has been busy filling in coaching vacancies in both track/cross-country and women’s golf. Cross country coach David Beauchem and women’s golf coach Bo Ryan left Bradley…
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Originally published in the September 3, 2010 issue Lebron James While Bryce Harper was off getting his G.E.D. and playing at some no-name College of South Nevada of the exceedingly unknown Scenic West Athletic Conference, LeBron James and his high school crew of merry men…
Originally published in the September 3, 2010 issue For the first time in the modern era of college football we are looking at the impossible, as a non-BCS team could play for a national championship. In an NCAA sport where the rich get richer we…
Originally published in the September 3, 2010 issue The volleyball team opened its 2010 campaign in thrilling fashion, finishing second in the Hotels at Grand Prairie Invitational held in the brand new 4,200-seat on-campus arena. The invitational marked the first event hosted in the arena,…
The softball team lost both sides of a doubleheader to Creighton under gray skies and scattered storms. The seemingly volatile weather went hand-in-hand with the Braves’ up-and-down season, with a 15-28 record and second from the bottom in the Missouri Valley Conference after winning it…
Six seniors ended their college tennis careers at the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament in Wichita, Kan., on a sour note as the women and men’s tennis teams went a combined 1-8. Coach Scott Petersen put things in perspective when he referred to his trio of…
For the second time this season, the Bradley baseball team fell to in-state rival Illinois 8-5 in Champaign. The two teams met on April 6 in Peoria with Illinois coming out victorious by just a run with a score 11-10. Illinois jumped all over sophomore…
While most students are struggling to make it to the end of the semester, the women’s track team has a little more on its plate. “The next two-and-a-half weeks are the most challenging part of our competitive year,” said coach David Beauchem. For the ladies…
A certain quarterback in Pittsburgh needs to be thanking his lucky stars. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell suspended Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger for six games to begin the 2010-2011 NFL season for violating the league’s personal-conduct policy. If Roethlisberger follows the conditions laid out by Goodell…
Mariano Rivera Do you want to know why the AL has won 12 straight All-Star games? Mariano Rivera has closed for all but two of them. The Panama Express, the Hammer of God, The Sandman. No player in the past 15 years of sports has…