The squeak of sneakers hitting the hardwood means one thing to Peoria – Bradley basketball is back. Although it was just an exhibition game, both the Braves and the Lewis University Flyers showed up last Sunday with intensity. The Braves muscled their way to a…
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Volleyball coach Sean Burdette started playing competitive volleyball when he was in the eighth grade. Now he has been the Braves’ head volleyball coach for two years and is the seventh coach in program history. “[It was] a natural progression for me from playing volleyball…
After a rough season, coach Jim DeRose said his team is humbled. “This was an abnormal season for the program,” the soccer coach said. “We are usually playing almost to Thanksgiving, and this year we are done much earlier.” Last season the Braves qualified for…
As baseball season comes to an end and my heart fills with sorrow, I am reminded of the one thing that makes me hate baseball, the designated hitter – or DH – rule. The DH is the 10th player in the batting line-up, allowed to…
No Sports are a sacred thing. They have existed for years to determine the best of the best in terms of brain and brawn. And, as awful as it sounds, cheerleading doesn’t qualify for this. Cheerleaders do spend an inordinate amount of time and planning…
Despite hard-fought battles, the volleyball team fell to two conference opponents last weekend. Senior Amy Reichel became the 19th player in school history to reach 800 career kills last weekend in the Braves match against Southern Illinois, and the Braves finished the Evansville match with…
The Braves season has been nothing short of full of surprise on the pitch. After the starting the season off well and finding their way into the national rankings, the Braves have dropped all seven games in conference and 11 stretching back to last season.…
On Saturday, Bradley will host the 2009 State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Cross Country Championship at Newman Golf Course. The starting time for the men’s 8K race is 10:30 a.m. followed by the women’s 5K race at 11:30 a.m. The men’s 8K course consists of…
St. Louis Cardinals fans are relieved to hear news that Tony LaRussa will return for another year. But he has made some changes to the staff, bringing Mark McGwire, yes the Mark McGwire, as the new hitting coach. McGwire is known for a couple of…
Colts Over the course of the last five regular seasons, the Indianapolis Colts have yet to win less than 12 games. They have used the draft to build a perennial winner ever since they compiled a 3-13 record in 1998. By adding the likes of…