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One-on-One: Which league is better?

American    Baseball is about one thing, fireworks. And no one provides that more than the American League. In the AL, there are no pitchers flailing around with bats in their hands, trying to hit a pitcher’s fastball thrown at half speed. Truth is, there…

Softball sweeps MVC Tournament, earns spot in NCAA Tournament

Bradley softball went down in program history last May by winning their first Missouri Valley Conference Tournament Title. Softball ended last season with a new record of 12 conference wins putting them in sixth place in the MVC standings, the best they have done since…

Basketball takes first trip outside of the U.S. in more than 20 years

When basketball seemed to be the furthest thing from anyone’s mind, the Bradley men’s basketball team took a summer trip to Brazil for the ninth annual COPA EPTV De Basquete Tournament in Sao Carlos, Brazil. The tournament included eight teams, five from Brazil’s top professional…

Rob Scahill drafted in 8th round, signs with Colorado Rockies

A month back Rob Scahill was an average college kid, living the average college life. He went to class just like everybody else. He had a major, criminal justice. As a pitcher on the baseball team there may have been a few extra perks but…

Softball’s Missouri Valley Conference Championship in-game blog

This Missouri Valley Conference Championship game could turn out to be a good one. Creighton, the No. 1 seed and regular season champs, will take the field for just the second time in the tourney.The two teams split their regular season match-up 1-1, but Bradley…

One-on-One: Which playoffs are more exciting?

NBA The current series between the Chicago Bulls and the Boston Celtics has proven exactly why the NBA Playoffs are more exciting than the NHL Playoffs. Obviously, this series has contained some events that are somewhat out of the ordinary for the NBA Playoffs. But…

Has the NFL Draft become too much?

March is a great time of year.  Normally snow is melting and spring is closing in. School is starting to wind down and the end is in sight. Baseball season is starting up and the NBA and NHL seasons are heating up with their playoff…

Top 5 BU sports stories of 2008-09

Men’s basketball reaches CIT The men’s basketball reached the postseason for the fourth consecutive year this season by picking up the No. 1 seed in the inaugural CollegeInsider.com Tournament. The top spot allowed Bradley to host all four of its games at Carver Arena, giving fans…

9th annual BESPY awards

Male Athlete of the Year No male athlete had more of an impact on his team this year than senior Theron Wilson of the men’s basketball team did. Playing on a squad that was already short on big men, the 6-foot-5 Wilson used his tremendous…

Baseball faces rough patch over weekend

Friday was a rough day for the baseball team. They were pitted against Creighton’s Greg Hellhake, who came into this start with a 4-1 piching record. Hellhake scattered six hits across six plus innings and gave up only one run for the Bluejays, who won…

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