A coach is one of the most important relationships in an athlete’s development, someone that they can trust and depend on, almost like a friend or a father. But what happens when your roommate becomes your coach? When the guy that you had been sharing…
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It was a tough night in Des Moines, Iowa, for Bradley women’s basketball as they fell to the Drake Bulldogs 81-49. Dropping their second game against the Bulldogs, the Braves’ head coach Kate Popovec-Goss was frustrated by the team’s offensive inconsistency. “We’re struggling to find…
This past weekend, Bradley track and field took part in multiple opportunities to flex their muscles and did so in a fashion that has become very familiar just a few weeks into the indoor season. Instead of going to a third planned meet in Nashville,…
Bradley softball struggled out of the gate in New Mexico last weekend, taking a 1-4 record back home after finding themselves on the wrong side of some close finishes. On the final day of the weekend, Bradley took a much-needed and thrilling victory over Colorado…
With an even 1-1 week, Bradley tennis rebounded with a hard fought win against St. Thomas in Minnesota after losing to in-state Southern Illinois-Edwardsville earlier in the week. Kicking off the slate last weekend, the Braves took on the Cougars in Pekin but lost the…
Bradley men’s golf hit the bunker with a second-to-last finish. In its first action of the spring season at the Advance Golf Partners Collegiate this week. Hosted by North Carolina-Greensboro in Palm City, Florida senior Josh Kirkham paved the way for Bradley by carding a…
Pretty victories are few and far between in the Missouri Valley Conference. The latest instance of this truth played itself out at Carver Arena on Wednesday night as Bradley and Missouri State got physical in the Braves’ 64-54 victory. “We were average tonight,” Bradley head…
In Bradley women’s basketball’s (3-22, 0-14 MVC) first outing against Southern Illinois (9-14, 6-8 MVC), the Salukis opened the game on a 12-0 run before sophomore guard Caroline Waite stopped the bleeding. Sunday’s matchup between the Braves and the Salukis was much more competitive than…
Bradley sophomore guard Connor Hickman turned around with his arms raised as soon as a 3-pointer left the hands of senior guard Ville Tahvanainen. As the shot – Tahvanainen’s sixth 3-pointer of the game on six attempts – fell through the net, junior guard Duke…
As park signs warn, it’s dangerous to feed bears, as they become comfortable and lose their fear to humans. The same could be said about gargoyles, as Bradley women’s basketball gave Missouri State a run for their money this Friday night. “I just keep looking…