Chicago Cubs While neither team had an extraordinary off-season, the Cubs’ was … less bad. Let me introduce you to the two new Sox players who will be playing third base and center field this year, replacing Nick Swisher and Joe Crede. Brian Anderson, a…
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The deadline for this column was 11 a.m. on Wednesday, so if Tiger Woods has already been knocked out of the Accenture Match Play Championship, please stop reading because I’m about to make myself look like a fool. However, I have watched Tiger Woods play…
Every kid dreams about hitting the big shot at the buzzer of the big game. Practicing out in the driveway, we have all counted off the seconds of that imaginary clock and thrown up a prayer while making that fake buzzer sound. Most of us…
Senior night in Evansville proved to be too much to handle for the Braves as the Purple Aces snapped the men’s basketball team’s three-game winning streak on Wednesday night. Evansville seniors Shy Ely, Jason Holsinger and Nate Garner took over the game, combining for 42…
The baseball team picked up two wins this weekend on its way to being crowned champions of the rain-shortened Service Academy Spring Classic. The Braves began the 2009 campaign in style, taking out Pittsburgh in a 10-inning thriller on Friday before out-pitching Memphis to win…
Women jump to third in MVC with pair of victories, extend winning streak to six The women’s basketball team made huge Missouri Valley Conference strides last week, knocking off both Creighton and Drake at home. The highlight of the home stand was Bradley’s 87-80 double-overtime…
The men’s basketball team picked up its 500th Missouri Valley Conference win on Tuesday, defeating Missouri State 71-60. With the win, the Braves became just the second MVC team to reach the 500-win plateau. Drake (511 wins) is the only other team with more Valley…
Senior Monica Rogers put up 14 points in the second half of Saturday night’s home contest against Northern Iowa to lead the women’s basketball team to a come-from-behind Missouri Valley Conference win. Rogers finished with 18 points and a game-high eight rebounds in the 69-58…
NCAA Not only is college basketball untainted by the greed and lack of traveling calls of the NBA, but the history, rivalries and loyalty that comes along with each and every team is completely unparalleled by anything in the pros. The first thing that comes…
Sports make for great movies. All the action, excitement and drama sets the plot, throw in some good actors, and you have yourself a great film. We’ve all seen the classics: “Rocky,” “Hoosiers,” “Caddyshack” and “The Natural.” But now the movies we all grew up…