I would assume that most of you remember the playground game “Red Rover” from your childhood days. Two teams stood in lines on opposite ends, locking hands, chanting “Red Rover, Red Rover, let (insert name) come over” and beckoning participants to run over to their…
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Bradley volleyball (11-11) ended its five-game homestand on a high note, taking down Drake on Friday and Northern Iowa on Saturday. The Braves dominated the Bulldogs to start the weekend, sweeping the match 25-20, 25-15, 25-22. Senior Hannah Thompson notched her 72nd career double-double with…
Helsinki, the capital city of Finland, sits over 4,500 miles away from Peoria, a place where unique design and architecture stand tall among the over 600,000 people that live there. It’s also a place that has seen incredible events, such as the 1952 Olympic Games,…
For Bradley’s cross-country team, the Illini Open featured some new faces, and those new faces thrived. Sophomore Max Dieterich took home the title for the Braves cross-country team in the 8K race and finished with a time of 25:58.8, a pace of 3:15/K. The women’s…
Bradley’s tennis team ended the fall season at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Central Regional Championships in Iowa City, Iowa, featuring 128 individuals last weekend. In doubles competition on Thursday, the duo of senior Sandra Maletin and freshman Kirstin Hailey won their first match 6-0 against…
The Bradley women’s golf team closed out its busiest fall season in four years with a seventh-place finish at the Little Rock Classic in Arkansas from Oct. 24-26. After a two-week break, Bradley’s women’s golf got back into action against fellow MVC rivals Illinois State…
Few sports teams dare to enter the realm of the unknown when it comes to their uniforms. Many organizations are scared to deviate from the beaten path of traditional color schemes, such as red and blue or blue and yellow. Now is the perfect time…
It’s been a season of transition for Silan Demirkol. The Istanbul native has had to adapt to life in the United States while managing the challenges of adjusting to NCAA Division I volleyball. According to her, it’s been so far, so good on both fronts. …
The Missouri Valley Conference released its men’s and women’s basketball preseason polls and all-conference teams this week, and both of Bradley’s squads were selected to finish in the middle of the pack. The women were selected to finish in fifth place, led by fifth-year senior…
Bradley soccer (2-9-1) played the first two matches of its three-game homestand this past week, falling 2-1 to Drake on Saturday and reaching a scoreless draw with Western Illinois on Monday. The rematch against Drake started off quick as junior Pepe Mellado converted on sophomore…