On the Fourth of July in 1939, Hall of Fame first baseman Lou Gehrig delivered a speech to a sold-out Yankee Stadium. The famous line from that speech was, “Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth.” My dad always…
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When junior guard Jayden Hodgson checked in at the scorer’s table after the first media timeout, his number was listed incorrectly on the official score book. This accident would be the first of three technical fouls and countless mental errors that plagued the Braves in…
The Bradley men’s cross country team has been grinding away day after day for the last five years. The hard work manifested itself in a National Championship bid on a cold Friday at a snow-covered, mud-stained Newman Golf Course in Peoria. From the start of…
The two Bradley big men led the way for the Braves en route to a 74-65 win over Jacksonville State at Carver Arena Wednesday night. It was the first game of the domestic portion of the Cancun Challenge tournament. Junior center Koch Bar helped the…
After sweeping their way through the Missouri Valley Conference Championship two weeks ago, the Bradley men’s and women’s cross country teams will host the NCAA Midwest Regional meet today. Bradley has hosted regional meets in the past, but the journey to host this season’s started…
In the months leading up to last season, the Missouri Valley Conference sat in a state of uncertainty. Wichita State had departed. There was no clear Goliath, no team that stood out at the top. The conference was a blank slate, waiting for a team…
When you hear Bradley senior guard Shunseere Kent speak, it’s impossible to miss the confidence in her voice. That same confidence was apparent in her first season as a Brave, as Kent started the first 20 games and finished third on the team in scoring…
People often say that a hero is only as good as their villain. So, in honor of sports rolling into the Scream edition of our beloved publication, I’ve decided to create a lineup of maybe not the best villains of all time, but the ones…
Kraken: Austin Shone At the heart of the sea swims a monster so vicious, so gruesome, so enormous, no one has ever seen the whole thing. It’s a fearsome creature whose tentacles will suck the skin right off your face. What’s scarier than being alone…
A white sheet of paper sits on the bookshelf behind Bradley baseball coach Elvis Dominguez’s desk in his office. It is loose leaf. It is not framed, but he still keeps it there. Every once in a while, Dominguez turns around in his chair, picks…