The Bradley softball team was swept by Drake over the weekend and fell to Illinois State on Tuesday night. They have dropped their last nine games and sit in last place in the Missouri Valley Conference. When Drake came into town over the weekend, head…
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Earlier this month, the Missouri Valley Conference lost Wichita State – its most valuable athletic program. After being severely under-seeded in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament this year, the Valley’s most heralded basketball powerhouse fled to the American Athletic Conference where they could play tougher…
The Bradley softball team got walked on and walked off this week as they were swept by Northern Iowa and Illinois State. In the series opener against Northern Iowa, sophomore pitcher Julie Kestas hurled a gem but didn’t get any help from her offense. Senior…
The Bradley softball team dropped its first two games at home to Wichita State 7-5 and 10-1 last weekend, but game three of the series was capped off with a chance to make history. Going into the top of the seventh inning, sophomore pitcher Julie…
In June 2016, the United States sports community saw something it thought had a slim to nothing chance of happening. The NHL board of governors approved a new expansion team in Sin City: the Las Vegas Golden Knights. Shortly thereafter, the NFL voted to allow…
The Bradley softball team struggled at the plate last weekend in its first home series of the year, dropping two out of three games against Missouri State. In the first two games of the series, Bradley failed to put a run on the board as…
The Bradley softball team won its first conference series of the season against Evansville last weekend. The Braves were shut out 7-0 in the first game after failing to get a hit until the sixth inning against 2016’s Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) pitcher of the…
National League By AUSTIN SHONE Top to bottom, the Chicago Cubs are built to win. Returning MVP Kris Bryant, Kyle Schwarber and Anthony Rizzo, along with their consummate protector and Eureka-native Ben Zobrist, will wreak havoc on pitching staffs. Their pitching staff will continue…
Every year when February turns into March, college basketball moves to the forefront of my attention span. Conference tournaments heat up, automatic bids are won and the rest of the field of 68 is filled in on Selection Sunday. Although the games themselves are great,…
This spring break was one of the most relaxing I’ve ever had. Too relaxing, actually. I don’t remember the exact moment it happened, but somewhere along the road, I tore my meniscus, probably by over-exerting my physical capabilities in pick-up basketball. So I got the…