Ever hear of the saying, “There is no such thing as bad publicity?” While this may be true, there can also be publicity that really doesn’t matter that much. In the Oct. 24 issue of The Scout, our staff wrote an editorial piece that looked…
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On Thursday night, in front of a small gathering of communication students, Athletic Director Michael Cross announced Bradley University as a frontrunner in a potential partnership between the Missouri Valley Conference and ESPN. The deal, which has been in the works for a year, is…
“They are who we thought they were,” Arizona Cardinals Head Coach Dennis Allen once said. “And we let them off the hook!” Most Bears fans only need to have that first line recited to recognize just exactly what that’s from. If they’re anything like me,…
The dream of playing Division I sports is commonly shared among most high school athletes. Sometimes, however, that dream has to be passed up for an education. For these athletes, it’s hard to leave behind the game to which they’ve devoted much of their time…
Millionaire and Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder is a very, very lucky man. And for all the wrong reasons. Amidst all of the controversy surrounding the 2014-2015 NFL season, which featured prominent players such as Adrian Peterson and Ray Rice receiving suspensions, Snyder has had…
What a difference a year makes. Following the 2012-2013 season where the Braves finished 14-16, things were looking up for the Bradley women’s basketball team. Unfortunately, the 2013-2014 season was not as kind. The aftermath was an 8-22 finish, the first time the Braves finished…
For an athlete, sitting on the sidelines usually means they’re just taking a rest, and that they’ll re-enter the game soon. In the case of Bradley transfer Charnelle Reed, however, she couldn’t get into a game last season. Or, more accurately, she was not allowed…
Early in the 2012 Bradley men’s basketball season, the Braves took on Texas Pan-American in the second regular-season game ever played in Renaissance Coliseum. Although the Braves cruised to a 78-61 victory over the Broncos, a crowd of 3,151 was in attendance to pay homage…
A week after Bradley’s ProRehab classic tournament win, the men’s soccer team found themselves seconds away from another victory in the team’s Missouri Valley Conference opener against Loyola. However, the Braves suffered a crippling collapse late against the Ramblers when Loyola’s Kirill Lokhovid sent a…
Following a 1-4 start to the season and an early strategy change by coach Jim DeRose, the Braves men’s soccer team is enjoying its first winning streak of the year after sweeping the Evansville Aces ProRehab Classic. The Braves won the tournament by winning both…