A week after the men’s basketball team ended its season against Northern Iowa in the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament, the women’s basketball team’s year ended in the same manner. Only the women’s team had its season end by Loyola-Chicago for the second straight year, losing…
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Bradley University has named Peoria native Chris Reynolds as the 10th Athletics Director, as stated in a press release Monday evening. Reynolds, who was the Deputy Director of Athletics and Recreation at Northwestern University since 2012, will begin his responsibilities as Director of Athletics immediately.…
In March 1982, the madness of the 44th National Invitational Tournament was only 25 seconds away from coming to a close. As the Braves battled Purdue, Bradley guard Barney Mines stood at the free throw line in Madison Square Garden in New York City, calmly…
One week after Bradley’s baseball team surrendered 30 runs in a loss to Grand Canyon, Bradley’s pitchers re-wrote the history books again. This time, however, in a good way. In a three-game series this past weekend, the Braves did not allow a run to an…
One free throw. A single free throw was all that Bradley needed to snap a 35-game losing streak to teams west of the Mississippi River. Instead, the Braves fell to the Missouri State Bears in triple overtime 80-77, in a game which featured Bradley holding…
The Bradley men’s golf team hit the green for the first time this spring, earlier this week at the Loyola Golf Invitational. Seniors Danny Masrin and Seth Troila finished 33rd and 36th, respectively, out of 100 participants in their first outings of the season. Masrin…
Oh my gosh, what a mess. I mean, really, a mess cannot even begin to describe the kind of season the NFL just had. I may have a bias here, but there was nothing even remotely positive about this last NFL season that I want…
When Bradley’s Athletic Director Michael Cross announced his resignation Feb. 16, he also announced the end of a five-year tenure during which Bradley’s athletic department underwent numerous changes. In an interview with The Scout, Cross said he believed his time at Bradley, which he announced…
The Bradley men’s basketball team sought to get back on track and snap a two-game losing streak in a Missouri Valley Conference rematch against I-74 rival Illinois State. In their earlier matchup at Redbird arena, the Braves offense shot 50 percent from the field and…
Nate Wells is a seven-foot one-inch junior center for the Bradley men’s basketball team, but don’t let his quiet character fool you. His reputation precedes him, like lightning precedes thunder. Wells is a ukulele-strumming, tennis-playing, three-point slinging center that receives a rather loud ovation at…