David Montgomery By Jacob Stienberg Following a 12-4 season powered by an elite defense, the Chicago Bears head into 2019 with Super Bowl hopes. With an offense that lacked backfield playmakers last season, the Bears traded up in the third round of the NFL draft…
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Rising senior baseball player Dan Bolt is living up to his last name. His legs have allowed him to steal seven bases this season and make plays in left field. More importantly for the Braves, his bat puts a jolt into every ball he hits.…
It is too bad that most people on the Hilltop don’t care much about Bradley sports. Since my freshman year I’ve been a fan and the Braves have been trending up since I arrived in Peoria. Bradley has a rich history and usually leads the…
Bradley Athletics announced Halley Morrell as the new head coach for the women’s golf team on Thursday. Morrell is a first-time head coach after serving as an assistant at two schools. Morrell takes the reigns from interim head coach Grant Escue, who stepped in after…
@ScoutSportsDesk ran six polls on Twitter to find out which Bradley athletes, teams and coaches deserve each glorious BESPY. The polls received an average of 157 votes. Team of the Year — Men’s Basketball The men’s basketball team arrived on the national scene for the…
Bradley’s high-powered lineup was the driving force behind its fourth-place Missouri Valley Conference finish this season. The Braves averaged 6.2 runs per game in conference play, led in slugging percentage and finished second in home runs with 32. That same lineup, however, did not have…
On Friday, sophomore guard Kevin McAdoo announced that he will be transferring to Bradley. He played his first two seasons at Eastern Michigan of the Mid-American Conference. McAdoo will have to sit out one year before he can compete in the 2020-21 season. McAdoo showed…
The Bradley baseball team’s bats were hot in Springfield, Missouri, this past weekend as the team swept usual-powerhouse Missouri State. It was the first sweep ever at Missouri State and first road series win there since 1993. Bradley scored 32 runs in the three game…
Despite falling behind early in each of its three games against Indiana State last weekend, Bradley softball swept the series and catapulted to third place in the Missouri Valley Conference standings. The Braves took the first game of the series 8-6 in a back-and-fourth battle.…
The Bradley tennis team competed at the Missouri Valley Conference Women’s Team Championship this past weekend in Waterloo, Iowa. The Braves earned the No. 3 seed after posting a historic 15-7 record in the regular season but were eliminated by No. 2 Illinois State in…