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Softball splits at Illinois State

After being swept at home by Southern Illinois, the Bradley softball team went on the road Tuesday to split a doubleheader with Illinois State, giving Bradley a series victory. This series marks Bradley’s first series victory against ISU since 1987. “It was interesting, but it…

Article retraction

In the April 22 edition of The Scout, we unknowingly printed an article with fabricated quotes. The article, “Disappointing week for track & field, who head to Virginia,” included quotes from a student athlete and the head coach, all of which were fabricated. The Scout…

Softball mops one win in rainy week

If Bradley’s softball team thought it were finally done with rain-outs, Wednesday changed its mind pretty quickly. The Braves had a doubleheader scheduled for Wednesday afternoon against Illinois State, and a rainy Wednesday moved those to Thursday. The rain almost kept them playing, but the…

The grotesque double standard in sports

Honestly, there’s nothing I absolutely despise more than a dumb ole double standard. Scratch that; I downright hate it. We see double standards quite a bit, honestly, and none of them are good. Like, when the law tells you to stop texting and driving, yet…

Bradley drops two out of three close games to Evansville last weekend

The toughest out to get in baseball is the last one. Bradley’s baseball team knows this all too well after last weekend, where all three games were decided by four runs combined. The Braves lost two of those three games to the Evansville Aces, one…

Women’s tennis splits weekend, grabs second conference win

Another conference win in the books for the Bradley women’s tennis has put the team in position for their first winning record in over 20 years. Sunday, the Braves (11-11, 2-3 MVC) closed out their 2016 home schedule by clinching its 11th win of the…

Can you feel the Burn(s)?

Last week, senior Lyle Burns was named Missouri Valley Conference Golfer of the Week for the third-straight week and a Bradley record for the fifth time in his career. Now, Burns only has one tournament left in his collegiate golf career: the MVC tournament. His…

Power hitting first baseman Alyson Clemente overcomes injury to smash BU records

Technically, Alyson Clemente broke the Bradley softball home run record 15 days before she officially did. On March 19, the redshirt senior first baseman officially broke Alycia Bachkora’s five-year-old record against Indiana State with a two-out blast, but Clemente still remembers the record-breaker that didn’t…

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