When the clock struck zero in St. Louis, Missouri and the Loyola Ramblers hit a buzzer-beater to end the Bradley men’s basketball season, there was a bitter taste in everyone’s mouths. Now, close to seven months later, a new Braves team is ready to lace…
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Men’s basketball head coach Geno Ford and Bradley’s Athletic Department announced Oct. 3 that senior Auston Barnes will be suspended for the first three games of the season and is subject to more penalties pending his current legal matters. Barnes was arrested Aug. 11 and…
Bradley’s cross country teams competed at the Notre Dame Invitational Oct. 3 against some of the top college teams in the country. The women’s team fared best, finishing 10th out of 20 teams including three teams ranked in the U.S. Track and Field and Cross…
The women’s Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) championship could once again roll through Kansas this season, as the Shockers appear to be the team to beat for the second consecutive year. The rest of the division, however, is a bit harder to predict. 1. Wichita State…
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…
It’s going to take quite the run to knock Wichita State off the top of the Missouri Valley Conference standings. There are a few teams who have a shot at a title but would need the Shockers to struggle in order to have a chance.…
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…
It has been six years since the last time my Cubbies and that team from the South Side of Chicago have reached Major League Baseball’s post-season. Even though they have struggled lately, that does not mean baseball has suffered. As a matter of fact, the…
The defending Missouri Valley Conference champion Bradley softball team did not have the best weekend of exhibition matches. The Braves dropped their first game to DePaul and then bounced back to beat Kankakee Community College 4-2 and Lincolnland Community College 13-5. Coach Amy Hayes said…