Although the Bradley women’s basketball team had its woes on the road, the Braves are on a four-game winning streak at home after beating Northern Iowa 75-61 last Friday. In front of the second-largest home crowd this season, the Braves helped raise $3,200 for the…
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The Bradley Braves baseball team started off the season with one win, two losses and one rainout. While that may not seem like the ideal outcome to some, junior Jason Leblebijian saw some positives in the team’s first few games. “I was very happy. It’s…
Bradley basketball coach Geno Ford’s first year on the Hilltop has been a roller coaster ride. The season started with optimism like it always does for the Braves. With Bradley basketball the only game in town, expectations are going to be high. Predictions of a…
Bradley pitcher Joe Bircher may be the best athlete on campus, but you would never know it from talking to him. The 6-foot-4-inch senior from Omaha, Neb. has a quiet confidence and, despite individual success, always puts the team and program first. Bircher has been…
The Bradley men’s basketball team hasn’t shot the ball well all season and the theme continued Wednesday night in a 62-55 loss to Drake at Carver Arena. The Braves shot a dreadful 0-for-20 from the perimeter, connecting on no threes for the second time this…
If the Bradley women’s basketball team took a step forward with back-to-back home wins two weeks ago, then it took a step backwards with two road losses last weekend. The Braves are on a six-game losing streak on the road, and have lost 14 consecutive…
I love sports. Where else can you find someone as surprising as Jeremy Lin? Name anywhere else where a 6-foot-3 Asian-American basketball player from Harvard, who has slept on his brother’s couch the past several months can tear up the NBA and break tons of…
Thomas Robinson Last season he was a sixth man for the Kansas Jayhawks. This season he is the best player in college basketball. Thomas Robinson leads the Jayhawks with 17 points per game and 12 rebounds a night. His 12 rebounds average is the second-highest…
Fans have reasonably been upset after two consecutive 30-point losses in conference play. Wednesday, the Bradley men’s basketball team brought fans to their feet and excitement back to the Hilltop with a 68-60 win against Indiana State. “We seem to be understanding what it takes…
A new season for the Bradley men’s baseball team is fast approaching. With the season opener against Virginia Tech looming, the players and coaches are all ready to get back on the diamond. “We’re all kind of sick of being inside right now, “said senior…