As Geno Ford settles into Peoria, he’s had no time to waste as he gets the roster set for next season. Previous coach Jim Les had signed four recruits to letters of intent and was returning all but two players next year. But as Ford…
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LA Lakers After 82 games in six months, the NBA playoffs are finally upon us. In two months, a champion will be crowned. There are many contenders, but when it’s all said in done the Lakers will capture their second three-peat in less than a…
In the world of sports, coaches are supposed to have your back. Baseball managers argue with umpires about bad calls until they’re red in the face and coaches will always defend their players in press conferences after games no matter what. But apparently Jim Calhoun…
Bradley scored seven runs in the final three innings to earn its 11th come-from-behind victory of the season in a 9-8 win over Indiana State. The Braves lost the first two games of the weekend series against the Sycamores before salvaging a win Sunday. Bradley…
A quick start offensively for the softball team was quickly surpassed, as the Southern Illinois Salukis throttled the Braves 11-3. Bradley freshman Kaycee Miller created the offensive explosion in the top of the first inning, after leadoff hitter junior Julie Sherman and freshman Alex Chandler…
The Bradley baseball team improved its record to 5-1 at home and 18-8 overall with a victory over the University of Illinois Tuesday at O’Brien Field. The Braves capitalized on the Illini’s mistakes, again coming from behind to record a 7-4 win. In the first…
Bradley’s archrival powered past the Braves Tuesday as the Illinois State Redbirds beat the Bradley softball team 3-2. The Braves’ Lindsay Hufeld pitched well, only giving up four hits while pitching a complete games. But two of those four hits were homeruns for the Redbirds…
Derrick Rose This is not a typo. The MVP conversation isn’t much of a contest. There’s Derrick Rose and … Derrick Rose. Coupled with the consolidation of power in Miami and the eventual downturn in play by Boston and Kobe Bryant, Rose and the Bulls…
Monday night, the world watched as Butler fell to UConn 53-41 in the National Championship. The game was forgettable, but the accomplishment was not. The Bulldogs finished a remarkable two-year run that saw them play in the National Championship twice. The only other schools to…
Standing taller than just about everyone, save the basketball team, junior pitcher Jacob Booden is hard to miss no matter where you see him. But when he takes the mound and gets into his pitching motion, everything is in the right place. Booden has started…