On Friday afternoon, the Missouri Valley Conference announced the indefinite postponement of all fall sports scheduled for 2020. The decision impacts all fall sports offered at Bradley University: men’s and women’s cross country, volleyball, and soccer. According to the release which was published on the…
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The Missouri Valley Conference announced Monday that the beginning of fall sports competition will be delayed until September 18. The move covers every fall sport offered by the conference, but does not extend to the football teams of member schools who compete in other conferences.…
Chris Reynolds, Bradley Vice President of Intercollegiate Athletics, already has a lot on his plate, but his list of positions outside of the halls of Renaissance Coliseum just got a bit longer. On June 18, Reynolds was named president of the Division I-AAA Athletics Directors…
In the wake of nationwide protests against the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and countless others at the hands of police, Bradley student-athletes set out to create an event of their own. The result was a well-attended walk down Main Street and subsequent rally…
Student-athletes at the end of their senior year often find themselves having to decide between continuing their athletic career or transitioning to life away from sports. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, senior spring athletes find themselves making a similar decision: come back for another year or…
The 2020 NCAA fall sports season is currently slated to proceed as scheduled across the country, though what it will look like is largely fluid as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to evolve. The overarching theme of the season-to-be? It will be far from what anybody…
After a nearly three month hiatus, Bradley men’s and women’s basketball teams will be allowed to return to campus for voluntary, individual workouts as soon as June 8. Due to COVID-19, the NCAA had placed a moratorium on all athletic activities through May 31, but…
For the Bradley softball team, and every other team competing in the NCAA spring season, a question lingers: What could have been? Make no mistake, the scenarios that could have played out on a diamond, field or track are trivial when compared to the COVID-19…
It’s a bittersweet time for former Bradley baseball player and current Pittsburgh Pirates minor leaguer Luke Mangieri. Under normal circumstances, Mangieri would be settled into the routine of playing baseball every day for the Single-A Greensboro Grasshoppers. Instead, he’s back home in Peoria. “It’s always…
The story of Michael Jordan and the 1990s Chicago Bulls is one of the most unique and legendary stories in the history of sports. We all know the Jumpman logo, Jordan basketball shoes, the tongue hanging out when driving toward the basket and his extremely…