You wouldn’t know it unless you were a cheerleader, close friend or professor, but a December 2019 graduate was Bradley’s biggest cheerleader for three years. He even had an all-access pass to the NCAA Tournament in 2019. Kaboom!, Bradley’s gargoyle mascot, is suited up for…
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Soccer and golf have commonalities, according to Alex Ciaramitaro. He played as a midfielder and defender for Jim DeRose’s soccer team for three years before he tore his ACL midway through his fourth season. Now, he’s a fifth-year pursuing his MBA after graduating with a…
Brady is not worth the money he’s getting in Tampa BY COLIN DAVERN After 20 seasons with the New England Patriots and being drafted when I was a newborn, Tom Brady will wear a new uniform in 2020. The legendary quarterback signed a two-year deal…
It needs to return to action soon BY ALLAN KABESE In 1941, after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the MLB decided to continue its season despite the start of World War II. Having baseball helped many people globally deal with the war and get…
I knew the Bradley men were going to win the MVC Championship game in the second half. There was 5:10 left of the game clock, and the crowd was chanting “B-U,” causing the court to shake beneath me. Bradley was up by seven, and the…
Since head coach Brian Wardle and his staff arrived at Bradley, the men’s basketball team has been trending upward. Each year, it has improved its record and gained respect across the country. This season’s team featured three scholarship redshirted players – freshman forward Rienk Mast,…
After a team meeting on Friday afternoon, the Bradley men’s basketball team seemed to be in good spirits at its Renaissance Coliseum practice facility. Players laughed and smiled, some got shots up, while others circled up to dribble a basketball like a soccer ball, dishing…
On Friday afternoon, the Missouri Valley Conference announced the cancellation of all intercollegiate competition, including championships, through the remainder of the academic year. “The MVC Presidents’ Council made this decision today with the well-being and safety of its student-athletes, administrators, coaches, media and fans in…
A historic season in Bradley men’s and women’s basketball has come to a grinding hault. On Thursday afternoon, the NCAA announced that it has canceled the entirety of the organization’s remaining winter and spring championships – including the men’s and women’s basketball tournaments – on…
When seniors Koch Bar, Nate Kennell and Darrell Brown arrived in Peoria the summer of 2016, the Braves were coming off a 5-27 season in head coach Brian Wardle’s first year. That trio has now won the Missouri Valley Conference tournament in back-to-back years for…