The U.S. men’s hockey team is marching inexorably toward the ultimate goal of an Olympic gold medal. Led by Jon Quick, TJ Oshie and Patrick Kane, the Yanks finished the group stage of the Winter Olympics’ premier team event seeded second behind only Sweden. With Wednesday’s commanding 5-2 victory ...
Since earning a starting spot in his first collegiate game last year, Cedric Kuakumensah ’16 has made opponents think twice before taking the ball to the rim. The 6-foot-9 forward blocked 66 shots in his first season, a school record and the all-time highest for a first-year in the Ivy League. His ...
By the standards of Duke University’s basketball team, the first half of this season was a disappointment. The Blue Devils lost a close game at the University of Notre Dame, were routed at Clemson University, and, most embarrassingly, just managed a 91-90 home victory against mid-major University ...
As the season winds to a close, the men’s hockey team is on the road at Dartmouth and Harvard this weekend, hoping to keep building momentum before the ECAC tournament in two weeks. The Bears enter the weekend riding high after Saturday’s win over then-No. 4 Quinnipiac. But facing two of the bottom ...
The men’s lacrosse team started last season on a meteoric rise, winning five of its first six games. The early-season success earned the Bears a No. 19 national ranking, and the team looked poised to contend for the Ivy League title. But the squad lost momentum and dropped its next four games, ultimately ...
Home games against Iona College and Sacred Heart University this weekend mark the end of preseason training and the start of a new campaign for the women’s lacrosse team. The Bears graduated only four seniors in 2013, returning eight starters and adding eight rookies to a team balanced with experience ...
The gymnastics team faced stout competition when it traveled to the University of New Hampshire for a three-team meet with UNH and Centenary College this weekend. The Wildcats bested the Bears by a wide margin, 195.575 to 191.600, but Bruno topped Centenary’s 188.600 to finish in second place. “We ...
The men’s and women’s squash teams played their last home matches of the season against Williams College Feb. 11, with the women picking up a 9-0 win in their fifth sweep of the season. The men did not share in the women’s success, falling to the Ephs 5-4 in a hard-fought match. The men went ...
The men’s tennis team fell to Cornell 4-2 and to Penn 4-3 in two tight matches in the ECAC Championships this weekend. Bruno played as the fifth seed in the tournament, hosted by Dartmouth. The competition included all Ivy League teams except for Yale. Brown’s narrow losses “came down to one ...
Few observers of ECAC men’s ice hockey would have expected anything different than a split from a Brown team facing opponents at both ends of the standings this weekend. But at the same time, few would also have expected the split to play out the way it did. In a roller coaster weekend, Bruno turned ...
The men’s and women’s track and field teams were on double duty this weekend, as some athletes stayed local to compete in the Bruno-hosted Brown Invitational at the Olney-Margolies Athletic Center, while others traveled to the Iowa State Classic in Ames, Iowa. The home contingent found a great deal ...
The women’s ice hockey team was defeated in two shutouts this weekend, falling to Princeton 3-0 and Quinnipiac 5-0 and surrendering any chance of a playoff berth. The Bears (4-18-5, 3-14-3 ECAC) entered the weekend hoping to carry momentum from a two-game winning streak, but the Tigers and Bobcats ...
Entering the latter half of the Ivy League season, the men’s basketball team sits precariously in the top half of the standings. This weekend, the team lost a heartbreaker to a struggling Princeton squad 69-65, but battled back to earn a win against Penn 62-55. Here’s a breakdown of the Bears’ ...
The wrestling team continued its three-week homestand Saturday, hosting conference opponents Harvard and Boston University. But the home mat did not provide the Bears much of an advantage, as Harvard and BU secured sound victories, winning 30-10 and 23-15, respectively. The low weight classes doomed ...
Just last week, we were treated to the opening ceremony of the 22nd Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. The ceremony was a grand spectacle that featured more Russian history than any but the staunchest Russian nationalists cared to hear, and one well-publicized Olympic ring mishap that has already been ...
The women’s basketball team traveled down to the southern part of the Ivy League over the long weekend, falling 81-70 to Princeton Friday and 78-51 to Penn Saturday. Brown’s opponents are currently tied for second in the Ivy League, possessing the best offense and the best defense in the conference, ...
The men’s basketball team staged a come-from-behind victory over Penn but fell to Princeton this weekend, making the path to an Ivy League title a bit more difficult for the Bears. After four weeks of Ivy action, the Bears have now faced every team in the conference and have beaten the majority of ...
The men’s hockey team picked up some surprising results at home this weekend, falling to last-place Princeton but defeating No. 4 Quinnipiac. It was a weekend for upsets all across the ECAC, with the teams that entered each conference game lower in the standings going 6-3-3 overall. The bottom three ...
The Springfield College gymnasium belonged to Diana Walters ’16 Sunday. The talented sophomore topped all competitors in three of the meet’s four events to run away with first place in the all-around competition. Walter’s career-high 39.050 all-around score lifted the Bears to their highest team ...
No matter who you are or where you’re from, the Olympic Games are a pretty big deal. Placed perfectly at the intersection of sports, nationalism and geopolitics, the Games are one of those rare events that capture the attention of the entire world. Even if you are not captivated by the incredible ...
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