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Still without a victory, m. basketball drops two more

A not-so-fond farewell to the 2010 NFL season

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Squad posts pair of last-place finishes

The gymnastics team tumbled into the new season over winter break, placing third in its home opener against Towson University and the University of Bridgeport. The Bears also traveled to Rutgers University, where they notched 184.725 points in a fourth-place finish against the host Scarlet Knights, ...

W. icers endure winless stretch

The women's hockey team has struggled mightily over the past two months, compiling a 0-8-1 record. The Bears (2-14-3, 1-8-3 ECAC) scored only seven goals over the course of nine games, though five have come in the past two games — losses at St. Lawrence University (12-11-2, 7-6-0) and Clarkson ...

Bears fall behind early in Ivy League race

While the rest of the student body returned home for the holidays, the men's basketball team remained on campus, playing eight games over the break.

Bruno upsets top-ranked Yale

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The mild mild West: a very early preview of the NFL playoffs

The stage is set. A Monday-night football game with playoff implications. With time pushing the NFL schedule to the pivotal final third of the season, every game counts. The winner of this matchup will find itself just a game behind the division leader. It has all the makings of a huge game.

No Ivy soccer tourney on horizon

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McGonagill '14 ready to play ball

For incoming freshmen, the transition to college can be difficult. For student athletes, it can be hard to balance their new lives with the commitments they must uphold to their team. It can be even harder for a freshman to start on the team, as the athlete is burdened with even greater responsibility. ...

Men's basketball splits two on the week

After getting off to its best start in 10 years, the men's basketball team played two tough games last week, defeating St. Francis 67-63 and falling to New Hampshire 70-66.

M. soccer loses 2-0 in Sweet 16

After an upset win last week to get to the final 16 NCAA teams, the No. 22 men's soccer team fell Sunday 2-0 at No. 6 University of California at Berkeley, finishing its season at 12-4-4 overall.

Upset hopes put on ice, but m. hockey ties twice

BOSTON — The men's ice hockey team (3-2-3, 2-1-1 ECAC), fresh off a pair of conference wins over Cornell and Colgate, played strong this week to earn ties on the road against two of the premier teams in college hockey, No. 6 New Hampshire (7-2-4) and No. 2 Boston University (7-1-5). In both games, ...

After URI loss, m. basketball wins home opener with balanced attack

The men's basketball team played its home opener Saturday, defeating Sacred Heart in an exciting non-league match, 81-67. Earlier in the week, Bruno (2-1) fell to the Atlantic 10 powerhouse University of Rhode Island, 92-67.

Football team crushes Columbia on Senior Day, ties for second in league

In the final game of the 2010 football season, the Bears jumped out to a 28-0 lead over Columbia (4-6, 2-5 Ivy League) by halftime and never looked back, posting a dominant 38-16 victory on Senior Day at Brown Stadium.

M. hockey sweeps New York teams for first time in 17 years

The men's hockey team (3-2-1, 2-1-1 ECAC) went undefeated last weekend with a 5-2 win at Colgate (2-7-1, 0-5-1) and a 3-2 win against Cornell (2-6, 2-4).

W. icers split weekend with tie at Clarkson, loss at St. Lawrence

The women's ice hockey team extended its unbeaten home run to four games with a thrilling 1-1 tie against Clarkson on Friday night. But on Saturday, an inspired St. Lawrence comprehensively outplayed Brown, defeating the Bears 5-2 and ending Bruno's longest unbeaten streak in five years.

M. soccer scores upset in NCAA

The No. 22 men's soccer team has made it to the NCAA tournament Sweet 16 after defeating the No. 9 University of Connecticut in a thrilling game that went to a penalty shootout. The Bears won the shootout, 7-6, after battling the Huskies to a 1-1 deadlock in the 110 minutes of regulation and overtime ...

Tounkara '11 tearing it up on gridiron

Going into the 2010 football season, one of the biggest concerns for the Bears was at the wide receiver position — who would step up to fill the shoes of the prolific duo of Buddy Farnham '10 and Bobby Sewall '10? On the first offensive play of the year, Alex Tounkara '11 helped answer the question ...

Men's soccer victorious in NCAA homestand

The temperature was cold, but emotions were hot Thursday night at Stevenson Field, as No.22 Brown (12-3-3) defeated No.25 Boston College (10-5-5) in the opening round of the NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament. Midfielder Jon Okafor '11 and forward Austin Mandel '12 led the way for the Bears, notching ...

Bruno prepares for NCAA tourney, to host Boston at home

"We play for keeps." This has been the theme of the men's soccer season. In almost every interview — be it coach or player — playing for keeps has been a major focus.