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Bears head to NCAA second round

Bears hungry for win in final home game

Nine games into the season, the Bears have won awards, suffered injuries, practiced in rain and snow, dished out revenge and tasted some, gone scoreless in front of unfriendly crowds and triumphed for fans at home. A lot has happened. There has been one drive behind it all - the same drive that will ...

Khan'16: FIFA award up for grabs between Ronaldo, Messi

Distance runner Connelly '14 on trail of success

  Anyone who has ever competed in a 5K race, which translates to just over three miles, knows that running is no easy task. For most people, it is hard enough to complete a 5K in under 23 minutes, which is about 7 minutes, 24 seconds per mile. But running that distance at a pace of 5:24 per mile ...

At-large bid paves way to Division I tourney

Football alums pursue pro careers on international fields

Alex Tounkara '11.5 and Stephen Peyton '12, former football players for Bruno, brought their love for the game overseas, continuing to play football for teams across the Atlantic after graduating. Both played professional football in Europe earlier this year, with Tounkara competing in the German Football ...

Bears look to shape up under new coach

The men's basketball team underwent a major transformation in the offseason, but several aspects of the program remain strangely familiar. The Bears are under new leadership with the arrival of Mike Martin '04, a first-year head coach who launched his coaching career at Brown less than a decade ago. ...

No. 11 Bruno lose out on auto NCAA berth

The No. 11 men's soccer team was defeated 2-1 by Dartmouth in a hard-fought battle Friday evening in Hanover, N.H. The Big Green (9-7-0, 5-2 Ivy) scored a controversial buzzer-beating goal in overtime, handing the Bears (12-2-3, 4-1-2) their second loss of the year. 

Bruno ties twice, still winless in ECAC

Bruno claws its way to victory over Big Green

The Bears took care of business for the second week in a row, staging a fourth-quarter rally to defeat Dartmouth 28-24 in Hanover, N.H. The game marked the team's first road victory against an Ivy League opponent this fall and secured a winning record for the season.

Athlete of the Week: Norocea '14 minds the inches

Al Pacino's character in "Any Given Sunday" emphatically reminds his players that football is a game of inches. No player knows this so well as the kicker who is often called on to score valuable points and even to win games. An inch in one direction or another can be the difference between a winning ...

Bears gear up for fight against Dartmouth

Some things get easier with time. The football season is not one of them. Injuries and fatigue settle in, the temperature falls, and most teams' hopes of a championship whittle down to near inexistence. Wednesday evening found the Bears practicing in wind and snow, laboring under the cold brilliance ...

Shaw '13: Aging Knicks exceed expectations

This will be another NBA column, but first, Doug "Muscle Hamster" Martin earned his way into today's sports page after rushing for 251 yards and four touchdowns (along with four catches for 21 yards, you PPR nuts) against Oakland last Sunday. If this guy doesn't decide to "Shaq it" and spends his offseason ...

Bulldogs bite Bruno in final games of season over weekend

Bears fall in tournament final for first loss in two months

Bruno ties Yale on Senior Night

The No. 11 men's soccer team battled Yale to a 1-1 double-overtime draw Saturday evening at Stevenson Field, dropping Bruno to second in the Ivy League standings. The hard-fought match was reminiscent of last year's game when the Bears edged the Bulldogs 1-0 in a tight overtime battle. 

Bears lose two over the weekend

The men's hockey team dropped consecutive one-goal decisions at Harvard and Dartmouth this weekend to open its conference schedule. 

Bulldogs go scoreless against Bruno

Coming off a last-minute loss to Penn that virtually took them out of Ivy League championship contention, the Bears rebounded in resounding fashion, defeating Yale 20-0 Saturday at Brown Stadium. The victory marks Bruno's first shutout of the Bulldogs since 1949.

Bears seek to improve Ivy record in Bulldogs game

Bruno's chances at the Ivy League championship slipped away when Penn split the uprights in the final seconds of last weekend's disappointing 20-17 away loss. But almost a third of the schedule is in front of the Bears (4-3, 1-3 Ivy), who will battle Yale (2-5, 1-3) Saturday at Brown Stadium for pride ...

Shaw '13: The season is here

For those of you hungry to boo David Stern, I have one message for you: The season is here. The season is finally here. I unashamedly skipped the least-watched World Series in history (nothing good ever happens to Detroit, except the auto bailout) to catch some extra NBA preseason coverage, secretly ...