As a kid growing up outside of Boston, I developed a love for the Red Sox equaled in intensity perhaps only by my hatred for the New York Yankees. Geography demanded that I dislike the Yankees from birth, but I got my first real taste of the rivalry when Aaron Boone hit a cruel walk-off home run versus ...
Brown Stadium will witness a clash of the two most storied programs in Rhode Island football history Saturday night when Bruno battles the University of Rhode Island for the 98th annual Governor’s Cup. Brown (1-1, Ivy 0-1) enters the state rivalry on the heels of a disappointing 41-23 loss to Ivy ...
The No. 17 men’s water polo team finished weekend play with an even record after winning its first match against the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Engineers and losing its second contest against the Harvard Crimson. The Bears (9-6, CWPA 4-2) competed in two CWPA Northern Division games over ...
The men’s tennis team made an impressive showing last weekend at the Penn Invitational, with records of 12-5 in singles and 7-2 in doubles and two players going undefeated. Brown played a doubleheader Friday against Lehigh University and the University at Buffalo before facing host Penn Saturday. ...
The men’s soccer team charged past Marist College 5-0 Friday night at Stevenson Field. Scoring four goals in the first half, Bruno shut down the Red Foxes early in the game. A final goal late in the second half sealed the Bears’ shutout and marked the first time since 2009 that Bruno posted five ...
The women’s soccer team (5-2-0, Ivy 1-0) began Ivy League play Sunday afternoon, defeating Dartmouth 1-0. The goal was scored by Kiersten Berg ’14 in the second half. Dartmouth (3-4-1, 0-1), which finished second in the conference last season, entered Sunday’s game on the heels of three shutouts, ...
At practice during preparation for the Harvard matchup, Head Coach Phil Estes stressed that the key to victory would be executing Bruno’s game plan. In a 41-23 defeat marked by turnovers, missed tackles and missed opportunities, execution was the one thing Brown did not do. Even this early in the ...
The women’s volleyball team fell to the Yale Bulldogs in three decisive sets Saturday. The Bears were outmatched by a strong and successful Bulldog offense. Statistically, Yale’s solid .239 kill percentage outnumbered Bruno’s .027. The Bulldogs also led in blocks, digs and aces, making ...
A protracted struggle against Dartmouth (2-4, 1-1 Ivy) ended unfavorably for the field hockey team Saturday, as the Big Green rallied in the second half to win 4-3. Riding high after last Sunday’s victory over Colgate University, Brown (3-4, 0-2) entered the game looking to notch its first conference ...
Despite owning the first quarter of its Ivy League opener — played at Harvard Stadium — the football team was on the wrong end of a 28-0 second quarter, which vaulted Harvard to a lead it would not relinquish in the 41-23 decision. “For a quarter, we were a pretty good football team,” said ...
In its second tournament of the year, the men’s golf team finished 10th in the 17-team Hartford Hawk Invitational. The low finish was due in large part to a poor second round, despite strong showings in the other two. Rutgers University won the tournament with a cumulative team score of 868, just ...
The No. 17 men’s water polo team finished their weekend travel campaign with a 2-1 record, losing their first match against No. 14 St. Francis College Terriers 16-15 but winning the final two games. Bruno’s first match Saturday came up against the Terriers (8-4), the defending Collegiate Water ...
There are websites devoted to it, books written about it, ironic T-shirts depicting it and even a mainstream sitcom centered around it. Individuals young and old all over the country place bets on it, lose productivity over it and cry about it. Fantasy football has a stranglehold on football culture ...
On Saturday evening, the football team will play on one of the biggest stages the Ivy League affords: a nationally televised game, under the lights against a conference rival at historic Harvard Stadium in Boston. But to Head Coach Phil Estes and his team, this week’s matchup against the Crimson ...
At the end of last season, the football team faced the challenge of replacing their top three running backs, all of whom graduated. But two quarters into the 2013 season opener, the solution struck like a lighting bolt. John Spooney ’14 established himself as one the Bear’s biggest assets Saturday ...
The women’s tennis team opened the year with top finishes at the Brown Invitational this past weekend. With young players such as first-year Dayna Lord ’17, whose serve dominated over the weekend, and Hannah Camhi ’16, a First Team All-Ivy doubles player and Herald contributing writer, the team ...
The men’s soccer team suffered two defeats on the road over the weekend, falling to Indiana University 2-1 Friday and Butler University 3-0 Sunday — dropping its record to 1-4-1. Bruno battled back against the Hoosiers in the second half but could not notch a tying goal despite a spirited second-half ...
The men’s tennis team traveled to New Haven, Conn. last weekend to compete in the Ivy Plus Tournament and came away with strong wins and valuable experience, said co-captain David Neff ’14. Bruno competed against all other Ivy League teams — with the exception of Princeton — as well as against ...
The field hockey team won the second of two games this weekend due to renewed emphasis on team-focused play. After falling to Columbia (3-3, Ivy 1-0) Friday, Bruno (3-3, 0-1) bounced back Sunday to fend off Colgate University (1-7). Columbia 4, Brown 1 Despite not having beaten the Lions ...
Some people participate in triathlons to get in better shape, while others — who often have competitive swimming or running backgrounds — seek a new athletic challenge. In all cases, the triathlon fits the bill. The popularity of triathlons has surged within the past decade, with the membership ...
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