Correction appended. Recruited athletes at Brown have a choice - since the University does not offer athletic scholarships, athletes can relinquish their commitment to their sport without affecting their financial aid, just like students participating in any other extracurricular activity. But this ...
Across the country, the phrase "college sports" conjures images of parking lots full of tailgaters as far as the eye can see and waves of students dressed in the same color screaming as a member of the opposing team lines up for a foul shot. Brown students are generally an athletic bunch that rally ...
From a Verney-Woolley Dining Hall segregated between athletes and non-athletes to rumors of athletes gaining a leg up over their non-athlete peers in admissions - certain attitudes and stereotypes persist surrounding student-athletes on campus. Some athletes report that these claims have elements ...
While most students were stumbling through Spring Weekend debauchery, the men and women of track and field were busy running, jumping and throwing at three different meets. Though none of the meets were scored, both teams performed well at the competitions.
Bruno's crew programs both enjoyed victories over Ivy League opponents this weekend as the men swept No. 15 Dartmouth at home and the women toppled No. 16 Cornell and No. 18 Columbia in Ithaca, N.Y.
The women's softball team (8-24, 5-11 Ivy) dropped two doubleheaders to first-place Harvard (26-11, 15-1) this weekend at Soldiers Field in Cambridge, Mass.
The women's lacrosse team dropped its fifth straight conference matchup Saturday, losing to first-place Penn 15-6 in Philadelphia.
The men's lacrosse team pulled off one of the biggest upsets in the program's recent memory Saturday, defeating No. 3 Cornell 10-9 in Ithaca. A goal from Sam Hurster '14 with four seconds remaining handed the Big Red (9-2, 4-1 Ivy) its first conference loss this season and snapped Cornell's six-game ...
The baseball team's chances of finishing with a winning conference record and winning the Red Rolfe division were squelched this weekend as the Bears dropped three of four games in an away series Friday and Saturday at Harvard.
After a difficult start to the season, the women's softball team earned two bounce-back victories last Sunday over Dartmouth, thanks in large part to the offensive power of shortstop Stephanie Thompson '13. Thompson is currently one of the best batters in the nation, sitting in second place nationwide ...
Being an athlete in college requires practicing for three to five hours a day, competing and potentially traveling on weekends - all in addition to attending class and doing homework. Balancing these athletic commitments alongside academics is normally a sufficient challenge for anyone, but for four ...
Brunonians are not known for being passionate sports fans - but do not tell that to Chris "Boomer" Berman '77 P'08 P'09. The former history concentrator, a long-standing anchor for ESPN and one of the most well-known personalities in contemporary sports media, returned to College Hill Wednesday ...
The time is first semester of this school year. One of my housemates and I gather in our living room on a Monday night. He opens up his laptop, and I grab one of the three felt-tipped markers we have lining the base of our giant whiteboard. This whiteboard will go on to host a giant Final Four bracket ...
The men's golf team fell flat last weekend at the Princeton Invitational hosted at the par-71 Springfield Golf Club. The team shot a 54-hole 905, putting them in 11th place in a field of 14, which was led by Yale's 858. It was a step backwards for the Bears after an impressive showing in their previous ...
The women's softball team hosted Ivy League rival Dartmouth for two doubleheaders this weekend. The Bears dropped both Saturday games to the Big Green (10-15, 3-7 Ivy), but regained focus and came back with two walk-off victories, 5-4 and 4-3, the following day. Bruno (8-20, 5-7 Ivy) is currently in ...
The No. 6 men's crew team enjoyed a successful weekend on the Charles River in Boston, topping No. 9 Northeastern to claim the Dreissigacker Cup.
The Bears protected their home turf Saturday as both the men's and women's track and field teams clawed their ways to first-place finishes at the annual Brown Invitational. The men earned 165 points, placing them atop the six-team field. The women, finishing with 173 points, narrowly beat the University ...
After a crushing 16-8 loss to Harvard April 7, the women's lacrosse team rebounded with a 15-5 win against Sacred Heart Saturday at the Berylson Family Fields.
For the swimming and diving and water polo teams, the benefits of the new swimming facility go far beyond the water. The opening of the Katherine Moran Coleman Aquatics Center ushers in a new era for Brown athletics, offering stability to aquatic teams that have endured four years of uncertainty. Though ...
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