Sports

Sheehan '12: Putting on the NBA on the silver screen

Over 39 years, Goldberger fostered student-athletes

When Michael Goldberger came to Brown as an assistant baseball and football coach in 1973, he had no idea that he would dedicate the next 39 years of his life to the University. After serving for the past seven years as the director of athletics, Goldberger announced that he will retire at the end of ...

Athletics program enters new era

As the University prepares to enter a new phase with the impending retirements of President Ruth Simmons and Director of Athletics Michael Goldberger, the athletics department, though a top priority, remains in flux with major changes planned or already underway. Those changes include cutting roughly ...

U. starts search for new athletics director

The University is in the initial stages of its search for a new director of athletics and, with an independent search firm currently looking for qualified candidates, the search committee hopes to announce a decision in April in conjunction the announcement of a new University president. Current Director ...

No. 9 Bears bring home the Kurtz Cup

At the B Division Women's National Team Championship this past weekend in Boston, the women's squash team defeated Williams 5-4 to claim the Kurtz Cup. With the victory, the squad is now ranked ninth overall in women's collegiate squash. The team defeated Mount Holyoke 8-1 and Bates 5-4 to meet Williams ...

Caldwell '14 and Spooney '14 star at Heps

The men's and women's indoor track teams both finished in fifth place at the Ivy League Heptagonal Indoor Championships this past weekend in Ithaca, N.Y. Heidi Caldwell '14 and the men's 4x400-meter relay team both turned in winning performances, while John Spooney's '14 second-place time in the 60-meter ...

Bruno keeps winning record alive in Ivy play

The women's basketball team had an uneven weekend, dropping a late-game heartbreaker to Cornell Friday night but bouncing back the next night to defeat Columbia 75-63.

Bears ride hot hand to win on Senior Night

The men's basketball team ended its home schedule Saturday on a high note, earning a decisive 94-78 victory over Columbia on Senior Night. The Bears also endured a hard-fought battle against Cornell Friday night, but their comeback came too late, and the squad fell 69-63.

Squad makes playoffs for first time since 2006

The women's hockey team's season came to a close this weekend after the Bears were twice downed by No. 3 Cornell in Ithaca in the first round of the ECAC playoffs. Ivy champion the Big Red (28-3, 20-2) will now move on to the next round while Bruno (8-16-7, 5-13-4) heads home. But a pair of losses to ...

Young polo club challenges sport's elite stereotypes

Sheehan '12: All-Star selection in compromising position

As the last NBA games of the first half of the season wrap up, and we prepare for the All-Star game, I would like to point out something that has really bothered me over the past couple of years. It's also something that applies to All-Star game selection. It's a matter of positioning.

Bruno passes final test before championships

The men and women of indoor track won four events last Sunday at the USA Track and Field New England Indoor Championships hosted by Harvard. Some of the athletes used the meet as a final tune-up before the Ivy League Heptagonal Indoor Championships next Saturday and Sunday at Cornell, while others wrapped ...

Squad defeats one Ivy rival, falls to another

The women's basketball team picked up its fourth consecutive conference win against arch rival Harvard 58-55 Friday night before falling to a weak Dartmouth squad Saturday evening 57-52. These results were a reversal from just three weeks ago, when the Bears lost to Harvard (13-10, 6-3 Ivy) and sailed ...

Maclellan '12 hits 100 career points

The men's ice hockey team stopped its six-game losing streak and salvaged Senior Weekend in its last home stand against Ivy League opponents Harvard and Dartmouth last weekend.  

Iroquois laxers face Bruno in exhibition

Oren Lyons, faithkeeper of the Onondaga Turtle Clan and an inductee to the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame, addressed a crowded Perry and Marty Granoff Center for the Creative Arts Friday and detailed the history and culture of guh jee gawah hai — known colloquially as lacrosse. The renowned Native ...

Killer Linstinct: The onslaught of Linsanity

Wrestlers pin down Crimson, fall to Lehigh

The men's wrestling team earned three big home wins this past weekend, putting the squad in contention for second place in the Ivy League standings. Bruno defeated Boston University 19-16 and Roger Williams 41-9 Saturday and took down Ivy rival Harvard 22-17 Sunday before falling to Lehigh 35-3. The ...

Franco '14 inspired by major league lineage

JJ Franco '14 spent much of his childhood in Shea Stadium, watching his father, John Franco P'14 — who will be inducted into the New York Mets Hall of Fame this summer — pitch for the Mets. Though Brown's Murray Stadium may not be as glamorous as the stadium he grew up in, JJ is making a ...

Squads fall to top teams, gear up for championships

Both squash teams took on top-10 ranked opponents this weekend. The women lost 8-1 to No. 8 Dartmouth in the last home game of the season. Meanwhile, the No. 16 men defeated No. 26 Tufts with a resounding 9-0 victory, but fell 9-0 to No. 4 Harvard and 8-1 to No. 7 Dartmouth. 

Bears keep playoff push alive

After losing four straight games, the women's ice hockey team needed to perform well at home against No. 3 Cornell and Colgate over the weekend to maintain hopes of claiming the final spot in the ECAC playoffs. Despite losing 5-0 Friday against Cornell, the Bears bounced back the following afternoon ...