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Sheehan '12: We shouldn't be here

Burr earns milestone 300th win

The ceiling of women's basketball Head Coach Jean Marie Burr's office is a flurry of color. After Burr picked up her 300th career win over Dartmouth Jan. 27, her squad decorated her office with signs and streamers and baked her a cake. From the ceiling, 300 pieces of paper hang down, one for each win, ...

Men's hockey team leaves an IMPACT on kids

 As the puck slid through the crease and into the net, the Brown men's hockey team erupted into cheers. The goal wasn't an overtime game-winner. It wasn't a goal to upset a ranked opponent. It was not even a goal in a game. But this goal was special.   That goal — on the Bears' home ice at Meehan ...

Maine event: squash tops Bowdoin and Colby

Both the men's and women's squash teams returned from Maine triumphant after successful matches against Bowdoin and Colby this weekend.  

Bears dash past competition in season's third meet

While the rest of Brown slowly gears up for a new semester, the women and men on the indoor track teams are already moving at top speed. At the Joe Donahue Collegiate Indoor Games Jan. 27, the women captured first place, while the men finished second. In the 17 events scored, the women earned 118.33 ...

Burr earns 300th win over Big Green

It was a weekend of mixed emotions for the women's basketball team — the squad captured a win over Dartmouth Friday to give Head Coach Jean Marie Burr her 300th career win as a Bear, but the squad then fell to Harvard Sunday evening. The Bears (11-7, 2-2 Ivy) came back from an 18-point deficit ...

Fencers 'demolished' the competition at NFC

It was an impressive weekend for the men's and women's fencing teams as they turned in stellar performances at the second meet of the Northeast Fencing Championship Jan. 28. The men's team went 27-0 against Tufts, the first undefeated match for the team in recent memory, said Josh Grill '14.

Bears drop close game with ranked Crimson

The men's basketball team picked up its first conference victory of the season this weekend, defeating Dartmouth 66-59 Friday night before battling No. 23 Harvard in a hard-fought 68-59 loss Saturday. The matchup with the nationally-ranked Crimson brought in a sellout crowd and a spirited atmosphere ...

Bears get icy reception on road, drop in standings

In a weekend where the men's hockey team could have made a jump into third place in the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference  standings, the team instead slipped to ninth place after coming away empty-handed in its pair of away games.

Double trouble against ranked teams

It was a difficult weekend at Meehan Auditorium for the women's hockey team, as the squad only managed to score one goal between losses to Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference foes No. 10 Dartmouth and No. 8/9 Harvard. Bruno (7-9-7, 4-8-4 ECAC) got out to an early lead against the Big Green (14-6-2, ...

Bears squad perseveres through illness, injury

As the weather grew bleak, so did the men's basketball team's fortunes. The Bears (6-13, 0-2 Ivy) played seven games over winter break, dropping six in a row before earning a victory Monday against Bryant.

Jacobson '15 shoots into top 10 rookie scorers

Men's ice hockey forward Ryan Jacobson '15 played a major part in the team's 4-2-2 record over winter break, scoring five goals in the team's eight games. He is currently the team's second-leading scorer and is tied for second in points. In a 4-1 game against St. Lawrence on Jan. 15, Jacobson scored ...

Bears look to boost standing for season end

W. icers near conference playoffs

Last season, reaching the playoffs was an impossibility for the women's hockey team. But thanks to a strong start to 2012, the Bears (7-7-7, 4-6-4 ECAC) are in a good position to reach the conference playoffs for the first time in more than five years.

W. basketball splits series with Yale

Legendary coach Paterno '50 dead at 85

Joe Paterno '50 died Sunday morning, only two and a half months after his 46-year tenure as head football coach at Pennsylvania State University came to a close in the wake of a sexual abuse scandal. Paterno, who was undergoing chemotherapy for a treatable form of lung cancer, died from complications ...

O'Brien '92 to coach Penn State

Still reeling in the wake of a sexual abuse scandal involving defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky, Pennsylvania State University formally announced the selection of Bill O'Brien '92 as the new head coach of its football program Jan. 8. O'Brien succeeds fellow alum Joe Paterno '50, whose legendary 46-year ...

Web update: Paterno '50 dead at 85

Joe Paterno '50 passed away Sunday morning, only two and a half months after his 46-year tenure as head football coach at Pennsylvania State University came to a close in the wake of a sexual abuse scandal. Paterno, who was undergoing chemotherapy for a treatable form of lung cancer, died from complications ...

Web update: After 46 years, Penn State hires another Bear

Still reeling in the wake of a sexual abuse scandal involving defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky, Pennsylvania State University formally announced the selection of Bill O'Brien '92 as the new head coach of its football program Sunday. O'Brien succeeds fellow alum Joe Paterno '50, whose legendary 46-year ...

Non-athletes unfamiliar with recruiting decision

Many students are not informed about the University's decision to reduce the number of admissions spots for recruited athletes, according to a recent Herald poll. A plurality of 33.7 percent indicated they were not familiar enough to answer a question about the number of spots, which was revised in ...