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Pitching and health are key to baseball's success

Baseball Head Coach Marek Drabinski knows exactly why his team did not win the Ivy League title last season.

Women take fourth, men take seventh at Heps

At last weekend's Ivy League Heptagonal Indoor Track and Field Championships hosted by Columbia, the women's and men's track squads held their ground but still fell short against a competitive field. The women finished fourth with 50 points, and the men finished seventh with 28.

Broken heart: Bears dismantle Pioneers

The women's lacrosse team (1-0) kicked off the 2011 season with a dominant 21-8 victory at Sacred Heart (0-1) Saturday. Nine different players got on the score sheet, with goals coming from both seniors and first-years alike. The leading scorers were Kaela McGilloway '12 and Breonna Hudgins '14, both ...

Body of assistant coach found

The body of Denis Chartier, an assistant coach of the women's soccer team, was found Saturday morning inside his parked car in a commuter lot near Route 395 in Griswold, Conn., according to the Providence Journal. Chartier was last seen by his family Feb. 6. He was reported missing to the Burrillville ...

Women's basketball splits weekend matchups

The women's basketball team split the weekend, falling hard to Harvard Friday night and pulling out a one-point victory over Dartmouth Saturday.

Bears dominate Big Green on Senior Night

The men's basketball team dominated Dartmouth Saturday in a 100-76 Senior Night victory, after falling 74-68 to Harvard Friday.

Bruno takes down Big Red with dramatic overtime win

The men's hockey team defeated Cornell and Colgate to finish strong on the final weekend of the regular season. Despite the two wins, Bruno (10-14-5, 8-12-2 ECAC) fell one point short of gaining home-ice advantage for the first round of the ECAC playoffs.

Bears light up Quinnipiac in season opener

The men's lacrosse team (1-0) started its 2011 campaign Saturday with a statement win. The Bears jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the first quarter and never looked back in a commanding 13-4 victory over Quinnipiac (0-1) at Meister-Kavan Field.  

Unexpectedly walking on to the running team

Sheehan '12: New York battles over 'Melo, LeBron is Fish Co.

Ok, I was wrong. When I went on NBA Trade Machine last week for my Wizards column, I took ESPN's word that John Wall was under contract for two years. Apparently, they only count sure seasons, so the two years of team options and final year in which Wall is under qualifying offer was left out. So in ...

Joung '11 fights back from brain tumor, stars in final game

Women's hockey goalie Joy Joung '11 had brain surgery to remove a tumor this summer, turning her world upside down — she had to be discharged from the Reserve Officers' Training Corps program at Providence College — and putting her senior season on the women's hockey team in jeopardy. But ...

Bears lose Maclellan '12, pick up one point in ECAC

In the opening minutes against Princeton — the start of a three-game, five-night stretch — the men's hockey team (8-14-5, 6-12-2 Eastern College Athletic Conference) took a severe blow when team points leader and Hobey Baker Award finalist Jack Maclellan '12 suffered a leg injury that is ...

Bruno's winning streak snapped

The women's basketball team's three-game winning streak ended this weekend after they lost to Penn and Princeton on the road. They fell to 3-7 in the Ivy League after consecutive losses in Philadelphia Friday night and New Jersey Saturday.

Men's basketball scores upset win over Princeton

After falling to Penn 70-62 on Friday, the men's basketball team toppled first-place Princeton, 75-65, handing the Tigers their first loss in Ivy League play.

Veteran Bears grab tie on Senior Day

The women's ice hockey team fought gamely but ultimately lost 4-2 to Ivy rivals Yale and Princeton before ending on a more positive note in its last game of the season, drawing 3-3 against Quinnipiac. The Bears finished with an overall 2-21-4 record and a 1-15-4 record in the Eastern College Athletic ...

Bears eye Ivy, national championship

Coming off a 2010 season in which the men's lacrosse team finished 8-6, won five of its last six regular season games and finished in a four-way tie for the Ivy League championship, the Bears are hungry to get on the field once more.

Bruno Sets Sights On Ivy League Title

Despite a seventh-place finish in the Ivy League last season, the women's lacrosse team believes it has the potential to challenge for the conference title in 2011.

Assistant soccer coach goes missing

Denis Chartier, an assistant coach of the women's soccer team, has been missing since Feb. 6, according to Marisa Quinn, vice president for public affairs and University relations.

Sheehan '12: Taking a Wiz (-ards franchise) to the playoffs

As I sat in front of my computer preparing to write this column, I stared blankly at the screen, desperately racking my brain for how on Earth I was going to sneak a Valentine's Day theme into it. Sports and romance mix about as well as oil and water. Sure, they touch at some points, but everywhere ...

Aboubakare '11 hits top of Brown record books

Bianca Aboubakare '11 walked on the court a Women's tennis player last Saturday. She walked off it a school record-holder. With a straight-set win, 6-4, 6-0, over Alison Rauh of Davidson College, Aboubakare clinched her 85th career singles victory, breaking a Brown women's tennis record set nearly 12 ...