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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 ...

Bears race in New York as national two-mile record set

As the Bears closed the book on their regular season at last Saturday's New York Road Runners Night at the Armory meet, the record books were reopened — the Bears watched Bernard Lagat, professional distance champion, set a new American record in the indoor two-mile run. Although Brown did not ...

Q&A with Bernard Lagat

Team splits weekend, picks up second Ivy win

The men's basketball team split the two games on its road trip last weekend, defeating Dartmouth, 75-66, on Friday before letting a 22-point halftime lead slip away in a 85-78 defeat to Harvard the following night.

Squad flounders, Hawrot prevails

The men's and women's fencing squads faced stiff competition in the annual Ivy League Championships at Princeton Feb. 12 and 13. Both teams finished in fifth place, winning one match-up each.

Freshmen lead Bruno to league win at St. Lawrence

The men's hockey team has had its high and low points this season, but the Bears (8-12-4, 6-10-1 ECAC) are hoping they are on the way up going into the Eastern College Athletic Conference tournament after toppling St. Lawrence University (9-15-5, 5-11-1), 5-1, Saturday. The night before, the Bears fell, ...

Bears snap five-year losing streaks v. Harvard, Dartmouth

Fresh off a victory over Cornell a week ago, guard Sheila Dixon '13 sounded confident about the upcoming games against Dartmouth and Harvard.

Player becomes coach after injury

 When Marques Coleman '12 committed to playing basketball at Brown during his senior year in high school, he pictured himself playing on the Pizzitola Center court, not coaching from its sidelines. But three years and two torn knee ligaments later, Coleman, who was a player on the men's basketball ...

Fencing faces tough competition

By Alex Mittman Contributing Writer