After a 5-5 season a year ago, Brown football’s upperclassmen decided the team would take a new mentality to bring the Ivy League title to College Hill for the first time since 2008. Thus, “thru the wall,” the team’s new rallying cry for the 2016 season, was born. “We’ve been going through ...
After taking the lead a mere nine minutes into the game, the men’s soccer team faltered in the second half against host UMass Lowell and suffered its first loss of the season, 2-1. In a battle of two undefeated teams, it was the River Hawks who emerged victorious thanks to their two leading goal scorers ...
Welcome to the first installment of a four-part series documenting Jimmy Garoppolo’s maiden voyage in the NFL, as Tom Brady watches the Patriots’ first four games from home due to his Deflategate suspension. I didn’t see that coming. Nobody saw that coming. Even the most optimistic Patriots followers ...
As seems to happen every year as the end of baseball season approaches, the conversation has once again turned to MLB commissioner Rob Manfred’s possible rule changes. But this year, the situation is unique: With MLB’s Collective Bargaining Agreement set to expire in December, drastic rule changes ...
Among the over 11,000 athletes competing for their countries at the Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil were four who have called Brown their home. Representing the United States in rowing were Tessa Gobbo ’13 and Anders Weiss ’15, while Louisa Chafee ’14 competed in sailing. Swimmer ...
As Brown graduates, Jimmy Pedro ’94 and Luke McGee ’01 could have pursued any number of successful career paths. But both ended up coaching at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil this year. The U.S. judo team brought home one silver and one gold medal, and rowers in the men’s coxed eight ...
As a part of the Capital City Classic, the men’s soccer team collected a pair of victories in three days to stay undefeated. Friday, it came from behind to take down Georgia State in extra time on by a tally of 2-1, thanks to the late game heroics of Matthew Chow ’19, before handily defeating Southern ...
Despite falling to Providence College 1-0 Thursday in a nail-biter, the women’s soccer team did not let its first loss of the season dampen the weekend mood. At Lafayette Sunday, the Bears (3-1-1) struck early and held strong late to top the Leopards (3-2-2) 1-0 in a game that truly tested the team’s ...
After kicking off the season in New England, the volleyball team made a cross-country trip to the University of San Francisco for a tournament over the weekend. While the team dropped all three contests, the experience playing tougher competition is likely to help it further down the road. “Our effort ...
The men’s water polo team faced off against some of the country’s strongest competitors this weekend at the Princeton Invitational, finishing 1-2 overall in competition. Bruno competed against No. 17 Cal Baptist and No. 10 UC San Diego on Friday, first defeating Cal 10-8 before falling to San Diego ...
Field Hockey After an 0-2 tournament to open the season last week in Louisville, the field hockey team returned to Providence for its home opener Saturday, defeating Rider (2-2) 2-1. The Bears trailed 1-0 after an early Rider goal before Gina Openshaw ’20 tied the game with her first collegiate goal ...
After a 3-0 win against Rhode Island in its season opener and a 1-0 victory over Stony Brook Sunday, the women’s soccer team looks poised to make a run for the Ivy League crown. Bruno (2-0-1) will look to improve upon last year’s 7-7-2 record with a combination of fresh faces and veterans. This ...
The women’s field hockey team’s season got off to an inauspicious start with losses to Ball State University and No. 12 Louisville this past weekend. A hot start in the first half against Ball State was canceled out by a late overtime goal while the Bears (0-2) were overmatched by Louisville from ...
The men’s soccer team kicked off its campaign Friday night with a dominant 1-0 victory over Bryant at Stevenson-Pincince Field. Though the margin of victory was small, it certainly could have been greater, as the Bears (1-0) were in control of the match from the start of the game. The lone goal, scored ...
The Department of Athletics announced Monday that it has commenced construction of a new facility for the baseball and softball teams. The fields were financed through $5 million in donations and are expected to be completed in time for the teams’ seasons in spring 2017. Mark Attanasio ’79, owner ...
Dylan Molloy ’17 cemented his legacy at Brown as one of its best lacrosse players ever after becoming the school’s first winner of the Tewaaraton Award, given annually to the top player in college lacrosse. After a record-breaking season for Molloy and the team, he received the award at a ceremony ...
A storybook season came to an end for the men’s lacrosse team Saturday in the national semifinal in Philadelphia. No. 5 Bruno fell to top-ranked Maryland, 15-14 in overtime. Despite the loss, the Bears (16-3) showed the rest of the nation — on the biggest stage in college lacrosse — what Brown ...
The bad news broke just hours before Bruno’s national quarterfinal matchup with Navy: Dylan Molloy ’17, the nation’s top scorer and the leader of Brown’s high-powered offense, was ruled out with a broken foot. He suffered the injury the previous week in Bruno’s first-round win over Johns ...
Behind a third-quarter offensive outburst, the fifth-seeded men’s lacrosse team cruised to a 17-8 victory over Johns Hopkins University in the first round of the NCAA tournament Saturday. The Bears (15-2) took a 6-2 lead into halftime but put the contest well out of reach in the third frame, outscoring ...
This story is the third in a three-part series about Brown athletics. For athletes who spend much of their childhood and high school years dedicated to a sport, reaching the Division I level is often the ultimate goal. Each athlete takes a different path to the highest level of collegiate competition, ...
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