After a four-year career in Providence in which he accounted for more than an eighth of the men’s hockey team’s total points, forward Matt Lorito ’15 has earned his spot in the annals of Brown hockey fame. But after signing an AHL contract with the Albany Devils, Lorito has moved on from Meehan ...
From the very first pitch, the 2015 World Series was bound to be a roller coaster affair between two unlikely teams. Though the Kansas City Royals made the Series last year, they had played over two decades of mediocre baseball beforehand, posting nine consecutive losing records from 2004 to 2012. The ...
This week, we’re heading down south to preview the teams in our beloved lower part of the country. With one division from each conference, this analysis will have more half-and-half than your babysitter’s iced latte from Starbucks. Southeast Division 1. Miami Heat Best-case scenario: The Heat’s ...
Women’s hockey Bob Kenneally ’90 opened his career as women’s hockey head coach this weekend with the team’s trip to Auburn, Maine. But the Kenneally era got off to a sour start, as Bruno (0-2-0) fell to the Black Bears twice, 4-0 Friday and 4-1 Saturday. The score of the first game was somewhat ...
In 2012, the only Ivy game the women’s field hockey team won was against Cornell, a double-overtime thriller in which a first-year named Hannah Rogers ’16 scored in the first half. Three years and 13 goals by Rogers later, Cornell (9-5, 4-1 Ivy) has become an insurmountable hurdle for the Bears ...
Entering Saturday’s game against Cornell, the women’s soccer team (5-7-2, 1-3-1 Ivy) had not scored against an Ivy League opponent in four conference match ups. But against the Big Red (9-2-4, 2-2-1), the Bears rallied in the second half and overtime to claim their first Ivy win of the season, 3-2. Though ...
A direct goal from a corner kick by Matthew Chow ’19 was enough for the men’s soccer team to squeak past Cornell, 1-0. With the victory, Bruno (7-5-1, 2-1-1 Ivy) returned from the rough conditions of Ithaca with all three points. The victory vaulted the team into third place in the Ivy League midway ...
The women’s rugby team came away with a key conference win Saturday, blanking Princeton 29-0 to end its regular season on a high note. Brown (5-2, 4-1 Ivy) was well aware of the challenge that the Tigers (1-3, 1-3) presented coming into the match. “Princeton is always a hard match,” said Co-Captain ...
The football team finally found an answer to its red zone scoring woes, and his name is Johnny Pena ’17. After watching numerous scoring opportunities slip through their fingers the first five weeks of the season, the Bears (4-2, 2-1 Ivy) turned to their junior running back to finish drives Saturday. ...
Coming off a pair of hard-fought games against middling Ivy League opponents Princeton and Penn, the women’s volleyball team began the second half of the Ivy season with a matchup against a dominant Yale squad. After falling to the Bulldogs 3-1 earlier in the season, Bruno (10-10, 4-4 Ivy) emerged ...
Ever since LeBron James joined Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade on the Miami Heat and counted all the NBA Finals that he was never going to appear in, modern sports has revolved around the idea of the Big Three. Teams from all sports have built and marketed themselves around three stars — from FC Barcelona’s ...
When I was 10 years old, I found my life’s calling: I was going to grow up to become a professional baseball player, as I matter-of-factly stated in my fifth-grade yearbook. Every occupation other than shortstop for the Red Sox just seemed trivial. In my mind, I was the logical choice to succeed Nomar ...
A new season of the NBA is upon us. This week, I’ll preview the Atlantic and Central divisions of the East, the conference equivalent of Goose to the Western Conference’s Maverick, if you will. I’ll rank the order that I think each team will finish in its division and include a best-case scenario, ...
Anyone going to Meehan Auditorium at 6 a.m. on a Tuesday will be able to find the women’s ice hockey team, as part of an unusual regimen under new head coach Bob Kenneally ’90. Kenneally likes to tell his players they are likely the only Division 1 team practicing at that hour — while most of ...
With an undefeated conference record and just three losses overall, the men’s water polo team traveled to Princeton this weekend to participate in the Ivy League Championships. The Bears (15-3, 8-0 CWPA) faced off against Dartmouth and Harvard in the semifinal and final contests, respectively, securing ...
Women’s crew The prestigious Head of the Charles Regatta this weekend gave the women’s crew team an opportunity to show its might. The team’s top boat cut through the cold Boston air to place second overall in the Championship Eight event. The University of California’s top boat was the only ...
On the first play of the game, electrifying All-Ivy kick returner Alex Jette ’17 took the opening kick and raced 99 yards to give the Bears a seven-point lead. On the last play of the game, Richard Jarvis ’17 slammed the Princeton quarterback into the ground for a sack that clinched a Bears victory ...
After an emphatic victory Tuesday against a Boston University team that had not lost in six games, the men’s soccer team looked to play streak-buster again in a key weekend match against Harvard. Unfortunately for the Bears (6-5-1, 1-1-1 Ivy), they could not duplicate their midweek magic and fell ...
Princeton has owned the Brown field hockey team over the last three years. Before Saturday, not only had this year’s seniors never taken a lead against the Tigers, but 15 classes of seniors before them had not done so either — Brown had not led against Princeton since 2000, in a game the Bears lost ...
The sport of rugby, in all its roughness and brutality, can hardly be considered easy, but watching Uzoamaka Okoro ’16 Saturday might have fooled you. The senior made the game look easy all afternoon, collecting passes on the wing and gliding past Columbia defenders. The women’s rugby team showed ...
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