It all seems so silly sometimes. In the simplest terms, football involves grown men in tight pants chasing a strangely shaped ball. That’s what I watch for nine hours every Sunday. That’s what Jay Cutler does for $18.5 million per year. That’s what produced the loudest human-generated sound in ...
The women’s volleyball team (4-7) will take a shot at their first Ivy League match-up Friday against Yale with the Pizzitola as the backdrop. The Bulldogs come into this conference season game as the defending Ivy League champions. But this season, they have an overall losing record, going 4-5 in ...
Fresh off a season-opening loss at Georgetown University, the football team will be thrown into the fire this weekend as 2013 Ivy League champion Harvard comes to College Hill for a game under the lights. The Bears’ season began with a thud as they fell 17-3 last weekend to the Hoyas, a team they ...
It will be a true homecoming weekend for men’s soccer, as the team returns from a Florida road trip for two nonconference challengers at Stevenson Field. A high-scoring offense from the University of Vermont and a defense-minded squad from Fairfield University will test the Bears in their last tune-up ...
The women’s soccer team took on UMass-Amherst and UConn this past week, finishing with a victory and a loss, respectively. Brown 2, UMass 0 Bruno (3-3-0) clashed with the Minutewomen (2-5-2) of UMass at Stevenson Field Thursday. Erin Katz ’16 tallied her first goal of the season in the ...
Both the men’s and the women’s tennis teams saw action in individual tournaments this weekend, with matches featuring victories from newcomers and veterans alike. The men’s team traveled to Princeton to compete in the Ivy Plus Tournament, while the women hosted the Brown Invitational in their ...
The rugby team notched its second win of the season this weekend with a commanding 76-10 win over Penn. The Bears (2-0) completely overwhelmed the Quakers (1-1) in Philadelphia, taking offensive control that resulted in a lopsided win. “Our ultimate goal is to win Ivy and (American College Rugby ...
“Louie” is one of those shows that no one watches but everyone talks about, and by everyone, I mean critics. When it comes to TV, my wheelhouse is basically those shows and cartoons, so when I noticed “Louie” on Netflix I decided to find out for myself what all the fuss was about. I was hooked. ...
“And the first pick of the 2050 NFL draft is Tony Lee, programmer from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,” announces the commissioner to an eruption of applause. He emerges from the audience, but the top college prospect and his 5’8”, 155-lb. frame are virtually indistinguishable from ...
It turned out 110 minutes were not enough time to determine a winner in the second game of the men’s soccer team’s Florida road trip. The Bears’ offense failed to take advantage of stellar play from starting keeper Mitch Kupstas ’14.5, who recorded a season-high eight saves in the double-overtime ...
Field hockey It was a forgettable start to the weekend and conference play for the field hockey team when the squad was whipped 4-0 Saturday at Columbia. But Bruno rallied to pick up a dramatic, overtime win Sunday over Sacred Heart University. Both Brown (4-1, 0-1 Ivy) and Columbia (4-2, 1-0) entered ...
Penalties and turnovers set the tone Saturday for the football team, which lost its season opener to Georgetown University by a 17-3 margin. The Bears (0-1) had hammered the Hoyas (2-2) in Brown’s first game of 2013, rolling to a 45-7 win. But with 18 new starters, including all 11 on offense, Bruno ...
Coming off its breakout win over Harvard last weekend, the rugby team will travel to Philadelphia to take on Ivy foe Penn. Brown (1-0) kicked off its 2014 campaign with a hard-fought win over the defending Ivy champions and is looking to continue its domination Saturday against the Quakers (1-0). Neither ...
The women’s volleyball team will battle its Ocean State rival the University of Rhode Island this weekend at the University of New Hampshire’s Holly Young Invitational. With a sweep of Providence College under their belts, the Bears could cement themselves as the state powerhouse after this weekend’s ...
The football team opens its 2014 season with a trip to Washington to face Georgetown University on Saturday. In 2013, the Bears opened a strong season with a 45-7 obliteration of the Hoyas in Providence that propelled them to a 6-4 record. But to repeat last year’s feat, the team will have to find ...
As the temperature in Providence enters its pre-winter free fall, the men’s soccer team flew south to enjoy some warm weather and stiff competition in the Sunshine State. A strong showing from the University of South Florida gave the Bears an unwelcome arrival with a 3-1 defeat Thursday. The Bears ...
Moving the ball against the football team’s defense has been difficult for opponents in recent years, but this season’s unit will need to replace some key cogs on the line and in the backfield in order to keep the stout tradition alive. Bruno’s defense held offenses to the fewest yards per game ...
With no returning offensive starters, the football team needs to adapt quickly this season. But with talent all over the field, the Bears’ attack could make more noise than some people expect. The Bears had a potent offense in 2013, ranking third in the Ivy League with an impressive 31.1 points per ...
Volleyball The volleyball team put last weekend’s winless opening San Diego tournament far in the rearview mirror with an impressive showing at the Brown Invitational in the Pizzitola Center this weekend. Bruno picked up victories over Central Connecticut State University and the University of Massachusetts ...
In its breakout performance as a varsity squad, the women’s rugby team aimed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that it is worthy of its status, defeating a historically strong Harvard team 24-15. The victory came at the expense of the reigning Ivy champions and places Brown at the head of Ivy competition ...
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