by Tony Bakshi
Another semester, another victory.
The biannual kickball extravaganza between The Herald and the Indy ended, as always, in Herald glory. A six-run first inning and an outstanding display by Adam Toobin ’15 sandwiched a dominant 13-9 victory for the good guys.
A sound beating.
The MVPs of the game are Oliver Rosenbloom ’13 and Alex Kaplan ’14 with a HR each, and Liz Carr ’14 and her accomplice Drew with run-saving grabs in the field.
The Indy tried its very stripe-laden best, first extending the game from six to nine innings, then pulling a mystical run from the sky and finally recruiting two innocent baseball-tossing athletes to pinch kick and make the final score a tad less embarrassing. Keep trying, boys and girls.
The all-time series now stands at 10-3, and the 122nd editorial board follows in its elders’ footsteps by retiring undefeated.
The victorious.
by Tony Bakshi
The Victors (Emily Gilbert / Herald)
The Herald reigns supreme once more.
On a cool and clear afternoon marking the 12th game in Herald-Indy history, the super squad of cub reporters, photographers and editors took down The Indy, 13-5, in a laugher. The all-time series now stands at 9-3 in favor of the good guys.
It took some time for the staff to warm up, but a five-run outburst in the bottom of the 4th inning erased The Indy’s puny one-run lead and gave The Herald a lead it would not relinquish.
Props to all who came for great play AND good sportsmanship (!) and particularly to the winners of the co-MVP award: Senior Staff Writers Mathias Heller and Margaret Nickens for coming up huge with timely hits in both five-run innings, and News Editor David Chung for hittin’ singles, roundin’ the bases and scorin’ runs suavely, in boat shoes.
A triumphant cheer (Emily Gilbert / Herald)
by Tony Bakshi
The Athletics Department will hold a press conference at 1 p.m. to officially announce Jack Hayes as the new athletics director. CBSSports 
writer Jeff Goodman broke the news on Twitter last night.
Hayes, a Rhode Island native who is in his 8th year as AD at Hofstra University, will replace Michael Goldberger at the end of the academic year. In 2009, Hofstra Athletics chose to eliminate its varsity football program — you can read Hayes talk about the decision here.
It’s an era of big changes for the athletics department — on Monday the 16, the new fitness and aquatics center (and the snazzy new pool) will officially open.
Check out tomorrow’s Herald for extensive coverage of today’s events, including interviews with both Hayes and Goldberger, and make sure to keep track of the BDH Sports Twitter for updates throughout the day.
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by Tony Bakshi
Brown vs. Dartmouth. It’s Senior Night. The winner of this game wins the Ivy League title. The winner of this game gets an automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament. What more do you need? Follow the live blog of the biggest men’s soccer game of the season right here.
by Tony Bakshi
Bruno is playing Yale at the Yale Bowl this afternoon in a battle for positioning in the Ivy League. BlogDH is reporting LIVE from New Haven to give you minute-by-minute updates on the game.
by Tony Bakshi
In the 96th Governor’s Cup, also the second night game in Brown Stadium history, the Bears (2-1, 0-1 Ivy) came away with a convincing victory, 35-21, over the University of Rhode Island Rams (1-2). The Rams turned the ball over five times in the game, and the Bears’ offense took advantage throughout. Kyle Newhall-Caballero ’11.5 led the way for Bruno, going 14-25 through the air for 177 yards and two touchdowns. The opposing QB, Steve Probst, had some ugly stats through the air, but galloped like a fine, galloping gazelle, racking up 156 yards on eight rushes and two long touchdowns.
The Bears are now 2-0 at Brown Stadium under the lights, after last year’s shellacking of Harvard and now this victory over the state rival Rams. Check out Monday’s BDH for thorough coverage of the game, including quotes from Coach Estes and players and an update on Nicholas Faber’s injury (we hope he’s okay). Until then, go Bruno!
The bleachers were packed for the Governor's Cup matchup at Brown Stadium.
by Tony Bakshi
Check your inboxes — President Simmons has delivered a significant announcement about the short-term future of Brown athletics.
Eight days after the Athletics Review Committee released its recommendations regarding the future of Brown athletics and two days after Governor Chafee ’75 P’14 and others met with committee members, a major change to the recommendations has been made.
Citing “the incongruity of having a discussion that is in part about how to align the athletic program more effectively with academic programs and priorities at the precise time that the press of academic work is the greatest,” committee Chair Richard Spies recommended today to postpone any final decisions about the four teams slated to be eliminated from the May Corporation meeting to the October Corporation meeting. That means that these teams will remain as varsity programs for the 2011-2012 academic year.
In her email, President Simmons thanked the “wrestling, skiing and fencing students and their many supporters for their efforts to collect information and to offer testimony to the committee.” She said they “conducted themselves with great poise and intelligence” — and this work has evidently led to some major results.
Check The Herald’s website throughout exams for breaking news on the athletics situation.
by Tony Bakshi
(http://www.actasports.com/bracketeering)
The NCAA men’s basketball tournament is only a month away. And while it doesn’t look like Bruno will be dancing come March, it can’t hurt to get some expert info so you can finally win that pesky bracket contest.
So this Friday at 7pm, make a right at Tealuxe, walk down to Books on the Square, and meet Andrew Clark, author of “Bracketeering: The Layman’s Guide to Picking the Madness in March.” Clark, a law student at Suffolk University, has developed a system that has helped him pick four out of the last six tournament champions.
Clark sat down with the Herald for an interview to dole out some of his secrets. Find out more about his statistical techniques, plus his sleeper for the upcoming tournament, after the jump.
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by Tony Bakshi
Kathryn Hawrot ’14, a foilist on the Bruno fencing team, was honored for her performance at this weekend’s Ivy League Championships with a spot on the First-Team All Ivy squad. Hawrot went 11-4 overall, including a victory over Princeton fencer Lucile Jarry in Round Two seen here. Hawrot led the Brown’s women foil squad to a 2-4 record, good for fifth-place overall.
Full results from the weekend can be found here. Check Tuesday’s Herald for more coverage of Brown’s performance!
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