Sports

  • Volleyball prepares for season opener

    BY JOHN YELEY | STAFF SPORTS REPORTER Volleyball coach Sharon Clark, Butler’s all-time winningest coach in the sport, will begin her ninth season at the helm as the team kicks off its 2013 regular season with the Cincinnati Invitational on Aug. 30. Clark said this season may have a different feel as the club makes its…

  • Roosevelt Jones out for season with wrist injury

    BY AUSTIN MONTEITH | SPORTS EDITOR Butler junior forward Roosevelt Jones will miss the 2013-14 men’s basketball season due to a wrist injury sustained during the team’s recent trip to Australia. The injury occurred during the Bulldogs’ first exhibition game when Jones fell awkwardly on his wrist. He did not play in the team’s final…

  • Brad Stevens to become head coach of Boston Celtics

    In a move that seemingly few anticipated, former Butler men’s basketball coach Brad Stevens was named the 17th-ever head coach of the National Basketball Association’s Boston Celtics Wednesday afternoon. The announcement was made to the Butler community through an press release from Butler’s athletics department. “Our family is thrilled for the opportunity given to us…

  • Val Ackerman named new Big East commissioner

    The new Big East introduced former WNBA president Val Ackerman as the conference’s first commissioner Wednesday. The hiring came after a three-month search conducted by the conference’s 10 school presidents. Ackerman worked alongside NBA commissioner David Stern before being named the first president of the WNBA in 1996. The University of Virginia graduate also served…

  • $14,738,745 and no one’s talking about where it’s going

    Butler University’s athletics department is on “an island of its own.” The budget is a mystery to the public. No one from the athletics department will discuss information about this year’s budget, and officials in other departments say they don’t know much either. Butler athletics has the right to keep budget information private since the…

  • From the desk of the sports editor: Balancing the job

    When I took the role as sports editor last semester, I could never anticipate covering not only one conference move, but two. Nor could I imagine the stress the job title would entail. I’m not sure anyone could understand the difficulties of being a sports journalist unless you have been one. I am a huge…

  • Football: Team uses spring game for development

    The Butler football team is playing the waiting game. With 19 weeks remaining until they open their season at South Dakota State, the Bulldogs played their annual Blue and White spring game Saturday. Quarterback Matt Lancaster, who will be a senior in the fall, was in prime form. He completed three of four passes on…

  • Men’s basketball: Brown officially signs

    Elijah Brown, a Mater Dei High School (Santa Ana, Calif.) senior, signed a letter of intent last Wednesday to play men’s basketball at Butler. Brown previously gave his verbal commitment to Butler in January. The 6-foot-4-inch shooting guard averaged 17.3 points per game this season for Mater Dei while leading the team to its second…

  • No true offseason for Butler athletes

    With summer and the subsequent break from school approaching, Butler athletes face a different routine for staying in shape when not on campus. Athletes at Butler, regardless of when their sport’s season is, are expected to maintain physical health over the break without necessarily being under the watchful gaze of their coaches. For different sports,…