Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna died in a helicopter crash on Jan. 26. Kobe’s legacy, however, will last forever.
Weekly horoscopes: sports edition
“Sports require, blood, sweat, tears — and the occasional divine intervention from the universe. Here are what the stars are projecting about your sporting future.”
The devastating effect of “ref ball”
Continually gross incompetence involving officiating is plaguing football in its biggest moments and ruining viewers’ respect for the league.
Bulldog Team Cup provides a new way for athletes to compete
The newly instituted Bulldog Team Cup allows teams to compete against each other on and off the field, in the classroom and in the community.
Butler club sports deal with lack of practice space in Hinkle
Due to recent bad weather and a high volume of teams, practice space in Hinkle Fieldhouse can be hard to schedule.
Butler falls to Villanova in five sets
JIMMY LAFAKIS | STAFF REPORTER Despite Butler sophomore Makayla Ferguson recording 31 assists, 14 digs, three blocks and six kills, Butler fell to Villanova in five sets Saturday night. The tide of the match shifted multiple times. The final scores of the sets were 19-25, 25-23, 25-23, 15-25, 9-15. The loss moved Butler to 5-14…
Godlevske, young Bulldogs prepare for season
CLAIRE JACOBI | STAFF REPORTER With the first official week of practice under its belt, the Butler University women’s basketball team is ready for the new season to begin. The Bulldogs are focusing heavily on leadership this season as they look ahead to their first exhibition game against Marian University Nov. 1. Another exhibition game…
Big things for Bulldogs’ Small
BRENDAN KING | STAFF REPORTER | BAKING@BUTLER.EDU With no prior baseball history in his family, his dad a golfer and boogie boarder from California, and his mom a gymnast at the University of Arizona, Drew Small found his way into the starting lineup as the left fielder of the Butler University baseball team. Small, a…
Women’s tennis ready for Big East gauntlet
SARAH THUET | STAFF REPORTER | STHUET@BUTLER.EDU Butler University women’s tennis team is heading to Chicago, Illinois, this weekend for a pair of Big East matches with DePaul University and Providence College. The Bulldogs are coming off a win over their neighbor Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis this past week that pushed their record to 6-14 on…
Bulldogs to face off with red-hot Irish
GRAYSON PRATHER | STAFF REPORTER | GPRATHER@BUTLER.EDU The Butler University softball team squares off with the University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish this afternoon at 4:00 in South Bend. Notre Dame (28-11) is a perfect 9-0 at home. The Fighting Irish beat Western Michigan University 10-2 yesterday to push their win streak to 14 games.…