Category: Brown Bears
36 FCS Student-Athletes Named Semifinalists For The National Football Foundation's William V. Campbell Trophy
Selected as the best and brightest from the college gridiron, The National Football Foundation (NFF) & College Hall of Fame announced today the 147 candidates (36 from the FCS)for the 2012 NFF National Scholar-Athlete Awards.
The awards are prese… more »
Former Brown QB Tosses Arena Football League Record 12 TD's
Nobody in the Arena Football League's 25-year history had done what Spokane Shock and former Brown football quarterback Kyle Rowley '01 did Saturday night. His 12 touchdown passes were an Arena Football League record.
The Shock, faced with missing th… more »
Hofstra athletic director to replace Goldberger at Brown
Jack Hayes will take over as athletic director starting next academic year.
Jack Hayes was announced as the University’s new director of athletics at a ceremonial press conference in the Joukowsky Room of the Pizzitola Center Thursday afternoon. Haye… more »
Brown University Reconsidering Its Joe Paterno award
Former Penn State head coach Joe Paterno graduated from Ivy League school Brown University in 1950, but in the wake of the child sex abuse scandal which resulted in his firing, the school is reconsidering an athletics award it named in his honor.
The… more »
Brown secondary leads defense, linebackers bring on the blitz
Every Ivy League team will have returning quarterbacks this season, said Head Coach Phil Estes at the 2011 Ivy League Football Media Day Teleconference. According to cornerback AJ Cruz '13, this could pose a challenge for Brown's defense.
"I think it… more »
Brown's ‘Wide Receiver U.’ ready for day one
Kyle Newhall-Caballero ’11.5 will have plenty of receiving options this year.
"There are a lot of wide receivers at Brown," said Jonah Fay '12. "They don't tell you that when you come here."
At "Wide Receiver U.," as Alex Tounkara-Kone '11.5 calls… more »
Estes understands need to play it safe at Brown
He’s a football guy.
He played as a kid.
He played in college.
He’s been coaching in college for nearly three decades, now beginning his 14th season at Brown.
His office looks out over the practice field.
There are football books on the s… more »
Sports helped mold Brown's Bob Flanders
I knew who Bob Flanders was long before he was appointed the state receiver for Central Falls, long before he became a assistant justice of the R.I. Supreme Court.
It was back roughly 40 years ago, back when he was a very good running back on a strug… more »
Year of the Quarterback in the Ivy League
Ivy League universities, longtime incubators for the country’s top performers in fields like science, law, academics and politics, will showcase their newest class of elite talent this fall: quarterbacks.
Columbia and Pennsylvania return first-team a… more »
Brown Grad Making Sacrifices to Land a Dream Job
John Harris landed his dream job - but it meant moving to a new city and working the graveyard shift.
Landing the job of your dreams is possible -- if you're willing to make some sacrifices.
John Harris, 39, was a calculus teacher and football coa… more »
Ivy League Teams Lead Those Honored For Top Grades In Division I
Brown University, Bryant University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Davidson College, Harvard University, Princeton University, University of Dayton, University of New Hampshire, University of Pennsylvania, Yale University a… more »
Brown head coaches paid 22 percent less than league average
The Department of Athletics must live up to a high standard of competitiveness to assert itself as a powerful player in the Ivy League. But with an average salary for head coaches more than $18,000 below the Ivy League average, Brown may be losing its c… more »
Bucknell Announces Recruiting Class
29-Man Group Includes 23 Student-Athletes From Pennsylvania and New Jersey
Bucknell head football coach Joe Susan has announced that 29 student-athletes will join the Bison program this fall. The recruiting class features 23 players from Pennsylvania… more »
Ivy League starts initiative to mitigate risks of head injury
The Ivy League is moving to address an increase in head injuries and concussions in contact sports, including football.
In response to concerns about a recent increase in head injuries across sports — including major professional sports leagues, like… more »
Balancing top academics with top athletics
Universities with exceptional academic reputations can also be a force in the world of sports
What do Condoleezza Rice, John Elway, Sandra Day O’Connor, and Jim Plunkett all share in common? All four showed up for Stanford’s Orange Bowl to support th… more »
