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Brown Earns Share of Ivy Crown
Brown downed Princeton in men's lacrosse on Saturday to claim a share of the Ivy League Championship, its first Ivy title since 1995. The Bears won 10 of their last 11 regular season games to finish tied with Cornell at 5-1 in Ivy play.
Robinson Steps Down as Brown Men's Basketball Coach
Brown men's basketball coach Craig Robinson has stepped down as head coach of the Bears to become the head coach at Oregon State University of the Pac-10 Conference. Robinson led Brown to a school-best 19 wins this past season.
Brown Athletics to Host "Race & Sport " Talk
Brown Athletics will host a panel discussion titled "Reflections on Race & Sport In America" on April 14, featuring New York Times columnist William Rhoden along with head coach Craig Robinson and track standout Nicole Burns (pictured).
Brown Falls Despite Huffman's 39
Brown senior Damon Huffman turned in a virtuoso performance in his last collegiate game, scoring a career-high 39 points and tying the school record with nine three-point field goals. But Brown’s record-setting season came to an end in an 80-74 loss at Ohio University.
Ivy Champions Ousted in Second Round
The Brown men's soccer team — after receiving a bye into the second round — suffered a similar fate to the other Ivy League squads in the 2007 NCAA Tournament. A golden goal by an upstart Old Dominion squad ended the Bears' season, 2-1.
Brown Readies For NCAAs
Dartmouth and Harvard failed to advance in the NCAA Men's Soccer Championship on Saturday, leaving the Brown Bears to carry on for the Ivy League. Brown — the champion of the Ivy League which received a first-round bye — will host Old Dominion on Wednesday at Stevenson Field.
Brown Wins Ivy Title
Junior Dylan Sheehan headed in a flip throw from junior Darren Howerton in the 83rd minute to break a 0-0 tie and lift the No. 3 Brown men's soccer team to a 1-0 victory over No. 22 Dartmouth, giving the Bears the 2007 outright Ivy League title.
Brown Crew Headed To White House
The Brown University women's crew, winners of the 2007 NCAA Division I Rowing Championship, will be going to the White House to be honored by U.S. President George W. Bush at a ceremony for national champions on Friday.
Sacramone Leads U.S. Team to Gold in Germany
Brown sophomore gymnast Alicia Sacramone helped the U.S. Women's team win a gold medal at the 2007 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germnay, securing a spot in the 2008 Olympic Games.
Brown's Thomas Drafted in Seventh Round
Brown catcher and 2007 Ivy League Player of the Year Devin Thomas was selected by the Detroit Tigers in the seventh round (241st overall) of the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft.
Brown Baseball Bows Out of NCAA Regionals
In a first-class pitchers' duel, the Brown baseball team was eliminated from the NCAA Regionals, falling 4-2 to Wake Forest. Senior James Cramphin went 8.2 innings, allowing three runs, two earned, on six hits and one walk.
Then There Were 10
Brown junior J.J. Eno, of Kahului, Hawaii, has been named a CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Second Team Academic All-American. A neuroscience concentrator, Eno becomes the League's 10th Academic All-American of the school year.
Brown Baseball To Texas for NCAA Regional
The Brown baseball team will play at the NCAA Regional hosted by the University of Texas and held in Round Rock, Texas, later this week. The No. 4 seed Bears will play Texas in the opening round, while UC Irvine will play Wake Forest.
Brown Crew Wins NCAA Title
The Brown women's crew team has claimed its fifth NCAA Championship at the 2007 NCAA Women's Rowing Championships at Melton Hill Lake in Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Brown's Sacramone Medals at Worlds
Brown gymnast Alicia Sacramone recently competed at the 2006 World Championships in Denmark. The freshman captained the USA team and won an individual silver medal on the vault.
Taylor to be Feted by ECAC
Joan Taylor, Senior Associate Athletic Director of Brown University, has been selected as the 2006 recipient of the Katherine Ley Award. The award will be presented at the ECAC Convention Honors Dinner on Oct. 1 in Hyannis, Mass.
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