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Basketball made its grand return to the John Brown University campus on Oct. 29 with the World-Famous Toilet Paper Game, the first one to take place in 727 days. It served as the season opener for both the men’s and women’s basketball teams and provided a great sense of normalcy […]
COVID-19 cut National Association of Intercollegiate Athletes’ sports season in half. For this reason, the NAIA board of directors granted all athletes who played in a college sport during the heat of the pandemic an extra year of eligibility. Normally, student-athletes are given four years of eligibility. If a major […]
The John Brown University Golden Eagles had their work cut out for them as they started the second half of their Sooner Athletic Conference schedule after splitting their first ten conference matches with a 5-5 record. The second half started with a rematch against Mid-America Christian. The Evangels completed the […]
Over half of the regular season is in the books for the John Brown Golden Eagles, and after a tough non-conference slate and an inconsistent first couple of weeks of Sooner Athletic Conference play, business is picking up for the varsity team. The Golden Eagles, led by head volleyball coach […]
The John Brown University women’s Ultimate Frisbee team, the Savage Skies, stormed into its first tournament of the season. After a challenging COVID-19 season, which included only one tournament, junior captains Emma Erickson, Kassy Shelby and Lindsay Scott were eager to lead their teammates into an exciting season. Despite the […]
National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) athletes can make money off merely their name, image and likeness (NIL) after a recent Supreme Court case. Strict NCAA rules used to prohibit college athletes from making money off anything. During his season in 2000, the University of Nebraska starting quarterback Eric Crouch illegally […]
After a shortened offseason, volleyball returned to campus. Both the varsity and junior varsity teams had successful 2020 seasons, so expectations are high as both teams progress into the 2021 season. Led by head coach Ken Carver, the varsity team put together one of its most successful campaigns last spring. […]
The women’s soccer team at John Brown University was the most dominant in the Sooner Athletic Conference this season, winning both the regular season and conference tournament titles. They followed that up with victories over Baker and Oklahoma Wesleyan in Siloam Springs in the NAIA National Championships Opening Round before […]
Everyone has faced an array of obstacles amid the COVID-19 pandemic. We’ve all had to adjust and adapt to the world around us, and (sometimes reluctantly) embrace the new normal that has come along with what has transpired over the last year. Just over 13 months ago, the entire world, […]
In February, soccer made its highly-anticipated return to John Brown University’s campus. While both the men and women’s teams have successful programs, no one knew how they would perform after spending such a long time away from the field, as neither team had played NAIA soccer since November 2019. In […]