By Alicia Maldonado Contributing writer How would you feel if you learned a huge amount of sexism thrived among the sports culture here at St. Bonaventure? St. Bonaventure University students and alumni take pride in the NCAA Division 1 sports teams on campus. These teams include women’s softball, men’s baseball, women and men’s soccer,…
By Harrison Leone Sports Assignment Editor While baseball is often decried as too boring for our stimulus-crazed public, America’s pastime has nevertheless been a constant source of intrigue all summer long. Fans have been treated to historic individual performances from the sport’s top athletes. In the American League, Detroit third baseman Miguel Cabrera is fresh…
By Skye Tulio Sports Editor With only five home games under its belt, the baseball team will host Dayton this weekend in a three-game conference series. The Bonnies and the Flyers play today at 3 p.m. followed by 12 p.m. starts on Saturday and Sunday. “Dayton’s a team that’s always competing for the top spot,”…
By Skye Tulio Sports Editor It’s hard to believe my time as sports editor has come to an end. Where have the last 12 weeks gone? Before coming to Bona’s, if someone had told me I would be writing for the campus newspaper I would have laughed in his or her face. It’s amazing how…
By Skye Tulio Sports Editor After a one-win weekend, the baseball team travels to St. Louis for a three-game series against the Billikens. The series begins tonight at 7:30 and concludes Sunday at 1 p.m. “St. Louis is probably the best team in the conference,” Coach Larry Sudbrook said. “They won 41 out of 42…
By Mackenzie Linehan Staff Writer The movie “42” is a film that will leave you in awe as the credits roll. The film, based on a true story, shows how the well-known baseball player Jackie Robinson (Chadwick Boseman, TV show “Lincoln Heights”) changed the game of baseball forever. The title “42” hearkens back to Robinson’s…
By Skye Tulio Sports Editor In the hopes of securing its first conference series sweep of the season, the baseball team (9-15, 2-4) travels to Amherst, Mass., to take on the Massachusetts Minutemen this weekend. The two teams will begin their series tomorrow with a doubleheader beginning at 1 p.m. and conclude Sunday at 12…
By Skye Tulio Sports Editor After a series of scheduling mishaps due to inclement weather, the baseball team hopes to get some field action this weekend in Philadelphia. In a non-conference series against St. Joseph’s, the Bonnies (7-12, 2-4) will take the field for the first time since claiming their first conference series victory over…
By Skye Tulio Sports Editor After playing nine games in 10 days in Port Charlotte, Fla., the baseball team finished its spring training campaign 3-6. The Bonnies lost their first two games to South Dakota State (10-5, 12-7) before earning their first win against Mount St. Mary’s, 6-5. “Just like most Bonaventure baseball teams I’ve…
By Skye Tulio Sports Editor The baseball team begins its 2013 campaign with a trip to Port Charlotte, Fla., Feb. 23-March 4. The Bonnies will play the first of nine spring training games tomorrow at 11 a.m. against South Dakota State. Last season, the Bonnies fell just short of the Atlantic 10 postseason, finishing in…
By Harrison Leone Assistant Sports Editor Ladies and gentlemen, without further adieu, I am pleased to present to you the 2013 inductees to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum: Nobody!…living, at least. The Baseball Writers’ Association of America (BBWAA) foisted a travesty upon this country’s baseball fans when they did not deem a…
Irene Colomaio By Alexandra Napoli Staff Writer Loans, diplomas, class locations and exams are all significant aspects of a college career. Without these simple things, St. Bonaventure really wouldn’t exist. But who makes all of this happen? The answer is Irene Colomaio. Colomaio works as the administrative assistant in the Registrar’s Office, a job she…
By Kristie Schiefer Assistant News Editor Hailed as one of the best baseball books of our time, Pen American Center honored “Bottom of the 33rd: Hope, Redemption, and Baseball’s Longest Game” and its author, Dan Barry, ’80, with the PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing. The award is granted to nonfiction books on the subject…
By Skye Tulio Assistant Sports Editor For brothers Seth, Cael and Asa Johnson, representing Bonaventure athletics runs in the family. The oldest sons of Bruce and Nancy Johnson of Frewsburg, along with their sister Anneli, are all current or former Bona athletes in a family of swimmers and baseball players. “Both our mom and dad were swimmers, and…
By Skye Tulio Assistant Sports Editor The baseball team will host Saint Joseph’s (17-23, 7-4) this weekend in a three-game conference series beginning today at 3 p.m. The Bonnies (17-16, 5-7) swept George Washington last weekend in Virginia and split a doubleheader at Bucknell Tuesday. “We haven’t been real strong at home so far,” sophomore right-hander Asa Johnson…
By Tyler Diedrich Editor-in-Chief Brian Stavisky might be the most interesting St. Bonaventure athletics figure few outside the department know. Ten years ago, he was a baseball hero at Notre Dame. After three successful seasons in South Bend, Stavisky played professionally for parts of nine seasons. He once spent Spring Training practicing alongside legends…
By Skye Tulio Assistant Sports Editor The baseball team (13-15, 2-7) will travel to George Washington for a three-game series beginning today at 4 p.m. “George Washington’s below .500 overall, so it’s obviously one of those things that you feel like you better win two out of three, if for no other reason than to get a little…
By Skye Tulio Assistant Sports Editor In the shadow of the men’s and women’s basketball teams’ seasons to remember, the baseball team began its 2012 season. Such monumental Bonaventure moments are definitely memories I will cherish for the rest of my life. But as I stood in the Reilly Center parking lot waving to the…
By Skye Tulio Assistant Sports Editor After splitting a doubleheader at Niagara Tuesday, the baseball team prepares to take on Rhode Island this weekend in a three-game home series beginning today at 3 p.m. “Rhode Island is perennially one of the best teams in the conference,” coach Larry Sudbrook said. “From 2000-2009, us and Rhode Island went to the…
By Skye Tulio Assistant Sports Editor After its first home loss against Canisius, 4-3, Tuesday, the baseball team prepares to take on Fordham in a three-game home series this weekend, beginning today at 4 p.m. The Bonnies (9-9, 1-2) take on the Rams (9-16, 1-2) in their second series of Atlantic 10 play. Last weekend against Dayton, the…