Bruins heading for action as fall sports begin

The Bellevue University athletic teams will be in action later this month as the volleyball and men’s and women’s soccer teams open up their 2009 seasons. All three programs had very successful seasons last year and are looking for continued success this fall.
Volleyball
The Bruin volleyball team returns 10 letterwinners and four starters from last season’s [...]

Reports: Board member’s family finalizes purchase of Cubs

Bellevue University Board Member Pete Ricketts and his family have finalized a deal to buy the Chicago Cubs, according to published reports Monday.
The Omaha-based Ricketts family negotiated to buy the team, Wrigley Field and a 25 percent stake in Comcast SportsNet, a regional cable network. The agreement was reportedly reached during the Fourth of July weekend, [...]

Longtime softball coach Lehotak named athletic director

Bellevue University has named Ed Lehotak its new athletic director. Lehotak, the Bruin softball coach since 1997, has served as co-interim athletic director since September. Effective Jan. 1, Lehotak shed the “interim” label. He will still coach the softball team for the upcoming 2009 season.
Lehotak takes over for Jerry Mosser, who retired in September after36 [...]