Lydell Dyer - The Brown Daily Herald

Lydell Dyer is a sports editor for The Herald. A junior hailing from Bonn, Germany, Lydell is studying nonfiction English and political science, and if he's not off "making words sound pretty," you can find him lifting heavy circles at the Nelson.

A photo of the Women's Rugby Team celebrating their third national championship. Each member of the team is holding up three fingers.

Sports

‘Destined for greatness’: Women’s rugby wins national title for third consecutive year

By Lydell Dyer | May 1

On Sunday, the Bears defeated Army 19-7 in the CRC 7s Premier Cup final.

Sports

Rugby dominates in Ivy 7s

By Lydell Dyer | April 23

Ahead of next week’s national championships, the men’s club team took gold while women’s varsity secured bronze.

An image of a row of people in a crowd, with a man raising his hand and people around him clapping.

Sports

Student-led documentary to highlight 50 years of women’s sports

By Lydell Dyer | April 17

Earlier this month, members of ARTS 1013B presented a 35-minute teaser of the documentary.

Sports

Russ Pillar ’87 P’24.5 talks professional development, character at Brown Sports Network inaugural event

By Lydell Dyer | April 6

Russ Pillar ’87 P’24.5 — named one of the top-100 most influential alums of the 20th century by the Brown Alumni Magazine — spoke at Brown Sports Network’s inaugural talk on Friday afternoon. Founded earlier this year by Charlie Pliner ’26 and Nikolas Rohrmann ’26, Brown Sports Network ...

Three Brown women's rugby players in uniform with their backs to the camera are pictured walking on the field, with the player on the right holding the ball in her right hand.

Sports

Women’s rugby defends the den during Brown 7s

By Lydell Dyer | April 2

Over spring break, the Bears won one tournament and finished fifth in another.

The whole women's rugby team on the pitch

Sports

Reigning rugby national champions dominate in season opener

By Lydell Dyer | March 18

Over the weekend, the women’s rugby team won the Northeastern 7’s tournament, the first competition of their spring campaign.

Sports

Joseph Oduro ’26 clinches triple jump title as Brown’s teams falter at Ivy Heps

By Lydell Dyer | March 5

With one jump to go in the men’s triple jump finals, Joseph Oduro ’26 watched as Yale’s Brian Di Bassinga stole the lead.

A picture of a player on the women's ice hockey team with a puck on the rink during their game against Union College.

Sports

A weekend of medals: Brown Athletics stuns across the board

By Lydell Dyer | February 27

Women’s track wins gold in Brown Invitational, while gymnastics clinches silver in Ivy Classic.

Brown Basketball player Aaron Cooley chasing a ball versus a Cornell player.

Sports

Bears’ Ivy Madness hopes dwindle following Saturday losses

By Cooper Herman and Lydell Dyer | February 25

The men’s and women’s basketball teams both suffered crushing losses on Saturday, decreasing the likelihood of qualifying for Ivy Madness.

A man begins to shoot a basketball with his opponents behind him.

Sports

‘The hardest-playing team on the floor’: Men’s basketball fights for Ivy Madness spot

By Lydell Dyer | February 19

Racing to Ivy Madness, men’s basketball picked up two pivotal victories against Princeton and Penn.