Tom Brady has spent his entire career surrounded by controversy. Whether it be spygate or Deflategate, he always seems to be in the spotlight for reasons other than his four Super Bowls.

Following the surprising departure of JR Payne, who left Santa Clara for the University of Colorado Boulder, Athletic Director Renee Baumgartner was faced with a difficult situation–finding a coach to lead the women’s basketball team.

Herb Sendek picked up his first recruit as men’s basketball head coach last week when Julian Roche committed to Santa Clara. The center hopes to make impact on a a team with only one player taller than 6’9”.

Santa Clara took only one of three games from Pepperdine over the weekend as the team continues to struggle in West Coast Conference play.

Santa Clara Baseball narrowly avoided being swept last weekend by winning the Sunday game against Saint Mary’s (13-9). The biggest highlight from the weekend though was on Friday when top prospect Corbin Burnes took the mound for the Gaels.

The Broncos baseball team split a four game series against the University of Hawaii as they took advantage of their spring break by traveling to the tropical oasis for their final non-conference matchup of the season.

Santa Clara’s baseball team was unfazed by their home opener loss to Notre Dame, coming back to win the last two games of the series on Saturday and Sunday.

The Broncos picked up a big home win against the struggling San Diego Toreros, narrowly defeating them 74-71, in a close heart-pounding game.

On Thursday, the Broncos dropped an 84-67 contest to WCC powerhouse Gonzaga (16-5), in Spokane. On Saturday, the team defeated the Portland Pilots (9-15, 3-8) 90-84 extending their record to 8-15 overall and 4-7 in WCC games.

The Broncos’ disappointing season continued last Thursday against the University of San Francisco, as the team dropped the game 74-61, falling to 7-14 (3-6 WCC) on the season.

Santa Clara won a 62-60 buzzer beater over the Pepperdine Waves at the Leavey Center last Thursday.

The Santa Clara men’s basketball team won its second conference game of the season over the University of San Diego 65-53 last Saturday.

The Broncos (5-11) defeated the University of Portland 84-77 to pick up their first conference win of the year last Saturday.

This weekend, Santa Clara women’s soccer team played a pair of must win games for conference title hopes, but were only able to win one as they tied Saint Mary’s College.

The No. 20 Broncos women’s soccer team tied a crucial conference game against No. 5 Brigham Young University on Saturday.