Hundreds of University of Detroit Mercy students play on the Titans’ Division I teams. What would it be like here if student-athletes start getting paid to play? In August, the NCAA voted to grant greater autonomy to the Pac-12, Big Ten, ACC, Big 12 and SEC conferences, which was said […]
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Men’s cross country celebrates 50th anniversary
The men’s cross country program turns 50 this year, and it’s an anniversary worth mentioning, according to coach Guy Murray. The milestone offers an opportunity to link some of the program’s deep pool of past performers with individuals on this year's current squad, said Murray. It also holds significance for […]
80 years ago this month…
The Detroit Lions played their inaugural season in the city. Their first game was on Sept. 23, 1934, and they defeated the New York Giants 9-0. That season and the three that followed were played here on campus at a 12,000-seat stadium that stood on the lot now occupied by […]
Kendell, Baydoun lead Titans
Senior Zeinab Baydoun (above) recorded a career-best time in the 5k, while freshman Ben Kendell (below) finished in the top 10 for the second-straight week, and posted the fastest time ever by a Titan rookie at the 28th annual Running Fit-Detroit Titan Invitational on Saturday morning at Cass Benton Park. The […]
One year later: AD Vowels focuses on enhancing Titan brand
Robert Vowels has been on the job for a year now as UDM athletic director, and branding still remains the name of the game for him. The former vice president of student-athlete affairs for the NCAA vowed to enhance the Titans brand at his introductory press conference last May, and […]
Vito Chirco: ESPN’s focus has inflamed recruiting challenge
Recruiting, recruiting, recruiting – it’s what college athletics is all about nowadays. ESPN has even indulged in the obsession of keeping track of the recruiting trail with its own Recruiting Nation sites for both high school basketball and football. If that’s not enough coverage to satisfy your appetite for recruiting […]