BY VITO CHIRCO VN SPORTS EDITOR Though in the shadows of her admittedly faster and stronger brothers Mike and Sean, Kylie Birney has made quite the name for herself as a women’s lacrosse player. The second-oldest Birney athlete at UDM is a confident individual, sure of her skills on […]
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League championship time
The Titans finish their regular season schedule tonight, Wednesday, Feb. 25, hosting Valparaiso. The Horizon League tournament opens next week. March 3 at Calihan Hall.
Hall of Famer Perry Watson reflects on Titans, Fab 5
BY VITO CHIRCO VN Sports Editor The man who changed the dynamic of Detroit Titans men’s basketball finally has his place in the Hall. Not Dick Vitale. (He’s there, too.) But Perry Watson, the former Detroit Southwestern High School head coach and current Orlando Magic scout who was inducted […]
Clock ticking for McCallum
Second-half collapse here, second-half collapse there. It’s been the theme of the Detroit men’s basketball season. And it’s starting to define the tenure of men’s basketball coach Ray McCallum, who has suffered close losses to Bowling Green, Wichita State and Green Bay at home, as well as similar defeats to […]
Tommy Titan, about age 40, has rooted his way into hearts of fans
By Tim Krafchak VN SPECIAL WRITER From Griz the Grizzly of rival university Oakland University to Pistol Pete of Oklahoma State, college mascots exist all throughout the college sports world. Consisting of named incarnations of live, costumed or inflatable mascots, they give fans something to look forward to at […]
Women’s Sports Day Saturday
The Titans host Youngstown State Saturday at 2 p.m. at Calihan Hall. The game will be part of National Girls and Women in Sports Day. The free event starts at 10:30 a.m. Participants will get many freebies: lunch, T-shirts, gift bags and tickets to the game. The Titans are 5-5 […]
Oakland game Sunday ‘big deal’
BY KARIC JONES VN SPORTS Writer Detroit Titan Anton Wilson is one of the top three-point shooters in the Horizon League – and not a man of many words. But he agreed recently to sit down for a Q&A with The Varsity News. Anton, you’re a top three-point […]
Top of the board
BY VITO CHIRCO VN SPORTS EDITOR Intense. Fiery. Passionate. Any of the three aforementioned adjectives can be used to aptly describe the coaching style of one Autumn Rademacher, head women’s basketball coach. And no longer is she just the women’s basketball head coach at UDM. She’s also now the […]
Embrace rivalry with OU, though it diminishes us
For Oakland and OU head coach Greg Kampe, the rivalry with UDM can be viewed in three ways. The first viewpoint is that of Kampe. “I look at it as the most important game of the year,” he said. Obviously, the game means a lot to Kampe. Why? It could […]
Titans find their chemistry
By Karic Jones VN STAFF WRITER After sitting out all of last season due to NCAA transfer rules, former Colorado Buffalo and six-foot-seven Detroit product Chris Jenkins is being expected to make an impact right away with the Titans. Along with the expectation to make an impact right away […]