BY VITO CHIRCO VN SPORTS EDITOR Autumn Rademacher, known for years as “Coach Rad” on campus, refused to criticize her alma mater in her first media interview since being dismissed as head coach of the women’s basketball team. “I’m grateful and thankful for the players I was able to coach, […]
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Freshman dynamo
BY EMMA MUCCI VN Staff Writer Although she may only be 5-foot-4, Darianne Seward has made a huge impact as a freshman on the Detroit Titans women’s basketball team. She has already broken records, and she continues to make a major impact on the team. Her shift from high […]
Underclassmen drive Titan success
BY KARIC JONES VN STAFF WRITER Three games into the 2015 men’s lacrosse season, the Detroit Titans, powered by underclassmen, are off to a 2-1 start. This is largely due to solid play from freshmen Sean Birney and Mark Anstead, as well as sophomores Kyle Beauregard and Brad Harris. […]
Leading the way
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 […]
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 […]