In the seventh grade I was bitten by the overconfidence bug, but reality was the prescribed treatment for it.  I was so sure that I had made it, but I was cut from my 7th grade basketball team.  Fast forward 10 years and that same kid is standing at the free throw […]

Fans are not currently allowed to sit in the lower bowl of Calihan Hall.  The unpredictability of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic continues to impact the Detroit Titans basketball season. For safety reasons amid the recent spike in COVID cases, the university recently closed the lower bowl of Calihan Hall for […]

The Detroit Mercy women’s basketball team has had a rough few seasons. After last year’s suspension following allegations of mistreatment by ex-Head Coach AnnMarie Gilbert, the team entered this season with an entirely new roster. All of the players are from outside Michigan. After its most recent loss Sunday against […]

Father Patrick Kelly, as pictured on the Detroit Mercy website. BY RYAN RUTKOWSKI / VN STAFF WRITER For hundreds of years, sports and religion have been an extremely influential part of human culture and society, and to the Detroit Mercy associate professor Father Patrick Kelly, SJ, these things have always been […]

Antoine Davis, a VN staff writer, plays for the men’s Titans basketball team. In this brief journal, he offers readers a glimpse of the hectic nature of a recent road trip.   BY ANTOINE J. DAVIS / VN STAFF WRITER Our Detroit Mercy men’s basketball team redefined the phrase “road trip” […]

BY JORGE REYNA JR / VN SPORTS EDITOR After five-straight losses on the road, the Titans await their first Horizon League game Dec. 2 against IUPUI. Leading the scoring has been Antoine Davis. Since the start of the 2021-22 season, Davis has surpassed two more players to move his way up […]

VN photo by JORGE REYNA JR. BY JORGE REYNA JR / VN SPORTS EDITOR Coach Mike Davis expects his 2021-22 men’s basketball team to be the best yet in his short tenure at Detroit Mercy. Beginning his fourth season as Titans head coach, Davis believes his squad will do much better […]

BY ELISE PANNEMANN / VN STAFF WRITER In late September, sophomore Jayanthesh “Gene” Kalmat was in Paraguay preparing to skate in the Artistic Skating World Championship. He qualified for Team USA by winning medals at a national competition in August. Though attending events like the one in South America is no […]

BY CRISTINA MARTINEZ VN STAFF WRITER Four players from Spain will be among the 14 new members of the Titans women's basketball team. The women’s season was cancelled last year amid player complaints about the coach. After every player left the team, the university fired the coach this summer – […]

After a year of games without fans (due to Covid-19), Calihan Hall will against host Titans fans this fall. / VN photo by JORGE REYNA JR. BY JORGE REYNA JR. / VN SPORTS EDITOR Covid-19 brought challenging times for sports. Without fans, where was the roar for a game-winning shot or […]