They all knew it. Now the rest of the conference is learning, too. When the women’s basketball team was picked seventh in the preseason poll, nearly every player guaranteed they’d finish better. Despite losing eight of their first nine games, the Titans are poised to do just that. […]
Author: Michael Martinez
Tom Ryan: Basketball announcer still loves his job
Tom Ryan loves basketball. He's been the men's basketball public address announcer for nearly 30 years and remembers when he first fell in love with the game. "In 1955, I moved across the street from the University of Detroit, right on Fairfield," Ryan said. "It was the summer before my […]
Jeffery Boats: Professor curls in spare time
Dr. Jeffery Boats is the department chair for mathematics and computer science at UDM. You might assume he spends his evenings and weekends crunching numbers and discussing theorems. You'd be wrong. Boats, an avid adult baseball player who loves to participate in athletics, has one of the more interesting hobbies […]
Sam Logan: Scholarship to honor inspiring leader
A picture hangs in the Hall of Honor on the main floor of the Commerce and Finance Building. It's a picture of a man who came from humble beginnings to become a giant in the Detroit community. The man is of Samuel Logan Jr., and it serves as […]
Here to stay
Passion and dedication are two qualities valued in a coach. The women's tennis team believes Pjotrs Necajevs, their new head coach, possesses ample amounts of both. Necajevs, a native of Riga, Latvia, was asked to step in as interim head coach last year when the previous head coach suddenly resigned. […]
December 2011: Re-VITALE-ized!
Check their Vital(e) signs. The Titans have a heartbeat again! Dick Vitale may have left his name on the court in Calihan Hall Monday night but the mark he left on the Titans' season was much more important. Detroit limped into Monday's contest losers of five of its last six […]
December 2011: What happens after Vitale buzz?
What's on your Christmas list this year? An Ipad? Laptop? Maybe a pony? Fans of NBA basketball are sure to get exactly what they are looking for when their favorite players hit the hardwood once again on Christmas day. There will be five games, including marquee matchups such as Derrick […]
Greg Russell: Women’s basketball announcer says he’s ‘fortunate’ to have spent his career in Detroit
A few years ago, Greg Russell went to a high school reunion that was not his own. "I went to U of D High School in Detroit," Russell said. "However, I go to the Detroit Pershing high school reunions because if I had gone to a public school that is […]
December 2011: Forever ours
The man who did so much for the University of Detroit was immortalized on its basketball court Monday night. But it was what the university did for him that had Dick Vitale in tears earlier that afternoon. "This city was so good to me," he said, crying, during a press […]
Fr. Cavanagh: For three decades, he has been at heart of campus life
His office is tucked away in a corner of the Commerce and Finance Building, but frequently you will find him elsewhere: cheerfully roaming the campus, watching games at Calihan, conferring with students and colleagues. For more than 30 years, Father Gerry Cavanagh has been a central part of life at […]
