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COLUMN: Assault should not be treated differently for athletes

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This past week was an absolute nightmare for the National Football League and its commissioner Roger Goodell. It started Monday when a video surfaced of Ray Rice - who was indicted in March when he knocked out his wife Jenay, who was his fiancée at the time, in the elevator of a New Jersey hotel – physically knocking her out.


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Women's cross country continues winning tradition

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Eastern Michigan University’s women’s track and field team continued its winning trend by racking up its fifth consecutive victory over Mid-American Conference foe Western Michigan University at the George Dales Invitational on Friday.



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Eagles fall to Old Dominion, 17-3

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The Eastern Michigan University football team lost its second straight game, Saturday, 17-3, to the Old Dominion University Monarchs in Norfolk, Va. Sophomore Brogan Roback started for the Eagles (1-2). He was 9-of-17 passing, for 56 yards.


Eastern Michigan's Natachia Watkins beats the defense and scores during the Eagle's 99-83 Senior-Day win over Central Michigan on 8 March at the Convocation Center.

Women's basketball team to hold tryouts

The Eastern Michigan University athletic department announced Wednesday that the women’s basketball team would be holding open tryouts for the 2014-15 season.




A bit about the defensive co-captain who almost wasn't

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Senior safety/linebacker Pudge Cotton is one of the defensive captains on the Eastern Michigan University football team – but he almost wasn’t. Cotton, who has been playing football since he was young, said he quit after a short time because he didn’t see himself as being good. It took some convincing to get back on the field.




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What's on Tap

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This week marks the first full week of the fall semester. If you already need a break from your classes, here are a few games to take your mind off things.



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Eagles blown out by Florida, 65-0

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The Eastern Michigan University football team traveled to Gainesville, Fla. Saturday for a matchup against the University of Florida and left on the wrong side of a 65-0 blowout against the Gators.


	Darius Scott (1), Jay Jones (9) and Quincy Jones (8).

Update: Victim of alleged assault by EMU football players was cousin of suspect in Demarius Reed murder

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Three Eastern Michigan University Football players, Quincy Jones, Darius Scott and Jay Jones, were brought into court on assault charges, Wednesday according to a report from MLive. The alleged victim, Demarko Taylor, 24, is the cousin of Kristopher Pratt, the Detroit man who pleaded guilty to the second degree murder of EMU wide receiver Demarius Reed. According to the police, no weapons were used in the assault.