Former EMU track and field athletes Donald Scott and Lahsene Bouchikhi are set to compete in the 2022 World Athletics Championship. Scott is a 2015 EMU graduate and former eight-time Mid-American Conference Champion. Bouchikhi earned First Team All-MAC honors his junior year and placed fifth in the Spartan Invitational with a time of 25:11.2 in the 8,000 meter race.
This year’s draft class is a big question mark. With many people believing that this class isn’t much to be excited about, there are also people speculating that this draft class could very well be a special one. Sports writer Blake McQueary provides insight on his top three "under the radar" transactions of NBA draft night.
EMU has officially announced Sara Tisdale as the head coach for the Women’s Lacrosse team from the 2022-23 school year.
Eastern Michigan University Vice President and Director of Athletics announced that Steve Schram will be the new head coach of the women’s tennis program. Schram has an overall 120-49 career record in nine seasons as a women’s tennis head coach. Schram has led three other college tennis programs, recording an all-time winning percentage of .710.
Eastern Michigan University received outstanding news on June 29 when Ypsilanti native Emoni Bates announced his commitment to the EMU basketball program, following an underwhelming freshman season at Memphis.
Sports writer Blake McQueary takes you through the top-five potential moves we could see happen in this year's NBA offseason, while also giving a little bit of his prediction on each move.
Eastern Michigan University women’s volleyball program adds seven 2022-2023 newcomers to the team. As of June 25, four freshmen and three transfer students have officially joined the team.
Following a great NBA season, we are less than a week away from the NBA Draft. The offseason will be pivotal for the Detroit Pistons to further the roster rebuild entering the 2022-2023 NBA season.
The past five months have been action-packed for the NFL. In January we got to witness a crazy postseason, where most games were decided by just a field goal in the final seconds. February saw the Los Angeles Rams defeat the Cincinnati Bengals to win the Super Bowl in their own house of Los Angeles. March featured headlines of Tom Brady reversing his shocking decision to retire from the NFL and ultimately play a 23rd season in Tampa Bay.
The WNBA is what many successful college basketball players dream of. But this dream is almost impossible to achieve due to how small the league is.
This past season for the Detroit Pistons was a season filled with hope. With the organization in the process of a rebuild, and rookie point guard, Cade Cunningham, leading the way for the Pistons, there wasn’t much to expect from the deteriorating franchise that is in the process of a rebuild. The only expectation to be met for the Pistons? Be better than the previous year, and that, they did.
Being a student athlete comes with mental and physical struggles. Student athlete mental health programs must improve to provide the proper help they need.
On May 20, the Eastern Michigan University baseball program lost both matches against Kent State. The scoring results were 5-0 and 4-3.
The Eastern Michigan University men’s baseball team took on Kent State University on Thursday, inside Schoonover Stadium in Kent, Ohio. It was the first game of a four-game weekend series that took place on May 19 and runs through May 22.
The Eastern Michigan University track and field team competed at the Mid-American Conference Outdoor Championships from Thursday, May 12, through Saturday, May 14 at Kanley Track & Field Complex in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The Eagles produced wins in five events on the final day, cementing the men’s team second place finish with 155 points and the women’s third place finish with 108 points. Kent State took home the men’s title as they produced 196 points in the event. Akron took home the women’s title, tallying 124 points.
On May 15, the Eastern Michigan University women’s rowing team competed in the CAA championships in Pennsauken, NJ on the Cooper River. EMU ranked third overall and earned 26 points, which is the most ever for EMU at the CAA championships.
The Eastern Michigan University track and field team finished the 2022 regular season at the University of Michigan’s Len Paddock Open on Saturday, May 7. The Eagles won the men’s and women’s triple jump, as senior Baboucar Sallah-Mohammed produced a 14.85m jump, and fellow classmate Alisha St. Louis produced a jump of 11.79m. Sophomore Ousman Kamara tallied another victory for the Eagles in the high jump with a 2.00m.
On May 1, the Eastern Michigan baseball squad dominated Bowling Green State University with a 19-4 victory. The Eagles earned several season bests, including eight home runs and 19 total runs.
The Eastern Michigan University baseball team hosted Bowling Green on Saturday, Apr. 30 for games two and three of a four-game series. Saturday's doubleheader marked the 60th matchup between the Eagles and Falcons since 1999.
