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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.



Coach Creighton

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.







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Reggie Bell named starting QB vs. Morgan State

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Eastern Michigan University football coach Chris Creighton took part in his first Mid-American Conference teleconference Monday morning and wasted no time naming redshirt freshman quarterback Reggie Bell the starter for the Aug. 30 regular season opener against Morgan State University.


EMU soccer blanks Indiana, 2-0

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The Eastern Michigan University soccer team won its second consecutive game Sunday, with a 2-0 victory over the Indiana University Hoosiers at Scicluna Field.The Eagles last played the Hoosiers on Sept. 6, 2013 – leaving with a 1-0 loss.

In his pilot episode of his club-reviewing podcast, The Flock, Anthony Thaxton talks with student Raj Rahman about EMU's Astronomy Club.