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Pitino, DePaul comment on text message suggesting payment to recruit

Shane Rene, Editor-in-Chief • August 2, 2018

After news broke this morning that former University of Louisville head basketball coach Rick Pitino said DePaul offered five-star 2017 recruit Brian Bowen $200,000 to sign with the Blue Demons in a text...

Maric’s basketball journey will continue in Belgium

Paul Steeno • August 2, 2018

Former DePaul Blue Demon basketball player Marin Maric will continue his basketball world tour. Born in Split, Croatia, Maric journeyed to the United States to spend one season playing ball at prep...

Text found in court records claims DePaul offered $200,000 to five-star recruit

Benjamin Conboy, Editor in Chief • August 2, 2018

Former University of Louisville head basketball coach Rick Pitino said he knew DePaul offered to pay prospect Brian Bowen $200,000 to play at DePaul, a violation of NCAA rules, court documents show. “Coach...

Former DePaul video coordinator accepts assistant coaching job at CCSU

Paul Steeno • July 20, 2018

On Dec. 6, 2017, Central Connecticut State head basketball coach Donyell Marshall watched his Blue Devil boys bow out 85-57 against the DePaul Blue Demons at Wintrust Arena. Between bouts of nostalgia...

McCallum’s agent hopes his scoring spices up in Switzerland

Paul Steeno • July 14, 2018

The newest member of the Swiss Basketball League-affiliated Pully Lausanne Foxes will bring Chicago flavor to the lakeside suburb of Lausanne, Switzerland. Even though it's an Americanized city with...

Blue Demons name new softball coach

Paul Steeno • July 5, 2018

Will Adix-Zin be a win for the Blue Demons? The DePaul University athletic department announced this afternoon that it has named former star Blue Demon student athlete Tracie Adix-Zins as its new head...

Women’s Professional Basketball League HOF recognition includes DePaul connections

Paul Steeno • July 2, 2018

The Women's Professional Basketball League (abbreviated WBL) existed for three seasons from 1978 until 1981. Recently, it re-entered collective consciousness when the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame...

Five teams to root for in the World Cup

Andrew Hattersley, Assistant Sports Editor • June 13, 2018

For the first time since 1986, the United States missed the World Cup after falling to Trinidad & Tobago 2-1. During simultaneous matches on the final day of qualifying, both Honduras and Panama rallied...

Lenti makes sudden exit after more than 30 years

Shane Rene and Benjamin Conboy • June 13, 2018

The long and celebrated career of DePaul softball head coach Eugene Lenti — the brother of Athletic Director Jean Lenti Ponsetto — came to a sudden end over the weekend, according to sources close...

Henry selected to try out for Team USA World Cup qualifying team

Paul Steeno • June 11, 2018

Myke Henry has come a long way since he donned the DePaul blue and red from 2014 until 2016. After graduating from DePaul, he didn't hear his name called in the 2016 NBA draft. But, he latched onto...

Greenwood Named Google Cloud Academic All-American

Paul Steeno • June 6, 2018

DePaul Blue Demon softball player Morgan Greenwood now has an exclamation point to conclude her school year on. On Monday, the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) announced that...

Justin Roberts to transfer from DePaul

Andrew Hattersley, Assistant Sports Editor • June 1, 2018

After an up-and-down freshman year at DePaul, Justin Roberts announced Friday he is heading elsewhere. “After talking to my Family and praying over it, I decided that continuing my basketball and...