Every DePaul athlete registered to vote in Big East initiative
Lawrence Kreymer, Sports Editor
October 18, 2020
DePaul became the first university in the Big East to reach 100 percent of its athletes registered to vote in the upcoming Nov. 3 election, the athletic department announced on Wednesday. All 11 institutions in the Big East are taking part in the Rise To Win voter registration challenge, with the ...
Big East officially cancels fall sports season
Lawrence Kreymer, Sports Editor
August 12, 2020
The Big East announced on Wednesday that all fall sports are canceled due to the increasing concerns of the coronavirus pandemic. The conference also said they will look for options to play fall sports during the spring of 2021. Sports that are impacted by this decision at DePaul are men’s and...
Big East athletic directors deny golf coaches’ request to play in the fall
Lawrence Kreymer, Sports Editor
July 24, 2020
The Big East men’s golf coaches sent a letter to the conference’s athletic directors earlier this week requesting them to consider two scenarios for a potential fall season, according to a document obtained by The DePaulia. Their request was denied by the Big East’s athletic directors, according t...
Big East moves to conference-only schedule for fall sports
Lawrence Kreymer, Sports Editor
July 16, 2020
The Big East announced on Thursday that they are canceling all non-conference games for the fall season. But the earliest the Big East will begin its conference season is in October, a source confirmed to The DePaulia on Friday. For DePaul, the current plan is to bring back soccer players for workouts...
Big East announces COVID-19 task force, geographical divisions for soccer and volleyball
Lawrence Kreymer, Sports Editor
June 8, 2020
In an effort to bring back college sports in time for the fall, the Big East put together a plan that gives the conference a better chance of having fall sports. On Monday, the conference announced that they are forming a COVID-19 task force, with DePaul women’s basketball head coach Doug Bruno bei...
Big East, DePaul working toward 2020-2021 sports plan
Lawrence Kreymer and Nate Burleyson
May 8, 2020
With the coronavirus pandemic altering life for people all over the world, only one thing is certain right now -- nothing is guaranteed the next day. In the world of college athletics, there are no guarantees regarding how sports will return to schools for the 2020-21 academic year. During a medi...
DePaul women’s basketball turns to season ahead after abrupt end to 2019-2020
Nate Burleyson, Assistant Sports Editor
April 30, 2020
Building a team and building a program are two completely different ideas. These are two ideas that DePaul women’s basketball deals with every season as they continue their 17 straight NCAA tournament streak while retooling each season to adjust for key losses. Last season, the team graduated Ashton Mille...
Even with no NCAA tournament, DePaul women’s basketball’s season had plenty of accomplishments
Lawrence Kreymer, Sports Editor
March 27, 2020
After DePaul won the Big East regular season and tournament title this past season, the Blue Demons have now won six conference regular-season and tournament titles since 2013 — when the conference went to 10 teams. But the Blue Demons’ success in women’s basketball dates back to the early 2000s, ...
COLUMN: Coronavirus robs sports fans of their most cherished outlet
Lawrence Kreymer, Sports Editor
March 14, 2020
I’ve always tried to imagine a world with no sports. What would we do? Would we like it? What would be our new escape from the real-world problems we face on a daily basis? The answers to those questions led me back to one realization — don’t let this become a reality. The world that I imagined in my head was sca...
Big East to cancel all spring sports competition
Nate Burleyson, Asst. Sports Editor
March 12, 2020
The Big East athletic conference is canceling all spring sports for the remainder of the season, they announced in a press release on Thursday afternoon. This decision to cancel comes after the NCAA made the decision earlier to cancel its spring and winter championships. Earlier today, the Big East men’s basketba...
Big East Tournament has been canceled
Lawrence Kreymer, Sports Editor
March 12, 2020
NEW YORK -- After discussing concerns around the coronavirus with the 10 teams, the Big East announced on Thursday they are canceling the rest of the tournament. The announcement came during halftime in the St. John’s-Creighton game at Madison Square Garden. With the announcement coming during the brea...
DePaulia sports editors discuss men’s, women’s basketball season endings
Ryan Gilroy, Copy Editor & Staff Photographer
March 8, 2020
The D-Men discuss the end of the season for both the men's and women's basketball teams, including the men's deflating loss at Providence and the Big East women's tournament. The crew is also joined by former sports editor Andrew Hattersley, who caught up on the pod. https://soundcloud.com/page29/d-men-roundtable-episode-16
