DePaul and Loyola respond to sexual abuse coverup
Marin Scott, Nation & World Editor
September 17, 2018
Filed under Nation & World, Showcase
It has been a month since the grand jury report was released, revealing that the Catholic Church has covered up the systemic sexual abuse of children by priests over 70 years in Pennsylvania. This revelation has sent parishioners and members of the Catholic community questioning their safety in churches,...
DePaul’s School of Music to host classical and jazz festival this fall
Evan Sully, Staff Writer
September 10, 2018
Filed under Campus News, News
The School of Music’s newly designed Holtschneider Performance Center will be having an 11-day classical and jazz music festival beginning on Nov. 1, not only as a way to celebrate the new three-story, 185,000 square-foot facility, but also to celebrate the School of Music. There are going to be...
Blue Demon basketball adds another transfer player
Paul Steeno, Sports Reporter
September 8, 2018
Filed under Basketball, Men's Sports, Sports
The depth chart at the shooting guard position became a little more crowded today for the DePaul Blue Demon men's basketball program. DePaul announced the addition of 6-foot-3-inch graduate transfer Lyrik Shreiner who will become immediately eligible for the 2018-2019 season and will have two tota...
Too good to be true: Shannon Jr. reopens committment
Paul Steeno, Sports Reporter
August 19, 2018
Filed under Basketball, Men's Sports, Sports
A lot can change in a week. Last Sunday, the DePaul Blue Demons received their second verbal commitment from a top 100 guy in the class of 2019 when Lincoln Park High School wing Terrence Shannon Jr. announced his commitment to DePaul. Just one week later, Shannon Jr. has had a change of heart, telling 247Sport...
The book of Eli: “I just want to win”
Paul Steeno, Sports Reporter
August 17, 2018
Filed under Basketball, Men's Sports
Death, taxes, and wing Eli Cain in the DePaul Blue Demon's starting lineup. In three years as a Blue Demon, Cain has started 91 of the 94 games he's played in, serving as the constant as other players have arrived and left the program. But all good things must come to an end, as Cain prepares for...
From pariah to hot commodity, Shannon’s recruiting story has happy ending after slow start
Paul Steeno, Sports Reporter
August 16, 2018
Filed under Basketball, Men's Sports, Sports
How does a 6-foot-6-inch, hyper-athletic stud who played high school ball in a city famous for its basketball talent slip through the cracks and warrant no high-major Division I offers until after his senior season of basketball concluded? "I'm not sure," Lincoln Park High School head basketball coach...
Pitino, DePaul comment on text message suggesting payment to recruit
Shane Rene, Managing Editor
August 2, 2018
Filed under Basketball, Men's Sports, Showcase, Sports
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 message to a former assistant coach, Pitino says he didn’t believe it when he sent it. “I sa...
Maric’s basketball journey will continue in Belgium
Paul Steeno, Sports Reporter
August 2, 2018
Filed under Basketball, Men's Sports, Sports
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 powerhouse La Lumiere in La Porte, Ind. He then played three productive seasons at Northern Illinois...
Text found in court records claims DePaul offered $200,000 to five-star recruit
Benjamin Conboy, Editor in Chief
August 2, 2018
Filed under Basketball, Men's Sports, Sports
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 DePaul [sic] trying to pay Bowen 200 k to come here. Crazy world!” Pitino wrote in a te...
Former DePaul video coordinator accepts assistant coaching job at CCSU
Paul Steeno, Sports Reporter
July 20, 2018
Filed under Basketball, Men's Sports, Sports
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 from coaching against his former college coach Dave Leitao, Marshall must have been impressed with the ga...
Blue Demons name new softball coach
Paul Steeno, Sports Reporter
July 5, 2018
Filed under Softball, Sports, Women's Sports
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 softball coach. She will replace Eugene Lenti after the veteran coach of 37 seasons retired in a...
Women’s Professional Basketball League HOF recognition includes DePaul connections
Paul Steeno, Staff Writer
July 2, 2018
Filed under Basketball, Sports, Women's Sports
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 in Knoxville, Tenn. recognized the league as "Trailblazers of the Game" at the hall's 2018 induction...
