No. 20 DePaul women’s basketball takes out Northwestern 89-66
November 19, 2016
No. 20 DePaul women's basketball (3-0) passed their first big test of the season with flying colors as they took out the Northwestern Wildcats (3-1) 89-66. Senior guard Jessica January led the game with 25 points to give the Blue Demons the victory in the Chicago rivalry game, which Northwestern won...
No. 21 DePaul women’s basketball defeats UAB 90-80
November 13, 2016
No. 21 DePaul women’s basketball finished opening weekend with another high-scoring victory as they defeated Alabama-Birmingham 90-80 in the championship game of the Maggie Dixon Classic. The Blue Demons improved to 2-0 on the season. Senior guard Jessica January led the game with 25 points while junior guard Ash...
DePaul men’s basketball quashes Rockhurst 79-53 in exhibition
November 5, 2016
When DePaul men's basketball met Rockhurst in an exhibition on Friday it wasn't pretty. The 79-53 win by the Blue Demons saw 45 combined turnovers and 53 combined fouls between the two teams. No, it wasn't pretty. However, that won't matter until next Sunday when the Blue Demons open up their seaso...
Report: Notre Dame will be first opponent in new DePaul arena
October 12, 2016
CBS Sports' Jon Rothstein reported that Notre Dame will be the first men's basketball opponent when the new DePaul arena opens in fall of 2017. DePaul's first game in its new downtown arena will be against Notre Dame, per sources. Here's more @FanRagSports: https://t.co/SQ8rfjjivP — Jon Rothstei...
DePaul men’s basketball picked to finish last in the Big East
October 11, 2016
DePaul men's basketball does not have high expectations from the Big East coaches for 2016-17 as the Blue Demons were picked to finish tenth in the Big East. The rankings were released at Big East media day in New York on Tuesday morning. Also revealed at Big East media day was that senior guard Bill...
DePaul, Creighton earn top Big East women’s basketball honors
October 11, 2016
DePaul women's basketball appeared on the top of the preseason Big East women's basketball poll for the third straight year, but this year there was a twist: Creighton was also picked to finish in first place. Both teams received the same amount of first place votes amongst the Big East coache...
DePaul men’s basketball gets commit from Jaylen Butz
October 6, 2016
The 2016-17 men's basketball season is still about a month from opening, but the Blue Demons already are filling out the roster for 2017-18. DePaul got their latest commitment on Thursday when Jaylen Butz verbally committed to the Blue Demons. "When I went on my visit, the coaches and the players...
Mart’e Grays to miss 2016-17 DePaul women’s basketball season
October 4, 2016
DePaul Athletics announced on Tuesday that junior forward Mart'e Grays will miss the upcoming women's basketball season with a torn achilles. “Losing players to injury is one of the only bad aspects of coaching,” head coach Doug Bruno said in the press release. “All of us in the...
UCONN, Notre Dame highlight DePaul women’s basketball schedule
September 20, 2016
DePaul women's basketball released their 2016-17 schedule on Tuesday, highlighted by a home game against Notre Dame and an away game to defending champions Connecticut. The Blue Demons will open up the season with two exhibitions. On Nov. 1, they play St. Xavier at 7 p.m. and then St. Francis ...
DePaul men’s basketball learns full 2016-17 Big East schedule
September 13, 2016
The Big East conference announced its 2016-17 men's basketball schedule on Tuesday, giving DePaul full knowledge of their season's schedule. They'll start off the conference slate with a trip to reigning national champions Villanova on Dec. 28. DePaul then has their conference home opener on New Years D...
Season preview: DePaul men’s soccer looks to capitalize on momentum
August 26, 2016
DePaul men's soccer look to carry over their momentum from the end of 2015 into this season. After a poor start in conference play, the Blue Demons rallied in the Big East schedule and made the Big East tournament and eventually fell in postseason play. They finished 5-13-1 overall but went 4-4-1 ...
DePaul women’s soccer draws Fordham 1-1 in season opener
August 19, 2016
The season opener for DePaul women’s soccer featured the Blue Demons crawling back into the match to salvage a 1-1 draw against Fordham Friday at Wish Field. “I think it’s just a good lesson,” head coach Erin Chastain said. “Fordham (0-0-1) is a good team. They’re really hard working...
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The Chicago Police Board on Thursday fired four police officers for allegedly covering up a white officer's...
Woman slashed in face, neck near DePaul Lincoln Park campus
July 18, 2019
A recent DePaul graduate was slashed in the face and neck early Thursday morning...
Chicago police investigators confirm alligator in lagoon
July 11, 2019
Chicago police investigators have cracked the case: A 4-5 foot alligator is...
DePaul College of Communication dean named interim provost
June 23, 2019
DePaul’s Board of Trustees voted to appoint Salma Ghanem, a professor and...