The leading receiver in the football team’s 24-14 win over Kent State Saturday wasn’t even a receiver during his high school career.
Sophomore Dy’Onne Crudup was a quarterback and running back at Hyde Leadership School, in Hamden, Conn., leading his team to back-to-back state titles under center.
But Crudup did his thing against Kent State, catching seven [...]

The women’s soccer team’s losing streak stopped at seven Saturday at Saint Joseph’s.
Netting only two goals in the seven-game skid, the Owls held the Hawks scoreless through two overtimes and battled their way to a scoreless tie in their regular season finale.
The season came to a close with the team finishing 5-10-4, including a 1-8-2 [...]

The smallest player listed on the Xavier men’s basketball roster leads the team with the biggest hopes in the Atlantic Ten Conference.
Musketeer’s point guard Drew Lavender is listed at 5-foot-7. He is also listed as a contender for the Bob Cousy Award, given to the nation’s top point guard.
More importantly, he is the leader of [...]

The football team was blown out last year when it traveled to Penn State and on the surface, Saturday’s 31-0 loss doesn’t look much better than the 47-0 beating they took one year ago.
But what a difference a year makes.
The Owls stood toe-to-toe with the No. 25 team in the country for the entire first [...]

Mark Tyndale was deemed academically ineligible last season and missed the first six games.
Fans might know Tyndale, a senior guard, rebounded to become the second-leading scorer in the Atlantic Ten Conference, averaging a career-high 19.4 points per game. But another important point average didn’t come at the Liacouras Center.
During the period he was ineligible, Tyndale [...]

A total of 10,000 men in Philadelphia were summoned to the Liacouras Center over the weekend.
The aim was to rally black men - not only in mass, but in unity - and forcefully take the streets of Philadelphia back from the grasp of violence.
The rallying cry was that it is was “a new day.”
With a [...]

Last week, it was a 17-point deficit.
This week, it was the football team’s quarterback and team leader suffering a season-ending injury.
The Owls overcame adversity again, defeating Miami (Ohio), 24-17, Saturday at Lincoln Financial Field to improve to 3-5 overall and 3-2 in the Mid-American Conference.
Red-shirt junior quarterback Adam DiMichele, who orchestrated the Owls’ first two [...]

AKRON, Ohio - The Temple defense ranks second among the 13-team Mid-American Conference. The unit held Akron to 297 yards of total offense in the Owls’ 24-20 victory last Saturday at the Rubber Bowl in Akron, Ohio.
The Owl defense forced two interceptions from the hand of Zips quarterback Chris Jacquemain and held him to 12-of-21 [...]

AKRON, Ohio- From one homecoming win to another.
The football team spoiled Akron’s homecoming game Saturday, rallying from a 17-point, fourth-quarter deficit to win, 24-20, at the Rubber Bowl.
The Owls trailed their Mid-American Conference foe, 20-3, heading into the fourth quarter before the offensive fireworks began.
Red-shirt junior quarterback Adam DiMichele tossed three touchdowns, including the game-winning [...]

The football team’s season has reached halftime, folks.
With the Homecoming victory over Northern Illinois marking the sixth of 12 games for the Owls, the scoreboard reads Opponents 5, Temple 1.
The Owls have fought valiantly in all of their games, save the 42-7 debacle against Buffalo, but have dropped some games in frustrating fashion.
The game against [...]