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Former EMU football player found guilty in OKC

By Drew Saunders · Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015

Former Oklahoma City policeman Daniel Holtzclaw was found guilty of multiple charges of sexual assault, Thursday. This 29-year old man, who according to CNN is half white and half Japanese, has been the center of another episode of the intersection between race and police in the United States. He is also an Eastern Michigan football alum.

EMU coach reflects on negative media coverage

By Leveander Bradshaw · Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015

Following the win against Rochester College, Eastern Michigan men’s basketball coach Rob Murphy expressed his thoughts on the media about criticism regarding the scheduling of games this season. “I’ve been taught by experiences; from being a successful high school coach, working for a hall of fame coach, that you really have to ignore what the papers write,” Murphy said. “But we schedule the people we can afford to schedule, period.

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Big fourth quarter leads to Eagles victory over Harvard

By Robert Sherman · Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2015

The Eastern Michigan women’s basketball team defeated Harvard University by a score of 85-81, being led by star guard Cha Sweeney who put 31 points on the board against the Crimson in Cambridge, Mass on Tuesday evening. Sweeney and Phillis Webb, who scored 18 points, led the Eagles (5-2) past the Crimson (4-5) in a comeback victory after a slow start that put Eastern Michigan behind 41-36 at halftime.

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Eagles dominate to win third straight

By Evan Hensley · Monday, Dec. 7, 2015

Eastern Michigan started its Mid-American Conference schedule with a 30-3 win against the University of Buffalo (4-2, 0-1) on Sunday afternoon in Ypsilanti, giving the Eagles a three match winning streak thanks to strong performances from key members of the squad. 

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Henry impresses at EMU Swim Invite, Eagles take first

By Robert Hull · Monday, Dec. 7, 2015

The Eastern Michigan men’s swimming and diving team topped the field convincingly, as EMU scored 1,252 total points; 490.5 points more than second place Wayne State, while senior swimmer Andrew Henry dominated in the two-day invitational held at EMU’s Jones Natatorium, Dec 4-5. Henry helped his team by winning the 200-yard, 400-yard, and 800-yard Freestyle relays, along with individual accolades by taking first in the 100-yard Freestyle, 500-yard Freestyle and 200-yard Freestyle, where he posted a time 1:38.49, nearly four seconds ahead of the rest of the pack.

Eagles defeat Wolverines in exhibition meet

By Andrew Mascharka · Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015

Catie Conrad competed all-around for the first time in her career as the Eastern Michigan women’s gymnastics defeated the University of Michigan, 194.050-183.350, in their only exhibition meet of the season. "We still really need to work on our execution and our scoring potential,” Santos said.

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Weekend Recap: Eagles split games at Air Force Tournament

By Zachary Badger-House · Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015

Hitting the road for its first game in the Air Force Classic Tournament, the Eastern Michigan University women's basketball team (4-2) squared off and defeated the Falcons of Air Force by a score of 72-59 on Friday, but was then handed a defeat at the hands of Abilene Christian University by a score of 83-59.  Victory over Air Force Junior Cha Sweeney led the way for the Eagles on Friday, scoring a game high 19 points including an 11 point first quarter.

With 45 percent of last year's lineup gone, Eagles adapt to change

By Andrew Mascharka · Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015

Following a fourth place finish at last year’s Mid-American Conference Championship, Jay Santos heads into his second year at the helm for the Eastern Michigan Eagles women’s gymnastics team. The Eagles finished last year 13-5 overall with seniors Anna Willette and Carrina Lo Bello competing at NCAA Regionals in Columbus, Ohio.

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Eagles wrestling keeps clean slate against Spartans

By Evan Hensley · Friday, Dec. 4, 2015

The Eastern Michigan wrestling squad defeated the Michigan State University Spartans by a score of 34-0 in East Lansing on Wednesday thanks to four key decisions won by Devan Marry, Dakota Juarez, Derek Hillman and Anthony Abro. The Eagles (3-1) were able to keep their in-state foes scoreless in their most dominant performance to-date.

Thompson records third straight double-double in win

By Andrew Mascharka · Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015

James Thompson IV recorded his third straight double-double and Raven Lee returned to the floor following a six game suspension to help lead Eastern Michigan to an 80-73 victory over the University of Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks on Tuesday night in Omaha, Neb. Thompson scored 16 points and 15 rebounds while Lee scored 17 points off of the bench. “Ray makes things a lot easier,” said EMU coach Rob Murphy.

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