Athletics
Alyssa Lomuscio, B.A., Film and Media Arts. Fencing Athlete Alyssa Lomuscio has spent senior year working on the film, "A Jaded Life" which she wrote and directed for her senior thesis project. The film chronicles a young man’s struggles with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
May 7, 2012
Wayne Tribue, B.S. Biochemistry. In September 2011, Tribue was named to the 2011 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team in recognition for the football player's outstanding community service record.
May 3, 2012
Since Olympic gold medalist and Temple alumnus Jason Read’s arrival as head coach last August, the women's rowing team has more than doubled in size and will bring in its largest recruiting class this fall.
May 1, 2012
The April 11 Roast of Fran Dunphy--organized by the faculty and staff of Temple’s Fox School of Business and School of Tourism and Hospitality Management--was a night of laughter for a serious cause. The money raised by the roast and silent and live auctions benefited Temple’s operational but unfunded chapter of Big Brothers Big Sisters.
As the Temple Men's Basketball team prepares for its home opener against Central Michigan, coach Fran Dunphy discusses the team's strengths and upcoming challenges, including the loss of two seniors to injury.
Women's basketball coach Tonya Cardoza discusses the team's upcoming season and the importance of fan support. After six games on the road, the Owls return home for five straight at the Liacouras Center.
In front of a packed media room at the Liacouras Center yesterday, Temple men's basketball coach Fran Dunphy shaved his iconic mustache in honor of former Owls star shooting guard Dionte Christmas. Dunphy had promised to shave when Christmas, who left Temple in 2009 to play in NBA summer leagues and later in Europe, graduated. He completed his final three credits in August.
Athletic training professionals like Travis McCormack, who supports Temple's men’s and women’s soccer, softball and baseball teams, help athletes stay healthy and perform at their peak.
The Owls' strong September, capped by a big win last weekend against Maryland, sparked a flurry of national coverage. The New York Times, The Washington Post, New York Daily News and The Philadelphia Inquirer ran stories about the 38-7 win and the program's rising profile.
As the Owls prepare for their season opener, Coach Addazio reflected on his coaching philosophy, Temple’s rising appeal and efforts to grow the Owls' fan base.
At the NCAA Championships in Des Moines, Iowa, earlier this month, Bob Keogh (hammer throw) and Travis Mahoney (steeplechase) of the men's track and field team — neither of whom had competed in their events in high school — finished high enough to earn second-team All-America honors, the first time any Temple track and field athletes had earned All-America status in 17 years.
Three decades after its last bowl appearance — a 28-17 victory over California on Dec. 15, 1979 in the now-defunct Garden State Bowl — Temple’s football team stands on the brink of a return trip to college football’s version of the postseason.
They’re a little bigger than Santa’s elves, but 11 Temple football players still had fun spreading holiday cheer to children in the oncology wing at St. Christopher’s Hospital in North Philadelphia on Wednesday evening.
