{"id":23976,"date":"2026-01-22T09:47:53","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T14:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/?p=23976"},"modified":"2026-01-22T09:52:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T14:52:21","slug":"titan-winter-blast-returns-jan-24-features-chili-cook-off-winter-fun-and-basketball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/2026\/01\/22\/titan-winter-blast-returns-jan-24-features-chili-cook-off-winter-fun-and-basketball\/","title":{"rendered":"Titan Winter Blast returns Jan. 24, featuring chili cook-off, Titan basketball and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The annual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.udmercy.edu\/alumni\/events\/winterblast.php\">Titan Winter Blast<\/a>, Detroit Mercy&#8217;s signature winter event, returns <strong>Saturday, Jan. 24, <\/strong>followed by a UDM men\u2019s basketball contest with Oakland University, all taking place on the McNichols Campus.<\/p>\n<p>All Titans \u2014 students, alumni, staff, faculty, friends, family and guests \u2014 are invited for the winter festivities, camaraderie and fun inside of the Whitty Student Fitness Center from <strong>12-3 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Various teams of chili chefs from across the University&#8217;s campuses will turn up the heat at the wildly popular chili cook-off! Snuggle up for some horse-drawn trolley rides and have an indoor winter blast playing cornhole and games, participating in activities and cookie decorating, and more! Refreshments will be provided by Eastern Market Brewery.<\/p>\n<p>Following the fun, head over to Calihan Hall to cheer on men&#8217;s basketball as they battle rival Oakland at<strong> 3 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cost for attendance is $5 for students and $20 for alumni, faculty, staff and guests. Children 12 and under are free. Admission includes tastings at the chili cook-off, food and refreshments, all games and activities plus a ticket to the men\u2019s basketball contest.<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.udmercy.edu\/alumni\/events\/winterblast.php\">Register for TWB.<\/a><\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-23977 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/12\/lucky-ones-combo.jpg?resize=993%2C344&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Two images of winners of chil cookoff at Titan Winter Blast in 2025.\" width=\"993\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/12\/lucky-ones-combo.jpg?resize=300%2C104&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/12\/lucky-ones-combo.jpg?resize=768%2C266&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/12\/lucky-ones-combo.jpg?w=850&amp;ssl=1 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 993px) 100vw, 993px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students, alumni, staff, faculty, friends, family and guests are all invited for the winter festivities, camaraderie and fun that will take place during the Titan Winter Blast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":677,"featured_media":23977,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[6,6438,4404],"tags":[59,711,717,5076,834,781,3825,708],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/12\/lucky-ones-combo.jpg?fit=850%2C294&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbwnTV-6eI","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23976"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23976"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24068,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23976\/revisions\/24068"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}