Former WOU Star Chris Angel on ESPN2 Tonight

Former WOU stars Brame, Tyner, Day also still sporting professional dreams.

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MONMOUTH - Former Western Oregon University football star Chris Angel and his Colorado Crush Arena Football League team will play on ESPN2 tonight (4:00 PM Pacific) at the Philadelphia Soul.

The game is the first of five Crush contests that will be televised this spring on ESPN2.

Angel, a four-year starter in the defensive backfield for the Wolves from Albany, Ore., is in his fourth season with the AFL.

In the Crush' season opener, Angel had seven solo tackles during a 44-42 loss to the Grand Rapids Rampage.

6-0, 205 pounds, Angel played for WOU from 1998-2001. He is Western Oregon's all-time leading tackler with 312.

He was a free agent signee with the Oakland Raiders in 2002 and was in their fall camp, but was let go prior to the start of the season.

Another former WOU defensive back, Antar Brame, will play for the Stockton Lightning of the AFL2.

Brame, a Portland native (Madison HS), played the past two seasons for the Tri-Cities Fever.

A 5-11, 195-pound wide receiver/defensive back, Brame's squad will open its 2007 season on March 31st at the Spokane Shock.

Brame played at Western Oregon in 2002 and 2003, earning All-Great Northwest Athletic Conference honors as a defensive back and return specialist.

Western Oregon's all-time basketball assist leader Kevin Tyner just recently completed his first professional season in Germany.

Tyner, a 6-0 guard, averaged 23 points a game for the Tries-Karden Kangaroos, leading the Region Alliga in scoring.

The Kangaroos finished 17-5 and in fourth place.

Tyner (Portland/Central Catholic HS), who had 600 assists for the Wolves as a four-year starter from 2003-06, currently has tryouts with teams in the upper divisions of Germany and other countries.

WOU's all-time leading scorer Robert Day is playing again for the Portland Chinooks of the International Basketball League.

Day, from Portland's Benson High School, scored 2,110 points for the Wolves from 2001-04.

He averaged 14.6 points a contest for Portland last year. The Chinooks opened its season earlier this month with a 139-120 win over the Vancouver Volcanoes.

The Chinooks, who play their home games at Portland State's Stott Center, will play at the Salem Stampede on April 7th.

The Stampede play their games at McKay High School.

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