Relative to his talent, Lin doesn’t deserve that contract. But Lin is not every other player in the NBA. The contract Houston offered didn’t operate in a vacuum.
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Building the Syracuse lacrosse dynasty — Brad Kotz
Led by Brad Kotz, the Orangemen went 13-1, and was No. 1 for a stretch of the season before earning the No. 2 seed for the tournament.
Syracuse hurdler Jarret Eaton knows he can go faster
Eaton won the event with a 7.54 seconds, edging his nearest opponent by a scant .01 seconds, at the Indoor National Championships in Nampa, Idaho.
Can Jeremy Lin and Carmelo Anthony co-exist?
The question burning on everyone’s mind in the basketball universe recently centers around former Syracuse star Carmelo Anthony and current sensation Jeremy Lin. Anthony has been out for the majority of Lin’s amazing run with the New York Knicks—save six or so minutes—and everyone’s wondering what’s going to happen when Anthony returns. On the one…
McNabb tries for fresh start with Redskins
Welcome to the Nation’s capital, Donovan. The former Syracuse university standout and one of the most recognizable faces in the NFL has taken his career to the Washington Redskins after being traded from the Philadelphia Eagles, where McNabb had spent his entire 11-year NFL career. It was the signature move of the offseason for new…
A look ahead: 2010-11 Syracuse basketball
The 2009-10 season was one of the best in Syracuse history. The team received its first No. 1 AP ranking since the Derrick Coleman era and landed in the Sweet 16 for the second straight year. But as Syracuse loses three of its cornerstones from last year and imports a new class of talented freshmen,…
Ever improving Jackson becomes force inside
Bilal Dixon didn’t stand a chance. Providence’s starting center stands 6-foot-8 and weighs in at around 228 pounds. Against most teams, Dixon holds his own ground in the low post. Playing Connecticut, the freshman’s 11 points and 12 rebounds helped pace an 81-66 over the rough and physical Connecticut Huskies on January 27. But that…
2010 Syracuse basketball regular season recap: Unranked to No. 1
Unranked to number one. Those four words accurately capture what was a special season for Syracuse basketball. Syracuse was mostly written off by coaches and experts alike at the beginning of the season with the loss of four key contributors in the offseason. Syracuse began the season at No. 25 in the coaches poll and…
Onuaku consistently powers Syracuse
If there was an out-of-sport comparison for Syracuse senior Arinze Onuaku, it would have to be Mariano Rivera, the New York Yankees closer. Rivera has been throwing his patent cutter for more than 10 years now. Opponents know the pitch is coming, yet there is nothing they can do about it. It’s predicable and reliable,…
2000s Syracuse All Decade Team
This was the decade of Syracuse basketball. The team captured its first National Championship while producing nine NBA players and 12 All Big East players. Here are the best of the decade: HONORABLE MENTION Kueth Duany: A veteran presence in a year when Syracuse sorely lacked it, Duany averaged 11 points and 3.7 rebounds his…