The numbers seemed to favor Syracuse. Overall, the Orange finished with 22 wins, including 10 conference wins. Key wins included toppling then-No. 10 Georgetown and Villanova, and also at Marquette. All three of those teams will be dancing. Syracuse, for the first time since the 2001-02 season, will not. “We finished 10-6 in the league,…
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Michigan deserves rematch
Correct me if I’m wrong, but the National Championship should feature the two best teams in college football playing against each other. And after yesterday afternoon’s 43-39 Ohio State victory, everyone should’ve come to the same conclusion — Ohio State and Michigan are the two best teams in the nation. In 103 years since “The…
Four Score and Two Days Ago, Dodgers Make History
Dodger fans, at least, as the perception goes, are renowed for arriving in the second inning and leaving in the eighth. Initially, Monday night at Dodger Stadium was no different from the normal pattern. Only the most die-hard of fans were on hand in the ninth inning, when the Dodgers were down four runs. But,…
Yankees No Longer Automatic
Is it October? From the way Yankees manger Joe Torre sounded, any Yankee fan couldve easily mistaken it for something hed say in the playoffs. “If you don’t pitch, it’s such a helpless feeling,” Torre said following Tuesday night’s 19-1 loss. “We certainly are better than this and we need to be better than this…
Can’t miss prospects often do
To listen to Michael Jordan say it, it seemed like the Washington Wizards had found the next, for lack of a better adjective, Michael Jordan. “We feel his potential is unbelievable,” Jordan said. “In a couple of years he may be a star. It became apparent after we saw him work out that he has…
Can Cricket take over in America?
A slightly worn New York Mets baseball cap is pulled over Saugat Sen’s head as he rambles on about the current baseball season. Jose Reyes is finally healthy and the Mets have a brand new franchise outfielder and an ace in Pedro Martinez, he says. Sen, 22, who moved permanently to the United States at…
Pfeifer struggles as Syracuse loses
Jay Pfeifer’s body language said it all. He had just allowed Cornell’s Joe Boulukos to score his seventh goal of the game, and Cornell’s 16th overall. Pfeifer’s shoulders slumped and his eyes fixed toward the Carrier Dome turf, knowing it was not one of his finest days. Little went right for Pfeifer and the Syracuse…
McPherson ready to make impact at Syracuse
Rian “Goo” Wallace was embarrassed. The type of embarrassment you feel after someone waves at you, and you wave back, only to realize they were waving at someone else. Wallace, a linebacker for the Temple Owls, earned first-team All Big East honors last year with 101 tackles, second best in the conference. He decided to…
Syracuse looks to make up for Mike Powell
The post-Mike Powell era is about to begin. When the Syracuse men’s lacrosse team takes the field against Army on Saturday at the Carrier Dome at 7:30 p.m., it will be without its top scorer from last year, and perhaps the greatest lacrosse player in Syracuse history. In his final season at Syracuse, Mike Powell…
McCroskey has career night in loss
For the first 29 minutes and 10 seconds of Syracuse’s Monday night game against Pittsburgh, Syracuse guard Louis McCroskey played like a third scoring option that the Orange has desired all season to complement Gerry McNamara and Hakim Warrick. McCroskey played like he belonged in the starting lineup – a place that he hasn’t been…