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This Week on the Gridiron: Episode 4
By Matt St. Jean
September 29, 2017 - 8:25am
A preview of Week Four of the National Football League

Former Syracuse football star Julian Whigham returns to the show with Brooke, Matt, and Jude to discuss the NFL protests, Syracuse's recent trip to LSU, and every Week 4 game.

Did you miss last week's episode? Click here to watch the team interview ESPN Radio host Brent Axe!

Alumna Sarina Morales traded her baseball bat for ESPN
By Brianna Moné
October 7, 2016 - 11:02am
Sarina Morales, now an on-air contributor for SportsCenter:AM, spoke on race, gender, and sports as the commemorative speaker for Latino/Hispanic Heritage Month.

She was the only girl on her baseball team. Her dream — to play centerfield for the New York Yankees.

As she gets up to bat in front of a huge crowd of people in the Bronx, most of whom have come to scope her out to see if she can really play, the opposing team sits down on the field. The opposing team didn’t believe in her, and her own team didn’t cheer her on either.

The pitcher threw her a soft toss, she took it, and she didn’t quit. She went home, cried and grew a thick skin.

Syracuse women advance to the Final Four!
By Bryce Kerr
March 27, 2016 - 9:50pm
SU women’s basketball team takes down No. 7 Tennessee, 89-67

Syracuse used a similar formula to beat Tennessee as it used to beat South Carolina on Friday. After a back and forth first quarter, SU went on a 13-0 run in the second quarter to go up 33-26 and never looked back from there. ‘Cuse entered the half up by 6, 41-35.

Strong second half propels Syracuse women past No. 1 South Carolina
By Bryce Kerr
March 26, 2016 - 2:18am
SU continues its impressive tournament run and moves on to the Elite Eight for the first time in program history

Last year the South Carolina Gamecocks knocked the Orange out of the tournament and ended its season. On Friday Syracuse avenged its loss from last year, beating top-seeded South Carolina 80-72.

The SU women’s basketball team rolls past Albany, 76-59
By Bryce Kerr
March 21, 2016 - 2:13pm
For the first time in program history Syracuse is going to the Sweet 16.

The Orange looked comfortable in the Carrier Dome once again on Sunday. SU took advantage of the home crowd (third largest in school history) and wore down the Great Danes. Syracuse went down early in the game but quickly woke up and wrestled the lead back from Albany. The Orange entered halftime up 40-33 and never looked back.

No. 6 North Carolina spoils Boeheim’s return, 84-73
By Bryce Kerr
January 10, 2016 - 6:00pm
Syracuse keeps it close but can’t stop the Tar Heels down the stretch to pull off the upset

It was a back and forth game that included 16 lead changes before North Carolina pulled away in the final minutes. The Orange stayed in the game due to improved rebounding compared to its recent games.

Syracuse men’s basketball team rebounds to defeat Cornell 67-46
By Brian Ho
December 21, 2015 - 12:41am
The Orange pulls away from the Big Red in the second half for its eighth win of the year.

It was a tale of two halves.

After coming off an ugly loss to St. John’s last week, Coach Hopkins stressed two points to his team in their return to the Carrier Dome: play positive and don’t fall behind early.

Although the first 20 minutes were filled with poor shooting, careless turnovers, and sloppy interior defense on both sides, Syracuse managed to lead by 4 at the half mainly due to aggressive play and strong rebounding. The second half was a completely different story.

Olympic medalist scores 4 times as Boston College routs Syracuse 7-2
By Andrew Chelney
December 14, 2015 - 3:08pm
The Boston College women's ice hockey team shows the Orange why they are undefeated

No. 2 Boston College (20-0-0) was tied with Syracuse (8-10-2) for all of 2 minutes and 1 second before senior center Alex Carpenter, silver medalist in the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics with the US, opened the scoring for the Eagles. Carpenter ended up putting the puck in the net 3 more times during the contest, netting 4 in total, in what was a dominant performance.

Men's soccer: Orange thrashes St. Mary's, wins CNY Classic
By Bryan Cereijo
September 1, 2014 - 2:26am
Goals from Ekblom, Murrell and Perea lead SU to second victory.

Only two days after its speed was on full display, Syracuse showed it can also bring physicality to the pitch at SU Soccer Stadium.

In a game littered with chippy play, the Orange had enough finesse to convert three times offensively en route to a 3-0 victory over St. Mary's in the final game of the Central New York Soccer Classic on Sunday.

Syracuse (2-0-0) has now opened three consecutive seasons with a pair of victories.

Syracuse basketball fans paint the hill orange
By Katy Beals
February 2, 2014 - 5:56pm
From Castle Court to the Carrier Dome, SU students let their school spirit shine.

Gray skies, falling snow and slushy pavement didn't stop Syracuse University students from engaging in pre-game hoopla in anticipation of the SU versus Duke University game on Saturday.

These party-hungry SU students, sporting custom body paint, T-shirts, stickers and more flocked to Castle Court, located on the edge of Walnut park, where outdoor drinking and dancing gave attendees an outlet to partake in Duke-bashing revelry.