From phenom to freshman
By Jonathan Marshall
November 11, 2010 - 6:59pm
After a troubled past Dion Waiters finds himself at Syracuse trying to become a star.

The old saying is unless you walk a mile in someone else’s shoes, you don’t know what they have been through. Dion Waiters’ footsteps started in the violent trappings of Philadelphia.  He says basketball was a life line.

“Coming from Philly, it’s hard out here,” reflective Waiters said. “So if anybody is successful, it’s a blessing because it’s a rough neighborhood. I’m just fortunate that basketball kept me out of trouble.”

Sweet revenge
By Carron J. Phillips
November 10, 2010 - 12:59am
After a shocking loss to Le Moyne a year ago, Syracuse showed the Dolphins who's boss in the Carrier Dome with a 91-48 win Tuesday night.

The Carrier Dome was filled with 10,546 fans hoping for some revenge Tuesday night after they witnessed a 79-82 defeat to a Division II school last season. The fans wound up witnessing a 91-48 victory and earning a little reassurance in the process before the games start counting.

Party crashers
By Jonathan Marshall
November 6, 2010 - 7:40pm
Louisville shocked SU, ruining the party and making the Orange wait another week to clinch bowl eligibility.

There was a celebration Saturday afternoon on the Carrier Dome's Legends Field, but it was not being performed by the Syracuse University football players or the 40,735 fans in attendance. Both saw the first attempt at securing bowl eligibility slip through their fingers as Louisville ran onto the field in victory at the conclusion of a game marred by missed opportunities and penalties.

Back in action
By Carron J. Phillips
November 3, 2010 - 12:03am
SU basketball returned to action, dominating Kutztown in its first exhibition game of the season.

 

Senior big man Rick Jackson started off the 2010-2011 basketball season Monday night by quickly scoring the first two buckets of the game as SU went on to rout Kuztown.

Bearcats buried
By Timothy R. Olsen
October 30, 2010 - 5:08pm
Syracuse forces three turnovers for the second consecutive game as the Orange move within a game of bowl eligibility.

For the second straight week, the Syracuse defense forced three turnovers and the Orange moved one step closer to bowl eligibility as they throttled Cincinnati Saturday, 31-7.

Syracuse (6-2, 3-1) turned three turnovers into 17 points and held the Bearcats scoreless for the entire second half – the fifth time the defense has accomplished that feat this season – en route to the victory.

Top of the mountain
By Timothy R. Olsen
October 23, 2010 - 7:53pm
It did not look pretty, but for the first time since 2001, SU beat West Virginia.

One week removed from giving up a season-high 45 points at home, the Syracuse defense shut down the vaunted West Virginia offense and the Orange knocked off the No. 20 Mountaineers, 19-14, for the first time since 2001.

West Virginia (5-2, 2-1) held the edge in the majority of statistical categories, including time of possession, total yards and total first downs. However, the Orange (5-2, 2-1) won the category that mattered most: turnovers. 

Panthers pounce
By Timothy R. Olsen
October 16, 2010 - 5:37pm
Syracuse can't capitalize on momentum and lose 45-14 to Pittsburgh.

The Carrier Dome was filled with 40,168 spectators for one of the most anticipated football games in recent memory. But by the end of the third quarter, the majority of those fans had filtered out as Pittsburgh routed Syracuse 45-14.

Following a conference opening road win last week, expectations were high for the Orange. However, SU’s offense sputtered on its opening drive and Pitt scored on its first play from scrimmage, a 79-yard bubble screen, setting the tone for the remainder of the game.

Smiles all around
By Carron J. Phillips
October 16, 2010 - 2:23am
Former Orange stars Wes Johnson and Jonny Flynn came back to the Carrier Dome for a homecoming celebration.

Wesley Johnson was all smiles after Friday night's exhibition game against the Detroit Pistons. The rookie wasn’t grinning because his team won the game, but because he was happy to be home again.

“It was a lot of fun,” Johnson said. “ I was tired and a lot of adrenaline was flowing, but I had fun. Seeing that 'S' on the court brought back a lot of good memories.”

Basketball is back in Syracuse
By Kyle Bonn
October 15, 2010 - 8:10pm
At SU Basketball media day, coach Jim Boeheim says he's excited for combination of veteran leadership and youth.

Before the 2010-2011 season’s first practice this afternoon, Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim took the podium for this year’s SU Basketball Media Day, and while many things were discussed, the conversation seemed to always fall back onto one resonating theme: how will the veteran players mesh with one of the nation’s top recruiting classes? 

New era Crunch
By Kaitlin Santanna
October 10, 2010 - 8:40pm
A new era begins with a throwback feel at the War Memorial for the Syracuse Crunch.

 It was a merging of the old and new at the Syracuse Crunch home opener Saturday night. In celebration of the American Hockey League’s 75th season, six teams donned the jerseys their organization wore on the year of their creation.  Syracuse and the Lake Erie Monsters, based in Cleveland, were two of the six teams that are participating in a home-and-home opening weekend match-up.