Sports: Multimedia Belt

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.

Bye bye Bulls
By David F. Baer
October 9, 2010 - 5:18pm
The Orange got off to its best start since 1999 with a win over USF.

Doug Marrone was in tears.

Syracuse’s head coach could not fight his emotions in his address to the media after the Orange won its Big East opener 13-9 at South Florida. It was a milestone win for Marrone, the players and the SU program.

Sister act
By Kaitlin Santanna
October 2, 2010 - 7:04am
Stefanie Marty and her sister Julia face off as the SU women's hockey team tied Northeastern in its home opener.

In the stands of the Tennity Ice Pavilion stood the Marty family wearing orange and blue, holding a stuffed gray wolf. The entire game, the family cheered in thick Swiss accents.

Normally, a family rooting for both teams at an ice hockey game would be an unusual sighting. Except for the fact that the Syracuse women’s ice hockey team was playing the Northeastern Huskies.

The family had good reason to cheer for both teams. Stefanie Marty plays for Syracuse and her twin sister, Julia, plays for Northeastern.

Brushing away the Raiders
By Jonathan Marshall
September 25, 2010 - 9:44pm
SU running back Delone Carter runs for four touchdowns as the Orange crush Colgate 42-7.

It was an eventful day for football Saturday at the Carrier Dome. Members of the 1984 Syracuse team that defeated then number one Nebraska at the Carrier Dome were honored for Legends Day. It was also the renewal of a Central New York football rivalry as the Colgate Raiders made a visit to play Syracuse for the first time since 1987.

Home sweet Dome
By Timothy R. Olsen
September 19, 2010 - 2:29am
QB Ryan Nassib's record-setting TD performance leads the home-opening win over Maine.

Ryan Nassib threw a team record five touchdown passes and Syracuse shook off a slow start to rout Maine in their home opener Saturday, 38-14.

“It feels pretty good, especially with all the great quarterbacks that have come through here,” Nassib said about setting the school record for touchdown passes in a game.

Purple haze
By Timothy R. Olsen
September 12, 2010 - 10:19am
SU tried to start 2-0 for the first time in 11 seasons, but Washington had different plans beating the Orange in Seattle.

Orange defensive coordinator Scott Shafer knew his defense had a tough task in slowing down Heisman hopeful Jake Locker. After the Washington quaterback's performance on Saturday, Shafer would probably settle for a slow down.

Zipping up Akron
By Timothy R. Olsen
September 5, 2010 - 12:43am
Behind a strong defensive performance and a balanced offense, SU beat Akron 29-3 Saturday in Ohio.

Ryan Nassib threw for two touchdowns and the Syracuse defense scored one of its own on a blocked field goal, as the Orange crushed Akron, 29-3, to open the season with a victory for the first time since 2003.

“That’s the way we wanted to open it up," senior running back Delone Carter said in a postgame interview. "Just set the stage and continue to work hard and do it every game. 

Starting to be special
By Timothy R. Olsen
September 2, 2010 - 12:38pm
The SU football team will depend on its kickers, punter and returners to help make a difference.

In what was arguably the most memorable moment from the 2009 season, true freshman Ryan Lichtenstein booted a 41-yard field goal to beat Northwestern. Lichtenstein’s kick is just one example of the impact special teams can have on a game.