From DeShaun to the Dome
I've written stories for this paper from a field house in Annapolis, Md., and a forum in Boston. A bowl in Miami and a ballpark… Read more »
Writer archives: Chris Snow
Tales from the Big Easy
NEW ORLEANS — As I passed through (and set off) the metal detector at Greater Rochester International Airport around 5:30 a.m. last Friday, Leon from… Read more »
Determined students brave cold for chance to go to New Orleans
GATE E — The question with Carmelo Anthony — a campus idol and national commodity at 18 — is not what he has signed this… Read more »
Softball deserves respect
If you play softball for Syracuse, your upcoming weekend shapes up like this:Depart Hancock International on Friday evening on a 6:10 flight to Roanoke, Va.… Read more »
1 coach, 1 brother, 748 tickets
Come to think of it …***Planning to go to the Final Four if the Orangemen do? Tickets will run you $120 to $160 for the… Read more »
In brigades, boxing has no black eye
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Went to Washington last weekend for Syracuse-Georgetown. Entertaining as it was, the best shot I saw all weekend belonged not to Billy… Read more »
2 Syracuse rivalries square off
Saturday is rivalry day, Syracuse style -- SU-Georgetown basketball in Washington, D.C., at 1 p.m., SU-Virginia lacrosse in the Carrier Dome at 3. During the… Read more »
New lacrosse tournament format overblown
Forget for a moment about Princeton and Johns Hopkins and Virginia.The NCAA — or its Bracketing and Seeding Committee, to be exact — might prove… Read more »
Winners stay off the court
To all of you who pogo stick around sections 102, 103 and 104 of the Carrier Dome like it’s Cameron Indoor Stadium, fantastic. Really. But… Read more »
DeShaun sounds off, T-shirts sell out
Come to think of it …***DeShaun Williams appears to be putting Syracuse in the past. The talented but ignominious shooting guard — who while here… Read more »
Freshman impresses with second-half scoring binge
Brian Crockett could do nothing to settle his nerves Friday night when anticipation jarred him from slumber on five or six occasions. Settle the ball,… Read more »
Gotta love Signing Day
In anticipation of National Letter of Intent Signing Day, I visited the Syracuse football Web site Tuesday evening. To my delight, I found the university… Read more »
Dean Burman remains Super
There they were again Sunday, members of the '72 Dolphins — Csonka, Griese and Shula — gathered on Qualcomm Stadium's grass before the Super Bowl… Read more »
Woodcock giving NFL 2nd go
One different letter in the acronym. Two different worlds. Take it from Pat Woodcock.'CFL is wacky, dude.'And he's (ITALICS) from (ITALICS) Canada. Consider the following.Three… Read more »
Column: Feisty McDonough a true original
Most likely, you have heard of Sean McDonough. Syracuse class of 1984. Play-by-play voice of the Boston Red Sox for 15 years now. Host of… Read more »
History Says So
Brad Banks, Ken Dorsey, Larry Johnson, Willis McGahee, Carson Palmer. Alphabetical is about the only order not open to debate. On Dec. 14 at the… Read more »
Kliff the King for Texas Tech
Spike Dykes figures he still owes Kliff Kingsbury an apology, but Kingsbury, the Texas Tech quarterback who leads the nation with 4,455 yards, contends that… Read more »
ESPN sends Gameday crew to I-AA
Mark Gross, the first-year coordinating producer of ESPN's 'College Gameday,' receives high marks this week for experimentation.For the first time ever, the 90-minute show airing… Read more »
Check the Tape
To the Penn State, California, Mississippi State and Utah fans out there — fuggedaboudit. At least for now.Instant replay, as much as you may wish… Read more »
Bowling Green cracks Top 25
You want to play college football for a nationally ranked team? Look into Bowling Green.The No. 24 Falcons (6-0, 3-0 Mid-American) staged open tryouts last… Read more »
Beitia latest Florida State kicker to miss against Miami
Melody Munyon remembers the expression as if she had read it yesterday afternoon.'Mama, don't let your baby grow up to be a kicker.'Munyon is the… Read more »
Texas anticipating showdown with Oklahoma
On the upper right-hand side of the official Texas football Web site, a ticker counts down — by the day, hour, minute and second —… Read more »
Nebraska panics after road losses
The mastermind engineer behind soft-wall technology, an innovative product aimed at making race-car driving safer, works as a professor at Nebraska.Perhaps Dr. Dean Sicking can… Read more »
Mike Powell considers leaving, says he’s 80 percent likely to return
Mike Powell, last season's Tewaaraton Trophy recipient as the nation's finest college lacrosse player, recently said he is 80 percent sure he will again wear… Read more »
