Former Texas QB fitting in with Aztecs
Chris Simms should not be quarterbacking the Texas Longhorns, basking in a No. 3 ranking and challenging for a national championship. Adam Hall should be.Simms… Read more »
Writer archives: Chris Snow
National champions to meet President today
The national champions reunite today when nearly the entire 2002 Syracuse lacrosse team travels to Washington, D.C, to visit with President George W. Bush.Syracuse claimed… Read more »
New beginnings: Willingham sparks Notre Dame to a 3-0 start
How appropriate, in retrospect, that Notre Dame Athletics Director Kevin White introduced Tyrone Willingham as head football coach Jan. 1.On a day symbolic for resolutions… Read more »
Duke stops nation's worst losing streak
From his office in the upper northeast reaches of Wallace Wade Stadium, Carl Franks looks upon the very spot where, on a rainy Saturday night,… Read more »
New season features best QBs since '83
Combined, they share 556 wins, 137 years of life experiences and 67 seasons of head coaching. Yet neither Lou Holtz nor Bobby Bowden can recall… Read more »
Freeney chosen as No. 11 in draft
In the weeks leading up to the NFL Draft, scouts and television analysts tossed Dwight Freeney’s name back and forth.Would it be the first round?… Read more »
Freeney's qualifications look to place him as first-round draft pick
He showed opposing quarterbacks to the floor 30 times over the past two seasons, including the October night he devoured Michael Vick four-and-a-half times. During… Read more »
Lacrosse team's bipolar style leads to loss against Cornell
ITHACA — Perhaps Schoellkopf Field, the home of Cornell lacrosse and a place where Syracuse last won in 1998, is the problem.Or, perhaps the Syracuse… Read more »
Unspectacular performance, but still a win for Orangemen
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Jay Pfeifer claimed it was his hip. John Glatzel, who swiveled around from just outside the Syracuse goal crease, swore it was… Read more »
Shumpert only contributor in SU NIT loss
NEW YORK - Jim Boeheim chose to be polite. His counterpart Thursday night in the NIT consolation game elected to be brutally realistic, and in… Read more »
Solliday says time on sidelines disappointing
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - During his lengthy Syracuse career, Brian Solliday has passed more time on the sidelines than he would like to remember.There was the… Read more »
Column: Temple game microcosm of season
NEW YORK - Jim Boeheim chose to be polite. His counterpart last night in the NIT consolation elected to be brutally realistic, and in the… Read more »
South Carolina beats SU, advances to NIT final
NEW YORK -- In the semifinals of the NIT at Madison Square Garden last night, South Carolina looked every bit uncomfortable against Syracuse’s 2-3 scheme… Read more »
Reigning champs are done, or are they?
PRINCETON, N.J. — Princeton’s season is done.The Tigers, with a winning percentage of .250 through four games, might as well save their travel funds, develop… Read more »
Syracuse-Princeton showdown continues
Syracuse-Virginia may be hailed as the greatest rivalry in college lacrosse. And rightfully so. Each meeting seems to come down to a single goal or… Read more »
SU visits Richmond tonight in NIT quarterfinals
John Beilein's got a reputation in these parts.He’s not quite on par with Jim Boeheim, despite coaching basketball for 24 years and winning many more… Read more »
Syracuse likely out of NCAA Tournament after first-round loss to Villanova
NEW YORK CITY — A good 30 minutes after losing to Villanova, 78-64, in the opening round of the Big East Tournament last night, eight… Read more »
SU faces Villanova for first round of Big East tournament
The year was 1970.West German Chancellor Willy Brandt was Time magazine’s Man of the Year, UCLA won an unprecedented fourth consecutive basketball championship, the Beatles… Read more »
Hard work pays off for walk-on
The repetitive breathing, the sucking and exhaling of otherwise still air, was the only indication of activity at the predawn hour of 6. Archbold Gymnasium… Read more »
SU men 'on the bubble'
Go ahead. Just close your eyes, reach forward and give the panic button a good whack.Your once-proud 16-2 Syracuse men’s basketball team that ran over… Read more »
Syracuse travels to Villanova with bye at stake
He grew up a genuine hoops junkie, soaking up everything Villanova during the program’s glory days in the late 1970s and early ’80s.He was 23… Read more »
High-flying Coffman settles into attack
Josh Coffman’s glance at the scoreboard revealed five seconds to play before the half, and his checklist went something like this.Option 1 — Look for… Read more »
Despite enthusiastic crowd, SU loses to Georgetown
On a day that belonged to Jim Boeheim — and in a perfect world would have belonged to his Syracuse team too — the Orangemen… Read more »
Orangemen 'on the ropes'
What? Over. Did you say over? (Adapted from John Belushi’s rant in Animal House.)Losers of five of their last seven, throttled by 12 points by… Read more »
