Syracuse's secondary picks up Tampa-2 defense faster than anticipated
First-year defensive coordinator Brian Ward is implementing the Tampa-2 defense at Syracuse. The scheme involves a significant amount of zone concepts. Read more »
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Former Syracuse University football player Don McPherson talks about male privilege during Take Back the Night event
Don McPherson, a former Syracuse University football player, spoke in Hendricks Chapel about male privilege and how it contributes to the culture of rape and sexual assault as part of the Take Back the Night event. Read more »
Former Syracuse football player Amir Ealey charged with rape
Former Syracuse football player Amir Ealey was charged with two counts of rape in the third degree. Read more »
Seamus Shanley leaves Syracuse football program
Senior walk-on offensive lineman Seamus Shanley has left the Syracuse football team. He's the third SU player who's chosen to leave the team under new head coach Dino Babers. Read more »
Sarconi: Virtual reality could help esports become as popular as the NFL
Technology columnist Paul Sarconi discusses the growing industry of esports and argues that, when paired with virtual reality, it has the potential to reach the success of professional contemporary sports. Read more »
Class of 2016 Ohio linebacker Zack Lesko commits to Syracuse as preferred walk-on
Syracuse picked up a commitment from a preferred walk-on linebacker from Ohio on Wednesday night. Read more »
Syracuse football Pro Day reactions: Ron Thompson, Rob Trudo and Riley Dixon
Syracuse players worked out at the Ensley Athletic Center on Wednesday afternoon for SU's Pro Day. Read more »
Maryland graduate wide receiver Amba Etta-Tawo will reportedly transfer to Syracuse
Syracuse picked up a wide receiver grad transfer from Maryland on Tuesday night. Read more »
Cuneo: How to not play JV football
It's one thing to play sports as a kid. It's another thing entirely to play JV football for three years, be absolutely terrible and then years later write a column about it. But that's exactly what our humor columnist did. Read more »
Syracuse football players express displeasure with campus hoverboard ban
Syracuse cornerback Corey Winfield on hoverboards ban: “They fun, I love ‘em. So I don’t know why they would ban them.” Read more »
Running back Devante McFarlane leaves Syracuse football program
Devante McFarlane is the sixth player to leave Syracuse's football program since Dino Babers became head coach, but only the second to do so voluntarily. Read more »
Redshirt freshman defensive end Kenny Carter dismissed from football program
Kenny Carter was dismissed from Syracuse's program for a violation of team rules, according to Scout.com. He's the third defensive end to be dismissed from the program in February. Read more »
Storylines to watch as spring football starts: Spread offense, defensive end depth and ex-hybrids
Check out three storylines for Syracuse's spring season. Read more »
Quarterback Eric Dungey: 'I'm not going to be running nearly as much'
Syracuse quarterback Eric Dungey spoke with the media for the first time since before the Orange played Louisville in its fourth-to-last game of the 2015 season. Read more »
Syracuse football adds 6 more staff members
First-year Syracuse head coach Dino Babers announced the addition of six more staff members on Friday morning. Two of them previously worked with Babers at Bowling Green. Read more »
Parker Cantey, former football player, dead at 28, per report
Former Syracuse football player Parker Cantey has died, per a report from Syracuse.com. Read more »
Otto's Army celebrates 10 years of SU athletic pride
Ten years ago, three diehard SU sports fans decided to form an organization to help students get into the Dome on game day. Today, Otto's Army boasts the entire student body as its members. Read more »
Hohenwarter: I watched the Super Bowl commercials so you didn't have to
Super Bowl Sunday is one of the biggest events in America. To celebrate his love of the day, humor columnist Evan Hohenwarter decided to rank the best and worst Super Bowl commercials. Read more »
Terrel Hunt's appeal for a 6th year of eligibility denied by NCAA
The NCAA denied Terrel Hunt a sixth year of eligibility he confirmed to The Daily Orange on Monday. Read more »
Syracuse University alumnus discusses career during sports, law symposium
Tim Green, a Syracuse University alumnus, gave the keynote speech at SU's second annual Entertainment and Sports Law Symposium about his career in football, law and writing. Read more »
Cuneo: the 'other' Super Bowl prop bets
From Lady Gaga eating a meat dress to Peyton Manning's red forehead, humor columnist Danny Cuneo proposes some prop bets that are definitely going to happen. Read more »
Super Bowl 50 playlist: 25 songs for 25 halftime shows
In honor of all the 25 Super Bowl halftime shows of years past, music columnist Brett Weiser-Schlesinger decided to make the ultimate Super Bowl 50 playlist for you to jam out to. Read more »
Benjamin: Movies to watch before the Super Bowl game
Before the big Super Bowl game this weekend, brush up on your football knowledge by watching these 100% accurate movies. You'll learn a lot. Read more »
Syracuse football DE's Amir Ealey and Qaadir Sheppard dismissed from team for violation of team rules
Syracuse Athletics announced the dismissal of sophomore defensive ends Amir Ealey and Qaadir Sheppard on Thursday afternoon. The two were previously suspended indefinitely. Read more »
