Syracuse director of compliance Erlease Wagner will leave the university at some point this fall, according to Syracuse.com. She was involved in Fab Melo's grade change in 2012. Read more »
Syracuse has hired John Cunningham as a deputy athletics director, according to a release. He previously worked with athletic director Mark Coyle at Boise State. Read more »
Syracuse Athletics has hired Kimberly Keenan-Kirkpatrick as deputy athletics director and Rhonda McFarland as associate athletics director of finance. Read more »
The Syracuse University athletic department must institute a policy that guarantees a search for increased diversity amongst candidates in the applicant pool for head coaching positions. Read more »
Rakeem Christmas was drafted 36th overall by the Minnesota Timberwolves, and then traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday night. Social media reaction to the pick was mostly positive. Read more »
Following multiple statements from Syracuse University that make it unclear whether the No. 44 has been restored to the football program, the university must act to address the lack of clarity surrounding the jersey's status. Read more »
Syracuse football restored the No. 44 on Tuesday. But it was an off-field solution that can't solve an on-field problem. Read more »
Following his appearance in court Tuesday afternoon, Syracuse lacrosse player Hayes McGinley issued a statement through his lawyer about an incident on Marshall Street last month where he punched two people. Read more »
McGinley, 20, was arrested on March 14 and indefinitely suspended from the lacrosse team the next day for an unspecified violation of team rules. He will no longer face charges for punching two people on Marshall Street last month if he stays out of trouble for a year. Read more »
The university announced Monday the full search committee for the school's next director of athletics, who is expected to be in place by the start of the 2015-16 academic year. Read more »
Jim Whitcomb, 44, the Sliders employee, had been on the sidewalk watching an argument between Kendall Talbot, the female employee, and McGinley. But once Whitcomb saw McGinley strike Talbot, he immediately hit McGinley, knocking McGinley to the ground. Read more »
Daryl Gross will now serve as vice president and special assistant to the chancellor, and will teach sport management as an adjunct professor in the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics. Read more »
In an interview Friday with The Daily Orange, former Syracuse Director of Athletics Daryl Gross talked about the role the NCAA report played in the timing of his decision to step down. Read more »
In an interview with The Daily Orange, Chancellor Kent Syverud discussed the search process for a new director of athletics, and what he hopes to see in the next director. Read more »
In its 94-page report, the NCAA noted that student-athletes who tested positive for banned substances were generally not withheld from competition. Syracuse had a written policy, however the head basketball coach and athletics director admitted they did not follow the policy, according to the report. Read more »
The investigation does not involve any current student-athletes, and dates back to 2007 when SU self-reported possible violations within the athletics department. Academic violations detailed in the report involve athletes receiving impermissible assistance from tutors and mentors. The violations mainly involved the men’s basketball team, but also included football. Read more »
The NCAA will release a report regarding the results of its investigation into Syracuse University at noon on Friday, according to an NCAA press release. Read more »
Thanks to a recent move by the University of Maryland from the ACC to the Big Ten, SU Athletics received a $1.2 million windfall fund. About $200,000 from the fund will be channeled to pay off the Big East exit fee’s remaining balance. Read more »
Syracuse University is set to receive $20.8 million in revenue from the Atlantic Coast Conference after its first year in the league. The ACC distributed… Read more »
2014 State of the City Address
The age of the Carrier Dome and Syracuse University’s recent move to the Atlantic Coast Conference are two — but not the only factors— behind the school’s… Read more »
Regardless of the merits of a federal agency's ruling that football players at Northwestern University can unionize, Syracuse University should begin planning if the decision… Read more »
Police and the district attorney's office are investigating the former media director for the Syracuse University athletic department, The Post-Standard reported on Wednesday. Roger Springfield,… Read more »
When Syracuse takes the court aboard the USS Midway on Sunday, the players will be wearing specially designed uniforms and sneakers from Nike, according to… Read more »
