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Writer archives: Michael Licker

McCroskey sees big minutes

NEW YORK - Demetris Nichols' struggles Friday night were Louie McCroskey's gains.When Nichols struggled in the first half for the Syracuse men's basketball team in… Read more »

Forth's boos not deserved

Does Craig Forth not get the respect he deserves? Talk about it on The Daily Orange Basketball ForumNEW YORK CITY - So many times, Craig… Read more »

Retirement shocks, saddens coaches

Former Syracuse football head coach Dick MacPherson remembers his first encounter with Syracuse Director of Athletics Jake Crouthamel. MacPherson, then Massachusetts' head football coach, had… Read more »

Bowled Over

PHILADELPHIA - The Syracuse football team should have seen the disaster coming from the opening kickoff. Diamond Ferri's muff to open the game seemed harmless… Read more »

Bowl bid blown

PHILADELPHIA - The Syracuse football team should have seen the disaster coming from the opening kickoff. Diamond Ferri's muff to open the game seemed harmless… Read more »

Bear Clawed

For the first seven-and-a-half minutes of Thursday night's season opener against Northern Colorado, the Syracuse men's basketball team played a nearly perfect game.The Orange pulled… Read more »

Walk-ons practice for Tigers

Prior to his own team's first-round game in the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic, Syracuse men's basketball head coach Jim Boeheim sat on the sideline, scribbling… Read more »

Orange can't slip up again

Syracuse is here again. Back in that familiar position - on the brink of something that used to be a given in Central New York.For… Read more »

The Deep End

As the new men's basketball season approaches, Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim may face a unique problem. It's a problem few coaches who don't call… Read more »

Orange dominates Le Moyne

One of the biggest question marks for the Syracuse men's basketball team entering this season is who will earn the final starting position.Sophomores Demetris Nichols… Read more »

Patterson settling in at quarterback

For the majority of the Syracuse football team's first seven games, quarterback Perry Patterson played like a first-year starter.He struggled, missing open receivers and hanging… Read more »

Hail Perry

A Hail Mary's never supposed to work. Every third-grade blacktop player knows that. You launch the ball and then pray like heck that it falls… Read more »