Column: SI’s rankings miss mark
In case you missed it, turns out athletics atmosphere is better at Rice — not to mention Baylor, Pepperdine and Harvard — than it is… Read more »
Writer archives: Pete Iorizzo
Iowa looks good top to bottom
He got mooned.But hey, Matt Hole, a junior at Iowa State, was willing to pay that price to see his Cyclones beat Iowa on Sept.… Read more »
Bring in the backups to save Syracuse’s season
Something pretty special must happen when the Syracuse football team sits down to watch film.It seems that one magical VHS tape holds all of the… Read more »
Coach needs to wake up to Nunes as starting QB
AUBURN, Ala. — Soon after Syracuse's heartbreaking 37-34 triple-overtime loss to Auburn Saturday night, SU head coach Paul Pasqualoni tried his best to defuse the… Read more »
Back-ups back in: Jason Campbell, a former starter, took over for Auburn
AUBURN, Ala. — What a day to be a backup quarterback.Lost in the heroics of Syracuse backup Troy Nunes was the stellar play of Auburn… Read more »
Nunes replaces Anderson at QB, nearly pulls in victory
AUBURN, Ala. — One by one, Syracuse football players emerged from the locker room, looking eerily similar to one another. They all held the same… Read more »
SU has its hands full with Auburn’s rushing attack
Latroy Oliver didn’t need to watch film.Good old network television and ESPN told him all he needed to know about the Auburn running game. He… Read more »
Gaines returns to quarterback
Stunned, dazed and confused, Xzavier Gaines walked off the field last spring following his first day at a position he never played before and may… Read more »
SU expecting 2 back
Christian Ferrara considers it a blessing, and at first glance, it’s hard to imagine why.Against Brigham Young, the Syracuse defensive tackle badly twisted his left… Read more »
URI game like a sandlot scrimmage for Syracuse
It was a schoolyard play, really, like sandlot football.The quarterback drops back, three wide receivers sprint deep as fast as they can and the quarterback… Read more »
Young defensive linemen Hooper, LaCasse replace injured starters
The once familiar faces of the Syracuse football team’s defensive line have suddenly been replaced by younger — and healthier — ones.Josh Thomas and Christian… Read more »
Three and Ouch
Syracuse head football coach Paul Pasqualoni didn’t need to look at the statistics to know the grim reality — SU’s third-down defense was abysmal.“I don’t… Read more »
Poor tackling dooms Orangemen
Mention that Brigham Young running back Marcus Whalen rushed for 140 yards on 19 carries Thursday night and Syracuse free safety O’Neil Scott only shrugs… Read more »
Deflated Dome
National columnist Jayson Stark dubbed Syracuse the “sports capital of the world” in 1987.In 1992, the Syracuse football team averaged 49,325 fans in the 50,000-seat… Read more »
Iona coach Ruland says Williams cleared to play for Gaels in 2003-04 season
The sometimes befuddling, sometimes controversial but always interesting Syracuse men’s basketball saga of DeShaun Williams finally ended yesterday.Williams finalized an agreement with Iona — a… Read more »
Williams to leave Orangemen
Former Syracuse basketball player DeShaun Williams has enrolled at Iona, and plans for him to compete for the Gaels in the 2003-04 season could be… Read more »
SU recruit shot to death this summer
Less than 20 miles from a run-down portion of Philadelphia where a cold-blooded murder terminated the life of a young man sits Glen Mills High… Read more »
Back on top
PISCATAWAY, N.J. - Although his name appeared on two lists of first-team All-Americans, that empty spot on Mike Powell's left ring finger remained.But after the… Read more »
Bye affords Orangemen rare free time
Some guys will go home. Some will stay and relax. Sol Bliss is going fishing.The Syracuse men's lacrosse team earned such leisure time with a… Read more »
Crew coach retires to focus on government job in Albany
Staff ReportsSyracuse crew coach Bill Sanford, who has headed the program for 34 years, announced he will retire at this season’s end.Sanford, 63, has steered… Read more »
DeShaun Williams arrested, suspended
Syracuse men’s basketball guard DeShaun Williams was arrested late Wednesday night on charges of assault stemming from his involvement in a barroom brawl that left… Read more »
Players, coaches predict lacrosse championship
You know it. I know it. Tom Hardy said it.The Syracuse men's lacrosse team will win the NCAA Championship this season.'I think we are (going… Read more »
Staff Reports
Staff ReportsIt took a grand play to snap the Syracuse softball team out of its recent slump.Junior Julie Dunn provided just that, belting a grand… Read more »
Tennis team loses in Big East, throws team wins
The Syracuse tennis team may have enjoyed the warm temperatures and sunny skies of Coral Gables, Fla., but it can’t be pleased with a fifth-place… Read more »
