http://www.syracusenewtimes.com/newyork/articles.sec-744-1-sports.html ]]>   Check out the odds SU faces this weekend in Atlanta for the Final Four]]> “Otto is a long-standing tradition that continues to grow and evolve at SU, and the students that are selected to play the mascot all have to have a vibrant and outgoing personality,” says Julie Walas, coach of the Otto mascot team for six seasons and once an Otto herself.]]> April's quickly approaching but March Madness isn't over yet. While some of your brackets may be falling apart due to some surprising]]> The Syracuse Orange are preparing for post-season play after jumping out to a fast start, then faltering down the stretch.But it's not the team you're probably thinking of.]]> A little more than five years ago, on Sept. 19, 2007, a crowd of local luminaries, fight fans and boxing celebrities gathered at the Onondaga County Convention Center in Syracuse to celebrate wh]]> It was games like these that got Paul Pasqualoni fired as head coach of the Syracuse University football team. But this time, it’s not SU’s problem. Just the opposite, in fact. Perhaps t]]> Orange Spits out Pitt For most of the past year, Syracuse University football players had a lot of four-letter words they could have used to explain how they felt after their games, most of which]]> Imagine getting sucker-punched in the gut and crumbling to the floor. But while you’re rolling around, trying to catch your breath, you spot a huge pile of money. You grab it, pull yourself u]]> If there was any takeaway from the fight card at Turning Stone Resort and Casino in Verona Saturday night it must have been that, in boxing, the more things change, the more they stay the same. The Ev]]> Two teen phenoms were the drawing cards during the April 5 opening day for the Syracuse Chiefs’ 2012-2013 season
]]> Diamonds Are Forever.]]> That Syracuse University tailback Delone Carter rushed for nearly 200 yards and two touchdowns in the Orange’s first bowl victory since 2001 was impressive enough. That Carter did it carrying the hopes and fears of a close friend on his back made it the stuff of legend.]]>