YEAR IN SPORTS : What's next?
Syracuse women's basketball freshman Nicole Michael doesn't want to hear any of the talk.Sure, she set the SU record for single-season scoring in her first… Read more »
Writer archives: Rob Anthes
Anthes: Syracuse may own the Garden, but Big Apple a different story
It's that time of year again.It's the time when any unsuspecting person watching college basketball on television can hear over and over how Madison Square… Read more »
Anthes: If you've heard enough promos, you can end Dome commercialization
The Syracuse men's basketball team goes on an 8-0 run. The Carrier Dome crowd jumps up and down, a real wave of orange seems to… Read more »
Anthes: If life imitates PlayStation 2, SU in good shape
If you're a Syracuse men's basketball fan, watch out. The next five weeks will be intense.SU will barely defeat Providence, almost double-up Villanova and score… Read more »
Anthes: On sideline, Hillsman screams, squirms and will eventually win
Quentin Hillsman ran up to guard Cintia Johnson and screamed.It didn't matter much that it was Johnson's first practice with the Syracuse women's basketball team.… Read more »
Anthes: Time has come to reconsider Title IX
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 shines as the great equalizer between men, women and the opportunities they receive.For 35 years, Title IX… Read more »
Anthes: Sorry New England, lots to love about Colts in Big Game
So far, several thousand articles have been written about Sunday's Super Bowl between the Chicago Bears and the Indianapolis Colts. Add another mark to the… Read more »
Anthes: Asante Bolts SU in Pursuit of an MLS Dream
It's all been dizzying for Rich Asante.In December, he's cramming for exams at his apartment on Syracuse University's South Campus. The New Year comes and… Read more »
Anthes: Student body desired source for weekly column
Rob Anthes was an assistant sports editor at The Daily Orange, where his columns will no longer appear. -The Daily Orange, May 2, 2006OK, so… Read more »
Mercury ingestion by loons shows harm to humans, SU professor says in PBS special
That daily tuna fish sandwich could be a silent killer.Now, that may be a little dramatic. But it's part of the message Charles Driscoll, professor… Read more »
Local congressional candidates debate at SU's Maxwell School
Rep. James Walsh, R-N.Y., and Democratic challenger Dan Maffei traded jabs and quick wits in a town-hall style debate Monday night at Syracuse University's Maxwell… Read more »
A delayed destiny
For the first time since its inception, the fate of the proposed Destiny USA project rests not on local government or court rulings, but on… Read more »
Maffei knocks Rosetti out of congressional race
Dan Maffei didn't expect much of a challenge in securing the nomination of the Working Families Party for the U.S. House of Representatives. He won,… Read more »
Anthes : Failed runner-turned-hack thanks coach for ignoring him
I was a distance runner.That was my thought, in August 2003, as I walked from my open double in Shaw Hall to Manley Field House… Read more »
Year in Sports : The Hak & Melo effect: SU created pipelines to Philadelphia and Baltimore with success of 2 stars
They are moments in Syracuse men's basketball history.Carmelo Anthony scoring 20 points against Kansas to lift the Orangemen to the 2003 national title. Hakim Warrick… Read more »
Football : Offense tries to match defense in Robinson's 2nd Spring Game
It's been five months since the Syracuse football team last took to the Carrier Dome turf and played in front of a crowd - a… Read more »
FBALL : After injury-riddled year, Mackey 'wants to have fun'
Jerry Mackey's career wasn't what he expected it to be.He'd battled all kinds of injuries - shoulder problems and the subsequent surgery in spring 2005,… Read more »
Product placement wins the round
When a boxer is laying on the canvas with a referee standing over him counting to 10, it's pretty safe to say the last thing… Read more »
Without groundbreaking changes, 'Round 3' disappoints gamers
'Fight Night Round 3'Producer: EA SportsRating: 3 and a half starsWhen EA Sports' 'Fight Night' series began in 2004, sports gamers took notice.It was unlike… Read more »
Football : Competition highlights practice in wake of 1-10 season
It'd be easy for the Syracuse football team to fold.After losing 19 seniors, including 12 starters, from last season's 1-10 team, no one would've thought… Read more »
FOOTBALL : Syracuse's wide receivers out to earn respect after dismal performance in 2005
Syracuse wide receiver Lavar Lobdell watched from the sidelines with a left shoulder injury last season as his offensive teammates struggled, as the passing game… Read more »
MBB : Crash Ending: Abrubt NCAA exit fitting after inconsistent season
After Texas A&M handed the Syracuse men's basketball team its second first-round NCAA Tournament loss in two years on Thursday in Jacksonville, Fla., the realization… Read more »
MBB : Injury and Insult: SU loses again in 1st round as McNamara hoplessly watches
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Gerry McNamara has been the barometer for the Syracuse men's basketball team this season, and for much of his time with the… Read more »
MBB : Aggie defense stifles Syracuse in dooming 1st half
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - When the Syracuse men's basketball team won the national championship in 2003, it battled four Big 12 teams in six games. But… Read more »
