Archive for the ‘Sports’ Category
Friday, February 17th, 2012
Speaking Quite Frankly: Stephen A. Smith
Writer, TV personality and NBA insider Stephen A. Smith came to Syracuse University last night and schooled the students on the importance of building your work ethic as well as your personal brand.
Smith fielded dozens of questions ranging in topics from changing a major to the good bad and ugly of NBA players: Tim Duncan, Jeremy Lin, Kwame Brown and Allen Ivrerson.
He said being in college is a great place and time to pay your dues on the way to seeking any particular career path. “I’ve never taken less than 17 credit hours when I was in school…” he said. “…I also liked to party.”
Stephen A. Smith tells SU students to pay their dues.
Smith’s talk, which was partly motivational, but delivered in his trademark sarcasm and ribs, also touched on the the NCAA Tournament, TV revenue for sports, politics and the evolution of the black athlete.
According to Smith, too many fans over-celebrate contenders before they become champions.
Tags:2102, Basketball, ESPN First Take, Fox Sports Radio, Jeremy Lin, Journalism, Lebron James, NBA, Stephen A. Smith, Syracuse University
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Wednesday, February 8th, 2012
“The best way to judge the importance of Lloyd’s role may be to look at it through the prism of Syracuse, a then prosperous Upstate New York industrial city…that had a wild erratic history involving blacks and elite athletics.”
Sean Kirst, Moonfixer: The Basketball Journey of Earl Lloyd
NBA Hall of Famer Earl Lloyd visits with Aaron Allen at the War Memorial in 2000.
Tags:2012, Basketball, Dave Bing, Earl Lloyd, Moonfixer, NBA, Rochester, Sean Kirst, Syracuse Nats
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Friday, January 13th, 2012
Urban Planners: Local skaters redevelop tennis court on Water Street.
Back in 2010 Victor Guilefoy, A.J. DeStephano, Alton Lawson (pictured above, far left) and some of their friends began to develop a dilapidated court at Ormand G. Spencer park (East Water Street) and make it a place to skate.
Victor G. told me his friends wanted a public skating facility since there are times when skates get tickets for being on the road or sidewalks. After some civic finesse with the Parks Commissioner they got their wish.
Fast forward to Wednesday, when it was almost 50-degrees and Ormond Spencer Park, located near the vacated Kennedy Square Complex, pulsated with kick…push…jump, and the sounds of skateboarders surfing on air.
Tags:2012, architecture, Black Mamba, Ormand Spencer, Ormond Spencer, Skateboarding, Syracuse, Syracuse 315, Syracuse Architectural Digest, The Spot, Urban Planning
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Saturday, November 5th, 2011
Syracuse Silver Knights inaugural game versus Rochester, November 4, 2011.
The Syracuse Silver Knights supplied drama and excitement during a come from behind victory against the Rochester Lancers Friday night. They scored the go ahead goal with less than one minute remaining in the inaugural contest, which was played at the Onondaga County War Memorial.
MISL is off to an ambitious start in Syracuse.
Tags:2011, Alex Megson, Andriy Budnyy, MISL, Onondaga County War Memorial, Professional Indoor Soccer, Soccer, Sports, Syracuse Silver Knights
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Monday, July 11th, 2011
Syracuse’s Tyrone Burke catches a touchdown in the first half. Burke had 4 receptions for 135 yards and 3 touchdowns
The Syracuse Shock Football Club, last year’s NAFL’s Eastern champs, began their season on Saturday by bullying the Elmira Evolution 76-19 at Henninger Field. This year the Shock joined the Empire Football League, which has teams in Albany, Watertown, Plattsburgh, Glens Falls, Vermont, and Montreal.
Kicker Zach Grulich made 10 of 11 PATs.
Tyler Gage makes a 34-yard catch
Tags:2011, Elmira Evolution, Empire Football League, Football, NAFL, Sports, Syracuse Shock, Tyler Gage, tyrone burke, Zach Grulich
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Wednesday, July 6th, 2011
Pro basketball trainer Mark Williams, a native of Queens, NY, sent us an update on his hoops enterprise called Team Footprintz. Williams has trained or collaborated with a who’s who of Big East basketball talent, including former Syracuse standout Nicole Michael.
Michael recently signed to play in the Italian pro league for next season.
Tags:2011, Basketball, Carrier Dome, Mark Williams, Nicole Michael, Syracuse University, Team Footprintz
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