Ready or not MASL, here comes the Knights.
Syracuse’s favorite pro sports franchise used overwhelming quickness and precision passing over the weekend to beat down the Fort Drum Mountain Lions 18-3 as a final tune-up for the Major Arena Soccer League season.
Jessica Marini scissored thru the St. Michael’s defense during Le Moyne College’s third straight home win on Saturday.
Kirsten Colgrove blew past the goalkeeper and blasted an unassisted goal in the second half. The Dolphins defeated the Purple Knights 2-0.
LeMoyne College Soccer (above Springfield Road)
A game of inches
Here are some photos from the Ed Campagna Bocce Tournament held near City Hall on Saturday. If you are unfamiliar with the game, check out this Bocce history write-up.
Ed Campagna Bocce Tournament: Syracuse Italian Festival
Sometimes almost is good enough
Old School Baseball Logos
Swoop: Ball Tricks
James Brown had nothing on Dwayne Swoop Simpson. The triple-zero uniform-wearing entertainer for the Harlem Wizards is officially the “hardest working man in show business (at the Fair).”
For the past week, we saw Simpson do tricks, teach salsa lessons, play some great classic soul and rock music as a DJ, drum up business for local vendors, take photographs with fans, nearly get a double-double in wheelchair basketball, and just plain make a vocation look like fun outside the Sports Activity Center.
On this Labor Day, we salute his work ethic.
Swoop in Selfies
Swoop: Like Magic from the wheelchair
The Watson Bros. brought their formidable boxing skills to the New York State Fair on Saturday.
Game Day, University Avenue
Good luck to the Syracuse University Football Team as they head into the 2014 regular season. Tonight’s weather (for a Friday game) provided a great kick-off.
Tailgate Party: Sheraton Hotel
2014 Gus Macker 3-on-3 Tournament: Mascot Game
A funny thing happened at the Gus Macker 3-on-3 Tournament on Saturday: CNY-area mascots held a battle royal of sorts. Each team had a pep squad (Syracuse Silver Knights Cheerleaders and the Gus Macker Girls), and the game had the pageantry of a celebrity all-star contest, punctuated by the spirit of WWE and SlamBall.
Even Bighead Bob (mascot for Bob Antonacci) cheered from the sidelines.
Mascot Battle 2K14
There wasn’t much basketball purity (unless you included the scoring prowess of the Syracuse Silver Knight, who played out of his costume and one point and should have received the MVP), but it was like watching a video game come to life.
The fans seemed to love it.
The rotund Macker Man shooting from way downtown.
Allen, Fred, Rick, Dorsey
We miss the days of the Dorsey Levens Foundation 3-on-3 basketball tournaments held in Syracuse during the early 2000s.