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  Syracuse, New York - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Syracuse is also a relatively large convention city, with a downtown convention complex and the Empire Expo Center directly west of the city, which hosts the annual Great New York State Fair.
Syracuse was named after the original Syracuse, a city on the eastern coast of Sicily, Italy, which shares some similarities with this one, including a formerly-important salt industry and a neighboring town of Salina.
Syracuse University was chartered in 1870 as a Methodist-Episcopal institution; it has grown from a few classrooms located in downtown Syracuse into a major research institution.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Syracuse%2C_New_York   (3799 words)

  
 Sports in Syracuse - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Syracuse, New York is a top-division minor-league city in every major sport that has such a system.
Most notable are the Syracuse Nationals, a NBA team which played seventeen seasons in Syracuse (1947-1963) before moving to Philadelphia to become the Philadelphia 76ers, and the Syracuse Stars which became a Major League Baseball team in 1879 but didn't finish their first season.
The most attended sporting events in Syracuse are those of the Division I Syracuse University Orange.
www.open-encyclopedia.com /Sports_in_Syracuse   (448 words)

  
 Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
This website is an effort on the part of the Syracuse Flyers Wheelchair Sports, Inc. to continue the expansion of wheelchair sports by informing potential athletes of the opportunities available.
The purpose of Syracuse Flyers Wheelchair Sports, Inc. is to initiate, stimulate and promote the growth and development of wheelchair sports for people with physical disabilities in Central New York.
The primary objective is to permit those individuals with permanent disabilities, who would otherwise be denied the opportunity, to compete in sports vigorously and safely under rules that are kept as close to "traditional" as possible.
www.syracuseflyers.homestead.com /Home.html   (269 words)

  
 Sports -- Syracuse Stymies Georgetown
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Big East is often regarded as one of the more talented conferences in college basketball, but for Georgetown, it is proving decidedly more difficult to pull off a conference win.
Syracuse senior guard Allen Griffin hit a layup with 32 seconds left in the first half, and sophomore guard Demetrius Hunter’s miss 20 seconds later gave Syracuse a 37-22 lead at the half.
Syracuse then called a timeout and regained momentum knowing time was in their favor.
www.thehoya.com /sports/013001/sports1.htm   (878 words)

  
 syracuse basketball shorts >> Sports >> TheHoopShop.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The range is great; usually, however, the term is restricted to any play, pastime, exercise, game, or contest performed under given rules, indoors or outdoors, on an individual or a team basis, with or without competition, but requiring skill and some form of physical exertion.
Some sports, such as hunting, fishing, running, and swimming, derive from the rhythms and work requirements of primitive everyday life.
Sports that required wealth or leisure, such as polo or falconry, were the province of the upper classes, while inexpensive, massed sports, such as soccer, took root among commoners.
www.thehoopshop.com /sports/20/term1494.html   (322 words)

  
 Orlando Regional Chamber of Commerce
Syracuse finished the regular season with a 6-5 mark, winning three of their last four games, including a season-ending 43-17 win over Boston College, to claim a share of the Big East Championship.
It will be Syracuse's first bowl appearance in Florida since a 31-10 loss to Florida in the 1999 Orange Bowl, and the Orange's first-ever appearance in an Orlando bowl.
In all, Syracuse has compiled a 12-8-1 record in 21 previous post-season games, with wins in 10 of their last 12 bowls.
www.orlando.org /index.php?src=news&prid=618&category=Chamber%20News   (255 words)

  
 SUathletics.com - The Official Website of Syracuse University Athletics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Syracuse ends the opening weekend of the 2005 season with a 2-1 record.
Syracuse junior Richard Asante put a shot in the bottom-left corner of the net in the 103rd minute to lift the Orange men’s soccer team to a 1-0 victory against Marist at the SU Soccer Stadium.
Syracuse University (1-0) senior Kelly Duan registered 20 kills while classmate Kristin Conway posted 15 of her own in a 3-1 (30-26, 30-23, 23-30, 30-20) win against Maine (1-3) in the Orange's first match of the season at the Boston College Tournament.
athletics.syr.edu   (1546 words)

  
 Athletics - Syracuse University   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
It's hard to be a true Orange man or woman without cheering on one of Syracuse University's nationally recognized sports teams.
Division I varsity sports for women include volleyball, tennis, rowing, and field hockey.
And the following Division I varsity sports are for both men and women: basketball, lacrosse, cross country, soccer, indoor and outdoor track and field, and swimming and diving.
www.syr.edu /sports.html   (96 words)

  
 Boston.com / Sports / College / Syracuse names scholarships for Brown   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Nearly 50 years after he last played football and lacrosse for Syracuse University, Jim Brown was honored at his alma mater with two scholarships in his name.
SYRACUSE, New York -- Nearly 50 years after he last played football and lacrosse for Syracuse University, Jim Brown was honored at his alma mater with two scholarships in his name.
He starred for Syracuse in both sports in the mid-1950s.
www.boston.com /sports/colleges/articles/2005/04/02/syracuse_names_scholarships_for_brown   (221 words)

  
 Syracuse Sports Links - RealSportsNetwork.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Syracuse Women's Basketball - Orangewomen - official web site with news, schedule, roster, statistics.
Live frugally on surprise." (Alice Walker) Syracuse "This is slavery, not to speak one's thought." (Euripides) There is no course of life so weak and sottish as that which is managed by order, method, and discipline.
-- Oscar Wilde Syracuse If there is any one proof of a man's incompetence, it is the stagnant mentality of a worker who, doing some small routine job in a vast undertaking, does not care to look beyond the lever of a machi Honolulu - it's got everything.
www.realsportsnetwork.com /Basketball_Women_College_and_University_NCAA-I_Big_East_Conference_Syracuse.html   (1462 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Syracuse 14, Navy 13   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
BALTIMORE – Syracuse embraced its unique role as the spoiler, ruining a compelling story line by defeating Navy to claim its ninth NCAA lacrosse championship.
Syracuse entered the tournament as a No. 4 seed and had relatively few backers among the record crowd of 43,898 that hoped to see second-seeded Navy win its first lacrosse title, appropriately, on Memorial Day.
Nee then scored for Syracuse off a pass from Powell, and Powell gave the Orange a two-goal advantage with his 47th goal with one minute to play.
www.signonsandiego.com /sports/20040531-1532-ncaadivilacrosse.html   (630 words)

  
 Sports -- Syracuse Win Locks Hoyas Into NCAAs
The win over Syracuse in last year’s Big East tournament was the beginning of Georgetown’s turnaround, but it would have been bigger had it been the finals and not the quarterfinals.
Had Georgetown shot as well as the Syracuse from the line, the Hoyas would have won by 20 points; rather, at many points in the second half they seemed prepared to hand the Orangemen the game on a platter.
Georgetown is now tied with Syracuse and West Virginia for second place in the Big East West division and the all-important bye in the first round of the Big East tournament next week.
www.thehoya.com /sports/022701/sports4.htm   (802 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Syracuse athletic director Jake Crouthamel to retire at the end of June
SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Syracuse athletic director Jake Crouthamel will retire at the end of June, ending a career during which he was instrumental in the formation of the Big East Conference and the building of the Carrier Dome.
During his tenure the Syracuse men's basketball team appeared in the national championship game three times, winning the title in 2003, and the men's lacrosse team won nine NCAA titles.
Crouthamel's announcement came on the heels of the Syracuse football team's loss at Temple on Saturday, which severely hurt the Orange's chances of playing in the postseason for the first time in three years.
www.signonsandiego.com /sports/20041117-1456-syracuse-crouthamelretires.html   (464 words)

  
 SUathletics.com - Syracuse Sports Properties   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Syracuse Sports Properties (SSP) is the exclusive multi-media right holder for Syracuse University athletics.
A joint venture between Learfield Communications, Inc. and International Sports Properties, SSP combines forces of two of the most respected broadcasting and sports marketing companies, to provide the broadcast, marketing and sponsorship support to the athletics department.
SSP is responsible for all of Syracuse University's sports media properties including: radio play-by-play, television and radio coaches shows, facility signage, game programs, event marketing, game-day promotions, publications, internet sponsorship and corporate hospitality.
www.suathletics.com /info/sportsprop.asp   (175 words)

  
 Syracuse SkyChiefs News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Syracuse SkyChiefs news continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.
The Syracuse SkyChiefs say Onondaga County's agreement to sell the naming rights to their stadium puts the team's revenues in peril and was a breach of contract.
If there's one thing Syracuse SkyChiefs third baseman Glenn Williams learned from his Olympic experience in Athens, it's this: There is crying in baseball.
rss.topix.net /minor-league-baseball/syracuse-skychiefs   (416 words)

  
 Syracuse Playground Sports   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Syracuse Playground Sports is a community orientated company that helps individuals and small groups form teams for playing sports.
If you want to play sports and don't have a team, it can be difficult to find a team to play on.
Please contact us with the sports you would like to play and when we have critical mass for a new team, we will contact you with the details.
eteamz.active.com /playgroundsports/index.cfm   (281 words)

  
 Sports: Syracuse solves UConn
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Gerry McNamara finally said goodbye to that Connecticut jinx, and so did the Orangemen.
In their run to the national title last year, the Orangemen were badly beaten twice by UConn and again lost to the Huskies in February 84-56.
It was the fifth straight win for Syracuse (21-6, 11-5) and prevented the Huskies (24-6, 12-4) from tying Pittsburgh for the regular-season Big East championship.
www.sptimes.com /2004/03/08/news_pf/Sports/Syracuse_solves_UConn.shtml   (643 words)

  
 SNS Online - Sports - Syracuse safety Donovin Darius a rare breed indeed as he awaits NFL draft 4/16/98
Although Donovin did not begin to excel until his junior year in high school, he blossomed into a star safety at Syracuse and now patiently awaits his turn to be selected in the NFL draft this weekend.
On Monday, they were back at school -- in Syracuse -- and he was their legal guardian and guiding light.
When Darius was voted Syracuse's MVP by his teammates at the end of the regular season, the first thing that came to mind was his mom, who suffered a mild heart attack in 1990 and a stroke in 1995.
www.news-star.com /stories/041698/spo_darius.html   (697 words)

  
 Democrat & Chronicle: Sports
Syracuse forward Josh Pace (5) becomes entangled with St. Bonaventure forward/guard Patrick Lottin (24) in the first half of the No. 3 Orange's 91-67 rout of the outmanned Bonnies at the Carrier Dome Wednesday night.
Syracuse's last loss to a non-conference New York team came on Dec. 12, 1981, when Fordham upset the Orangemen 79-78 at the Meadowlands.
Syracuse built a big early lead and cruised in a game that seemed more like a scrimmage.
www.democratandchronicle.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041202/SPORTS/412020365   (356 words)

  
 Syracuse University News
Syracuse's Carrier Dome is the perfect stage for Julius Hodge.
Topics: Sports, Syracuse Orangemen Basketball, NCAA Basketball, University of Vermont, University of Kansas, NCAA Women's Basketball, Bucknell University, Vermont Catamounts Basketball, Kansas Jayhawks Basketball, Vermont Catamounts Women's Basketball, Bucknell Bison Basketball
Topics: Sports, Louisville Cardinals Football, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Syracuse Orange Football, University of Georgia, University of Tennessee, NCAA Football, University of Louisville, Georgia Bulldogs Football, Tennessee Volunteers Football, Virginia Tech Hokies Football
www.topix.net /ncaa/syracuse   (1271 words)

  
 Sports Briefs: Syracuse now the Orange   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
From now on, Syracuse University's athletic teams will be known simply as the Orange and have the same logo, an interlocking SU.
He noted that Texas and Tennessee have a substantial amount of white to go with the orange in their uniforms.
Syracuse's colors have been orange and blue since 1890.
www.post-gazette.com /pg/04133/314985.stm   (409 words)

  
 Syracuse Orange Football News
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Syracuse coach Paul Pasqualoni says his freshman quarterback, Joe Fields, is like the Lone Ranger.
rss.topix.net /ncaa/syracuse-football   (1101 words)

  
 Sloppy Syracuse lucky to get away with win - The Daily Orange - Sports
You just don't give up 35 first downs - the most SU has given up in 131 games - 566 net yards, 445 passing yards, allow your opponent to control the ball for 36:12 or allow your opponent to convert six of 13 third downs and expect to win football games.
Syracuse equaled its season sack total (five) in just one game.
Michael Licker is an assistant sports editor at The Daily Orange, where his columns appear regularly.
www.dailyorange.com /news/2004/11/01/Sports/Sloppy.Syracuse.Lucky.To.Get.Away.With.Win-788260.shtml   (694 words)

  
 Syracuse Orangemen
The Syracuse senior-laden squad is sure to leave it all on the field Sunday afternoon in their final shot at West Virginia.
The Syracuse offer was for football but they were going to try to give him an opportunity to walk-on to the basketball team as well.
Maurice Evans is Syracuse's top rated 2006 recruit and needless to say, the star defensive end is atop dozens of schools' recruiting boards.
syracuse.alliancesports.com   (360 words)

  
 Sports: BC edges Syracuse
BC trailed by 11 and never led until the final minute when four straight free throws by Jared Dudley and two by Craig Smith sealed a 57-54 victory over the Orangemen on Thursday in the Big East quarterfinals.
Syracuse (21-7), ranked 19th and seeded No. 4 after beating Pitt, West Virginia and UConn in the final week of the season, led from the start, extending it to 11 on the long-range shooting of Gerry McNamara, who hit four 3-pointers.
BC missed all nine of its 3-point attempts but kept working inside against a 2-3 zone.
www.sptimes.com /2004/03/12/news_pf/Sports/BC_edges_Syracuse.shtml   (1202 words)

  
 St. Bonaventure at Syracuse - December 1 (loss) - Sports Betting Guide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The reasons are simple: First, there is tremendous volume in terms of the number of games that have to be handicapped by oddsmakers within a concentrated period of time.
They are 0-3 this year and at least 40 points worse than Syracuse on the road.
Just to recap here: Syracuse are currently ranked #3 in the country by some polls.
www.sport-betting.co.za /member-pickarchive.asp?intPickID=1269   (281 words)

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