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Wednesday, April 03, 2013  Rutgers has fired basketball coach Mike Rice after a videotape aired showing him shoving, grabbing and throwing balls at players in practice and using gay slurs during practice.

Monday, April 01, 2013  Syracuse University is hoping its men's basketball success will help draw students to the school.

Sunday, February 17, 2013  The Syracuse women's lacrosse team lost their first home opener in eight years to Maryland on Sunday afternoon, losing to the Terrapins 19-11.

Thursday, February 14, 2013  This week's CNY Central Athletes are on a mission.

Monday, February 11, 2013  The return of James Southerland and a couple of high-profile conference wins have propelled the Syracuse Orange up the national rankings after almost falling out of the top ten last week.

Thursday, February 07, 2013  Syracuse University senior basketball player James Southerland is expected to meet with an academic integrity panel on the SU campus on Friday regarding an appeal to his ineligibility.

Saturday, January 26, 2013  Several hits and other chippy plays were left unpoliced by the officiating crew, so the teams took it into their own hands with a huge brawl that spread from the line to a goalie fight at center ice.

Monday, January 21, 2013  The Syracuse Orange have climbed back into a top three national ranking after their upset win at Louisville on Saturday.

Monday, December 03, 2012  Indiana, Duke and Michigan remained the top three teams in The Associated Press' college basketball poll.

Tuesday, November 27, 2012  Most of the Dolphins' core spent the summer working out together, getting ready for a season where they hoped to change the culture of Le Moyne Basketball.

Sunday, November 25, 2012  T.Y. Hilton scored on a 75-yard punt return and caught an 8-yard TD pass Sunday, leading the Colts to a 20-13 victory over Buffalo.

Wednesday, October 24, 2012  A preliminary site plan for a new 72,000 seat Bills stadium in downtown Buffalo has been presented.

Sunday, October 14, 2012  Shonn Greene ran for a career-high 161 yards and three touchdowns to power a rejuvenated "Ground-and-Pound" offense that rushed for more than 250 yards, Mark Sanchez was efficient and Tim Tebow made a few big plays in a 35-9 victory over the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday.

Thursday, October 04, 2012  Goals from Cory Conacher, Philip-Michael Devos, Richard Panik and Alex Killorn lifted the Crunch over the IceCaps in the first game of a three-game series.

Wednesday, September 26, 2012  The Red Rams are a perfect 4-0 on the season as they head towards this week's huge Class A American matchup with 3-1 Nottingham, and the players don't seem to be surprised by that at all.