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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, March 25, 2013  Eliotte Friedman of CBC and Darren Dreger of TSN are reporting Syracuse Crunch head coach Jon Cooper has been hired as the head coach of Tampa Bay Lightning.

Sunday, March 17, 2013  After being inducted into the Greater Syracuse Sports Hall of Fame, Bishop Ludden head basketball coach Pat Donnelly was inducted into the New York State Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame on Sunday morning.

Tuesday, March 05, 2013  Mike Hopkins, a longtime Syracuse Orange assistant coach and former player, has reportedly interviewed for the head coaching job at the University of Southern California.

Monday, February 25, 2013  After suffering a defeat at the hands of their hated rival over the weekend, the Syracuse Orange also had insult added to injury as they dropped out of the top ten in the latest college basketball polls released Monday.

Wednesday, February 06, 2013  Syracuse University football is taking a big step into their next era today, as new head coach Scott Shafer and his coaching staff watch the 2013 recruiting class become official

Tuesday, January 22, 2013  Breanna Stewart has been the toast of the game at every level of basketball she's ever played at, and has already started to impress in her freshman season at the University of Connecticut.

Thursday, January 17, 2013  Syracuse University Athletics announced Thursday that Tim Lester will join the SU football coaching staff. Lester comes from five years as head coach at Elmhurst College where he led the team to "their most successful season in school history," according to SU Athletics.

Thursday, January 17, 2013  The New York Post’s Zach Braziller is reporting that John Anselmo may be the next Orange assistant hired by new Buffalo Bills and former Orange head coach Doug Marrone.

Tuesday, January 15, 2013  Damien Rhodes, a former Syracuse Orange and NFL football player, has been hired by his old high school to lead their varsity football team.

Monday, January 14, 2013  Syracuse Orange basketball coach Jim Boeheim visited ESPN's campus as part of promotional efforts for the Infiniti Coaches' Charity Challenge, and was asked by SportsCenter anchor Hannah Storm about forward James Southerland's status.

Monday, January 14, 2013  Louisville, taking advantage of weekend losses by Duke and Michigan, is number 1 in The Associated Press' college basketball poll.

Friday, January 11, 2013  "To carry on the values of integrity, commitment, excellence and teamwork and put them to action with great attitude, effort and enthusiasm are the pillars of this program" That's what Scott Shafer says the Syracuse Orange will be all about going forward.

Wednesday, January 09, 2013  Some casual fans may not be familiar with Scott Shafer, so we called on one of his former staffers Dan Conley to fill us in.

Sunday, January 06, 2013  The interest the Bills had in Marrone was no surprise seeing the work Marrone did at Syracuse in just four years and how Bills CEO Russ Brandon (an East Syracuse native) has close ties to Syracuse University.