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Monday, February 18, 2013  A loss to rival Connecticut in their final Big East Conference meeting has cost the Syracuse Orange two spots in the latest Associated Press college basketball poll.

Friday, January 04, 2013  In about a month, every game in Section III high school hoops will be do or die, but as high school teams play through the meat of their 2012-2013 seasons, now is the time the top seeds are decided.

Wednesday, January 02, 2013  A person familiar with the decision says Buffalo Bills owner Ralph Wilson is relinquishing his title as team president to CEO Russ Brandon, who is originally from East Syracuse.

Monday, August 20, 2012  The East Syracuse Minoa Spartans capped off a perfect regular season with a Section III Class A Championship in convcincing fashion over perennial power Whitesboro. Many in Spartan Nation wondered, how could you top that? The answer, is with another championship

Tuesday, July 31, 2012  The Syracuse football team will begin another season looking to prove the media wrong, after being picked to finish seventh in the Big East Conference in the media poll released at Big East Media Day.

Thursday, June 28, 2012  Former Syracuse Center Fab Melo has been drafted by the Boston Celtics with the 22nd pick in the 2012 NBA Draft.

Sunday, January 01, 2012  The #1 ranked Syracuse Orange mens basketball team routed DePaul 87-68 in front of over 12,000 fans at the Allstate Arena in Chicago on New Year's Day. The win improves the Orange to 15-0 on the season on the first day of 2012.

Wednesday, December 14, 2011  Mexico Athletics earned victories in boys and girls basketball and volleyball.

Sunday, December 04, 2011  The CNY Central Hoops team battled the ES-M Teachers in a charity game on Saturday night. Proceeds benefitted Helping Hounds Dog Rescue and ES-M's 3-Steps Forward Program.

Tuesday, November 29, 2011  I returned to my alma mater, East Syracuse-Minoa High School Tuesday morning, in an effort to promote a charity basketball game that ES-M is teaming up with CNY Central on. The game this Saturday at ES-M High School at 7 p.m. and is benefitting Helping Hounds Dog Rescue.

Saturday, November 05, 2011  The East Syracuse Minoa Spartans accomplished a historic night in the history of that school's athletic department.

Friday, October 28, 2011  It's been a dream season for the East Syracuse Minoa Spartans (9-0), and the dream will continue for at least another week.

Friday, September 30, 2011  ES-M has been eliminated by New Hartford three out of the last four years in the sectional playoffs. Whether that was on the ES-M Spartans' minds or not is unclear, but ES-M avenged those losses in a way trouncing its rival 56-6 at ES-M High School.

Wednesday, September 28, 2011  There are several teams in Section III that have started the 2011 campaign at 4-0, but the dominant fashion that East Syracuse-Minoa High School has displayed has local fans in awe.

Tuesday, September 20, 2011  Connecticut football coach Paul Pasqualoni says maintaining the school's rivalry with Syracuse should be a "big factor" in UConn's decision on whether to try and join the Orange in leaving the Big East for the Atlantic Coast Conference.