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Monday, May 20, 2013  The most famous golfer in the world, Tiger Woods, will return to the Turning Stone green to help raise money for his college roommate's foundation in the 6th annual Notah Begay III Foundation Challenge.

Friday, May 17, 2013  The community is invited to cheer on the Syracuse Crunch as they continue in the playoffs.

Wednesday, May 15, 2013  Ultimate Fighting Championship chairman Lorenzo Fertitta was joined by UFC fighters Uriah Hall and Ryan LaFlare at a press conference at the Oncenter War Memorial Wednesday morning to push for New York State to legalize professional mixed martial arts events.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013  An upstate New York high school changing its sports nickname from Redskins to Hawkeyes is getting help from the Oneida Indians to buy new jerseys

Monday, May 13, 2013  Update: Oneida Nation to present check on Wednesday, to help offset costs

Thursday, May 09, 2013  Former Syracuse University head football coach Doug Marrone's house is on the market for $1.39 million. The 6200 square foot home is located at 6100 Waitsfield Drive South in the Applecross Woods neighborhood in Jamesville.

Wednesday, May 01, 2013  Colgate University will host a special mixed-doubles tennis tournament on the J.W. Abrahamson Memorial Courts on Thursday, May 2 at 4pm in honor of Martin Richard, the 8–year-old boy that died in the Boston Marathon bombing.

Tuesday, April 30, 2013  Athletes in James Fenimore Cooper's upstate New York hometown will take the field as the Hawkeyes after dropping the long-standing nickname Redskins

Tuesday, April 30, 2013  Clergy against mixed martial arts are jumping into the New York fight over legalizing the sport, coming to Albany to lobby against it

Monday, April 29, 2013  NBA veteran center Jason Collins has become the first active male professional athlete in the major four American sports leagues to come out as gay.

Sunday, April 28, 2013  Cazenovia equestrian wins today's event and overall title

Friday, April 26, 2013  A Fayetteville native has died following a car crash on Monday in Northern Virginia.

Sunday, April 21, 2013  The Voice of NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” was picked up for drunk driving Friday.

Thursday, April 18, 2013  Authorities say nine members of a college crew team have been rescued after their boat took on water while they were rowing on a western New York lake.

Tuesday, April 16, 2013  Danny Amendola has pledged to donate $100 for each pass he catches this season with the New England Patriots to Boston Marathon relief efforts, and $200 for each dropped pass.