Gaines takes position change in stride
Xzavier Gaines seems to take everything in stride - the type of stride that only a lanky, 6-foot-3 athlete possesses.So when head coach Paul Pasqualoni… Read more »
Writer archives: Chris Carlson
Track and field team plans to get 'romped'
Catarina Hernandez marked down every one of her daughter's throws during high school in a spiral-bound notebook. With parental care, she recorded Johvonne Hernandez's rise… Read more »
Panthers poised to stay on top
Whenever Ben Howland finds a few hours between painstaking preparation for Pittsburgh’s season and the torturous recruiting road, he likes to sneak out, avoid attention… Read more »
Television choices dwindle after championships
With the basketball season's curtain closing over the majority of the country's teams, couch-potato coaching staffs watch as their nightly entertainment options dwindle.Without the glowing… Read more »
Big East previews: the skinny on upcoming games
Despite all the discussion of the conference being turned upside down, like a cold lava lamp, the Big East has settled to where it was… Read more »
SU falls despite late run
Preston Shumpert sat on a stool in the Syracuse locker room holding his head.It was as if he was trying to get a grip on… Read more »
Preparation for student medical exams begins
Imagine taking the SATs again. Now imagine them twice as long, three times as important and four times as competitive.There you have the MCATs —… Read more »
Orangemen prep for Indy
Kyle Johnson and P.J. Alexander strut confidently into the Manley Field House weight room. Johnson's chiseled physique puffs out a blue T-shirt with the football… Read more »
Big East postseason awards confusing
As the Big East's convoluted conference season winds to a finish, the postseason award picture is equally as confusing.Commentators like Billy Packer and Dick Vitale… Read more »
Pearson leads Army to Syracuse
Tim Pearson attended Army believing it would make him a man.It did, but he found out just how painful that transformation could be.On Saturday at… Read more »
Proud Catlett retires after 24 years at WVU
Boeheim. Catlett. Calhoun.Which one doesn't belong? According to the Big East, they all did. The three were the conference’s only head coaches with more than… Read more »
Big men no longer take center stage in the Big East
In years past, entering the paint in a Big East game was like entering a black hole.Guards going in wouldn't return again — at least… Read more »
Delivery workers reflect on dangers of the job
Erik Nauman slowed his car when he saw the yellow police tape stretched across the sidewalk. Nauman, a 19-year-old sophomore at Syracuse University and part-time… Read more »
Commissioner outlines benefits of current conference setup
Big East Commissioner Mike Tranghese doesn't need Nutra-Sweet in his coffee or frosting on his flakes. His words are already as sugarcoated as they come.… Read more »
Kent overcomes size and snub
As a 6-foot-6 center, Rashod Kent has grown used to having an occasional shot blocked by an opponent, but there was one rejection Kent never… Read more »
Big East Notebook- Injury shrinks Sidney's frame, ruins BC's framework
After completing a dream season last year, Boston College has found swallowing its early Big East struggles difficult.Eagles' guard Ryan Sidney, however, has been struggling… Read more »
The dinner club
It's 8:30 on a Thursday night at Bennigan's restaurant, and the trickle of patrons leaving the dining area transforms into a steady stream.Waiters begin to… Read more »
Apple Cup highlights weekend's intrastate rivalry games
Washington State defensive end D.D. Acholanu feels like he has been evicted from his home. Actually, it's much worse than that. The freshman leads the… Read more »
