5 things to watch for as Syracuse basketball plays its first game without...
Syracuse, N.Y. - The Syracuse Orange will play its first game without starting forward Chris McCullough as Wake Forest visits the Carrier Dome on Tuesday night. And the Orange will do so with very...
View ArticleACC basketball season wrap: Syracuse's year defined by NCAA ban, Rakeem...
Putting a bow on the ACC basketball season, from worst to first. Next up is Syracuse, which served a postseason ban in a year that will be best remembered for the looming NCAA investigation that...
View Article2015 NBA Draft: Where are Chris McCullough and Rakeem Christmas in the latest...
Former Syracuse University forward Chris McCullough declared for the 2015 NBA Draft on April 2. How have the mock drafts adjusted since he put his name in the hat? Depends on how you look at it. If you...
View ArticleSyracuse's Chris McCullough could be first-round draft pick despite injury,...
Syracuse, N.Y. — Chris McCullough was in good spirits despite receiving word on Monday that he would miss the rest of his freshman season with a torn right ACL. Words from ESPN's NBA Draft expert Chad...
View ArticleChris McCullough to be evaluated Monday; Syracuse players focus on task at...
Syracuse, N.Y. — Chris McCullough leaked out on the Syracuse fast break, beating the Florida State defense down the floor. Michael Gbinije found him with a long pass that McCullough leaped to catch. •...
View ArticleChris McCullough continues Syracuse basketball's recent run of season-ending...
Syracuse, N.Y. — For 20 years, the Syracuse basketball team had a clean bill of health, but over the last eight years, the Orange has been an insurance claim waiting to happen. In the 20 seasons from...
View ArticleForget Chris McCullough; What's the NBA Draft buzz for Rakeem Christmas?...
Post-Standard basketball writer Mike Waters answers readers' questions about the Orange, the ACC, all of college basketball and just about anything else. To submit a question, email Mike at...
View ArticleOne week to go: Where do McCullough and Christmas stand in 2015 NBA Draft...
Former Syracuse University basketball players Chris McCullough and Rakeem Christmas are just one week away from learning their NBA Draft fate. Whether they will be a first-round pick, second-round pick...
View ArticleHow will Syracuse basketball's lineups be affected by Chris McCullough's injury?
With Chris McCullough out for the season, the Syracuse basketball team will lose a significant piece in its rotation. We've been keeping track of plus/minus and Syracuse's lineup combinations...
View ArticleHow Chris McCullough could make Syracuse history in the NBA draft
Syracuse, N.Y. — He played in just 16 games in an Orange uniform, but Chris McCullough could make Syracuse history in the upcoming NBA draft. McCullough, a 6-foot-10 forward whose freshman season was...
View ArticleSyracuse Basketball: Chris McCullough's Season Over With Torn ACL
Worst-case scenario for the freshman phenom and the Orange will look to fill his role ASAP. Chris McCullough came into the 2014-2015 Syracuse Orange basketball season with huge expectations and massive...
View ArticleFinal 2015 NBA mock draft roundup for Rakeem Christmas and Chris McCullough
The 2015 NBA Draft has finally arrived (ESPN, 7:00 p.m.) Former Syracuse University basketball players Chris McCullough and Rakeem Christmas are both expected to be picked before the night is over. The...
View ArticleJim Boeheim on status of Syracuse freshman forward Chris McCullough: 'There...
Syracuse, NY -- Syracuse basketball coach Jim Boeheim said this morning that he had no update on the status of Orange forward Chris McCullough. McCullough, who appeared to injure his right knee Sunday...
View ArticleNBA Draft 2015: In the matter of Rakeem Christmas and Chris McCullough, who...
Syracuse, N.Y. — There may not have been a competition between the two, between Rakeem Christmas and Chris McCullough, but Syracuse University basketball fans seemed to have had their favorite. And...
View ArticleChris McCullough has torn his ACL and will miss the rest of the 2014-15 season
Syracuse, N.Y. — Syracuse basketball freshman Chris McCullough will miss the rest of the 2014-15 season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament, the university has announced. Surgery has not yet been...
View ArticleChris McCullough's cringe-inducing knee injury mars Syracuse's win
Any enthusiasm Syracuse generated by outclassing Florida State on Sunday night was overshadowed by concern over the potentially serious knee injury Chris McCullough suffered midway through the first...
View ArticleJim Boeheim, Chris McCullough and Rakeem Christmas cameo in Syracuse's...
Syracuse students do the Shmoney Dance Syracuse, N.Y. — Do you want to see Jim Boeheim in a rap video? Of course you do. The Syracuse head coach delivers a cameo in a Syracuse University-based Shmoney...
View ArticleChinonso Obokoh's role with Syracuse basketball will expand if Chris...
Syracuse, N.Y. — With Chris McCullough's basketball status dependent on Monday morning tests to determine the extent of Sunday's injury, Chinonso Obokoh's importance to the Orange could grow...
View ArticleSyracuse freshman Chris McCullough's knee injury is a torn ACL
Whatever joy Syracuse took from a 3-0 start to ACC play vanished Monday when it learned it will not have a key player for ther rest of the season. Tests revealed that the right knee injury freshman...
View ArticleWill Syracuse have a scholarship for Thomas Bryant if Chris McCullough...
Post-Standard basketball writer Mike Waters answers readers' questions about the Orange, the ACC, all of college basketball and just about anything else. To submit a question, email Mike at...
View ArticleFormer Buffalo Bills coach Marv Levy to sign autographs at Destiny USA on Sunday
Former Buffalo Bills head coach Marv Levy will be participating in an autograph signing at Destiny USA on Sunday afternoon. Levy...
View ArticleESPN's Jay Bilas analyzes Syracuse's Rakeem Christmas and Chris McCullough...
Syracuse, N.Y. – Syracuse's Rakeem Christmas and Chris McCullough represent the yin and the yang of the NBA draft. First, there is Christmas. An immediate starter as a freshman, but a guy who stayed in...
View ArticleHow does Syracuse basketball move forward without Chris McCullough?
When Syracuse University basketball fans saw forward Chris McCullough's knee land awkwardly on Jim Boeheim court in the first half of Sunday night's game against Florida State, they feared the worst....
View ArticleWake Forest coach Danny Manning had words of encouragement for injured Chris...
Syracuse, N.Y. — His team had just lost in overtime at Syracuse in a frantic back-and-forth game, but Wake Forest coach Danny Manning said in the aftermath that he still took time to speak with one SU...
View ArticleLatest NBA mock draft has Syracuse's Chris McCullough at No. 33, Rakeem...
Syracuse, N.Y. — Mock draft website NBA Draft Express published its first extended mock draft on Tuesday and expects a pair of Syracuse players to be named on June 25. Based on team needs Draft...
View ArticleFormer Syracuse forward Chris McCullough will attend NBA combine
Syracuse, N.Y. — Former Syracuse forward Chris McCullough will attend the NBA Combine later this month, according to a list put out by the NBA. McCullough will join Rakeem...
View ArticleFormer Syracuse star Rakeem Christmas to sign autographs at Destiny USA...
Syracuse, N.Y. — A month ago, Syracuse center Rakeem Christmas needed Syracuse University and the NCAA to protect him from the corrupting influence of autograph signings. Now that the NCAA basketball...
View ArticleFormer Syracuse forward Chris McCullough will sign autographs at Destiny USA...
Syracuse, N.Y. — In less than two months, Chris McCullough should hear his name called in the NBA Draft. On Saturday, May 9, Syracuse fans have a final opportunity at landing the former Orange star's...
View Article2015 NBA Draft: Where are McCullough and Christmas in the latest mocks?
Almost there. We're just two days away from the 2015 NBA Draft at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn (7:00 p.m. ESPN) and the first step to an NBA career for former Syracuse University basketball players...
View ArticleWith Chris McCullough done for the season, his teammates talk of 'stepping up'
Syracuse, NY - Syracuse players prepared for Wake Forest Monday afternoon in the Carrier Dome, knowing for certain they would be without an important basketball element vs. the Demon Deacons. Chris...
View ArticleChris McCullough's choice to leave Syracuse basketball may be odd, but it's...
Syracuse, N.Y. — We can place Chris McCullough in the "We-Hardly-Knew-Ye" file because the kid, 20 and with a bum leg, is apparently gone. Never mind that he played in 15 college games (and seven...
View ArticleSyracuse forward Chris McCullough out for season
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Freshman forward Chris McCullough of the Syracuse Orange is out for the season. Coach Jim Boeheim says McCullough suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee...
View Article2016 NFL Draft: Laremy Tunsil headlines the list of top 100 prospects
After tracking thousands of football players from high school through college until their entry into the NFL draft, the big questions are about to be answered -- who will be picked and where when the...
View ArticleJim Boeheim's confession: Syracuse basketball loses to Virginia 59-47 (Brent...
Jim Boeheim offered up a confession at his post game press conference following Syracuse's 59-47 loss to Virginia at the Carrier Dome Monday night. March 2 is usually not a date for Boeheim to be...
View ArticleHow did former Syracuse players fare in NBA's summer leagues?
Syracuse, N.Y. — The NBA's summer league action took place in Orlando, Utah and Las Vegas and seven former Syracuse players competed in the just-completed schedule. From NBA rookies Malachi Richardson...
View ArticleFormer Syracuse guard Tyler Ennis visits Melo Center, discusses NBA: 'I don't...
Syracuse, NY - Tyler Ennis strolled into the Melo Center before Syracuse started basketball practice Thursday afternoon. Former teammates, one by one, clustered around him. Ennis, the poised point...
View ArticleWere you not entertained? Syracuse basketball defeats Wake Forest 86-83 in...
No need to ask the question, Russell Crowe. We were surely entertained. Who knew that a random Tuesday night game between Syracuse and Wake Forest would turn out to be so fun to watch? Close? Oh, we...
View ArticleTrevor Cooney leads Syracuse basketball to win over Florida State; Chris...
Syracuse, N.Y. — The Syracuse Orange won a game, but might have lost a key player in the process. Syracuse defeated Florida State 70-57 on Sunday at the Carrier Dome, but a cloud hung over the evening...
View ArticleRakeem Christmas: The 'Mayor of Syracuse' bids farewell to basketball...
Syracuse, N.Y. — They approach at the mall, at Costco, at Wegmans, on the Syracuse University campus. Some of them shyly sidle up, nervous about how the 6-foot-9 object of their affection might react...
View ArticlePARIS RAY, 21, from St. James
(Credit: Karen Rubin) THE GIG This singer-songwriter just won Gold Coast Arts Center's "Your Big Break" competition. HER STORY Ray began as an actress, who appeared with Kevin Kline in "King Lear" at...
View ArticleSyracuse coach Jim Boeheim on how Chris McCullough's knee injury will impact...
Syracuse, N.Y. - Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim had no update on Chris McCullough's injured knee during the ACC coaches' weekly conference call on Monday. McCullough, Syracuse's starting forward, injured...
View ArticleWhat will Syracuse basketball's starting lineup look like without Chris...
Syracuse, N.Y. — For the second year in a row, Syracuse University will lose a player to the NBA after just one season. Only in the case of Chris McCullough, make that half a season. Unlike Tyler...
View ArticleFormer Syracuse star Rakeem Christmas scores 24 points in professional debut...
Syracuse, N.Y. — Rakeem Christmas scored 24 points in his first professional basketball game on Saturday. Unfortunately it came in the D-League with the Fort Wayne Mad Ants. Still, Christmas showed off...
View ArticleSyracuse basketball: With injuries and NCAA cloud, how deep is Orange woe?...
Bud Poliquin will stop by between 9-10 a.m. today to chat with readers. Leave a comment about Syracuse University Orange basketball, or about those possible NCAA penalties (or about any other subject),...
View ArticleSyracuse Basketball Roundtable: Tremendous Changes & Cautious Predictions
What's ahead for Rakeem Christmas and the rest of the Syracuse basketball players? Jim Boeheim said yesterday that "tremendous changes" are coming for Syracuse Orange basketball. He didn't say that...
View ArticleSyracuse Vs. Wake Forest: Game Time, TV, Radio & Meaningless Prediction
Syracuse hopes to keep the winning streak going but they'll have to do it without Chris McCullough. The Syracuse Orange men's basketball team will try and keep it's six-game winning streak alive...
View ArticleTranscript: ESPN 2015 NBA Draft Media Call with Jay Bilas (ESPN Inc)
(Source: ESPN Inc) This afternoon, we had ESPN college basketball analyst and NBA Draft expert Jay Bilas on a media call to discuss the 2015 NBA Draft, which will be exclusively televised on ESPN for...
View Article2015 NBA Draft: Scouting Syracuse F Chris McCullough's Pro Potential
Before the NBA draft, we examine the good and the bad of Chris McCullough's game. As recently ago as late November, Chris McCullough was projected as a lottery pick in the 2015 NBA draft. At the 2K...
View ArticleShould Syracuse forward Chris McCullough declare for the 2015 NBA draft?
When you heard the news that Syracuse forward Chris McCullough was thinking of putting his name in the hat for the 2015 NBA Draft, what was your reaction? I think I have a pretty good idea. A kid who...
View ArticleThe Evolution Of Sean “Puff Daddy” Combs And The Bad Boy Family Through...
May 20 2016, 2:35 AM ET Share this article: The launch of VIBE was the definitive introduction of the power of Hip-Hop and culture to move the crowd. Before the Internet, before email, before social...
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