In the news...lately.

Well, there have been some developments on the Syracuse Athletics front recently. After a few weeks of lull, things seemed to have picked up a bit over at Manley.

The Syracuse Men's Lacrosse team met with the leader of the "free world". They exchanged handshakes and gifts. President Bush was even so kind as to pronounce the name of the University correctly. What a guy! And he has a sense of humor!

"One of the things I tell people is that if you work hard and become a repeat champion, I look forward to welcoming you back to the White House," the president said. "However, this time it's not going to work. My eligibility has run out."

He's no dud.

The Syracuse Men's Basketball team has a new player. Albeit, he won't be able to play until 2009, Wesley Johnson, who I guess would be described as a "wingman", has decided to transfer from Iowa State to Syracuse. Johnson allegedly has a ridiculous vertical, plays bigger than his size and has a deft outside touch. I would suggest a thorough investigation of this mans closet for bodies and such. Players with those reputations don't usually transfer and they sure as hell don't get recruited to play for the Cyclones.


Lastly, the Syracuse Athletic Department has revealed the new uniforms for what I believe is the third year in a row. I'm sure that this has nothing to do with helping market new merchandise and find a way out of our shitty record. Unfortunately no one told them that without a running game it really doesn't matter what the hell they wear. At first I didn't like some of the white additions, but I then realized that I have no problem with the jersey, it's the choice of pants that I'm worried about. The orange helmet with the blue jersey and white pants is going to look like a JV team. My old high school has much better uniforms than that. Keep the orange pants on at home and use the white on white on the road.

Come on...even Vera Wang thinks it looks good.








Okay, I lied.

Hey Hugo Boss! There's a new sheriff...

Versace, Dolce, Ovechkin? One of these things is not like the other one. Or are they? In addition to highlight reel goals and lighting up opposing defensemen, Alexander Ovechkin has added fashion designer to his resume. This past weekend Ovechkin was apparently labeled as some sort of demi-god in front of many followers in Washington D.C. In addition to hauling in all sorts of hardware at the NHL post-season awards show, Alex was also given the key to the city and full use of the mayor's harem. Judging from some of the models that were showing off his new clothing line, he might want to pass on the mayor's offer. As for some of the arm candy that Ovechkin was sporting during his "ceremony"......he was seen with former Red Army and NHL great Igor Larionov's daughter, Elena. Apparently she's quite the singer. She's quite the human too. When you take into account that he has to deal with this...good for him.

Midfielders beware?

Syracuse lacrosse defensive mid-fielder John Carrozza has been denied by the NCAA in his bid to secure a fifth year of eligibility. Carrozza played in three games last season before being injured and then leaving school after some legal troubles. Because of the amount of games played in that season before his injury, he had the ability to petition the NCAA for a medical hardship waiver. Instead of running the risk of confusing myself with the language used, I'll let this quote by the Syracuse Sports Information Director explain the situation.

"After the 2007 season we filed a medical hardship waiver on his behalf. It was declined. He has the option to appeal that decision but hasn't yet. It doesn't mean he can't/won't appeal in the coming months."

So despite the denial, the Orange still have the possibility of returning a big part of their championship team this year. I, for one, wouldn't mind the big-hitting Carrozza returning. With guys like him and Sid Smith on the field, there is not only a physically intimidating presence on the field, but a mental one as well. It can't hurt having the oppositions attack worried about where certain guys are on the field. Besides, I can always appreciate a well placed elbow to Hopkins...


(The hit you're looking for is at the 1:00 mark.)

He's still just a boy......he's 24?

For the fifth time since being drafted by the Denver Nuggets, former Syracuse star Carmelo Anthony will return to the Carrier Dome as an NBA player. It is yet to be determined as to what image damaging decisions the young star will make on his return to central New York. Chris Cordes, one of the men responsible for the Nuggets return to Syracuse, tells us all the reasons that we should be excited about seeing the Nuggets take on the Phoenix Suns,

“These are the two highest scoring teams in the NBA, and in addition to Carmelo, who will forever maintain folk-hero status here, and Shaq, who is an iconic NBA figure, these rosters are peppered with current and former All-Stars and League MVPs."

What Chris fails to add is that not everyone plays in exhibition games. Frankly, Shaq hardly plays at all until the playoffs. He typically stands around and cleans up "trash" for 25 minutes. Buuuuttt, let's not all pile on the SU Athletics Department. They are bringing our "son" back again. And despite all of his blemishes and transgressions, we still love the guy. It would be nice, though, if I didn't have to keep defending him against these stupid accusations. At the very least, he needs to start breaking the law around some gray areas. I can't make excuses for DUI's and "Stop Snitchin'" videos. I can, however, look past illegitimate children.

Do YOU have any advice for Nicole Ritchie's baby?

Imagine Tommy Lasorda walking out of a restaurant with a few bottles of wine "on-board". Now imagine him being harassed by paparazzi and fans. Your dream is now a reality. Find it HERE.

Just a few thoughts:
- Is it not abundantly clear that this man will yell at people until he passes on? He made a living doing it for several seasons with the Dodgers, and he still seems to have no qualms about doing it to complete strangers. I don't like that attitude. I love it.
- Part of me hopes that the vulture who asked Lasorda the question was kidding. Another, much larger part, hopes that he wasn't.
- With the raising of voices and the general surly attitude, am I the only one surprised that Tommy didn't take a swing at someone?

You can put our name on the conference trophy now, thanks...

It's official. The Big East Lacrosse Conference will start play in 2010 with seven members. Those involved in the newly created conference are Syracuse, Georgetown, Notre Dame, Rutgers, St. John's, Providence, and the lacrosse powerhouse, Villanova. There have been opinions that have run the gamut over the past few weeks. Some people seem to think that the conference will water-down the Syracuse schedule and take away from our mystique, while others think that the conference's creation is a sign of lacrosse growth across America and is a good move for the future of the sport. Frankly, in time's like this we should probably defer to the experts. Try here, here, and here. Don't try here, they don't have anything lacrosse related.

To be honest, the move into a Big East lacrosse conference doesn't bother me at all. Besides the top of the conference, there's not a very good chance that THIS Big East will "bitch-slap" the ACC on a regular basis, BUT the formation of the league shows me that there's unity and a desire to grow for the sport. As far as any complaints about the schedule is concerned, I think it's bogus. We DID play Villanova this year, as well as UMass and Binghamton. They didn't exactly blow anyone's doors off this year. We'll still have the room to play Hopkins and the Hoo's. I don't think it's a very big deal that we subtract a couple of crumb-bum teams to play the bottom of this Big East conference.

Besides, it won't matter where we're affiliated if we keep recruiting mustache's like this...



That may not be Dan Hardy's Championship fu manchu, but it very well could be.

If you had to take one man into a dark alley...

I'll have what he's having.

Let's play Google Images word association!

It's really quite simple. I type a series of words into the image search. We then wait and see what exciting presents the internet brings us.

Words: Conan, Jesus


Well this was certainly a shocker. I expected to find a bunch of figurines with Jesus shooting hoops with crumpled up pieces of paper near an office desk. Instead I get Nolan Ryan twisting off Robin Ventura's head.

Words: DeShaun Williams, Syracuse


Okay, Google is two for two in confusing the living shit out of me. I was expecting to get a picture of SU' s favorite backstabbing A-hole. I thought, with a little luck, I might even find a mugshot that I could put as my new background. I, instead, find this cute little number as one of the first fifteen pictures it decides I must have been looking for. I mean, don't get me wrong. These guys are perfect for each other, but is either of them responsible for knocking up the others girlfriend? Okay, maybe David Akers.

Words: Mike Powell, Towelie


Okay, seriously...I'm lighting my mustache on fire. But, in defense of Google Images, Towelie does seem to have a love for the ganj...AND Ron Mexico may or may not have been caught with similar green, leafish substance in a hollowed-out water bottle. In addition, both Ron and Mike are great athletes. But, Mr. Mexico is not the lead singer of any bands that I've heard of. No one attempted to make Towelie pay back any of his signing bonus. And between all of them, only Ron Mexico's jersey contains a prime number.

Weak sauce, Google...weak sauce.

An appropo introduction...

At a specific point in the past few weeks (exact time could not be recalled), I decided that the internet was the only place that I was going to have the ability to put forth my ridiculous ideas about a wide variety of subjects. It is my hope that at least one peon who spends his or her day surfing the blogosphere will stumble upon some of my daily musings and find them fit to read, comment on, or react to in a non-internet way (playing in traffic, for example). If you care to read about Syracuse Athletics, or some pompous asshole's thoughts on Boston College, then you may have come to the right place. If you want to browse through articles about what a great place Morgantown is......then take your sister kissing ass somewhere else.