New Year's Day Daily Digest
cuseadelphia.com 1/2/2008 — Here's what we've written: Jessica Simpson has a new man. An Eagles review described as very brief that was a little longer than very brief. Sixers end 2007 with win . St. John's preview . Syracuse women's basketball is rolling. And a great ...

Syracuse Wins a "Backyard Dogfight"
idiotsonsports.blogspot.com 1/3/2008 — As I'm sure you are aware, Syracuse got it's Big East conference season started on the right note with a tough 76-70 win over St. John's last night. What you may not be aware of is that the game, carried by ESPN regional for us out of towners, was broadcast by John Rooke and former Villanova player John Celestand and Celestand was brutal on the microphone.

Akron's Zippy Completes Perfect Season
sports.aol.com 1/3/2008 — Once considered only a fantasy, a mythical accomplishment only seen in legend, Zippy, the marsupial mascot for the University of Akron, achieved the impossible dream. In this year's Capital One Mascot Open , the Zips mascot was a wire to wire ...

SU Stays Cool
syracuse.com 1/3/2008 — A young and inexperienced Syracuse University basketball team had every opportunity to fold in its Big East Conference opener against St. John's on Wednesday night. Donte Greene, the mega-talented freshman who leads Syracuse in scoring, sat for ...

SU center wears red 'S' on his chest
syracuse.com 1/3/2008 — Justin Burrell stood in a corridor of the Carrier Dome and knit his brow at the memory. For most of the 39 minutes he played Wednesday against Syracuse University, the St. John's forward was tasked with halting the steaming freight train that was ...

ORANGE PUNCH MIGHT BE TOUGH TO SWALLOW — NY Post: Sports 1/2/2008
Jim Boeheim and Norm Roberts would scoff at any assertion that the first league game of the season was a must-win. Let them scoff. With the quality and depth of the Big East and the glaring questions facing both teams, neither Syracuse nor St...

ONUAKA TRIPS UP JOHNNIES — NY Post: Sports 1/3/2008
St. John's coach Norm Roberts is at least happy about one thing - he only has to deal with Syracuse center Arinze Onuaku once this season. The 6-foot-9, 258-pound Onuaku scored a career-high 23 points and pulled down 12 rebounds, leading Syracuse...

Abandoning Zone, Syracuse Pulls Away From South Florida — NYT > College Basketball 1/6/2008
Donte Greene had 21 points and Syracuse switched from its trademark zone defense to man-to-man in the second half in an 89-77 victory over visiting South Florida on Saturday.