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Syracuse quietly rewarded ex-AD Daryl Gross after NCAA violations

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Syracuse quietly rewarded ex-AD Daryl Gross after NCAA violations
In March 2015, just after the NCAA released a report punishing Syracuse University, athletic director Daryl Gross resigned, appearing to take the fall for a national embarrassment. Behind the scenes, however, Syracuse was rewarding him financially. Far from punishing him, the school gave Gross a new three-year contract worth more than $1.5 million — all for a vague, newly-created job... more

Ruling on Red Creek basketball parent’s appeal against Section V expected 6/22

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Ruling on Red Creek basketball parent’s appeal against Section V expected 6/22
No decision was made Thursday regarding the case brought by a Red Creek parent challenging Section V’s lack of an appeals process for athletes who are ejected from games. But state Supreme Court Justice J. Scott Odorisi made it very clear he thinks the Hall of Justice is no place for high school sports. Odorisi said he will issue a... more

Big Blue wrecking crew: Victor athletic program becomes dominant force

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Big Blue wrecking crew: Victor athletic program becomes dominant force
Ron Whitcomb received some advice back in 1991 when he was deciding whether to leave his alma mater, East Rochester, to become the new athletic director at Victor Central Schools. “Take the job,” outgoing AD Jeffrey Crane told Whitcomb. “Victor is a sleeping giant.” Crane, West Irondequoit’s superintendent since 2003, couldn’t have been more right, and Whitcomb, now 63, plans... more

Pal-Mac girls fall in state Class D semifinal

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Pal-Mac girls fall in state Class D semifinal
Victoria Ruffo scored five goals and Allie Berkery and Fiona Jones each netted a hat trick as Bronxville-I got its year-long wish to get another shot at a state championship. The Broncos, now 18-4, defeated Palmyra-Macedon 14-5 Friday in the Class D state semifinals at SUNY-Cortland. The Broncos, who fell in double-overtime in last year’s state championship, jumped out to... more

Avon tops Lansing in state semis despite pitching gem from Bell

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Avon tops Lansing in state semis despite pitching gem from Bell
Garrett Bell delivered his usual excellence on the mound Friday, but it wasn’t enough as Lansing’s season ended with a 1-0 loss to Avon in a New York State Public High School Athletic Association Class C baseball semifinal at Binghamton’s Conlon Field. Bell, a junior right-hander, pitched a three-hitter for the Bobcats after tossing a five-hitter in a 3-1 win... more

Gardner HR leads Yanks over Mets 4-1 as Tanaka hurt

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Gardner HR leads Yanks over Mets 4-1 as Tanaka hurt
Brett Gardner has always enjoyed the heightened atmosphere of the Subway Series, saying that he is entertained by the jockeying that takes place in the grandstands, no matter which borough the game is played in. That surely made his trip around the bases in Friday’s intercity opener all the more enjoyable. Gardner slugged a tie-breaking home run in the eighth... more

Penn Yan over-matched in Class D state title lacrosse game

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Penn Yan over-matched in Class D state title lacrosse game
With a roster filled with underclassmen, several of which were freshmen and sophomores, there were whispers that perhaps this would be just the second time in 22 years that Penn Yan would fail to win a Section V championship and advance to the state tournament. Turned out, the kids from Penn Yan, no matter how young they are, just know... more

Late goal stuns Victor in Class B boys lacrosse state title game

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Late goal stuns Victor in Class B boys lacrosse state title game
The Victor boys’ lacrosse dynasty has been temporarily derailed. Saturday afternoon in the Class B game at St. John Fisher College, the Blue Devils’ quest to become just the second program in New York State boys’ lacrosse history to win four straight state championships came to a stunning end when Garden City’s James Basile scored the winning goal with 1.2... more

Victor softball captures Class AA State Championship

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Victor softball captures Class AA State Championship
Victor became the first Section V girls softball team to capture the Class AA NYSPHSAA softball championship on Saturday afternoon with a 7-1 victory over Ballston Spa. Victor’s Chloe Whittier opened up the game in the top of the sixth inning with this Grand Slam… Grand slam in the top of the sixth from Chloe Whittier to help Victor to... more

Auburn Doubledays management focused on profitable future

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Auburn Doubledays management focused on profitable future
Auburn Doubledays General Manager Adam Winslow and assistant general managers Shane Truman and Adam Collier have been at the helm of Auburn's short-season Class A Minor League Baseball Washington Nationals affiliate for about a year and a half and are getting ready to kick off their second summer of baseball on June 15. But the management team has been working... more

Lugo, Frazier lift Mets over Severino, Yankees

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Lugo, Frazier lift Mets over Severino, Yankees
The Mets arrived at Citi Field on Sunday facing an unenviable ultimatum: defeat Luis Severino, an early American League Cy Young Award candidate, or cap a winless homestand with their ninth straight loss. Increasing the degree of difficulty was the fact that their own starter, Seth Lugo, was stretched out only enough to give them approximately 80 pitches. On paper,... more

Syracuse basketball to play UConn in 2K Sports Classic at MSG

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Syracuse basketball to play UConn in 2K Sports Classic at MSG
Syracuse will play Connecticut at Madison Square Garden for the third consecutive year next season. Syracuse and UConn will meet in the semifinal round of the 2K Sports Classic at Madison Square Garden, according to Jon Rothstein of Fan Rag Sports. Syracuse, Connecticut, Oregon and Iowa were previously announced as the four teams in next season’s 2K Sports Classic field,... more

Twins’ Joe Mauer to play with Rochester Red Wings this week

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Twins’ Joe Mauer to play with Rochester Red Wings this week
Minnesota Twins great Joe Mauer is set to begin a rehab assignment with the Rochester Red Wings on Tuesday, according to Twins manager Paul Molitor. The former American League MVP is scheduled to be the designated hitter on Tuesday and play first base on Wednesday with Rochester, barring any setbacks. Mauer, 35, was placed on the 10-day disabled list on... more

Knighthawks come up just short in Game Three

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Knighthawks come up just short in Game Three
The Rochester Knighthawks finished one win short of completing one of the most incredible mid-season turnarounds in team and league history. Once a 2-6 team, Rochester roared through the second half of the 2017-18 campaign and forced a decisive Game Three in the NLL Finals. Rochester’s season, however, came to an end in Saskatoon in a 15-10 loss to the... more
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