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No.1 Oswego State Travels to Utica Today

Posted: 8th December 2009 by Ryan Maloney in NBA
The last time the Oswego State men's ice hockey team made the 90-mile trek to Utica, they left a 17-game unbeaten streak behind.  The Pioneers beat the top-ranked Lakers 5-2 on Jan. 23, 2007 at the Utica Memorial Auditorium to hand the eventual National Champions their first loss of the 2006-07 season after a 14-0-3 start. For many Oswegonians, the 2008-09 edition of coach Ed Gosek's Lakers have conjured ...

Break Up the Knicks!: Larry Hughes, New York Continue Hot Streak

Posted: 8th December 2009 by Ryan Maloney in NBA
á The Knicks allowed a season-low 84 points Monday night in a 93-84 victory over Portland at The Garden.á Larry Hughes scored double figures for the third straight game, and topped 20 points for the second time in as many nights, finishing with 21. David Lee put in another solid effort for the front court, recording his ninth double-double of the year with 17 points and 10 boards.á The ...
I finally got around to reading Michael Lewis' Moneyball: The Art of Winning An Unfair Game over the summer. I completed four chapters before it was due back to the library. You can have your stupid book, Town of DeWitt, because it turns out Hollywood is going to make a movie out of it starring Brad Pitt after all. From Variety : Real-life story is based on Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane, ...

Giants Stay Alive by Sweeping Cowboys

Posted: 6th December 2009 by Ryan Maloney in NFL
Domenik Hixon became the first Giants player to return a punt for a touchdown since 2005 as New York swept the regular season series from Dallas for the first time since 2004. The Giants scored all of their points in the game's final 32 minutes as they beat the Cowboys 31-24 Sunday afternoon at the Meadowlands in East Rutherford, NJ. Hixon's 79-yard special-teams score served as a dagger to the heart ...

Knicks-Nets: Al Harrington Drops 26, New York Wins Second Straight

Posted: 6th December 2009 by Ryan Maloney in NBA
Chants of "We want Nate!" filled Madison Square Garden at the start of the second half after a lackluster effort in the first 24 minutes from the hometown Knicks.  But second-year coach Mark D'Antoni opted to keep point guard Nate Robinson on the bench as the Knicks managed a 106-97 come-from-behind victory over New Jersey on Sunday afternoon. New Jersey's smaller lineup had given New York fits with man-to-man ...

Rangers-Sabres: New York Outlasts Buffalo, Back Above .500

Posted: 6th December 2009 by Ryan Maloney in NHL
The New York Rangers were going to need a stellar effort from veteran goaltender Henrik Lundqvist if their offense failed to show up in Buffalo on Saturday.  It did, but the King was up to the task, stopping 36 of 37 shots to lead New York to a 2-1 road win. The blue shirts had averaged just two goals per game during the course of a recent ...

Pepsi Center Hosts ‘Melo vs. Johnny in High-Scoring Affair

Posted: 29th November 2009 by Ryan Maloney in NBA
Only two players have been drafted in the NBA lottery out of Syracuse University over the past eight years. Those two men are going head-to-head tonight on the hardwood at the Pepsi Center in Denver, CO. Carmelo Anthonty's Denver Nuggets led Johnny Flynn's Minnesota Timberwolves 64-50 after 24 minutes of play in Sunday night's regular season match-up. The game can be viewed online by clicking here ...

James Lacour Guilty of Breaking St. Norbert’s 20-Win Streak

Posted: 28th November 2009 by Ryan Maloney in NBA, NFL
The Oswego State men's ice hockey team has won three consecutive games since being voted the No. 2 team in the nation by USCHO.com. And for three consecutive polls they have remained the brides' maid.á Now, after an idle holiday weekend, the Lakers will likely find themselves atop the Division III hockey world. Top-ranked St. Norbert had their perfect record shattered by Salem State in a 3-0 shutout ...

Pepsi Center Is Melo’s Center as Anthony Drops 50 On Knicks

Posted: 28th November 2009 by Ryan Maloney in NBA
á It had been two years, 11 months, and 12 days since Carmelo Anthony landed an uppercut to the chin of Mardy Collins before 19,763 patrons at Madison Square Garden in a 2006 game between Anthony's Denver Nuggets and Collins' New York Knicks. áThe incident still serves as a shiny black eye on an otherwise brilliant seven-year professional career for Anthony.á But for the former Syracuse Orange forward, ...

Oswego State Alumni Goalie Update

Posted: 6th November 2009 by Ryan Maloney in NBA
Here is the latest on some former Oswego State backstops: Potter The Condor On the right is your first look at Tim Potter as a member of the Bakersfield Condors.á Below is your first listen as Potter was interviewed prior to his first ECHL game by ESPN Bakersfield: Get this widget | Track details | eSnips Social DNA á á Hot Start For Scott ...