Getting my mental game ready for fore months

Golfing nomads wandered around the floor of SRC Arena in Syracuse. They were in search of a better golf game. There were plenty of exhibitors ready to lend a hand with new equipment available for purchase. Clubs, balls, shoes, carts, clothes … In other words, go home and think spring. Which I did without buying…

Either Syracuse or Duke will leave with a losing streak

Oh, the delicious psychology of sports. Mind games, for fans, will forever be entwined with real games. When Syracuse plays Duke in a return match tonight in Durham, N.C., which team will have the advantage above the neck? As the Orange’s first loss of the season — 62-59 to Atlantic Coast Conference lowbie Boston College…

Tyler Ennis, meet Pearl Washington, fellow Syracuse buzzer-beater

Quickly after Tyler Ennis hit the bread-and-butter three-pointer to lift Syracuse over Pittsburgh to remain unbeaten and No.1 in men’s college basketball Wednesday night, Orange fans were recalling the exploits of another freshman point guard. Dwayne “Pearl” Washington was the big deal when he moved north from Brooklyn to attend Syracuse in 1983, culminating a…

The No. 1 T-shirts are hanging out in Syracuse

The T-shirt factory cranks hard and fast in Syracuse, N.Y. A week ago today, the Syracuse men’s basketball team rose to the top of the Associated Press and USA Today polls, following a thrilling victory in the Carrier Dome over Duke. They held serve with a Monday win over Notre Dame. So a Sunday visit…

When athletes march in, Winter Olympics truly shine

Sochi sure looked pretty for the opening ceremonies of the Winter Olympic Games last night. So much had been reported in the run-up to the start of this convention of the world’s best athletes in winter sports that I wasn’t totally sure what to expect as NBC broadcast (on delay) the event from Fisht Stadium.…