The shirts were still Orange

Hopes were high. Stores were selling shirts, fast. My dear wife Karen and I were up on the Syracuse University hill to catch the spring football game Saturday — more on that here tomorrow — so we ducked into a couple of stores on Marshall Street to see for ourselves what was hot. We walked…

Welcome to the hoops capital for men and women

The games will be played elsewhere. Houston on Saturday and Indianapolis on Sunday, to be precise. But make no mistake about it. The folks who call Syracuse, N.Y., and its surrounding miles home can undeniably make claim as the basketball capital of the entire world this weekend. The Syracuse men’s and women’s teams both won…

It’s the Connecticut women again

The Connecticut women’s basketball team made it two straight tonight by beating Notre Dame. That earns national championships for the Huskies two nights in a row, following last night’s crown captured by the men’s team with a win over Kentucky. And it’s two national titles in a row for the Connecticut women. Let’s talk sports…