Mariah Carey's First Pitch

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-Matt Armstrong

In Memoriam: Memorial Cup

The Spokane Chiefs beat the host Kitchener Rangers 4-1 Sunday to capture their second Memorial Cup. The Memorial Cup is the most prestigious trophy in Canadian major junior hockey. Columbus draft pick Steve Mason was on the Ranger roster but did not play as he is recovering from knee surgery. Mason will likely see time in net for the Syracuse Crunch next season.

Cortland, Le Moyne Fall in Lax Championships

New York Tech defeated Le Moyne and Salisbury beat Cortland in today's NCAA Division II and III lacrosse championship games today in Foxborough, MA. Highlights to come...

Mirasty Featured on ESPN.com

ESPN.com's E-ticket features Syracuse Crunch enforcer Jon "Nasty" Mirasty this week. The article is titled "Men Who Love Goons" and delves into the world of hockey fighting. You may remember hearing Mirasty fight on WNYO airwaves when the Crunch met Rochester in an October exhibition game at the Campus Center in Oswego. The entire article can be found here. A fan video of Mirasty's Oswego fight can be found here.

ESPN.com Picks Up Paino Story

ESPN.com writer Wayne Drehs published a piece on the Oswego State Lakers baseball team today. The article touches on the accident during a recent game in which coach Frank Paino was struck in the head by a line drive. Click here for the story. Here is an excerpt:

The ballpark fell eerily silent, the only noise a wailing siren from an ambulance that couldn't arrive fast enough. Players fell to their knees. Parents and fans did the same. No one said a word, but nearly everyone feared the worst.

"I didn't think he was going to make it," said St. John Fisher pitcher Justin Lutes.

"It was a no-brainer that this could end up real bad," added Fisher coach Dan Pepicelli.

And then there was State University of New York at Oswego junior Dan Pecora. Said Pecora: "I thought I had killed my coach."

Slumpbuster?

Yankee slugger Jason Giambi has been in a slump of sorts. Many major leaguers implore numerous different tactics to help get out of this funk. Giambi rocks the gold thong.

You can imagine my reaction when I heard this watching today's New York Mets vs. New York Yankees game. Personally, I believe this to qualify as " too much information". The story gets even crazier...apparently he lends this g-string to other team mates to help them exercise those demons...According to the story published in the New York Daily News, he placed piece of paper on Yankee pitcher Mike Mussina's locker reading, "Pitchers need thongs too."

Apparently, the booty floss worked. Giambi hit a homerun off an 0-2 pitch from Johan Santana in the 8th inning.

-Matt Armstrong

Kimmel vs. Sports Guy

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Crunch-Marlies Game 7 Tonight

The Syracuse Crunch and Toronto Marlies meet in Game 7 of the North Division Championship Series tonight at 7:30 p.m. The game will be televised on Time Warner 26.

Lakers Win ECAC Upstate Title

Tom Benedetto's three-run homer to left field in the eighth inning put the Lakers in front and they went on to the championship game victory. The back-and-forth game saw the Lakers take leads of 1-0, 5-1, and 8-3 until Brockport exploded for six runs in the bottom of the fifth to take a 9-8 lead. More here...

Lakers Win Pair Without Paino

The Oswego State baseball team won a pair of games today to advance to the ECAC Tournament Championship. Their head coach, Frank Paino, was not present as he is recovering from being hit in the head by a foul ball during Thursday's game. More on this story here.

Our 500th Post: Happy Bridge Street Run

Today is Oswego's ever-popular Bridge Street Run. There will be no further posts on this day. Updating a story we ran yesterday, Laker baseball coach Frank Paino has been released from the hospital. More on that here. Enjoy BSR.

Sulking Like It's 2004

This school year marks the first since 2003-04 that the Oswego State Lakers failed to win a SUNYAC title in any team sport.

Ryan Maloney

Paino Struck By Foul Ball, Game Called

Today's baseball game between Oswego State and St. John Fisher was cut short after Laker coach Frank Paino was struck in the head by a line drive. More on the game here.

Magagna Gets The "C"

The Oswego State Lakers have selected Peter Magagna as the men's ice hockey team captain for the 2008-09 season. More to come...

Also, here are some dates from the tentatvive 2008-09 season schedule:

Oct. 18 @ Elmira

Nov. 1 Elmira

Nov. 7 @ Fredonia 7 p.m.
Nov. 8 @ Buffalo State 7 p.m.

Nov. 28 @ St. Norbert 7 p.m.
Nov. 29 @ St. Scholastica 3:30 p.m.

Dec. 5 @ Plattsburgh 7 p.m.
Dec. 6 @ Potsdam 7 p.m.

Jan. 30 Fredonia 7 p.m.
Jan. 31 Buffalo State 7 p.m.

Feb. 20 Plattsburgh 7 p.m.
Feb. 21 Potsdam 7 p.m.

Ryan Maloney

Dramatic Chipmunk

Can't really say anymore.

Posted by Pat Morgan

Cortland Sweeps SUNYAC Spring Titles

Cortland beat Buffalo State 3-1 today to win the 2008 SUNYAC Softball Championship today in Plattsburgh. Jamesville-DeWitt graduate Amanda Barnett hit a two-run home run in the third inning to plate the game-winning run. The Red Dragons went 4-1 on the weekend in the double-elimination tournament to earn an automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament for the second straight year.

Cortland also beat Brockport 12-5 in today's SUNYAC Baseball Championship in Cortland. The Dragons went 3-0 on the weekend to earn their fourth straight NCAA Tournament bid. Cortland has won 16 SUNYAC baseball titles since 1991 and 27 overall.

The Red Dragons made it a clean sweep of the weekend by claiming the SUNYAC men's and women's lacrosse titles with wins over Geneseo and Brockport respectively.

WTOP Regains Golden Pitcher With 12-4 Softball Win

The Golden Pitcher changed hands Saturday for the first time in more than a year as WTOP television topped WNYO radio 12-4 at the Lee Hall East softball field. WNYO's Loni Krauss allowed seven runs in the first inning as WTOP jumped out to an early 7-0 lead.

Benjamin Amey jumped ship this season to play for WTOP, but was not missed in the WNYO lineup as he twice failed to get the ball out of the infield. WTOP Sports Director Andrew Rohlin won in his debut as the head of Team WTOP, while WNYO Sports Director Ryan Maloney lost for the first time as head of Team WNYO and is now 2-1 in WNYO-WTOP contests.

Jackson Shelled As New Paltz Eliminates Oswego

Oswego State pitcher Michelle Jackson allowed eight runs on eight hits while walking four as New Platz beat the Lakers 8-0 in the fourth game of the SUNYAC softball tournament. The game marked the second of the day for each squad, the Red Hawks were no hit by Cortland earlier while the Lakers lost to Plattsburgh on a walk-off home run. The Lakers are now eliminated from their first-ever SUNYAC tournament.

Ryan Maloney

Cortland's Finch No-Hits New Paltz

Cortland pitcher Katie Finch has no-hit the New Paltz Red Hawks in the opening round of the SUNYAC tournament. The Red Dragons won the game 3-0 and advance to play Brockport tomorrow at 11 a.m.

The shutout was Finch's seventh of the season. She had pitched a pair of one-hit shutouts, including one against Oswego State, earlier in the year before today's no-hitter.

New Paltz will now face Oswego State today at 3 p.m. The loser of that game will be eliminated from the SUNYAC tournament.

Ryan Maloney

Walk-Off Home Run Spoils Laker Upset Bid

Laker hurler Michelle Jackson threw six shutout innings of two-hit ball, but surrendered a two-run blast in the seventh to Amy Woo as Plattsburgh topped the Lakers 2-1 in the SUNYAC tournament opener.

More to come...

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