Own Goal Leads To Loss For Men's Soccer

The Oswego State men's soccer team fell to 0-2 on the season and finished fourth in the Flower City Classic after suffering a 1-0 defeat Sunday at the hands of St. John Fisher (1-1). The Cardinals scored midway through the first half when Oswego inadvertently kicked the ball into their own net on a clearing attempt. This marks the second consecutive season that the Lakers have finished in last place of Rochester's annual tournament.

Sophomore goaltender Eric Kukura was kept out of action after injuring his knee in Friday's loss to Rochester. Junior Nick Liberati started in his place and made three saves.

The Lakers return to action Sept. 6 when they host Nazareth (1-1) in the 2008 home opener at Laker Field. The Golden Flyers opened their season with a third-place finish at RIT's Doug May Classic, dropping a 1-0 overtime decision to #20 Hobart (2-0) before demolishing Gallaudet (0-2) 11-1. Fourth-year Laker coach Bob Friske is 0-3 against Nazareth in his tenure at Oswego.

Volleyball Drops Two More?

The Oswego State volleyball team dropped two more matches in straight sets Saturday to finish the Oneonta Red Dragon Invitational with an 0-4 record. Potsdam (2-2) and Utica (1-3) each made quick work of the Lakers, who are just 1-7 in their last two appearances at the Red Dragon Invitational.

Standings
St. Lawrence 4-0, Union 3-1, Scranton 3-1, Potsdam 2-2, Oneonta 2-2, Clarkson 2-2, Hartwick 1-3, Utica 1-3, Oswego 0-4

UPDATE: There are conflicting reports over the final results of the weekend. Oswego State's athletic site lists the Lakers as having defeated Utica. St. Lawrence's athletics site has then listed as losing to Union today and finishing the invitational in second place. SUNY Oneonta's site lists St. Lawrence as winners in all four of their weekend matches and the Lakers as losers in all four of their weeekend matches. More to come...

Laker Volleyball Loses Six of First Seven Sets

The Oswego State volleyball team kicked off the Oneonta Red Dragon Invitational and the 2008 season with a three sets to one loss to the host team (1-1) Friday. The Lakers (0-2) followed that defeat with a straight-sets loss to St. Lawrence (2-0). Oswego looked to rebound Saturday with a game against Potsdam at 10 a.m. followed by a 12:30 p.m. match with Utica. Results from those matches have yet to be released.

Introducing Chad Javon Ocho Cinco

Yea, thats correct. The showster, mouth-running, riverdancing, endzone celebrating wide out formerly known as Chad Johnson has officially changed his legal name to Chad Javon Ocho Cinco. The Cincinati Bengals wide reciever went to a court in Florida near his Miami home and had the process finalized this week.

I had to scower the Bengals website to find this story, it was hidden on their front page, but they are acknowledging these shenanigans. However, if you were to look on their official roster posted on the team website, you will find that Mr. Ocho Cinco, is still listed as "Chad Johnson". Perhaps they should just ignore the name change all together and list him as "Ocho Psycho".



- Matt Armstrong

And They're Off

The 2008-09 Oswego State Athletics season kicked off Friday as the men's soccer team (0-1) dropped a 2-0 decision at tenth-ranked Rochester (1-0) in the first round of the Flower City Classic. Rochester outshot Oswego 21-3 in the contest. This marks the third time in four seasons that Bob Friske's Lakers have started the season with a loss to the Yellowjackets.

This is at least the sixth straight season Rochester has defeated Oswego. Sophomore Eric Kukura got the start in net for the Lakers and stopped five of six shots on net he faced. He suffered a knee injury in the game's 72nd minute and was replaced by junior Nick Liberati.

The green and gold return to action Sunday against St. John Fisher (0-1). The Cardinals were shut out 4-0 Friday by SUNYAC member Cortland (1-0). The Red Dragons will face #10 Rochester at 3 p.m. Sunday in the Flower City Championship.

8th Inning; Ya Can't Bring in Mo

Top of the eighth and Sterling is managing the bullpen again. No set up needed for this clip:


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7th Inning; Out of Sight, Out of Mind

If you're on the disabled list, you're as good as dead to The Legendary Voice of the Yankees. Sterling began to play manager in the seventh when he brought up the fact that closer Mariano Rivera has been brought in earlier than usual lately. He begins to warn that this cannot continue, when Suzyn reminds him it won't.


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Crunch Confirm Campus Center Date

The Syracuse Crunch confirmed Wednesday that they will play an exhibition game in Oswego, NY on Oct. 3 at 7 p.m.. This marks the second consecutive year that the Crunch have played a pre-season contest at the Campus Center Ice Arena.

This season, SUNY Oswego welcomes the Binghamton Senators to town to face Syracuse. Last year, the Crunch defeated Rochester 5-3 in Oswego in their final pre-season contest prior to the 2007-08 regular season. Syracuse went on to qualify for the Calder Cup playoffs for the ninth time in the franchise's 14-year history.

From SyracuseCrunch.com:

Syracuse battles the Binghamton Senators in back-to-back games on Friday, October 3 at the Oswego State Campus Center Ice Arena and Saturday, October 4 at the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena.

Tickets for the Crunch’s October 3 preseason game vs. Binghamton at the Oswego State Campus Center Ice Arena go on sale September 8 and can be purchased for $10 each at the Oswego State Box Office or by calling (315) 312-3073. The Oswego State Box Office is open Monday through Friday between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.

Photo: Jim Commentucci / The Post-Standard

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Foul Play

Little League baseball has alwasy been a sport that has held my highest regards and respect. Being a former little leaguer myself, I know full well what these kids desire, which is to play the game for the purity of it. There is no greater joy than watching the Little League World Series on ESPN. Kids full of so much talent that it's mind blowingThe fields at Williamsport, Pennsylvania allow these kids to have a platfore to showcase their talent. So where is the justification in banning a kid because he's " too good "?

I'm talking about 10 year old Jerircho Scott. Scott plays for his little league team in Conneccticut wich currently holds an 8-0 record. Impressive right? But here's the kicker, little Jericho is being told by league officials that he is no longer allowed to pitch and play baseball because he throws too hard, Scott's fatball tops out at around 40 mph. At such a young age, being able to throw the ball across the plate from the pitcher's mound is considered an accomplishment, so the fact that the boy can throw as hard as he does, with control (Scott has yet to hit a batter he's faced) might suggest that Brian Cashman may have his eye on him already.

Here's my point. The kid has talkent and that's indisputable. So why would you deny a child the opportunity to do what he loves to do? The "adults" involved in this matter should all take a back seat and let Jericho Scott play baseball. Little League isn't about you.

Matt Armstrong

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U.S. Women Advance to Soccer Final

The United States women's soccer team defeated Japan 4-2 Monday to advance to Thursday's gold medal game. We update you on this for the sole purpose of posting a picture of Hope Solo. She's kind of like a Monet, or whichever artist is was that painted portraits that looked good from far away.

She also spouted off at the mouth last year after being benched in favor of Briana Scurry in the semifinal of the World Cup. The U.S. lost that game 4-0 to Brazil. Solo voiced her displeasure with coach Greg Ryan to the media (video below) and was banished from the team before the third-place match.

Famed Sports Talk Duo Splits

Chris "Mad Dog" Russo is a free agent after WFAN New York released the veteran sports talk host from his contract Thursday. Russo had been the co-host of "Mike and the The Mad Dog" alongside Mike Francesa since September 5, 1989. The duo changed the landscape of sports talk radio with their unique, contrasting styles. The YES Network began simulcasting the show on television in 2002. The show consistently drew high ratings throughout its run and flirted with a market share of 7.0 last year.

WFAN released a statement Thursday stating they had signed Francesa to a long term contract. He will now host a show in the same time slot as "Mike and the Mad Dog". Industry sources say Russo is likely to land with Sirius XM satellite radio.

Hull, Richter, Leetch Announced For U.S. Hall

The U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame announced today that Brett Hull, Brian Leetch, and Mike Richter are among the members of the 2008 induction class. That gives us our first excuse to post this photo. Feel it, Sabes fans.

Jabbi Transfers to Binghamton

Oswego State forward Mahamoud Jabbi has transferred to Binghamton University. More to come...

Hamilton Hires D-1 Assistant

Hamiton College has finally found a replacement for retired men's hockey coach Phil Grady. The school named Norm Bazin (pictured in suit) the new skipper Saturday.

Bazin had spent the past eight seasons as an assistant coach at division I Colorado College. He was also the recruiting coordinator for the Tigers and was instrumental in bringing future first-round NHL draft pick Mark Stuart to CC.

Bazin is just the fourth head coach in Hamilton hockey history. He will lead the Continentals into the Campus Center Ice Arena on Jan. 6 when Hamilton visits the Oswego Lakers.

CardinalHockey.net Presents Rockin' Ducky

Ducky Drake is the longtime radio play-by-play announcer of Plattsburgh Cardinals hockey. He is also the host of "Behind the Bench," a weekly sports talk show with Cards coach Bob Emery. The shows are archived on the web and you can hear them by clicking on "Rockin' Ducky" at CardinalHockey.net.

Eddy Lands At Lasell

Former Oswego State field hockey and women's lacrosse coach Marushka Eddy is the new head coach for both programs at division III Lasell College in Newton, Mass. WNYO previously reported that Eddy had left the Lakers for a coaching job at another school, but the identity of that school was unknown until Lasell issued a press release this week.

Torrice Takes Castleton Jobs

Bethany Torrice has left the Oswego State women's hockey coaching staff to take a pair of coaching jobs at Castleton State in Vermont. The Spartans hired Torrice last month to head up their women's hockey and women's volleyball programs. Torrice served as an assistant to women's hockey coach Diane Dillon for the past two seasons at SUNY Oswego.

Kevin Millar Calls Edwar Ramirez 'Cute'

Interesting note to pass along from the LoHud Yankee blog:

Kevin Millar was asked whether he thought Edwar Ramirez was throwing at him.

“One hundred percent,” he said. “I was upset they threw him out of the game because he’s really good hitting. He’s a cute little fellow, he doesn’t throw that hard and he doesn’t have very good stuff. So it’s probably a good idea they threw him out, because it probably would’ve been in Monument Park.”

That’s pretty funny. What’s even funnier is that Millar is 1 for 4 against Ramirez with three K’s.