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A Rivalry Renewed
Syracuse-Penn State was once one of the nation's biggest rivalries
By Matt Gelb
When it was all but over, Dick MacPherson sent for Ben Schwartzwalder, who watched from his seat in the Carrier Dome press box. Syracuse led the defending national champions Penn State, 41-0, in the third quarter. It was 1987, and the Orangemen were about to secure the school's most important victory since the days of Schwartzwalder, who guided Syracuse to its only national title in 1959.
Paterno led Syracuse to Pasqualoni
By Matt Gelb
If it weren't for Joe Paterno's recommendation, Paul Pasqualoni may have never spent 14 years as Syracuse head coach. In 1987, then-SU head coach Dick MacPherson called Paterno to ask him about Pasqualoni, who played for Paterno at Penn State and later served as an assistant on his staff.
Williams returns to safety
By Jared Diamond
Da'Mon Merkerson entered the weekly defensive back meeting Tuesday afternoon to a pleasant surprise. There was Bruce Williams, anxious to start dissecting Penn State's explosive offense, almost as if he had never left the Syracuse secondary. The Orange coaching staff has decided to move Williams back from wide receiver to free safety, where he has played the last two seasons.
Rocky Trail
Nana Sang-Bender used cross country to adjust to life in America
By Zach Zagger
Nana Sang-Bender was not thinking of the long-term implications of what it would be like to leave her friends, family and everything and everyone she had ever known. She was leaving her native country of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to continue her education.
Linebacker Cardwell still not sold on coming to SU next fall
By John Sutton
It is tough to talk to Raheem Cardwell on a school night. He won't answer his phone if he is eating dinner with his family or until he is finished doing his homework for the night. Once he has finished what he needs to do for the night, Cardwell, from DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville, Md.
Huskies' Locker keeps baseball hopes alive
By Didier Morais
As the reigning 2007 Pac-10 freshman of the year, Jake Locker would appear to have a bright enough football future ahead of him. But when Washington's sophomore quarterback isn't leading the Huskies' offensive arsenal, he is sharpening his baseball skills with the Bellingham Bells, an amateur summer baseball team in the West Coast Collegiate Baseball League.
