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• Can Carmelo live up to what he wished for?

  MIAMI -- This is where he wanted to be, long before he ever put on a Knicks jersey.Stuck in the Rocky Mountains , Carmelo Anthony dreamed of riding through the Canyon of Heroes. He dreamed of being a star on the world's biggest stage, of leaving Denver f   Read more »

• Syracuse's Rakeem Christmas passing Boeheim's physical

  Rakeem Christmas was a few days from his first Christmas as a collegian when Jim Boeheim described him in a way that has stuck to the Syracuse freshman ever since.After scoring 10 points -- still his collegiate high -- in a victory over Bucknell, his coa   Read more »

• Jim Boeheim feeling neither fab nor mellow

  PITTSBURGH - For most of its nearly four decades under Jim Boeheim , the Syracuse basketball program has held a benign place in the minds of college basketball fans.Sure, the coach has a famously sour puss, but the mascot is as cute as they come, that or   Read more »

• Syracuse's Fab Melo ineligible for March Madness

  SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Syracuse sophomore center Fab Melo has been ruled ineligible for the NCAA tournament, another shot in a season full of them for the Orange.The university announced Tuesday that the 7-foot Brazilian did not travel with the team to Pittsb   Read more »

• Big East tournament: A primer

  Defending national champion Connecticut (18-12) is right back where it was a year ago as the ninth seed opening Big East Tournament play against DePaul (12-18) at noon Tuesday at Madison Square Garden. But without departed Kemba Walker, there's no chance   Read more »

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• Syracuse basketball coach Jim Boeheim keeps working for cancer breakthrough

  Dennis Nett/The Post-StandardJULI BOEHEIM has a laugh Saturday at husband Jim's expense at the Jim and Juli Boeheim Foundation fundraiser last month. About 750 people attended, including the 2011-2012 basketball team. The event was held at the Turning St   from Syracuse.com Read more »

• Syracuse Basketball: 7 Reasons the 2012-13 Orange Are Final-Four Bound

  Jim Boeheim will win his 900th game this season and pass Bobby Knight for second place in all-time coaching wins. In spite of all the negative attention caused by the Bernie Fine situation, Coach Boeheim led the Orange to the best regular season in schoo   from Bleacher Report Read more »

• Judge made wrong call in Boeheim case

  To the Editor: Judge Brian DeJoseph's dismissal of the case against Syracuse University head basketball coach Jim Boeheim was just too easy. The judge's decision was not balanced against the circumstances of the case: Charges of child sexual abuse agains   from Syracuse.com Read more »

• Jim Boeheim's Syracuse University Fantasy Basketball Camp ready for 2nd run

  Syracuse University coach Jim Boeheim served as a counselor at many fantasy basketball camps, including Michael Jordan’s camp in Las Vegas, before finally deciding to hold a fantasy camp of his own last summer. The camp brought in 35 campers; all at leas   from Syracuse.com Read more »

• Scouts impressed by Dion Waiters - Dion Waiters (G) College Player

  A number of NBA scouts tell ESPN.com that Syracuse sophomore SG Dion Waiters is "the real sleeper in this draft." Waiters is not on the public radar because he clashed badly with Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim last season. "He played no defense last year. No   from Rotoworld.com Read more »