Syracuse Sports

Syracuse Sports

Brent Axe and syracuse.com staff tell stories, share opinions, interview newsmakers and interesting people who impact Syracuse and Central New York sports. Listen for "Syracuse Sports" and Axe's Syracuse football and basketball postgame shows.

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June 23, 2026 39 mins
Syracuse.com's Javon Edmonds joins Brent Axe on the latest episode of Syracuse Sports for an SU football update. Brent and Javon discuss the case of SU recruits Charlie Foulke IV and cornerback Masiia Acrey, who face felony aggravated assault charges and other charges, and how it will test the mettle of the SU coaching staff. Axe and Edmonds also discuss a big fish SU is targeting, RB Elijah Kimble from Buffal...
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Jason Benetti of NBC Sports joins Brent Axe on the latest episode of Syracuse Sports. Benetti discusses how he coordinates with having new color analysts every week on NBC's Sunday Night Baseball broadcast, becoming part of the club of notable Newhouse play-by-play broadcasters and if he still gets star struck working with Bob Costas. Brent and Jason also discuss some of the latest issues in MLB, including why there are so few t...
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It's a Axe Brent Anything episode of Syracuse Sports! Syracuse.com's Brent Axe answers questions from Syracuse Sports Insiders on realistic expectations for Syracuse football and SU basketball next season, the best wings and ice cream in Syracuse, the ideal SU lacrosse staff, what the best shows and movies to rewatch are and more! Would you like your music featured on Syracuse Sports? Email Brent at baxe@syracuse.com to find ou...
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Let's go quad box! ESPN's Anish Shroff, Paul Carcaterra and Quint Kessenich join Brent Axe to preview Syracuse-Notre Dame and the 2026 Division I men's lacrosse Final Four. The trio breaks down the best storylines, coaching, face-offs, goaltending all all the important aspects of Syracuse's matchup with Notre Dame and Princeton vs. Duke in Charlottesville. Axe also has a little fun with the ESPN broadcast crew with a lightning r...
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ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips joins Brent Axe on the latest episode of  Syracuse Sports to discuss a number of college sports issues.  Axe and Phillips discuss the ACC's dominant presence in the Men's Lacrosse Final Four and if we'll see ACC expansion in the sport anytime soon.  Axe and Phillips also discuss Syracuse's importance to the ACC, his early discussions with new SU Chancellor Mike Haynie and AD Bryan ...
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Syracuse men's lacrosse is two wins away from its first national championship since 2009, making back-to-back appearances in the Final Four for the first time since the 2008 and 2009 seasons. The Orange open up Final Four play with Notre Dame in Charlottesville. Mike Golic Jr., a former Irish football player, podcaster and big lacrosse fan joins Brent Axe on Syracuse Sports to provide the Notre Dame perspective on the matchup. ...
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The road to Charlottesville goes through Hempstead. The Syracuse University men's lacrosse team takes on North Carolina on Saturday with back-to-back Final Fours on the line.  ESPN's Quint Kessenich joins Brent Axe on Syracuse Sports to discuss how the Orange can get it done and take another step towards winning its first national championship since 2009.  Kessenich and Axe talk about the third matchup between Syrac...
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On the latest episode of Syracuse Sports, Brent Axe starts with a short commentary on whether you like NCAA Tournament expansion or not, it makes life easier for Syracuse basketball to make the Big Dance.   ESPN's Paul Carcaterra then joins the show to preview SU lacrosse vs. Yale, discuss Joey Spallina' legacy with the Orange and if that is tied to winning a championship and to preview the 2026 NCAA men's lacrosse tourname...
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ESPN's Anish Shroff joins Brent Axe on Syracuse Sports to discuss the 2026 NCAA Lacrosse tournament. Brent and Anish discuss what Syracuse lacrosse have to do to win its first national title since 2009 and what the main obstacles are that could hold it back from standing alone on Memorial Day. They also discuss why the 2026 NCAA Tournament field is so open and if the legacy of Joey Spallina with Syracuse lacrosse is tied to winn...
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Gerry McNamara built a winner in a hurry at Siena and now he intends to do the same thing at his alma mater. What lessons will he take from his time at Siena with some key ingredients including transfers Gavin Doty and Francis Folefac. AJ Pankowski of CBS6 in Albany, who covered McNamara daily in his time at Siena, joins Syracuse Sports to tell Brent Axe about how Gerry McNamara can rebuild Syracuse basketball with some of th...
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Brent Axe checks in on how Gerry McNamara is rebuilding SU basketball through the transfer portal and recruiting.  Axe evaluates the additions of seven-footer Abdramane Siby from the Serbian Pro Leagues, Garwey Dual from McNeese State, Aiden Tobiason from Temple, Gavin Doty from Siena and new commit Ryan Moesch, a local product from Central New York and Ryan Blackwell to the coaching staff.  Axe also gets some solid...
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Brent Axe recaps a busy triple-header day the JMA Dome with a lacrosse and football recap podcast.  Syracuse.com's Javon Edmonds joins the show to go over all the finer points of the SU football spring game and what SU fans can takeaway from it. Brent and Javin also discuss ways to improve the spring football experience, including it being time for college football programs to play other schools in spring game scrimmages an...
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On the latest episode of Syracuse Sports, Brent Axe and syracuse.com football writer Javon Edmonds have some fun and draft teams from the current Syracuse football roster to assemble two offenses for the annual Syracuse football spring game at the Dome. Axe and Edmonds use the draft as a way to go over some of the players and storylines that popped during SU spring ball and some names to look for at the spring game on Saturday....
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Brent Axe chats live about the additions Gerry McNamara has made to the SU roster in the transfer portal and on his coaching staff for Syracuse basketball.  Axe looks at the players that left out of the transfer and who, among any, SU would have liked to have back and at who McNamara has brought in so far from the portal.  Axe also discusses how Sadiq White's commitment to return to the Orange was  a big win fo...
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On the latest episode of Syracuse Sports, Brent Axe chats with SU booster and local business man Vinny Lobdell, who is part of a effort to raise about $4-5 million for Syracuse basketball under new head coach Gerry McNamara.  Lobdell tells Axe how McNamara's hire has galvanized boosters and how they are organizing to raise money to make Syracuse basketball more competitive in the NIL space.  Lobdell also tells Axe a...
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Brent Axe reacts to Gerry McNamara's opening press conference as Syracuse basketball head coach on a live edition of Syracuse Sports.  Win the press conference? When 2,000 people show up to your presser, you've already won. Monday's event was more like a victory party.  Axe goes over the key things McNamara said about how he intends to build Syracuse basketball back into a winner.  Our Syracuse Sports Inside...
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On the latest episode of Syracuse Sports, syracuse.com's Brent Axe and Javon Edmonds update what's been happening at Syracuse Football spring practice. Axe and Edmonds discuss how quarterback Steve Angeli has looked so far as he continues to recover from a torn achilles injury and how new transfer QB's Amari Odom, Malachi Nelson and Danny Lauter look so far. They also discuss what you've seen some players wearing triple digit j...
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Brent Axe reacts live to Syracuse basketball's 98-45 loss to UConn in the NCAA Tournament.  The conversation wasn't so much about SU's worst-ever NCAA tournament loss. Losing to UConn was inevitable. I was more about where Syracuse goes in the offseason and how Coach Felisha Legette-Jack can build on SU's 24-9.  The priority at the top of the list is to ensure Uche Izoje returns to the Syracuse roster and is paid pr...
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Brent Axe reacts to the news that Gerry McNamara appears set to take over as the new Syracuse men's basketball coach.  As Axe discusses, McNamara may turn out to be the best business decision for Syracuse basketball to raise the needed NIL funds as his hire will galvanize some donors that would like to see a return to SU's glory days.  How did Siena's near upset of No. 1 seed Duke in the NCAA Tournament fuel his cau...
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Brent Axe chats live following Syracuse basketball's 72-63 win over Iowa State in the NCAA Tournament.  The Orange got a balanced effort from Uche Izoje (23 pts), Laila Phelia (18 points), Olivia Schmitt (15 points, all 3's), Sophie Burrows (14 points after 29 minutes scoreless) and 13 rebounds from Journey Thompson.  Now Syracuse gets a shot at No. 1 seed UConn, who has knocked SU out of the NCAA Tournament 4 times...
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