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Report: SU athletics staffer under investigation

Thu, 20 Dec 2012 02:37:34 GMT

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - The media director for Syracuse University's athletic department is no longer employed by the school and, according to a newspaper report, is being investigated by police.

Joe Frazier dead at age 67

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 14:23:44 GMT

PHILADELPHIA (WKTV) – Former boxing heavyweight champion Joe Frazier passed away Monday night in his hometown of Philadelphia. Frazier was an amateur boxing champion, Olympic Gold Medal winner and undisputed Heavyweight Champion. He possessed one of the greatest left hooks in the sport. He is enshrined in the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota. Despite all that, Joe Frazier will forever be noted in boxing history for a trilogy of fights against Muhammad Ali. The heavyweight belt was on the line in two of the three bouts, both considered among the greatest heavyweight championship fights of all time. Frazier won the first of the three, the “Fight of the Century” on March 8, 1971 at Madison Square Garden. Frazier became the first man to beat Ali in the ring.

IndyCar driver Dan Wheldon dies in wreck

Sun, 16 Oct 2011 23:59:00 GMT

LAS VEGAS (AP) - IndyCar driver Dan Wheldon has died from injuries after his car went sailing through the air during a massive 15-car wreck early in Sunday's Las Vegas Indy 300.

The last Lokomotiv hockey player passes away

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 17:46:10 GMT

MOSCOW (WKTV) – Alexander Galimov, a 26 year old defenseman for the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl hockey team of the KHL, passed away Monday at a Moscow hospital. Galimov was the only member of his team to initially survive a plane crash last Wednesday.

Tiger Woods to return to Turning Stone for Notah Begay III Foundation Challenge

Tue, 26 Apr 2011 18:05:17 GMT

VERONA, N.Y. - Notah Begay III, a four-time PGA TOUR winner, announced Tuesday some of the marquee participants in the fourth annual Notah Begay III (NB3) Foundation Challenge, slated to take place on Tuesday, July 5 at Turning Stone Resort’s Atunyote Golf Club on Oneida Indian Nation lands near Vernon.

Norwegian marathon great Grete Waitz dies at 57

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:55:46 GMT

OSLO, Norway (AP) - Grete Waitz, who won nine New York City Marathons and a silver medal at the 1984 Olympics, died Tuesday after a six-year battle with cancer, Norway's athletics federation said. She was 57.

Baseball Hall of Fame announce expansion of Father's Day events

Tue, 08 Mar 2011 22:10:06 GMT

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (WKTV) - The sun is shining and the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown is looking forward to spring.

Baseball Hall of Fame announces changes to awards for Induction Weekend

Tue, 14 Dec 2010 20:47:58 GMT

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (WKTV) - The National Baseball Hall of Fame announced some changes Tuesday for Induction Weekend next July, with a new Saturday lineup for the winners of the "Frick and Spink Awards."

Carrier Dome assists Metrodome after roof collapse

Mon, 13 Dec 2010 22:17:50 GMT

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WKTV) - Just a day after the Metrodome in Minneapolis collapsed, the Carrier Dome in Syracuse sent help.

Billy Crystal and the movie "61*" honored at The Baseball Hall of Fame

Fri, 01 Oct 2010 23:17:43 GMT

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (WKTV) - Hollywood icon Billy Crystal said Friday was the most special day of his professional career. Crystal was honored at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown for his work directing the HBO movie "61*." The ceremony was the kickoff for the Hall of Fame's 5th annual "Film Festival Weekend."