Wes has worked for Rivals.com covering the New York Knicks, as well as for Scout.com covering Syracuse athletics. Wes has also been a contributing writer for the South China Morning Post (Hong Kong), for SportsNet New York (SNY) as a news desk writer covering all of New York professional sports, and reported on the NBA and MLB for the New York Sportscene. A native of Long Island, New York, Wes graduated from Syracuse University in 2005 with a degree in journalism. Contact him at wes[at]sujuiceonline.com.
Every Tuesday over the summer, we’re going to highlight individual players on the 2012-13 Syracuse football team. This week, we’re profiling tight end Beckett Wales.
Cincinnati coach Butch Jones and company captured a share of the Big East title last year, in part by relying on quarterback Zach Collaros and running back Isaiah Pead
On a team with offensive talent such as Ryan Nassib and Marcus Sales, it was defensive tackle Jay Bromley that provided the impetus to all the points during Syracuse’s annual spring game.
Fab Melo, the Big East’s Defensive Player of the Year, missed seven games in the 2011-12 season due to academic and ineligibility issues, crippling Syracuse’s chances of returning to the Final Four for the first time since 2003.
The 2012 lacrosse team nearly had that dubious distinction this year, as it had a uneven and frustration season before getting knocked out by Duke in the tournament’s first round.