Syracuse receiver Marcus Sales is back on the football team after serving a season-long suspension for his arrest on drug charges, coach Doug Marrone said Friday.Those charges were dropped in October, paving the way for Sales to make his return."He's on the football team," Marrone said during a news conference to discuss Syracuse's upcoming schedule. "He's enrolled in school with... [Read More]

Syracuse, NY -- Drug charges against Marcus Sales have been dropped, but the Syracuse University senior’s future with the Orange football team remains unclear. Sales, 21, whose dramatic three-touchdown performance in last year’s Pinstripe Bowl made him a favorite among wide receivers returning to this year’s team, faced multiple charges after he was arrested July 29 after police stopped a car he... [Read More]

Big East commissioner John Marinatto told Pete Thamel of the New York Times that the conference will hold Pitt and Syracuse to the 27-month period before either school can leave to join the ACC. Unless the schools can convince the conference to change its stance, they will not be able to begin participating in the ACC until June 2014. Pitt chancellor Mark Nordenberg and athletic director Steve... [Read More]

The Syracuse University football team will start its preseason without a handful of players and an assistant coach. Orange head coach Doug Marrone said he suspended senior wide receiver Marcus Sales and second-year quarterback Jonny Miller, both of whom face criminal charges in separate incidents over the past week. Marrone made the announcement at SU's media day news conference today in the... [Read More]

Marcus Sales, a senior starting wide receiver on the Syracuse University football team, is facing felony drug charges after being arrested Friday night with his brother. Sales, 21, of 362 Valley Drive, was in a car with his brother, Michael Sales Jr., 25, of the same address, when police stopped the vehicle for a traffic violation near Midland and Ballantyne avenues just before 9:45 p.m.... [Read More]

One man was stabbed this morning after a large fight broke out at a party in the 500 block of Slocum Drive on the Syracuse University campus, Syracuse police said. Police said when they responded at 1:25 a.m. they found a 19-year-old man who had been stabbed multiple times. Syracuse police have identified the victim of the stabbing as Prince-Tyson Gulley, 19. Gulley is a running back on the... [Read More]