Syracuse Orange
This Syracuse running back won the 1961 Heisman Trophy, becoming the first Black player to do so.
Who is Ernie Davis?
This term describes the max amount an NFL team is allowed to spend on player salaries in a season.
What is the salary cap?
With 28 total medals and 23 golds, this American swimmer is the most decorated Olympian of all time.
Who is Michael Phelps?
Hockey icon Wayne Gretzky was known by this simple, dominant nickname.
Who is "The Great One"?
In the 1989 NBA playoffs, this star buried a series-winning buzzer-beater over Craig Ehlo known simply as "The Shot."
Who is Michael Jordan?
Syracuse won the 2003 NCAA men's basketball title behind this freshman phenom, who was named the Final Four's Most Outstanding Player.
Who is Carmelo Anthony?
Starting in July 2021, the NCAA allowed college athletes to start profiting off this three-letter acronym.
What is NIL (Name, Image, and Likeness)?
This Jamaican sprinter won the Olympic 100m gold medal at three straight Games: 2008, 2012, and 2016.
Who is Usain Bolt?
Michael Jordan earned this nickname (also a shoe brand) for his gravity-defying dunks.
Who is "Air Jordan" / "His Airness"?
This golfer held all four major championship trophies at once in 2000-2001, a feat nicknamed?
What is "The Tiger Slam"
Jim Brown, Ernie Davis, and Floyd Little all wore this now-retired Syracuse football jersey number.
What is 44?
This financial company's $30 million-a-year naming-rights deal made its stadium the priciest venue-naming deal in which sport?
What is football (the NFL)?
This nickname belongs to the 1980 U.S. men's hockey team's upset win over the Soviet Union.
What is the "Miracle on Ice"?
Babe Ruth's larger-than-life power at the plate earned him this nickname.
Who is "The Sultan of Swat"?
Diego Maradona's infamous "Hand of God" goal came during this World Cup year.
What is 1986?
Beyond football, Jim Brown was also a first-team All-American at Syracuse in this sport, where many still call him the greatest ever to play it.
What is lacrosse?
A 1922 Supreme Court ruling gave this sport a unique exemption from federal antitrust law that still shapes it today.
What is baseball?
This city became the first ever to host both a Summer Olympics and a Winter Olympics.
What is Beijing?
Known for his flashy ball-handling and floppy socks, LSU/NBA guard Pete Maravich went by this nickname.
Who is "Pistol Pete"?
Down 35-3 in the 1992 AFC Wild Card game, backup QB Frank Reich led this team to the largest comeback win in NFL playoff history.
What is the Buffalo Bills?
For nearly five decades, Syracuse basketball under Jim Boeheim was famous for almost exclusively running this defensive scheme.
What is the 2-3 zone?
In 1975, arbitrator Peter Seitz's ruling in the Messersmith-McNally case gave MLB players this game-changing right.
What is free agency?
At the 1976 Montreal Olympics, this 14-year-old Romanian gymnast scored the first perfect 10 in Olympic history.
Who is Nadia Comăneci?
1920s football legend Red Grange, one of the sport's first true superstars, was known by this ghostly nickname.
Who is "The Galloping Ghost"?
Playing hurt, this Dodger hit a walk-off home run in Game 1 of the 1988 World Series, one of the sport's most iconic moments.
Who is Kirk Gibson?