Ernie Davis, who led Syracuse to a national championship in 1959, became the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy in 1961. Along the way, he smashed the great Jim Brown's school ...

The Syracuse Orange used to be one of the top programs in college football before having a rough patch throughout the 2000s.

The Syracuse Orange is one of the most storied programs in college football, dating back to 1889. While a National Title has ...

Jim Marshall is an original member of the infamous 1962 New York Mets, and will be honored Monday night by the organization.

Pilar Sanders attended Elmira Free Academy, the same school Elmira legend Ernie Davis attended before ... future Pro Football Hall of Famer Jim Brown, but Davis was diagnosed with leukemia and ...

Running back Ernie Davis (Heisman winner in 1961 ... needs less than 1,000 yards in 2025 to pass Jim Brown on the all-time rushing yards list. 5, Hunter doesn’t have tons of company as a ...

Davis wanted to go to the Browns because his classmate John Brown was there and would be his roommate, and because Jim Brown (no relation to John), whom Davis admired from his days at Syracuse, was ...

He brought a unique visitor to recruit Davis. “And, of course, it was really Jim Brown who pretty much closed the deal on recruiting Ernie Davis to Syracuse University,” said Dr. Roosevelt ...

Fran Brown came through at his introductory press conference like a man raised on Donovan McNabb, Ernie Davis, Jim Brown and the glory of Orangemen, because he was. A year removed from coaching ...

Actor Rob Brown, left, who plays Ernie Davis in the movie "The Express," actor Dennis Quaid, center, who played Ben Schwartzwalder, and former Syracuse football great Jim Brown, right, are seen at ...

Jim Brown, the Browns’ all-time leading rusher and holder of numerous other franchise records, passed away May 18 at age 87. Exactly 60 years earlier, Ernie Davis, the first pick of the 1962 ...