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LIVING LEGACY: Kiyan Anthony isn’t chasing Carmelo’s legacy — he’s building his own | The Daily Orange

By choosing to play for Syracuse, Kiyan is taking the spotlight head-on, playing for the program that kick-started his father Carmelo Anthony’s Hall of Fame career. Before practicing, he sees Carmelo’s name imprinted on SU’s facility. In the JMA Wireless Dome, Carmelo’s retired No. 15 will reign down from the rafters.

Still, Kiyan says he’s not chasing Carmelo’s legacy. He’s focusing on adding to it while building his own name.

Even through the Orange’s recent “down years,” Carmelo said he and Kiyan — a shooting guard and 247Sports’ No. 32 recruit in the 2025 class — stayed locked into the program. Now, in a pivotal season for SU as it looks to snap its longest March Madness drought in over five decades, Kiyan is tasked with helping restore the “Orange Standard” — encapsulated when Carmelo led Syracuse to its lone national championship in 2003.

“You talk about legacy, and you talk about family dynamics, you talk about passing things on down to your family, to your kids. And this is something that we passing, and we passing the baton to him,” Carmelo told The Daily Orange. “And now whatever he do with it, he do with it, and that’s on him.”

Matthew Vogt quit his college golf team and stopped competing for 7 years. His journey back to Oakmont is as unlikely as it gets | Golf Digest

Before becoming a viral sensation by sunset, Matthew Vogt sat nervously in a Denny’s in Walla Walla, Wash., at 4:45 a.m. on June 2. The 34-year-old dentist struggled to eat his big omelet before heading over to Wine Valley Golf Club for one of 10 Final Qualifiers for the 2025 U.S. Open.

Vogt was on the cusp of a potential fairy tale story, though unlikely, as just two players would advance to Oakmont Country Club, a home game for the now Indiana resident. That’s enough pressure to make any golfer nervous. But Vogt had even more of a weight on his shoulders.

He grew up 30 minutes from Oakmont, spending five seasons working there as a caddie, and where he competed in his first U.S. Amateur in 2021. If Vogt prevailed, he would compete alongside the world’s best golfers on Father’s Day weekend after losing his father to colon cancer two months prior.

LOYALTY TESTED: Adrian Autry’s Syracuse future is at a crossroads

The sad reality for Adrian Autry, working a job he calls “a dream come true,” is that the results haven’t met the expectations. In his third season at the helm, the Orange are on the brink of missing their fifth consecutive NCAA Tournament — something the program hasn’t endured in more than five decades.

Following his stout playing career before climbing the coaching staff’s ladder, Autry was entrusted to succeed Jim Boeheim and restore the “Orange Standard.” Now, barring an improbable ACC Tournament title, SU faces a defining question: Is the man who embodies Syracuse basketball still the right person to lead it?

Patience, something Jim Boeheim pleaded for in December, is required for new head coaches. But in college basketball’s new landscape, there’s more urgency than ever.

“I knew the challenges ahead, and knew it wouldn’t be easy,” Autry said during the ACC Coaches call on Feb. 23. “But this is my alma mater. I have nothing but love for this place and want the best for the place.”

ONE-AND-IMMORTAL: Carmelo Anthony’s Hall of Fame career began with transcendent SU one-and-done | The Daily Orange

As he glanced at a shirtless Carmelo Anthony, Hakim Warrick had doubts. Unlike current five-star recruits, who sometimes are bigger stars than NBA players before reaching college, Anthony’s teammates didn’t know much about him.

But based on Anthony’s status as a McDonald’s All-American and conversations with Syracuse assistant coach Troy Weaver, Warrick said he was expecting big things from his freshman teammate. That expectation briefly changed when Warrick eyed Anthony before their first practice.

“I was looking at him like, ‘Everyone’s so hype about this? This little chubby dude?’” Warrick said.

By the time the Orange finished practice that day at Archbold Gymnasium, any doubts were silenced — the 6-foot-8 forward possessed elite skill, strength and quickness. He wasn’t a normal freshman. Yet Warrick’s wildest dreams couldn’t have envisioned the transcendent campaign Anthony was about to have.

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