Mark your calendars: the Syracuse Orange’s annual Lift for Life event will be taking place July 19 at 7 p.m. ET at Manley Field House. The event is run like a spring workout with football players participating in different events in pre-picked teams.
For those who don’t know, Lift for Life has become an annual Syracuse preseason tradition started in 2013. The goal is for student athletes to raise funds for causes adopted by chapters across the country. SU’s chapter was formed in response to one of their own overcoming a life threatening rare disease. Former SU punter Rob Long was diagnosed with anaplastic astrocytoma, a rare form of cancer, in 2010.