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Welcome to Daniel Boone Day!
On June 7, 1769, frontiersman Daniel Boone first saw the forests and valleys of present-day Kentucky. For more than a century, the Kentucky Historical Society has celebrated June 7 as "Boone Day."
Born on November 2, 1734, in Berks County, Pennsylvania, Daniel Boone spent much of his youth hunting and trapping on the North Carolina frontier.* By the late 1760s, Boone had ventured into the Cumberland Gap region, which was little known to whites. Although the westward opening in the Appalachian Mountains had been identified by Virginian explorer Thomas Walker in 1750, the French and Indian War discouraged exploration and settlement of the Kentucky territory. After the war, lacking the manpower or resources to protect their empire's trans-Appalachian frontier, the British prohibited westward migration. Boone was among the many settlers who ignored the Crown's ban.
In 1775, Boone worked with Richard Henderson's Transylvania Company to establish a trail through the Cumberland Gap. With some thirty associates, he constructed the Wilderness Road, which soon became white settlers' primary route to the West. Just months after its completion, Boone's wife and daughters traveled the new thoroughfare to the new settlement of Boonesborough, becoming the first Anglo-American women to settle in Kentucky.
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2016 NBA Draft: Five second round steals who could serve as valuable role players (cbssports.com; Vecenie)
Over the last five years, the NBA Draft's second round has become an invaluable resource for acquiring good players on long-term cheap contracts. One only has to look at 2011 for Isaiah Thomas and Chandler Parsons, 2012 for Draymond Green, 2013 for Allen Crabbe, 2014 for Nikola Jokic, and 2015 for Norman Powell.
This season is going to be no different, and in fact the second round may even be looked at in an even stronger light. With the NBA's salary cap rising and the draft salary structure staying the same, hitting in the second round has become one of the most profitable things an NBA team can do from an asset collection standpoint. The 2016 NBA Draft, in particular, has created a confluence of events that could make it even better than expected.
While this draft's first round is widely viewed in a negative light -- with the value of players being down across the board until you get to around the No. 25 spot or so -- the second round is mostly seen as being more solid than normal. In fact, realistically, there's not much difference on my board in the players ranked around No. 25 and No. 50. That's going to make this draft just an absolute mess to deal with. Around the league, the feeling is that it makes sense to just go get the guy you trust or like regardless of where his consensus value is. A "reach" in this draft isn't going to be the same as one in other drafts. Simply put, the value proposition is different.
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Report: 5-star hoops recruit will skip Arizona for overseas, sign endorsement deal (PS; Axe)
A five-star basketball recruit may skip the college game entirely and head for a pro contract overseas.
247Sports reports that Terrance Ferguson is expected to play overseas rather than enrolling at Arizona as a freshman.
ESPN's Fran Fraschilla reports Ferguson could end up in Australia.
Can't confirm yet but hearing 5-star recruit, Terrance Ferguson, may end up in Australia. Adelaide is team I've heard.
— Fran Fraschilla (@franfraschilla) June 6, 2016
Jerry Meyer reports that an endorsement deal could be in Ferguson's future.
"Ferguson, an athletic 6-foot-7 sharpshooter who ranked No. 16 in the 247Sports Composite as a member of the 2016 class, is also expected to sign a deal Under Armour, per a source. Ferguson's travel team was sponsored by Under Armour.
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Carrier Dome, Hall of Languages: Syracuse University from above (video) (PS; Collins)
Long before Syracuse University became synonymous with prestigious alumni and great basketball, in 1871 its very first students attended classes on the top floors of a commercial building named Myers Block in downtown Syracuse.
In 1873, the Hall of Languages College of Liberal Arts was dedicated. According to the Syracuse University Archives, the building was designed by architect Horatio Nelson White and constructed by local stone masons Randall and Nesdal using Onondaga Limestone. The Hall of Languages was the first building on campus and remains one of the most recognizable.
Syracuse University's Crouse College of Fine Arts, dedicated in 1889.325 productions
The Syracuse University campus grew steadily in the decades that followed. Crouse College of Fine Arts, designed in Romanesque Revival style with Gothic details, was dedicated in 1889. Originally named John Crouse Memorial College for Women, Crouse College was funded by Syracuse University trustee John Crouse and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The main, urban campus of Syracuse University now occupies 270-acres in Syracuse and includes the Carrier Dome, Hendricks Chapel, the Newhouse Communications Centers and dozens of other impressive buildings.
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