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Welcome to National Bologna Day!
National Bologna Day is dedicated to bologna, a smoked and seasoned sausage popular in sandwiches. Although it sometimes is informally spelled as baloney, it takes its name from Bologna, Italy, a city where mortadella, a pork sausage, originated. The bologna sausage derives from mortadella, and is usually made with pork or beef, but can also be made with meats such as chicken, turkey, venison, or with a combination of them, or with soy protein. Seasonings such as black pepper, coriander, celery seed, nutmeg, and allspice are added. Myrtle berries, which are an important flavoring in mortadella, are also used. In the United States, the sausage is finely ground so that fat pieces are not visible.
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Tyus Battle could be the point guard for Syracuse on Thursday (itlh.com; Patrick)
With three of their point guards still dealing with injuries, the junior could see some time at the point during the Syracuse basketball team’s exhibition game on Thursday.
Heading into the upcoming 2018-19 season, the Syracuse basketball team has a lot of things in their favor.
The Orange still have their legendary head coach leading the way, the roster is full of experience, and the team gets to play in front of some the best (if not the best) fans in all of college basketball inside the Carrier Dome.
If there is one thing that could derail Syracuse from achieving success this season though, it would be the health of the roster. The Orange have a ton of talent on their team for 2018-19, but it won’t matter if guys can’t stay healthy.
Injuries are already becoming a factor for Syracuse and they haven’t even played their first exhibition game of the season yet.
On Thursday, the Orange will be taking the court inside the Carrier Dome for an exhibition matchup against the College of St. Rose. As of Tuesday, Syracuse point guards Howard Washington, Frank Howard, and Jalen Carey are all recovering from injuries and their status for Thursday’s game is uncertain.
If none of them can play against St. Rose, junior Tyus Battle will, “most likely,“ play the point for Syracuseduring the matchup according to Syracuse.com’s Donna Ditota.
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Jamal Custis expected to play basketball, not football (DO; Liberman)
During a break in practice, high school senior Jamal Custis glanced over to Neumann-Goretti (PA) head coach Carl Arrigale. He noticed Arrigale talking to a short, white-haired man with glasses, and the conversation looked private. When he looked closer, he realized it was Southern Methodist head coach Larry Brown.
After the session, as Custis walked across the court, Arrigale hollered for Custis to come over to him, where he then introduced Brown, who was interested in having Custis come play basketball at SMU. The pair talked about the opportunity, the current Neumann-Goretti season and Custis’ beloved 2001 76ers, which Brown coached.
“It was awesome,” Custis said, “He’s a legend.”
But Custis didn’t go to SMU to play for Brown, and he didn’t go to any of the other schools that offered him a basketball scholarship. Instead, the player that had spent his entire life dreaming of being an NBA player committed to Syracuse as a wide receiver. Several schools, such as SMU, Pittsburgh and Rutgers, all offered Custis a spot on both teams. Miami even dangled that possibility in front of him after he committed to Syracuse, Arrigale said.
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If Syracuse football players played basketball, here’s what positions they would play (DO; Liberman)
Syracuse football players listed basketball as one of their favorite off the field activities. Some have illustrious backgrounds in the sport. Others rarely play at all. Over the course of the season, numerous players have provided their take on who the best basketball players are and what positions they would slot in to.
Listed below projected is a starting lineup, reserve players and team superlatives based off what the players reactions.
PG: Taj Harris
Harris said that he plans to walk onto the basketball team. When he first visited Syracuse he met with the basketball coaches as well. At Palmyra High School in New Jersey, Harris averaged over 25 points and seven rebounds per game. Harris is a high-flyer who flashes “pretty dunks,” he said.
“I’m surely all aboard playing basketball,” Harris said. “If McNabb can do (both) so can I.”
SG: Chris Fredrick
Fredrick is the team’s best shooter, said Eric Dungey. With quick release and a silky follow through, his athleticism at the cornerback position transitions onto the court to create separation. Though he isn’t the tallest player on the team, he uses his jumper to be one of the best.
SF: Trishton Jackson
The four-star transfer wide receiver from Michigan State spent much of his summer playing in the King of Kings basketball league against players like Jimmy and Buddy Boeheim, Dajuan Coleman and several other former professional basketball players. Per Syracuse.com, Jackson wants to walk on the Syracuse basketball team this season.
PF: Eric Dungey
When he was about 40 pounds lighter, SU’s signal caller could throw down windmill and 360 dunks, he said. Dungey is the toughest person to play against offensively, because he uses his size and strength to his advantage on the court.
“He’s built like a linebacker,” Jamal Custis said. “He wants to bump. He takes the football aspect and brings it to the court, trying to not let you move.”
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Audio Vault | WTLA-AM (espnsyracuse.com; radio; McNamara)
Coach Gerry McNamara joins Seth to talk about the Orange’s offseason, gives a scouting report on what we should expect from the newcomers and the team ahead of the first exhibition game on Thursday.
Longtime Giants broadcaster Hank Greenwald dies at 83 (sfchronicle.com; Jenkins)
Hank Greenwald, among the most beloved of all San Francisco Giants broadcasters, died at California Pacific Medical Center on Monday afternoon. He was 83.
Greenwald had been suffering from heart issues and kidney failure in recent months, and after an onset of bronchitis, he was taken to the hospital Saturday.
“He’d just been feeling rotten for a long time,” said his wife, Carla. “He died after valiant efforts by a fabulous medical staff.”
Known for his extensive knowledge and dry wit, Greenwald was the Giants’ lead radio announcer from 1979-86, returning in 1989 — after two season with the Yankees — through the 1996 season. He came out of retirement to do a portion of the A’s television broadcasts in 2004-05.
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“Russ Hodges did the Giants’ games on radio, Red Barber did the Dodgers and Mel Allen did the Yankees,” he said. “I could also pick up the Cardinals, the White Sox and the Pirates. That began my fascination with the voices of baseball. I’d sit in my room at night and see how many games I could find on the air. It was magic. I loved the game, and read everything I could about its history.”
Greenwald graduated from Syracuse University, known for producing many greats of the broadcasting business, in 1957. Over the years, he announced games for Syracuse football and the Syracuse Nationals of the NBA. In 1964, he moved to the Bay Area to work with Bill King broadcasting for the then-San Francisco Warriors. After calling minor-league baseball for several years, Greenwald joined the Giants in 1979 to work with Lindsey Nelson, one of his broadcast idols.
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Luke Maye, RJ Barrett named preseason to the AP All-American team - ACCSports.com (accsportsnews.com; Geisinger)
A day after releasing its preseason top 25 poll, the AP also submitted its preseason All-American team. The ACC landed two players on the team, too: Luke Maye of North Carolina (52 votes) and Duke freshman RJ Barrett (50 votes)
The other players named to the roster hail from the Big Ten — Carsen Edwards (Purdue) and Ethan Happ (Wisconsin) — the Big 12 (Dedric Lawson, Kansas) and the Mountain West Conference — Nevada’s Caleb Martin, who played for two seasons at NC State (2014-16).
The AP preseason men's All-America team: Purdue's Carsen Edwards (@Cboogie_3), North Carolina's Luke Maye, Duke's R.J. Barrett, Kansas' Dedric Lawson (@DSmoove1_2many), Nevada's Caleb Martin (@Calebmartin14) and Wisconsin's Ethan Happ (@EthanHapp22) https://t.co/V1xcyaOLOapic.twitter.com/I8eE3fjRUz
— AP Top 25 (@AP_Top25) October 23, 2018
In his first season as a full-time starter, Maye evolved beyond a solid rotation piece; he became one of the top inside-out scorers in college hoops. He averaged a double-double — 16.9 points and 10.1 rebounds — while shooting 43.1 percent on three-point attempts.
Barrett is on the opposite end of the experience spectrum from Maye, in terms of college playing time. However, the Golden Child of Canadian Basketball has some national team experience, including with the senior team, and enters college hoops as the No. 1 prospect in the 2018 class.
Others Receiving Votes
Outside of RJ Barrett and Luke Maye, three other ACC players received votes for the preseason honor: Tyus Battle (11) of Syracuse, Virginia’s Kyle Guy (8) and another Duke rookie — Zion Williamson (3).
Teel: Virginia tops a competitive ACC, but has plenty of challengers (pilotonline.com; Teel)
Seven ACC basketball teams are among the Associated Press’ preseason top 25. Four others received votes.
Translation: Good luck and Godspeed forecasting what is often the sport’s premier conference.
But since the league’s media day is Wednesday at the Charlotte Hornets’ arena, and since a preseason ballot hit my inbox Monday afternoon, let’s give it a shot.
The ACC’s ranked squads are No. 4 Duke, No. 5 Virginia, No. 8 North Carolina, No. 15 Virginia Tech, No. 16 Syracuse, No. 17 Florida State and No. 22 Clemson. Notre Dame, Louisville, Miami and North Carolina State also received votes.
Georgia Tech, Boston College, Wake Forest and Pittsburgh were the exceptions.
So here goes, with last season’s overall and ACC records in parentheses:
1. VIRGINIA (31-3, 17-1): Please excuse Cavaliers coach Tony Bennett and accompanying players Kyle Guy and Jack Salt if they break out in hives entering the same arena where eight months ago they lost to UMBC in the NCAA tournament. But with Monday’s news that Alabama transfer Braxton Key is eligible to play immediately, U.Va., led by Guy, Ty Jerome and DeAndre Hunter, are well-positioned to win their fourth regular-season title in the last six years.
2. NORTH CAROLINA (26-11, 11-7): With quality veterans and heralded freshmen, the Tar Heels have the best of both worlds in today’s college basketball. Luke Maye, Cameron Johnson and Kenny Williams headline the established hands, Nassir Little and Coby White the rookies.
3. DUKE (29-8, 13-5): Reporters picked the Blue Devils to win the regular season five times in the last eight years. They were wrong each time. Freshmen RJ Barrett, Zion Williamson, Cam Reddish and Tre Jones bring unassailable talent, but without marked improvement from a veteran — Marques Bolden? Javin DeLaurier? — first place will be elusive, especially with two games each against Virginia, Syracuse and North Carolina.
4. VIRGINIA TECH (21-12, 10-8): The Hokies’ preseason AP ranking matches the program high from 1984-85, with good reason. Justin Robinson, Ahmed Hill, Ty Outlaw, Kerry Blackshear Jr., Chris Clarke (Cape Henry) and Nickeil Alexander-Walker provide versatile and balanced offense.
5. CLEMSON (25-10, 11-7): The Tigers have advanced in consecutive NCAA tournaments only once, in 1989 and ’90. With double-figure scorers Marcquise Reed and Shelton Mitchell and defensive specialist Elijah Thomas returning from a team that reached the program’s first regional semifinal since 1997, that should change.
6. SYRACUSE (23-14, 8-10): Tyus Battle, Oshae Brissett and Frank Howard averaged a combined 48.5 points per game in 2017-18 as the Orange sneaked into the NCAA field before winning three games to reach the Sweet 16. If Syracuse improves last season’s league-worst 3-point percentage of 31.8, Selection Sunday won’t be so stressful.
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ACC holds preseason men’s basketball media day Wednesday (kansascity.com; AP)
The Atlantic Coast Conference will open the season with seven schools ranked in The Associated Press Top 25 poll and a deep well of perimeter talent.
The league holds its preseason men's basketball media day on Wednesday in Charlotte, North Carolina. That comes two days after the league had more teams than any other league in the AP preseason poll, with three of those in the top 10 in No. 4 Duke, No. 5 Virginia and No. 8 North Carolina.
Wednesday's schedule includes a full day of interviews for league players and head coaches, which includes new arrivals Chris Mack at Louisville and Jeff Capel at Pittsburgh.
The league will release media picks for preseason favorite and all-conference players on Thursday.
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2018 Virginia Basketball Countdown: The ACC in the NCAA tournament (streakingthelawn.com; Pierce)
The ACC sent nine teams to the NCAA tournament in 2017 and 2018 and the conference has the potential to be just as deep headed into the 2019 tournament. Continuing with our preseason coverage here on STL, we’re going to take a look at how the ACC shakes out in terms of potential tournament squads. Presented alphabetically in each group, we’ve broken up the conference into five tiers:
(Pretty Much) Locks:
While calling anything in the preseason a lock is pretty silly, these teams have the talent, depth, and coaching to be considered locks to make the tournament.
Duke
Zion Williamson shrugged off questions about potential NCAA investigations into his [picking up the bag], much as Duke will shrug off enough opponents to easily qualify for the tournament. Make no mistake: Williamson and RJ Barrett are legit.
North Carolina
The Heels add some excellent freshmen talent to some establish veteran leadership - a recipe for success usually for Roy Williams. They should have zero issues qualifying, whether the contend for an ACC title or not (they will).
Virginia
UVa took last year’s tournament off after winning the ACC title - that shouldn’t keep them from stifling enough opponents this year to easily qualify. Braxton Key could be the catalyst towards another dreaded No. 1 seed.
Should be In:
It’s hard to see things going too poorly for these teams in 2018-2019 - they’re most likely going to make the tournament.
Clemson
This is a bit of a gamble, but I think Brownell takes the large chunk of players that return from last year’s Sweet Sixteen squad and makes a big run in the ACC slate. The frontcourt for the Tigers has the potential to be really really good.
Florida State
I fully expect another FSU-like season out of FSU. Trent Forrest should be good enough to focus the team on and the Noles should comfortably win enough games to avoid the NIT.
Syracuse
Tyus Battle is back and freshman Jalen Carey should provide a big spark in the Orange backcourt this year. Boeheim’s squad was squarely on the bad-side of the bubble last year...until the committee selected them anyway. They should have less stress making it this year.
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Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski defends use of 'blip' regarding college basketball corruption trial (greensboro.com; Wilkerson-New)
Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski, who has faced some scrutiny for suggestions he has downplayed the importance of the corruption trial that has involved high-profile programs and big-name recruits, offered an unprompted explanation of his use of the term "blip" after tonight's exhibition game against Virginia Union:
The first part of what K had to say pic.twitter.com/x2BPFTHXU5
— Brant Wilkerson-New (@BrantGNR) October 24, 2018
"I said blip and I got in trouble. By the way, do you know what a blip is? You know what a radar is? There’s a blip, OK.
"My feeling that what’s happening is a blip on the total radar of 353 schools. It doesn't mean it’s an inconsequential blip and if I don’t know other things on the radar, why is that wrong to say that? Why is it demeaning to say that? I don’t understand that. Does that make sense? I’m not trying to defend myself, because it doesn’t make any difference and people are going to take shots.
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Preseason College Basketball Rankings: ACC Has 5 Teams in Top 13; Pac-12 Has 0 (herosports.com; Doughty)
At No. 14, Oregon is the Pac-12's highest-ranked team in the Preseason College Basketball Rankings. The ACC has five teams ranked above the Ducks.
The ACC failed to send a team to the 2018 Final Four despite having the most teams of any conference (nine). They have several teams capable of reaching the 2019 Final Four, including No. 2 Duke and No. 6 Virginia, who are among five ACC teams in the top 13.
For comparison, the fifth-ranked team for other conferences:
SEC: No. 18 Mississippi State
Big East: No. 29 Xavier
Big Ten: No. 32 Indiana
Big 12: No. 33 Texas Tech
Pac-12: No. 55 Arizona State
All five of the ACC's top-13 teams are 4-seeds or higher in Preseason Bracketology, and a sixth, No. 16 Clemson, joins Virginia Tech on the 4-line.
Here are the full Preseason Rankings, No. 1 to No. 353:
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Syracuse's Strong Hearts Cafe plans to expand and relocate, but not too far away (PS; Cazentre)
Strong Hearts Cafe, the 10-year-old restaurant that pioneered vegan dining in Syracuse, is expanding and relocating.
But it's not moving far.
Owners Joel Capolongo and Nick Ryan announced today they will move into larger space at 900 E. Fayette St., just a block or so from the location at 719 E. Genesee St. where they opened in 2008.
The move is expected to be complete by "mid 2019," Capolongo and Ryan said in a Facebook post today.
Today, vegan starters and entrees are regular items on menus throughout downtown Syracuse and into the suburbs.
The cafe will move into residential/commercial project now under development at the corner of East Fayette Street and Irving Avenue.
That project combines the redevelopment of the historic Sylvester Building with an adjacent new wing. Strong Hearts will occupy first-floor commercial space in the new wing facing Irving Avenue.
The new location, which is being built to Strong Hearts' specifications, will have twice the dining room space, and a dedicated area for take-out, the Facebook post said. Strong Hearts is also revamping its menu as part of the move.
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