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On this Day in 1900 the first ‘hamburgers’ were served at Louis’ Lunch diner in New Haven, Connecticut.
Five Food Finds about Hamburgers
- The oldest fast food restaurant in the world is the White Castle franchise, which opened in 1921.
- The people of America eat more burgers out at restaurants or on the go than they do at home.
- The largest hamburger ever created was over 8,000 pounds and was cooked for a burger festival in Wisconsin.
- However, the hamburger in its current form, with ground beef and a bun, is a decidedly American creation.
- Hamburgers are made of beef, not ham, and there is much debate over whether they actually originated in Hamburg.
Former Syracuse basketball star Elijah Hughes gets invite to the NBA Combine (PS; Ditota)
Former Syracuse basketball star Elijah Hughes has received an invitation to participate in the NBA Combine.
“Very exciting,” he texted, when asked his initial response to the invite.
Hughes declared last March that he would leave Syracuse after his junior year to gauge his worth in the NBA Draft. He initially planned to test the waters and retain his college eligibility, but after hearing results from the NBA Undergraduate Advisory Committee, Hughes was all in. That committee polls NBA executives to determine whether an underclassman would likely be drafted and where in the draft his name might appear.
Hughes has retained Jordan Gertler of Excel Sports to represent him. Gertler represents a range of NBA talent, from Brandon Ingram to Kyle Guy.
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Syracuse basketball 2021 targets may reveal choices quicker than usual (itlh; Adler)
The pandemic has created recruiting limitations for Syracuse basketball targets in the 2021 class, which could lead some of them to faster decisions.
A lot of attention lately has swirled around how the novel coronavirus pandemic is affecting football, whether at the pro, college or high-school level, but recruiting by Syracuse basketball and its peers around the country as it pertains to the 2021 cycle is also proving logistically challenging.
To that end, states and school districts nationwide are beginning to take a hard look at their upcoming basketball seasons, which in turn may cause 2021 prospects to speed up their recruiting decisions or maybe even head on to private prep schools.
Zagsblog recently reported that the California Interscholastic Federation, for one, has announced that the state’s basketball term will not commence until at least March of 2021.
The Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference, whose membership of schools in the Washington, D.C., area includes St. Andrew’s Episcopal School in Potomac, Md., said on Twitter that it is planning for a winter-sports season, including hoops, that will run from January to mid-February.
Recent Syracuse basketball commit Benny Williams, a 2021 four-star small forward, is a rising senior at St. Andrew’s Episcopal School.
Undoubtedly, as record numbers of Covid-19 cases unfortunately are reported in the United States, it’s virtually a guarantee that other states will postpone or maybe even cancel their upcoming basketball campaigns.
If 2021 high-school players see their seasons delayed or nixed altogether, obviously that provides fewer opportunities for them to display their skills on the court. Who knows what will happen with the next AAU circuit.
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Syracuse Basketball: Joe Girard III, Quincy Guerrier poised for success (itlh; Adler)
Should Syracuse basketball contend for an NCAA Tournament berth this coming season, sophomores Joe Girard III and Quincy Guerrier must play critical roles.
Sophomores Joe Girard III and Quincy Guerrier are each going to have a stellar 2020-21 term for Syracuse basketball, assuming the upcoming season is played amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Okay, I know, that’s a pretty bold statement. But I’m of the mindset that you either go big with your prognostications, or you don’t prognosticate at all.
What got me thinking in this regard is a recent CBS Sports piece in which several of the media outlet’s experts discussed whom they believe will emerge as a break-out star in 2020-21.
Girard, a talented point guard, and Guerrier, a physically gifted forward, didn’t make the cut in the CBS Sports article. Unsurprisingly, no one from the Orange did, although featured in the piece is one-time Syracuse basketball target and current Oregon player Chris Duarte, as well as Casey Morsell, who suits up for fellow Atlantic Coast Conference foe Virginia.
Even though the ‘Cuse put forth a relatively pedestrian 18-14 record in the 2019-20 campaign, Syracuse basketball did end on a positive note, crushing North Carolina in the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament before the pandemic halted the sports landscape in mid-March.
Furthermore, both Girard and Guerrier performed admirably as true freshmen last year, and they should each grow in their development as sophomores.
Expectations for Girard, who averaged a ridiculous amount of points a game in high school, probably proved a tad unrealistic among ‘Cuse fanatics. He got thrust into the starting line-up early on in the season, and for the most part, he certainly did shine, finishing with averages of 12.4 points, 3.0 rebounds and 3.5 assists per contest.
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Five Strikes And You’re Out (DBR; Jacobs)
The ACC added an eighth member, shambolic Georgia Tech, in 1979-80. That same year the made-for-basketball Big East Conference was formed. Two of the seven original members of the Big East, Boston College and Syracuse, are now ACC members, along with four others who joined along the way.
In all that time, across the intervening 40 years, the ACC had only six players foul out of at least 10 games each. Only one has done it since 2001 – Syracuse big man Bourama Sidibe, who notched 10 disqualifications in 32 games in 2020.
Sidibe, a 6-10 player from Mali, committed a foul every 5.85 minutes he was on the court last season, rather limiting his effectiveness. Even so he led the Orange in blocked shots (44) and was second in steals (40), the latter an especially impressive total for a big man. Most notably Sidibe led his squad in rebounds with 7.6 per outing, evidence of aggressiveness that earned him all those blocks, steals and fouls.
Interestingly, Sidibe’s partner in the starting lineup, slender 6-10 Marek Dolezaj, racked up nine DQs last season, giving the Cuse quite a 1-2 punch in the personal foul department.
The 185-pound Dolezaj, who’ll forever be known for taking a charge in 2019 on a massively larger Zion Williamson and living to tell about it, tied a dozen other players over the past four decades with his nine disqualifications. He accrued fouls at a relatively sedate rate of one every 10.24 minutes, second-slowest among the legion of boom.
Also worth noting: Sidibe and Dolezaj, a Slovakian from Bratislava, each fouled out more times in 2020 than the combined rosters of eight other ACC teams – Clemson, FSU, Louisville, Miami, UNC, Notre Dame, Virginia and Virginia Tech.
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(stitcher.com; podcast; Locked on Syracuse)
Tyler Aki and Tim Leonard discuss where Elijah Hughes stacks up in the NBA Draft now that he has an invite to the Draft Combine. Plus, why his redshirt sophomore season may be a better indicator than his latest season for how NBA teams should evaluate him. Also, projected starting WR Cam Jordan left the Orange. What does this say about the state of the wide receiver position?
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NY Thruway: Majority of cashless tolling project underway, Exit 37 update (PS; Weaver)
The majority of the overhead scaffolding needed for New York State Thruway’s new cashless tolling system are in place, according to a Thruway spokeswoman.
Of the gantries that will span Interstate 90 in 21 places, 18 are already up. Of the 34 needed at exits, 26 are in place, spokeswoman Jennifer Givner said.
Overall, 14% of the total work needed on the $355 million project has been completed.
Another 75% of the work is underway, according to Thruway records.
The Thruway remains on track to switch to cashless tolling by the end of the year, Givner said.
Thruway drivers will still pay tolls after the new system is activated. But instead of tracking travel with tickets, the new system will use sensors and cameras to record each vehicle’s journey on the Thruway. The cashless system will charge the driver’s E-ZPass accounts or mail a toll bill to the address associated with the car’s license plate.
For now, remaining work includes installing the other gantries and affixing sensors and cameras to them. Next year, the Thruway will begin removing toll booths and realigning some entrances and exits.
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