International Women's Day (IWD), originally called International Working Women's Day, is celebrated on March 8 every year.[2]In different regions the focus of the celebrations ranges from general celebration of respect, appreciation, and love towards woration for women's economic, political, and social achievements. Started as a Socialistpolitical event, the holiday blended the culture of many countries, primarily in Europe, especially those in the Soviet Bloc.[3] In some regions, the day lost its political flavor, and became simply an occasion for people to express their love for women in a way somewhat similar to a mixture of Mother's Dayand Valentine's Day. In other regions, however, the political and human rights theme designated by the United Nations runs strong, and political and social awareness of the struggles of women worldwide are brought out and examined in a hopeful manner. Some people celebrate the day by wearing purple ribbons.
Ernie Davis nacque il 14 dicembre del 1939 a New Salem, nello stato della Pennsylvania. Dai 14 mesi fu cresciuto dai suoi nonni materni, dato che il padre morì in un incidente e sua madre non era in grado di crescerlo da sola. A 12 anni si trasferì insieme alla madre e al patrigno ad Elmira. Lì durante il periodo della scuola eccelse in molti sport, baseball, football e basket. Frequentò l’Elmira Free Accademy.
Finiti gli anni da senior e dopo aver ottenuto vari riconoscimenti, fu reclutato da diversi college. Spronato dal suo eroe d’infanzia, il giocatore di football dei Cleveland Browns, Jim Brown. Scelse la Syracuse University dato che anche lui era stato studente lì. Nel 1961, gli Orange Syracuse vinsero il Liberty Bowl, secondo titolo dopo il Cotton Bowl, conquistato l’anno precedente grazie alle superlative prestazioni di Ernie. La strada per arrivare fin lì era stata tutt’altro che semplice, la segregazione razziale, la lotta alla libertà e ai diritti dei neri sembravano poter ostacolare la sua carriera. Nel 1960 infatti, quando aveva portato la squadra a vincere il primo campionato della sua storia battendo in finale l’Università del Texas per 23 a 14. Aveva vinto il premio di MVP come miglior giocatore della partita.
Poco prima della cerimonia, gli organizzatori informarono lo staff di Syracuse che Ernie sarebbe stato escluso dalla cena successiva alla consegna del premio, perchè riservata a tecnici e giocatori bianchi. In tutta risposta gli Orange si rifiutarono di presentarsi e disertarono l’evento.
La sua carriera universitaria si chiuse l’anno successivo, con un’altra stagione giocata su grandi livelli che gli spalancò le porte del professionismo. A rendere indimenticabili quegli anni arrivò la consegna dell’Heisman Trophy, il premio per il miglior giocatore di college in assoluto. Era la prima volta che quel trofeo veniva assegnato ad un afroamericano e questo rese Ernie ancora più famoso. Giornali, radio e tv parlavano di lui in continuazione e si contendevano le sue interviste. Lo stesso presidente degli Stati Uniti John Kennedy approfittò di una sua visita a New York per incontrarlo, nei giorni in cui Ernie si trovava lì per ritirare l’Heisman Trophy.
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Jack Coan
Monday Syracuse Football Recruiting Roundup (.com; Kelly)
There are a couple tidbits to share and rather than breaking things down into a few different posts, I figured it would be a good idea to just stuff them all into one quick update.
The first important update is the fact that, as told to Mike McAllister over at At their request, this network is being blocked from this site., high priority running back Weston Bridges has trimmed his list down to five schools: Indiana, Rutgers, Purdue, Marshall, and yes, Syracuse. We've talked about Bridges quite a bit before, and he remains one of the biggest targets at
RB for the Orange coaching staff.
At this point, my gut instinct is that Syracuse is the leader in the clubhouse for Bridges, who plays his high school ball at Copley in Ohio – the same school that produced Delone Carter, who currently sits at No. 3 in Syracuse history in rushing yards. Bridges has size and speed, and is extremely high on the Orange. I think he could be a legitimate early commitment candidate, but watch out for Indiana and Rutgers.
Meanwhile, arguably the biggest recruit in the 2017 cycle is visiting campus today and tomorrow: Jack Coan. Like Bridges, I’ve talked at length about Coan, who – along with Kasim Hill – is at the top of the quarterback recruiting board for Babers and his staff. It’s hard to tell the exact order, but it’s safe to say that right now, Coan and Hill rank at the top with Rodney Hall, Jairus Grissom, and Tommy DeVito coming in just behind them.
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Over the past few seasons, the Atlantic Coast Conference has served notice that it’s not just a basketball league anymore. Once thought to be a serious target for raiders during the recent round of conference realignment, the ACC instead expanded itself, formed a scheduling alliance with Notre Dame and gave doubters reasons for respect.
In 2013, Florida State won the league’s first national title since the Seminoles did so in 1999, taking the final BCS crown over Auburn. The Seminoles made the first College Football Playoff a year later, and this fall, Clemson was ranked No. 1 from the first CFP Top 25 poll to the national title game, before dropping a hard-fought 45-40 decision to Alabama.
The ACC plays good football, and the league has an improving list of rivalries that are meaningful on a regional and national scale. Here’s a ranking of the best ACC football rivalries. These rivalries made the list for their history as well as the significance to the league race and the national picture at large.
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Ohio State announced the first major reorganization of its athletic department in a decade on Monday, with Martin Jarmond ascending to second in command under Gene Smith.
Jarmond, the executive associate athletics director for administration, will become deputy director of athletics and chief of staff starting July 1. He will have direct oversight of external relations, finance, human resources and internal operations. Jarmond will lead day-to-day operations in the department when Smith is absent. He will continue to be the point person for scheduling nonconference football games.
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“He’s AD ready,” Smith said. “He wants to continue to grow. I’m giving him a lot of responsibility. He wants to be here a while longer.”
Jarmond, 36, was a finalist for the Syracuse athletic director job last year. His name has surfaced as a possible candidate for the Minnesota job.
“I’m sure there could be some home-run job that comes along and attracts him,” Smith said. “But he’s turned down some interview opportunities.”
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Scattered underneath Gene Mills’ desk are Asics wrestling shoes, some with a matching shoe, some without. Leaning on shelves, there are a few grappling trophies. On his desk, papers are stacked up.
But when he looked for a book, he peeled back a group of papers concealing the 75th anniversary Syracuse wrestling media guide. He found it with ease. Mills put two hands on the guide and longingly looked it up and down.
For the mats on the cover to be rolled out. For the 6,000 or so fans he said would come to watch SU’s biggest matches. For Syracuse to once again be seen by New York high school wrestlers as a destination.
SU announced the wrestling program would eventually go defunct unless it could raise $2 million in 1997. The program never quite got there. Two coaches took over in the program’s last three years. By 2001, the program had trimmed down, but still couldn’t make weight. It’s never wrestled in the 15 years since.
Wrestling is one of the few sports where all the combatants are placed on an even plane — the same weight, individual against individual. To Mills, a statute for equality, Title IX, was an excuse to cut the most equal sport.
Most of Mills’ problems have been dealt with on a mat, and he was awfully good at resolving them. He won national championships in 1979 and 1981 and holds the NCAA record for pins with 107. But having his only chance at a gold medal taken away and having a friend killed have prepared him better than any challenger on the mat ever could for a battle he will have to fight to the bitter end:
Ah Viterbo, Italy. Who would think this burg about an hour north of Rome would have an article on Ernie Davis. Anyone been there??? Well I spent a week there a couple of years ago doing hiking /sightseeing. Although little known and off the main tourist trail, it actually has a lot to offer in the way of toursism.
Ah Viterbo, Italy. Who would think this burg about an hour north of Rome would have an article on Ernie Davis. Anyone been there??? Well I spent a week there a couple of years ago doing hiking /sightseeing. Although little known and off the main tourist trail, it actually has a lot to offer in the way of toursism.
International Women's Day (IWD), originally called International Working Women's Day, is celebrated on March 8 every year.[2]In different regions the focus of the celebrations ranges from general celebration of respect, appreciation, and love towards woration for women's economic, political, and social achievements. Started as a Socialistpolitical event, the holiday blended the culture of many countries, primarily in Europe, especially those in the Soviet Bloc.[3] In some regions, the day lost its political flavor, and became simply an occasion for people to express their love for women in a way somewhat similar to a mixture of Mother's Dayand Valentine's Day. In other regions, however, the political and human rights theme designated by the United Nations runs strong, and political and social awareness of the struggles of women worldwide are brought out and examined in a hopeful manner. Some people celebrate the day by wearing purple ribbons.
Ernie Davis nacque il 14 dicembre del 1939 a New Salem, nello stato della Pennsylvania. Dai 14 mesi fu cresciuto dai suoi nonni materni, dato che il padre morì in un incidente e sua madre non era in grado di crescerlo da sola. A 12 anni si trasferì insieme alla madre e al patrigno ad Elmira. Lì durante il periodo della scuola eccelse in molti sport, baseball, football e basket. Frequentò l’Elmira Free Accademy.
Finiti gli anni da senior e dopo aver ottenuto vari riconoscimenti, fu reclutato da diversi college. Spronato dal suo eroe d’infanzia, il giocatore di football dei Cleveland Browns, Jim Brown. Scelse la Syracuse University dato che anche lui era stato studente lì. Nel 1961, gli Orange Syracuse vinsero il Liberty Bowl, secondo titolo dopo il Cotton Bowl, conquistato l’anno precedente grazie alle superlative prestazioni di Ernie. La strada per arrivare fin lì era stata tutt’altro che semplice, la segregazione razziale, la lotta alla libertà e ai diritti dei neri sembravano poter ostacolare la sua carriera. Nel 1960 infatti, quando aveva portato la squadra a vincere il primo campionato della sua storia battendo in finale l’Università del Texas per 23 a 14. Aveva vinto il premio di MVP come miglior giocatore della partita.
Poco prima della cerimonia, gli organizzatori informarono lo staff di Syracuse che Ernie sarebbe stato escluso dalla cena successiva alla consegna del premio, perchè riservata a tecnici e giocatori bianchi. In tutta risposta gli Orange si rifiutarono di presentarsi e disertarono l’evento.
La sua carriera universitaria si chiuse l’anno successivo, con un’altra stagione giocata su grandi livelli che gli spalancò le porte del professionismo. A rendere indimenticabili quegli anni arrivò la consegna dell’Heisman Trophy, il premio per il miglior giocatore di college in assoluto. Era la prima volta che quel trofeo veniva assegnato ad un afroamericano e questo rese Ernie ancora più famoso. Giornali, radio e tv parlavano di lui in continuazione e si contendevano le sue interviste. Lo stesso presidente degli Stati Uniti John Kennedy approfittò di una sua visita a New York per incontrarlo, nei giorni in cui Ernie si trovava lì per ritirare l’Heisman Trophy.
...
Jack Coan
Monday Syracuse Football Recruiting Roundup (.com; Kelly)
There are a couple tidbits to share and rather than breaking things down into a few different posts, I figured it would be a good idea to just stuff them all into one quick update.
The first important update is the fact that, as told to Mike M over at At their request, this network is being blocked from this site., high priority running back Weston Bridges has trimmed his list down to five schools: Indiana, Rutgers, Purdue, Marshall, and yes, Syracuse. We've talked about Bridges quite a bit before, and he remains one of the biggest targets at
RB for the Orange coaching staff.
At this point, my gut instinct is that Syracuse is the leader in the clubhouse for Bridges, who plays his high school ball at Copley in Ohio – the same school that produced Delone Carter, who currently sits at No. 3 in Syracuse history in rushing yards. Bridges has size and speed, and is extremely high on the Orange. I think he could be a legitimate early commitment candidate, but watch out for Indiana and Rutgers.
Meanwhile, arguably the biggest recruit in the 2017 cycle is visiting campus today and tomorrow: Jack Coan. Like Bridges, I’ve talked at length about Coan, who – along with Kasim Hill – is at the top of the quarterback recruiting board for Babers and his staff. It’s hard to tell the exact order, but it’s safe to say that right now, Coan and Hill rank at the top with Rodney Hall, Jairus Grissom, and Tommy DeVito coming in just behind them.
...
Over the past few seasons, the Atlantic Coast Conference has served notice that it’s not just a basketball league anymore. Once thought to be a serious target for raiders during the recent round of conference realignment, the ACC instead expanded itself, formed a scheduling alliance with Notre Dame and gave doubters reasons for respect.
In 2013, Florida State won the league’s first national title since the Seminoles did so in 1999, taking the final BCS crown over Auburn. The Seminoles made the first College Football Playoff a year later, and this fall, Clemson was ranked No. 1 from the first CFP Top 25 poll to the national title game, before dropping a hard-fought 45-40 decision to Alabama.
The ACC plays good football, and the league has an improving list of rivalries that are meaningful on a regional and national scale. Here’s a ranking of the best ACC football rivalries. These rivalries made the list for their history as well as the significance to the league race and the national picture at large.
...
Ohio State announced the first major reorganization of its athletic department in a decade on Monday, with Martin Jarmond ascending to second in command under Gene Smith.
Jarmond, the executive associate athletics director for administration, will become deputy director of athletics and chief of staff starting July 1. He will have direct oversight of external relations, finance, human resources and internal operations. Jarmond will lead day-to-day operations in the department when Smith is absent. He will continue to be the point person for scheduling nonconference football games.
>> Keep up with BuckeyeXtra on Facebook and Twitter
“He’s AD ready,” Smith said. “He wants to continue to grow. I’m giving him a lot of responsibility. He wants to be here a while longer.”
Jarmond, 36, was a finalist for the Syracuse athletic director job last year. His name has surfaced as a possible candidate for the Minnesota job.
“I’m sure there could be some home-run job that comes along and attracts him,” Smith said. “But he’s turned down some interview opportunities.”
...
Scattered underneath Gene Mills’ desk are Asics wrestling shoes, some with a matching shoe, some without. Leaning on shelves, there are a few grappling trophies. On his desk, papers are stacked up.
But when he looked for a book, he peeled back a group of papers concealing the 75th anniversary Syracuse wrestling media guide. He found it with ease. Mills put two hands on the guide and longingly looked it up and down.
For the mats on the cover to be rolled out. For the 6,000 or so fans he said would come to watch SU’s biggest matches. For Syracuse to once again be seen by New York high school wrestlers as a destination.
SU announced the wrestling program would eventually go defunct unless it could raise $2 million in 1997. The program never quite got there. Two coaches took over in the program’s last three years. By 2001, the program had trimmed down, but still couldn’t make weight. It’s never wrestled in the 15 years since.
Wrestling is one of the few sports where all the combatants are placed on an even plane — the same weight, individual against individual. To Mills, a statute for equality, Title IX, was an excuse to cut the most equal sport.
Most of Mills’ problems have been dealt with on a mat, and he was awfully good at resolving them. He won national championships in 1979 and 1981 and holds the NCAA record for pins with 107. But having his only chance at a gold medal taken away and having a friend killed have prepared him better than any challenger on the mat ever could for a battle he will have to fight to the bitter end:
