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Welcome to National Tooth Fairy Day!
National Tooth Fairy Day is dedicated to the mythical fairy who brings money or other gifts to children who have lost teeth. The loss of a first tooth can be a traumatic experience for a young child, but the promise of a gift from the tooth fairy helps make the experience something a child can look forward to. Many English speaking countries practice the tradition of the tooth fairy, in which a child usually puts their tooth in a "tooth box" and awaits the arrival of the tooth fairy when they are sleeping. The tradition started in the United States, but it is based off medieval European superstitions. In England, children were to burn their baby teeth so they wouldn't experience hardship in the afterlife, and so that witches would not find the teeth, as it was thought witches could control someone if they got their teeth. It was not until the 20th century that the modern day tooth fairy came to be, the earliest reference to the fairy being in the Chicago Daily Tribune in 1908. In 1927, Esther Watkins Arnold published her playlet The Tooth Fairy, which helped popularize the tooth fairy with children.
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Robinson on dealing with Syracuse snow, ‘legendary’ Clemson win (PS; Mink)
Alton Robinson went through the media circuit Thursday at the NFL combine in Indianapolis.
The defensive end will likely be the first Syracuse player chosen in April’s NFL draft, though projections on which round remain fluid.
That means this week’s performance in team meetings and on-field drills will influence his draft stock and be used by NFL evaluators as a supplement to his measurables and game film.
Here is a transcript from Robinson’s media session Thursday in Indy:
Q: What’s it like to be at combine?
Robinson: “It’s just been an unbelievable experience to be, like you said, here for this moment that we’ve waited for our whole lives. So it’s unbelievable.”
Q: Do you look up to Tre Flowers?
Robinson: “Without a doubt. Coming from Judson (High School) he was the big man on campus my freshman year. I remember moving up to varsity my first year and there’s a funny story about that, but looking up to Tre, I definitely did that.”
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Reimagining the broken and senseless ACC - The Pitt News (pittnews.com; Jackson)
Truly, the ACC has lost its soul.
The conference has expanded, retracted and morphed in such bizarre motions as to create a loose confederacy that can no longer even claim the very region it abbreviates — the Atlantic coast. The heart, stretching from College Park, Maryland, to Clemson, South Carolina, has failed to stay close-knit, and a lukewarm conglomerate of schools in the eastern United States has replaced it.
Surely this fact was realized by Boston College’s basketball team as it boarded planes to Coral Gables, Tallahassee and Winston-Salem this season. Pitt football players must understand that the close confines of our Steel City bear no similarities to the rural recesses of Clemson. And without a doubt, any ACC team that has ever found itself in South Bend, Indiana, knows — the ACC is broken.
Therefore, the conference must be fixed. What started as a tight-knit mid-Atlantic fraternity made up of like-minded schools must return to its roots. The errors of 2004 and 2013 must be reversed, the heartland resurrected and the delusions of Florida and Massachusetts abandoned. And the cursed symbol of the ACC’s sad depression — Notre “partial member” Dame — must be sent packing.
So without further ado, I present a more reasonable — albeit totally improbable — ACC realignment.
Coastal
Duke
North Carolina
NC State
Wake Forest
Clemson
Virginia
Atlantic
Virginia Tech
Georgia Tech
Maryland
Georgia
South Carolina
Navy
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First and foremost, the new ACC would be built with an unabashed football and basketball focus. Although it may be a snub to other, equally important, non-revenue sports, the conference was built on basketball and football, and its fans will settle for nothing less.
As a result, the new ACC would be made up of just 12 teams centered in a tighter region, as opposed to the current sprawling 15. Football teams would once again be able to play each other regularly, and basketball would remain competitive. It was never a good idea to expand to 15 teams, and any illusion to the contrary was proven false last season when UNC and Wake Forest — founding members of the conference — were required to schedule each other as non-conference teams in order to play.
By overextending, the ACC has sacrificed its spirit of close competition in favor of the conference’s insatiable greed for revenue. What was once a tight network of teams, a turbulent facilitator of rivalry, has fizzled.
Instead, the conference is united more by TV deals and ESPN contracts than competitive spirit. The consequence has been a blight of lackadaisical play in the most crucial revenue sport — since 2011, only 25 ACC teams have finished in the top-25 for football.
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ACC Network to Exclusively Carry Nine ACC Spring Football Games (theacc.com)
ACC Network to Exclusively Carry Nine ACC Spring Football Games - ESPN Press Room U.S.
ACC Network (ACCN), the 24/7 national platform dedicated to ACC sports, is the exclusive home to ACC football’s slate of spring games throughout the month of April.
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- Three Consecutive Weeks of ACC Spring Football Coverage
- Tripleheader on ACCN Saturday, April 4
- ACC Champion Clemson Spring Game Carried Live
ACC Network (ACCN), the 24/7 national platform dedicated to ACC sports, is the exclusive home to ACC football’s slate of spring games throughout the month of April.
“Nine total spring games across the conference throughout the month of April is tremendous accomplishment in ACCN’s inaugural year,” said Stacie McCollum, ESPN vice president of programming and acquisitions. “We are excited to showcase the conference champion, returning stars, and new coaches and players exclusively on the ACC Network.”
ACCN’s coverage begins Saturday, April 4, with four games, including a tripleheader beginning at 10 a.m. ET, featuring Duke, NC State and ACC Champion and College Football Playoff finalist Clemson. Boston College will play its Jay McGillis Memorial Spring Game at noon that day live on ACC Network Extra (ACCNX) and will air later on tape-delay on ACCN at 6 p.m.
Georgia Tech and Pitt will host their spring games the following weekend on Friday, April 10 and Saturday, April 11, respectively, while North Carolina, Florida State and Virginia Tech anchor an action packed three weeks of spring football on Saturday, April 18.
Announce teams and additional spring game details will be announced in the coming weeks. All spring football games on ACCN will also be available on the ESPN App.
ACC Spring Football Game Coverage on ACCN
| Date | Time (ET) | Event | Network |
| Sat, April 4 | 10 a.m. | Duke: Spring Showcase | ACCN |
| 12:30 p.m. | NC State | ACCN | |
| 2:30 p.m. | Clemson | ACCN | |
| 6 p.m. (tape delay) Noon (live) | Boston College: Jay McGillis Memorial Spring Game | ACCN/ACCNX | |
| Fri, April 10 | 7:30 p.m. | Georgia Tech | ACCN |
| Sat, April 11 | 5 p.m. | Pitt: Blue-Gold Spring Game | ACCN |
| Sat, April 18 | 3 p.m. | North Carolina | ACCN |
| 5 p.m. | Florida State: Garnet & Gold Spring Game | ACCN | |
| 10 p.m. (tape delay) | Virginia Tech | ACCN |
Miami football one of five spring games not televised by ACC Network (caneswarning.com; Rubenstein)
The Miami football spring game is one of five that will not be televised by the ACC Network according to Manny Navarro of the Athletic. The Hurricanes spring game is April 11 at Traz Powell stadium with the time yet to be announced.
The April 11 Miami football spring game will be one of five that will not be televised by the ACC Network according to Manny Navarro of The Athletic via Twitter. Navarro posted the information on Thursday afternoon. The Pittsburgh spring football game is the only other one scheduled for April 11.
There was no reason announced why the Hurricanes will not have their spring game televised. It could be a decision by the Miami football program or by the ACC Network. The Pittsburgh spring game will commence at 5 PM ET April 11. Miami is the only ACC school that has announced a date but not a time for their spring football game.
ACC Spring football games will begin with Duke on April 4 on the ACC Network at 10 AM ET. The final game currently scheduled is Florida State on April 18 at 5 PM. Louisville, Syracuse and defending ACC Coastal Division champion Virginia have yet to announced a time or date for their spring football games.
The decision not to televise the Miami football spring game seems like a curious one unless it was a decision by Manny Diaz and the athletic department to have it be more private. Miami had one of the more intriguing offseasons in the ACC for the second year in a row. Several new additions to the Hurricanes will make their debuts.
ESPN’s ACC Network will televise nine spring games. #Canes on April 11 at Traz Powell Stadium not among them.
— Manny Navarro (@Manny_Navarro) February 27, 2020
Miami fans and media will have their first look at offensive coordinator Rhett Lashlee and his up-tempo spread offense. Houston graduate transfer quarterback D’Eriq King, Temple transfer defensive end Quincy Roche and kicker Jose Borregales who beat Miami with FIU last season will be in Miami uniforms for the first time.
The complete schedule according to FBSchedules.Com lists all but Miami, Louisville, Syracuse and Virginia as having their spring games televised. It will be interesting to see what the ACC does with the Cardinals, Orange and Cavaliers when they announce the dates and times for their Spring Football games.
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College Football Now: Power 5 Conference ACC breakdown (orlandosentinel.com; video)
College Football Now talks about the Power 5 Conference. They discuss the ACC of Florida State, Clemson, Pittsburgh, Duke, North Carolina, and Miami.
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New wine and liquor store planned for Armory Square (PS; Tampone)
The owner of Alamo’s Food Market in downtown Syracuse is branching out with a second store in Armory Square.
Mike Alamo plans to open Alamo's Wine & Liquor in March. It'll be located on Walton Street, just a couple of doors down from Starbucks.
Alamo is again betting on downtown's growing residential population as a customer base. He noted the immediate downtown area lacks a full liquor store.
Alamo opened his first store in 2014. It's across from The Blue Tusk.
He was originally planning to open a bar and restaurant in Armory Square, but his landlord mentioned the neighborhood could use a grocery store. Alamo decided to listen.
Downtown's residential population has been growing rapidly in recent years as developers have transformed old or dilapidated buildings into often-pricey apartments.
The projects continue. Work is underway now on the former Nynex building near City Hall, for example.
It’s getting turned into a mix of retail space and over 200 apartments after sitting vacant since Nynex moved out in 1995.
