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Welcome to National Grand Marnier Day!
National Grand Marnier Day is observed annually on July 14th. An 1880s French invention by Alexandre Marnier-Lapostolle, Grand Marnier adds a splash of orange liquor to mix drinks or desserts. Also enjoyed neat, this cognac concoction blended one of the most expensive fruits of the time with a strong spirit. The result was truly grand.
Grand Marnier is used in a long list of desserts including liquor cream buns, Yule log, cranberry sauce, Crepes Suzette and Grand Marnier souffle creme brulee’. Grand Marnier is also used in the sauce of the roasted duck dish, “Canard a l’Orange”.
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Syracuse Basketball Recruiting: Orange Interested in Jose Alvarado (TNIAAM; Szuba)
Syracuse is showing interest in 2017 guard Jose Alvarado. Now watch him whip...
The Syracuse Orange are gearing up for a huge 2017 recruiting class. It continues to seek prospects to build two years down the road. More recently Syracuse has shown interest in 2017 point guard Jose Alvarado, according to Ben Sigel.
Alvarado is a six-foot point guard currently on the summer circuit with the NY Rens, the same club that targets Hamidou Diallo and Jordan Tucker play for. Alvarado attends Christ the King Regional High School and has already been offered by St. John's, Seton Hall, Iona, Indiana, Rutger, Georgia Tech and VCU. Manhattan was the first to offer him.
Alvarado is noted as a savvy, physical guard who likes to dig in on the defensive end. "I'm not taking anything away from him," Alvarado told the NY Daily News after holding Stony Brook commit Michael Almonacy to four points early last basketball season. "But it's just my game, I'm a defensive player."
Syracuse has yet to offer the guard, but it looks like Gerry McNamara will be Alvarado's primary recruiter should the Orange continue to pursue him. "Coach Gerry Mac called earlier today," Alvarado told Sigel. "He talked about how they love my game and they are going to be around. If I get an offer, I definitely would think about taking a visit. My recruitment is pretty wide open right now. Hopefully I get the offer."
Should Syracuse offer Alvarado, he would mark the sixteenth offer to the 2017 class. Syracuse has yet to pick up a commitment from that class but it's still early in the ball game. We're not even halfway through the biggest basketball recruiting month.
Watch some of Alvarado's highlights against James Southerland's former high school below.
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Syracuse Basketball: Jim Boeheim Among Least Cautious Coaches With Foul Trouble (TNIAAM; Cassillo)
Maybe you thought this, but now there's data to back it up.
Syracuse Orange basketball coach Jim Boeheim is atypical for many, many reasons. Today, we have the data to add another one to that list.
According to KenPom, Boeheim is among the country's least cautious coaches, at least when it comes to keeping a player on the floor with two fouls in the first half.
The study looked at all coaches who've put in at least a season of work since 2009-10, measuring how many minutes players had two fouls in the first half, how many minutes those players saw the floor, and then the resulting percentage. As it turns out, Boeheim was fourth overall in terms of least cautious tactics in these situations. He kept players on the floor with two fouls 49.1 percent of the time (810 out of a possible 1,651 minutes).
Just three coaches in the country were ahead of Boeheim: Western Carolina's Ron Hunter (55.7 percent), UL-Monroe's Keith Richard (52.8 percent) and Georgia State's Ron Hunter (49.2 percent). Interestingly, of the top 10 coaches, Boeheim was also the only power conference coach. The only other power conference coach in the top 20 is Notre Dame's Mike Brey. New Vanderbilt coach Bryce Drew is also there, but was at Valparaiso until a couple months ago.
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Former Syracuse great Vaughn Harper: The most overlooked player in Syracuse history (PS; Waters)
Vaughn Harper, who passed away on Saturday at the age of 71, might be the most underrated and overlooked player in Syracuse University basketball history.
Harper played at Syracuse from 1965 to 1968 in an era when freshmen were not allowed to play on varsity teams. In his three-year collegiate career, Harper led Syracuse in rebounding twice and scoring once.
When his career ended after the 1967-68 season, he was the school's second all-time leading rebounder behind only Jon Cincebox. He was also just the eighth player in school history to reach the 1,000-point plateau. He and George Hicker were the first Syracuse teammates to reach 1,000 points in the same year.
Harper and other players of his era played in the ever-lasting shadow of Syracuse great Dave Bing. Bing set the bar so high that the accomplishments of those who followed immediately after him seemed to pale in comparison.
"I guess what Vaughn did kind of gets lost,'' Sam Penceal, who played with both Bing and Harper at Syracuse, said. "The limelight was not shined on him the way it was on Dave. He didn't get a whole lot of publicity, but he was a tremendous talent.''
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New Syracuse AD John Wildhack Says Scholarships Are Fine For Student-Athletes (TNIAAM; Keeley)
The new athletic director thinks the full cost of attendance and free education are plenty compensation for student-athletes.
Now that the dust is beginning to settle and John Wildhack is getting acclimated with his new role as athletic director for the Syracuse Orange, we're going to be looking to him to see where he stands on important issues that affect student-athletes and college athletics at-large.
One of the biggest issues surrounding the sport is whether or not student-athletes are being fairly compensated. He's planting his flag firmly on #TeamScholarshipsAreEnough.
"I think the fact that athletes get four years, sometimes five years, and they get an unbelievable world-class education and then with some things the NCAA has implemented with full cost-of-attendance and everything it's an unbelievable opportunity for young 18 and 19-year-old people. If they take advantage of it, they can leave Syracuse incredibly well equipped to have success in whatever they choose."
I admit I feel one of my head cocking slightly while reading that. Mostly because Wildhack is coming from ESPN where the network has made billions of dollars on the backs of college athletes, many of whom never played professionally and some of whom struggled after graduating. But, that's just me.
Chris Carlson also asked if players should be allowed to leverge their popularity to make extra money while in school.
"I think that's unlikely. Part of that's going to be the NCAA controlling decisions made. I think full cost of attendance, a world-class education, it's an incredible, incredible opportunity. An incredibly opportunity for them. As much as I respect Jay (Bilas) we're probably in different spots on this one."
Personally-speaking, I think the full cost of attendance argument made sense in 1936 but not 2016, but it's an argument that's sure to keep going for a long time. Probably for as long as they play college football and basketball.
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Breanna Stewart Wins Best Female Athlete At ESPY Awards (courant.com; Altavilla)
Breanna Stewart was selected as the Best Female Athlete during ESPN's annual ESPY Awards in Los Angeles on Wednesday night.
Also in the category were WNBA MVP Elena Delle Donne, swimmer Katie Ledecky, and world-leading gymnast Simone Biles.
Stewart is currently starring as a rookie for the WNBA's Seattle Storm after being the first player selected in the 2016 draft.
"I'd like to thank my fans, my family, UConn, my coaches and all my teammates," Stewart said upon receiving the award. "I'd also like to thank ESPN and the media. During my time in college, I received much media attention. I am grateful for that.
"But now that I am in the WNBA, playing with other amazing female athletes, I'm trying to understand why we, as professional female athletes, don't receive anywhere near the fame. This has to change."
