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National Bacon Lover's Day is dedicated to the popular treat cut from the meat of a pig. In the United States, bacon refers to meat from the belly of the pig, known as the pork belly. Bacon from the loin is called Canadian bacon. To make bacon, the pork is cured using salt, and is then dried, boiled, or smoked. The smoking of bacon is often done with hickory, mesquite, or maple wood, and flavors such as brown sugar or maple may be added. More often than not, bacon is pan fried, and it is popular as a breakfast food, in sandwiches like the BLT or club sandwich, as a complement to salads, and in wrapping other foods. "Bacon mania" has swept the United States and Canada since the late 1990's, where there has been a great increase in the amount of bacon being eaten, and in the amount of new bacon recipes. The high sodium and nitrate content of bacon that lower its health benefits has not seemed to much slow down the bacon craze.
National Bacon Lover's Day is being observed today!
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Jim Boeheim says not to be fooled by Italy results: “We have a long way to go.” (PS; Ditota)
The game had ended and in an ancient hallway in a stifling gym, Jim Boeheim spent a few minutes engaging with Italian reporters. He praised Italy and its alluring destination cities. He talked about the wonderful sights his team had experienced.
But then, when left alone with a Syracuse reporter, the Syracuse basketball coach wanted to make one thing crystal clear.
The trip had been something of a basketball mirage, he said. He compared the teams the Orange played to the level of a Division II Le Moyne College. He did not want to leave the impression that his team this season would be anything close to the squad that dominated these rag-tag Italian teams, most of them either scrabbling together personnel for the purposes of playing the Orange or littered with young prospects.
“Any conclusion drawn from anything that’s happened here is completely false,” he said. “You should take nothing from these wins.”
He relented after a couple questions. Surely, some preliminary conclusions could be drawn from what happened here.
Boeheim had spent the week praising the passing and playmaking abilities of his new team. He liked what he’d seen from his presumptive leading scorer, Elijah Hughes, “who showed he’s ready to lead, ready to make the big plays.” He appreciated the play of all his guards, all of whom will compete for playing time. He kept talking about the apparent physical health of Bourama Sidibe, who moved with astonishing quickness and grace after two years of knee soreness. He spoke of the obvious physical gifts of Quincy Guerrier. He liked the aggressiveness, the expansiveness, of the zone.
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Dior Johnson looking to visit Syracuse basketball; Marek Dolezaj could start this year; more (PS; Burrows)
Today’s Orange Roundup is led by Dior Johnson, the No. 19-ranked recruit for 2022, and his high interest in Syracuse basketball.
Johnson, a 6-foot-3 combo guard, spoke with NunesMagician on Sunday after the SLAM Summer Classic in New York City – the same spot where Andre Jackson displayed some vicious dunks – and says he hopes to visit Jim Boeheim and the Orange sometime this fall.
“I definitely like Syracuse, I’m definitely going to get an official too,” Johnson told Nunes. “That’s going to be one of my first (visits), probably in September."
Johnson noted that SU has been recruiting him for a long, long time – since middle school, actually – and that Gerry McNamara has been the primary recruiter.
“I’ve been talking with G-Mac and Boeheim since I was in seventh grade. I like Syracuse,” Johnson said.
Syracuse basketball assistant coach Allen Griffin joined Steve Infanti on “Orange Nation” to talk about the team’s trip to Italy and noted that forward Marek Dolezaj could see the starting lineup more this season.
Dolezaj has been a star for the Orange off the bench and Griffin says it would make sense for him to start, but it isn’t guaranteed with freshman Quincy Guerrier also in the mix.
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Jim Boeheim in Italy: See photos of the Syracuse basketball coach's trip (PS; photos; Staff)
The Syracuse basketball team finished its 10-day, four-game trip to Italy with a 4-0 record, but the trip was about way more than just basketball.
The team took tours of Venice, Florence, Rome and more between games, and head coach Jim Boeheim took it all in, too.
The team stayed at an island hotel in Venice, took a walking tour of Florence -- some, including Boeheim, climbed all 463 steps at the Duomo -- and enjoyed lunch in Rome to cap it off.
From tours to basketball, there were plenty of photo opportunities.
Scroll below to see photos of the coach on and off the court on the team's trip.
Syracuse's Tour of Italy in three words: Chemistry, Camaraderie and Construction (cnycentral.com; Hauswirth)
It's quite unbelievable how far American Division-I college basketball programs have come.
These days, teams across the country are taking trips overseas during the summer, hoping to gain a sense of togetherness while also sight-seeing a new region of the globe.
The Syracuse University men's basketball team has not been overseas all that often. In fact, this is only the fourth time under Jim Boeheim's 40-plus year reign that he's taken a team overseas during the summer.
The impact of this trip is yet to be seen, but from an outsiders perspective, it seems as though the Orange squeezed every drop out of it.
Syracuse was not the only program to hop on a plane this summer, though.
Several other Division-I college basketball programs have also ventured away from home, including a total of 20 other programs making the trip to Italy as well, such as Pittsburgh, Miami and Baylor, among others.
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Allen Griffin talks SU basketball’s trip to Italy (localsyr.com; radio; Infanti)
On the radio version of “Orange Nation,” Steve Infanti spoke with Syracuse University men’s assistant basketball coach Allen Grifin about the team’s trip to Italy. Click above to hear the interview.
On The Block On Demand 8-19 (espnsyracuse.com; radio; Axe)
Brent is back from vacation and he’s diving right into Syracuse football camp talk. Later, he recaps the Syracuse basketball trip to Italy with his biggest takeaways from the Orange’s games.
The ACC Network Is Almost Here (DBR; King)
The ACC Network starts on Thursday, believe it or not, and after some introductory stuff, the first piece of original programming will be “The Class That Saved Coach K,” which will start at 9:00.
Most of us focus on revenue sports but women’s soccer will get a big boost as will other Olympic sports.
First football game is Thursday the 29th as Georgia Tech takes on defending national champion Clemson. Gametime is at 8:00 pm.
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Construction begins on downtown food market, grocery (PS; Eisenstadt)
Construction is beginning on a new, four-story building that will bring a food hall, apartments and a grocery store to the troubled downtown corner.
The Allyn Family Foundation and the Syracuse Urban Partnership broke ground on the $25 million project this morning.
The building, already named Salt City Market, will include a 10-stall food hall staffed by local chefs. A competition has been ongoing to showcase interested chefs and choose the winners.
The building will include a 2,100-square-foot grocery store. The developers have an agreement with an operator for the store, but will not announce that business until October. The market also will be a new, second location for Salt City Coffee, a local business owned by Aaron and Maria Methe. In the afternoons and evenings, the coffee shop will transition into a bar, developers said.
Salt City Market will rise from a parking lot at 484 S. Salina St. that has long been regarded as a problem spot for drugs and fights. It’s across the street from the redeveloped Hotel Syracuse.
The food hall will be run by Adam Sudmann, formerly of My Lucky Tummy. Sudmann is mining local talent to find the chefs who will fill the 10 market stalls.
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