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Welcome to International Safety Pin Day!
"Ouch!" is not an expression that you'll hear today, thanks to Walter Hunt, who created the safety pin. As one story goes, Hunt, a prolific inventor, needed to pay off a $15 debt to someone, so he decided to invent something and use some of the profits from the patent to pay the person. Now, this does seem a bit dubious, as it would take some time for an invention to get patented, but many sources online claim this to be the case. Hunt received patent #6281 on April 10, 1849, and Safety Pin Day, an informal holiday, occurs on its anniversary. It is believed that he sold the rights to the patent for $400 to the W.R. Grace and Company, and was then able to pay the person he was indebted to. An alternate story says a businessman named Richardson paid him $100 to apply for the patent with the condition he would turn the patent over to him afterward. Whatever the case, Hunt sold the rights and didn't reap the larger financial rewards of the patent.
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Sidibe hopes to slide seamlessly into next year: 'He was playing to his strengths' (PS; Ditota)
Bourama Sidibe is staying with his girlfriend and her family in New Jersey these days, trying to keep fit by performing push-ups and abdominal exercises, while venturing to a neighbor’s outdoor hoop to work on his shot.
The Syracuse basketball senior, a native of Mali, usually spends most of his summers at the Melo Center, where he can focus on his body and his shooting touch. But a coronavirus that has upended the globe has impacted Sidibe and the rest of his Orange teammates during a period where most would be finishing campus classes and then escaping home for a few weeks before summer school.
“I’m just doing the routine,” Sidibe said during a Zoom interview this week. “Schoolwork occupies me. I’m getting up shots, stuff like that. I don’t really have any bad feeling.”
Sidibe was riding a season-ending wave of momentum when the ACC shut down its annual basketball tournament last month in Greensboro. The Orange defeated North Carolina, a particular nemesis over the years, and Sidibe contributed 12 points, 13 rebounds, three steals and two blocked shots to that effort.
His improvement over SU’s final few games — he was terrific all but one contest (Miami) down the stretch — provided potential building blocks for his final Orange season. In Syracuse’s last six games, Sidibe averaged 9.8 points and 11.6 rebounds in 29 minutes. He posted double-doubles in three of those games.
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Syracuse Basketball: Positional versatility will serve Alan Griffin well (itlh; Adler)
Syracuse basketball has an interesting addition in transfer Alan Griffin, who likely will arrive in more than one position within the rotation.
Talented sophomore wing Alan Griffin is transferring from Big Ten Conference member Illinois to Syracuse basketball, and how he fits into the overall puzzle on the Hill is a debate that may rage on for months among Orange fanatics.
Griffin, at 6-foot-5, has the length to suit up at shooting guard or small forward, following in the footsteps of ‘Cuse stars such as Elijah Hughes and Tyus Battle.
Assuming that Hughes, the redshirt junior forward, stays in the NBA Draft, and Griffin is eligible to officially compete this fall – two circumstances that aren’t entirely clear one way or another – it’s certainly conceivable that Griffin could make a serious run at a spot in the starting rotation.
Griffin, for one, is a highly efficient scorer, and he shoots quite well from 3-point land. Those are attributes that Hughes possessed, so it’s not far-fetched for Griffin to slide in and replace the Atlantic Coast Conference’s leading scorer from 2019-20.
Now, it’s curious to me the sales pitch that Griffin received from the ‘Cuse coaching staff. Did head coach Jim Boeheim and his assistants say to Griffin that he’s got a shot to start, or at least earn sizable minutes as potentially the team’s 6th man?
Who knows for sure. Griffin discussed the plan that Orange coaches have for him in an interview with Mike Waters of Syracuse.com, but the transfer didn’t share a lot of details. That’s understandable.
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Inside Syracuse basketball's locker room after the 2003 NCAA Championship - The Juice Online (the juice; podcast; Cheng)
Former Syracuse basketball player Andrew Kouwe talks about his memories of the 2003 National Championship game with host Wes Cheng on The Juice on the Cuse podcast hosted by SNY.tv. TJO editor in chief Brad Bierman then calls in to chat about Alan Griffin’s commitment to Cuse.
Syracuse Basketball: Big man Quincy Ballard trims list, Orange make cut (itlh; Esden Jr)
Syracuse basketball has reached the next stage of recruiting with big man Quincy Ballard. Here are all the details and when it’ll be decision time!
Things are moving quickly for 7-foot big man Quincy Ballard.
Earlier this week he received an offer from the Syracuse basketball program via a phone call with Hall of Fame coach Jim Boeheim, per Mike Waters of Syracuse.ccom.
It’s funny earlier this offseason Boeheim said to local media that he didn’t plan on doing any more roster finagling via the transfer portal and that the Orange would likely remain pat. The ultimate contrarian has struck again.
Not only has Syracuse been active on the recruiting trail, but they’ve found some traction.
The Orange have already secured talented guard/wing combo Alan Griffin who could fill the void potentially left by Elijah Hughes who has entered the 2020 NBA Draft but still has the option to return.
Now the next logical hole to fill on the roster is at center. Syracuse basketball swung and missed on two talented players in Seth Towns and Patrick Tape this offseason and need to find somebody to fit the bill for 2020-21.
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Woodson: Independent Panel State's 'Only Remaining Option' (SI; Friedlander)
NC State has agreed to have its case involving the recruitment of former basketball star Dennis Smith Jr. decided by the new Independent Accountability Resolution Process, rather than the NCAA's Committee on Infractions.
But according to the school's formal response to the NCAA's referral of the case to the independent panel of investigators, it is a decision that has been made "reluctantly."
"We've stated throughout this process that NC State will accept accountability for any shortcomings and defend ourselves aggressively where we feel it is appropriate and necessary to do so," chancellor Randy Woodson said in a statement issued by the university.
"As our response to the (NCAA's) referral petition demonstrates, we do not think NC State can receive an objective or fair hearing before the Committee on Infractions in this matter. We believe that the only remaining option is that our case e moved by the Independent Accountability Resolution Process."
The case against State was scheduled to be heard by the Committee on Infractions at some point this year, but was put into limbo when the NCAA suspended all its activity last month because of the coronavirus crisis.
Once normal operations resume. it would be handled by a 15-member review board comprised of members not affiliated with any NCAA school or the organization’s enforcement staff.
According to the NCAA’s official website, decisions issued through the IARP are final and are not subject to appeal or further review.
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State Makes Top Five Cut for Big Man Prospect Ballard (SI; Friedlander)
NC State has made the top five schools hotly pursued high school big man Quincy Ballard.
The 7-foot center from Winston-Salem's Quality Education Academy announced his choices via Twitter on Thursday, narrowing his list of potential landing spots to Maryland, Cincinnati, Syracuse and Florida State, in addition to the Wolfpack.
Among the schools Ballard eliminated from contention are UNC Wilmington, UNC Asheville and Missouri State.
The native of upstate New York is at least the fifth player State coach Kevin Keatts has reached out to or extended a scholarship offer over the past few weeks, even though the Wolfpack is currently at the NCAA limit of 13 scholarships. State has also reportedly made offers to Division I transfers Trey Wentz (Santa Clara) and Landers Nolley (Virginia Tech), junior college transfer El Ellis and former Wichita State signee JaDun Michael.
Michael a has since committed to Elon in his hometown of Burlington.
If Ballard chooses the Wolfpack, someone currently on the roster would have to leave the program. The team currently has three players -- juniors D.J. Funderburk and Devon Daniels, along with top signee Josh Hall -- going through the NBA draft process.
A late bloomer whose stock has been rising of late, Ballard said he plans to announce his college decision on Saturday.
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Tomas de la Cruz pitches for the Chiefs in 1942.
Photos: We dug up every Syracuse baseball uniform we could find starting from 1858 (PS; photo gallery; Croyle)
The Syracuse Mets were due to open their 2020 season today with a game at Pawtucket.
Of course, the coronavirus pandemic has cancelled that, as well as all the other sporting events in the country.
While we wait for the start of the new baseball season, dreaming of dollar hot dogs on a warm summer evening at NBT Stadium, we thought it might be fun to put together a comprehensive look back at the various uniforms of the professional team that represented Syracuse.
We start with the original Syracuse Base Ball Club of 1858, to the Stars, the Chiefs, SkyChiefs, back to the Chiefs, and then, the Mets from last year.
During this journey, you will see some familiar faces. Ron Guidry, Jim Bouton, Fred McGriff, Kelly Gruber, Vernon Wells and Roy Halladay. are make an appearance.
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