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Who else is Syracuse basketball pursuing after Benny Williams? - The Juice Online (the juice; podcast; Cheng)
’s Ryan Murray calls in to discuss the commitment of 2021 forward Benny Williams to Syracuse basketball with 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 the state of SU athletics.
SNY.tv Syracuse Podcasts · The Juice on the Cuse 6-8-20: With 's Ryan Murray
Here are the highlights from the show:
Wesley Cheng: Benny Williams is the first guy in Syracuse’s 2021 class. They’re clearly not done. Who else are they looking at?
Ryan Murray: One of the big people they’re after is a power forward/center by the name of Mac Etienne. They really like him. He was one of the people that was up here for the Syracuse-Duke game last year. He’s really high up for Syracuse. He’s thinking of reclassifying to the class of 2020 in the next couple of weeks. If he does stay in 2021, the Syracuse Orange has a great shot at him. Another guy I like, he’s under the radar, doesn’t have a Syracuse offer yet, is Jai Smith. He went to Bishop Ludden in the Syracuse area before transferred out. St. Thomas More in Connecticut Three-star kid. A power forward. A guy who can sit back for a while years and when he’s a junior and senior, he can really contribute to the team.
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Syracuse Basketball: Kadary Richmond what Orange needs for 2020-21 season (bustingbrackets.com; Andre)
With the loss of Elijah Hughes, Jim Boeheim and Syracuse Basketball will be looking for Kadary Richmond to fill that role come next season.
Brewster Academy Star Kadary Richmond committed to the school last year. And after many visits and offers from teams in Florida State, UConn, etc. Richmond understood that going to play for Syracuse Basketball was the perfect decision for his growth. Being a New York native, Richmond looks to put on a show at the Carrier Dome and contribute to the team’s turnaround come next season.
Syracuse was able to bring in a smart IQ player that knows what he’s doing with the basketball. Richmond tends to know how to control the game when he is on offense. His ability to create space off the dribble and penetration made him such a gifted scorer in High School. Given his point guard skills for his size, Richmond will be able to play the point forward position to his advantage. He will be able to have the ball in his hands on offense, then use his size to get a stop on the other end.
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Syracuse Sports Headlines: SU basketball has a great week on the recruiting trail (PS; podcast; Staff)
The Syracuse Sports Headlines podcast highlights some of the biggest stories of the week from the Syracuse and Central New York sports scene.
Listen to the podcast at this link or on your favorite app including iTunes, Spotify and Google. Subscribe/Follow and rate the podcast via your favorite app.
“Major change moment” for college sports, says Syracuse alum Mike Tirico (itlh; Adler)
Syracuse Orange alums Mike Tirico and Ian Eagle recently discussed what sports will look like in the future.
The novel coronavirus pandemic has drastically altered the worldwide sports landscape, affecting professional leagues around the globe, along with college sports teams, including our beloved Syracuse Orange.
There are encouraging signs that some sports will resume in the near future, for instance, the NBA, whose board of governors has approved a plan to restart their 2019-20 term. ‘Cuse football players, and others competing in Syracuse fall sports, may return to the Hill this Monday for voluntary training.
Yet even amid perhaps a sense of greater optimism that the Orange will, in fact, play a 2020 campaign, the pandemic has brought with it a stunning – but not completely surprising – absoluteness that the NCAA and its member institutions, including Syracuse University, are dealing with a ton of complex issues related to college sports.
Mike Tirico, the acclaimed NBC Sports broadcaster, proud SU alum and member of the university’s board of trustees, says that “this is a major change moment for intercollegiate athletics” and noted that college sports have “gotten out of whack some.”
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Syracuse.com reporter Mike Curtis catches up with Syracuse University basketball junior Bourama Sidibe.
Why Sidibe picked a protest over a team meeting on race (PS; Curtis)
The death of George Floyd provoked a national conversation over the past week centered around police brutality and racial injustice.
Protests and demonstrations were organized across the country to shed light on the Black Lives Matter movement.
The Syracuse men’s basketball team held a meeting Thursday afternoon on Zoom to discuss the topic of race. Junior center Bourama Sidibe was unable to join the meeting because he participated in a protest in Scotch Plains, N.J.
Sidibe has spent the last two months living with his girlfriend and her family, which had plans to attend the protest. Though he knew the meeting with his teammates was important, he felt his presence and voice were needed on the front lines.
The group spent several hours walking and chanting, “Black lives matter" and “No justice, no peace!”
For Sidibe, peace was felt throughout the protest. He said there were no incidents despite his estimate of 1,000 people, all from different ethnic groups and backgrounds, coming together for one cause.
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New York City begins reopening today: ‘It’s going to be a big test’ (PS; AP)
The city that never sleeps had a curfew for much of last week. Famous stores were boarded up after days of unrest. The lights are out on Broadway theaters, and the subway no longer runs overnight.
But after three bleak months, New York City will try to turn a page when it begins reopening Monday after getting hit first by the coronavirus, then an outpouring of rage over racism and police brutality.
With Covid-19 in check — at least for now — New York is easing restrictions that shut down schools, businesses and much of city life in March.
Construction, manufacturing, wholesalers and previously “nonessential” retailers can resume work, with restrictions. Retailers can reopen for delivery and pickup, though customers can't yet browse inside.
It’s an inflection point as the city tries to get back to business after becoming the epicenter of the U.S. coronavirus outbreak, suffering a surge that killed more than 500 people a day at its early-to-mid-April peak. Overall, more than 21,000 people citywide have died of confirmed or probable COVID-19.
Facing problems that range from creating social distancing on the subway to restoring public confidence in police, can the city regroup? Can New Yorkers?
Edwin Arce thinks so. A chef at a Manhattan restaurant, he was heartened to see more customers than expected when it reopened this week for takeout and delivery.
“As a city, we are ready to be back, start going out, living life -- with the new reality, though,” of masks and 6-foot (2-meter) separation, said Arce, 31. “The new normal.”
Sam Solomon wonders how normal that will be.
“I don’t know if it’s ever going to be like it was,” said Solomon, 22, who has a health-related job.
After months of relative isolation, “it’s going to be an adjustment being around so many people,” said the native New Yorker, who never thought she’d have to get used to crowds.
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