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Welcome to National Comic Book Day!
Today is a day to celebrate the popular entertainment and collector's item, the comic book. The first American comic book is seen as being Famous Funnies, which was released in 1933, although many books and comics predated it and helped lead to its creation. For example, an 1842 hardcover book titled The Adventures of Mr. Obadiah Oldbuck was made up of comics. In the early 20th century periodicals that contained comics were printed in the United States. American comic books are divided into different eras. In 1938, the release of Superman launched the Golden Age of comic books. Superhero comics were introduced and very popular for most of this era. The Silver Age is seen as beginning with the introduction of Flash in 1956, which led to a rejuvenation in superhero comic books. The Fantastic Four and Spider-Man came about during this era, and the era lasted until sometime in the early 1970's, when the Bronze Age began, which lasted until the mid-1980's. From the end of the Bronze Age until the present day is known as the Modern Age. Non-mainstream comic books such as underground comix sprang up in the 1960's, followed by alternative comics in the 1980's. Comic book stores became popular in the 1970's, and comic book conventions are another way that collectors and comic book fans have connected and enjoyed their hobby.
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Syracuse men’s basketball schedule: A marquee game on prime time TV and 4 other key takeaways (PS; $; Waters)
The Syracuse Orange will host ACC powers Duke and North Carolina at the JMA Wireless Dome and will take the longest conference road trip in school history with a two-game West Coast swing as part of the ACC’s 2024-25 men’s basketball schedule, which was released on Tuesday night.
The schedule’s highlights were undoubtedly the two home games with Duke and North Carolina. The Orange will host the Blue Devils, including Cooper Flagg, who is the nation’s No. 1 recruit and the odds-on favorite to be the No. 1 pick in the 2025 NBA draft, on Wednesday, Feb. 5.
Syracuse will get the Saturday prime time treatment when it hosts North Carolina at the Dome on Feb 15. That game is scheduled for a 6 p.m. tipoff on ESPN.
Beyond those two premier games, Syracuse will travel to the Bay Area to face two of the ACC’s three new schools. On Wednesday, Jan. 29 Syracuse will play at Stanford (TBA, ESPN2/ESPNU) and then remain in Northern California and face Cal on Saturday, Feb. 1 (10 p.m. Eastern, ESPN2).
But there’s a lot more to Syracuse’s ACC schedule than just a couple big home games and a unique trip out West.
Here is a deeper dive into SU’s schedule.
Saturday night’s all right
Syracuse gets five Saturday home games as part of the conference schedule and two will tip-off in prime TV slots.
Saturday home games are crucial for Syracuse as they boost attendance in general, but they also set the stage for Otto’s Army; SU’s student section, to come out in force. And all five of the conference home games are scheduled for when the SU students are on campus.
In comparison, two years ago Syracuse had just two ACC games at home on Saturdays when the students were in session.
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ACC reveals its 2024-25 men’s basketball schedule: A look at Syracuse’s whole slate (PS; Ditota)
Syracuse’s 2024-25 men’s basketball schedule is now complete.
The ACC announced on its network Tuesday night schedules for its men’s and women’s basketball programs.
A day earlier, the conference revealed SU would be opening ACC play in South Bend, Indiana, where it will face Notre Dame at noon on Dec. 7. That one-game tease prepared fans for the rest of the conference schedule. The Orange had already announced all its non-conference dates.
The highlight of the schedule, of course, is SU’s date with Duke in the JMA Wireless Dome. It’s the only time the teams meet this season. Duke is expected to be the best team in the conference. And it brings former SU forward Maliq Brown (an off-season transfer to the Blue Devils) and the consensus No. 1 freshman in the nation, Cooper Flagg, to add a little more intrigue.
The game will be played on a Wednesday night, so not ideal from an attendance perspective, but that game is certain to garner serious juice for Orange fans.
North Carolina, the other ACC powerhouse, plays in the Dome on a Saturday.
The conference, as expected, packaged both of SU’s games in California (Cal, Stanford) into one Wednesday-Saturday trip. The latest game on the schedule will be played at Cal at 10 p.m., though the Legends Classic could give that game some tip-time competition. (Second games of doubleheaders are notoriously later than originally scheduled.)
Mike Waters will have a schedule analysis Wednesday morning. Look for an early afternoon podcast from both of us as we discuss what’s in front of the Orange for 2024-25.
Meanwhile, enjoy this video of Syracuse players drawing opponent logos.
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Syracuse men’s basketball finalizes schedule for 2024-25 season (DO; Wolf)
Syracuse men’s basketball finalized its schedule for the 2024-25 season after the program announced its full slate of Atlantic Coast Conference games Tuesday.
Syracuse opens up the season on Nov. 4 as it takes on Le Moyne for the first time since it joined Division I last year. After that, the Orange welcome Colgate on Nov. 12 and Youngstown State on Nov. 15.
From Nov. 21-22, Syracuse travels to Brooklyn for the Legends Classic at the Barclays Center. SU will take on Texas, then the winner or loser of Texas Tech versus Saint Joseph’s.
Following Syracuse’s time in Brooklyn, the Orange will return home for another in-state battle against Cornell. Syracuse has defeated the Big Red 43 straight times and will look to make it 44 on Nov. 27.
Syracuse’s biggest challenge of nonconference play comes on Dec. 3, when it travels to face Tennessee. This is Syracuse’s only true road test of nonconference play and it comes against a team that’s coming off an Elite 8 appearance in the 2024 NCAA Tournament.
Four days later, Syracuse begins ACC play by traveling on the road to South Bend, Indiana, to take on Notre Dame.
A week later, UAlbany will square off against Syracuse. Then, an old rival Georgetown comes to town for the 100th meeting between the two schools on Dec. 14.
Syracuse closes out its nonconference schedule with two more matchups. It returns to Brooklyn to face Maryland on Dec. 21 in the Gotham Classic. It closes out this portion of the schedule with a game against Bucknell on Dec. 28.
On New Year’s Eve, SU takes on Wake Forest before matchups against Florida State and Georgia Tech. On Jan. 11, 14 and 18, the Orange face off against Boston College, Louisville and Notre Dame. The Orange travel south to Clemson on Jan. 22 before facing off against Pitt later that week at home.
Syracuse takes its first west-coast trip on Jan. 29 when it faces Stanford before its first ACC matchup with California a few days later. On Feb. 5, Syracuse welcomes Duke to the JMA Wireless Dome. Games against Boston College, Miami and North Carolina follow. The Orange continue their final stretch of ACC games at Pitt on Feb. 18 before a meeting with NC State and a road trip to SMU. SU finishes out regular season play at home against Virginia on March 8.
The Juice Online - Rapid Reaction: Syracuse releases 2024-25 basketball schedule (r1vals.com; Bierman)
The ACC (finally) released the men's basketball schedules for each of the 18 teams on Tuesday evening, a day after announcing the December opening weekend slate of league games.
So on the same day practice got underway for the 'Cuse, and after the conference turned a routine schedule unveiling into TV programming on its in-house network, we can now fill in the order of the remaining conference portion of the Orange's overall slate of 31 regular season games.
RAPID REACTION
With a year under their belt to tinker with the nuances of early-season, non-ACC scheduling, Adrian Autry and his staff (primarily director of operations Peter Corasaniti) have come up with a perfectly tiered competitive approach - seven home games, three games on the same "neutral" court in New York City, and out of their scheduling control results in the two true early road games.The season opener against Le Moyne (Nov. 4) followed by meetings with Colgate (Nov. 12) and Youngstown State (Nov. 16) in the season's first two weeks, provides a great tune-up before SU faces Texas (Nov. 21) in Brooklyn to open the Legends Classic, with Saint Joseph's or Texas Tech to follow a day later.
The second portion of the early season stretch gets interesting with Cornell (Nov. 27) followed by the first true road game at Tennessee (Dec. 3).
Then, as usual due to the NYPHSAA football playoff games in the Dome, the 'Cuse opens ACC play (Dec. 7) on the road, this year at Notre Dame for the second time in three seasons.
Games against Albany (Dec. 10) and the faded Georgetown rivalry (Dec. 14) get the Orange ready for its next marquee matchup against Maryland (Dec. 21) in the Gotham Classic also in Brooklyn. A meeting with Bucknell (Dec. 28) closes non-conference play.
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Top high school basketball recruit will announce college destination Friday; he visited Syracuse (PS; Ditota)
Ryder Frost, a top 100 prospect in the Class of 2025, will announce his college decision on Friday, the website 247sports.com announced Tuesday. The announcement will happen at 4 p.m. on 247′s YouTube channel.
Frost, a 6-foot-6 guard from Beverly, Massachusetts, made an official visit to Syracuse late last June. The 247sports staff ranks him the 97th best player in his high school class.
He will choose from a list that includes Notre Dame, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Virginia Tech and SU. He has made official visits to all of those schools.
4-star SG Dakari Spear, top-40 national prospect, scores Syracuse basketball interest (itlh; Adler)
Syracuse basketball coaches are showing an interest in 2026 four-star shooting guard Dakari Spear from Texas, according to a media report this week.
The 6-foot-4, 185-pound Spear is a junior at The Colony High School in The Colony, Texas. In the most recent AAU season, he earned high praise from national analysts and scouts for his performances for the 16U team of the Irving, Texas-based Drive Nation in Nike's EYBL league.
Per a report from top recruiting analyst Jake Weingarten, who is the founder of Stockrisers.com, the Orange staff has been in touch with Spear. To date, I don't believe that he has picked up a scholarship offer from the 'Cuse.
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According to Weingarten's story, Spear holds offers from schools such as LSU, TCU, Oklahoma State, Alabama, SMU, Texas, Texas A&M, Tennessee, Arizona State, Texas Tech and Mississippi State. Spear is also receiving interest from the Orange, Kentucky, Miami, Vanderbilt and Oklahoma.
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MBB: 2024-25 ACC Basketball Schedule released (RX; HM)
MBB: 2024-25 ACC Basketball Schedule released
From the official ACC release of Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024...
ACC Announces 2024-25 Men’s Basketball Conference Schedule
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (TheACC.com) – The Atlantic Coast Conference today announced its 2024-25 men’s basketball conference schedule, including most game times and television designations. The regular season tips off on Monday, Nov. 4, with 15 of the league’s 18 teams in action.
“Year in and year out, the ACC is the premier college basketball conference, as evidenced by our postseason success. The excitement for the 2024-25 season is palpable and we look forward to building upon our achievements in both men’s and women’s basketball,” said ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips, Ph.D. “The schedules are loaded with tremendous matchups including historic rivals and the integration of our new members in Cal, SMU and Stanford. As we gear up for a tremendous year of competition, we applaud our partners at ESPN, ACC Network and The CW for making every game accessible to our passionate fans.”
The ACC’s regular-season conference slate begins Saturday, Dec. 7 and concludes Saturday, March 8. For the sixth straight season, ACC play consists of a 20-game conference schedule for each program. The 20-game schedule for 2024-25 features:
- Two games (home and away) versus each of the school’s two current partners (Cal, SMU, and Stanford will be partners with each other)
- One repeat opponent (home and away)
- The remaining 14 conference games consist of seven home-only opponents and seven away-only opponents
The 2025 ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament returns to Charlotte, North Carolina, and the Spectrum Center from March 11-15. It marks the 14th time the tournament will be contested in the Queen City, including the third visit to the Spectrum Center (2008, 2019).
All 180 ACC regular-season conference games as well as the ACC Tournament will be available on ESPN networks, including ACC Network (ACCN), or The CW. ACCN will feature more than 100 games, including more than 60 conference matchups. In addition, ACCNX, ACCN’s digital platform available on the ESPN App, will stream several matchups throughout the season.
Twenty-eight games, including 26 league matchups, are slated for national broadcast on The CW Network. The CW will feature 12 Saturday doubleheaders and one tripleheader in December, January, February and March. The CW is available in 100 percent of television households in the United States.
The broadcast networks and game times for the SEC/ACC Challenge, scheduled for Dec. 3-4, also were announced Monday by ESPN. All 16 games will air on ESPN’s networks and be available to stream via the ESPN app to authenticated subscribers.
The ACC continued to prove itself as the nation’s premier basketball conference last season with four teams advancing to the NCAA Sweet 16 and three to the Elite Eight, with NC State moving on to the Final Four. The ACC boasted the most teams of any conference in both the Sweet 16 and Elite Eight last season and now has had four teams advance to the Final Four in the last three seasons – also the most of any league. The ACC is 33-15 in the NCAA Tournament in the last three seasons, best of any major conference.
Since 2015, the ACC leads all conferences in Men’s Final Four appearances (9) and NCAA Tournament wins (111), with three national championships. Six different ACC programs have reached the Final Four since 2015 (Duke, Miami, North Carolina, NC State, Virginia, Syracuse). That is the most schools of any league in that span.
The ACC is 111-57 (66.1%) in NCAA Tournament play over the last nine tournaments (2015-19, ‘21-24). The 111 wins are 28 more than any other conference (Big 12, 83). Since the tournament expanded in 1985, nearly half of the ACC teams that earned NCAA Tournament bids have reached the Sweet 16 (105 of 214).
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2024-25 ACC Composite Schedule
(I tried to pull out just the P5-vs-P5 games)Friday, November 8
VCU vs Boston College CBSSN, Veterans Classic, Annapolis, MD
North Carolina at Kansas
Saturday, November 9
Tennessee at Louisville ACCN Noon
Rice vs Florida State, The Battleground 2K24, Houston, TX
Sunday, November 10
Michigan vs Wake Forest ESPN2 1 PM, Deacon-Wolverine Challenge, Greensboro, NC
Tuesday, November 12
Kentucky vs Duke ESPN 9 PM, Champions Classic, Atlanta, Ga.
Wednesday, November 13
California at Vanderbilt
Friday, November 15
Florida at Florida State ACCN 6 PM
West Virginia at Pitt ACCNX 8 PM
Temple at Boston College ACCNX
Georgia at Georgia Tech ACCNX
SMU at Butler
Villanova vs Virginia, Hall of Fame Series, Baltimore, MD
Penn State vs Virginia Tech, Hall of Fame Series, Baltimore, MD
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As one anchor store moves into Northern Lights Plaza, another plans to move out (PS; $; Doran & Moriarty)
In April, Liverpool-based Raymour & Flanigan purchased the struggling Northern Lights Plaza in Salina. At the time, the company said it wasn’t planning to open a store there.
But now the furniture chain is opening a Raymour & Flanigan store in the plaza, in the former Christmas Tree Shops space, according to Salina Town Supervisor Nick Paro.
The old facade of the Christmas Tree shop has already been removed. The new furniture store should be open by the end of the year, Paro said.
Paro said he’s confident retailers will begin to lease space in the plaza in the next two years.
However, the plaza is losing another tenant.
Olum’s closed its furniture and appliance store in Northern Lights Plaza two weeks ago and is preparing to open what it describes as an “appliance and bedding gallery” a couple of miles away in the Wegmans plaza on West Taft Road in Clay.
Chris Manzer, regional store manager for Olum’s, said Tuesday that Raymour & Flanigan offered Olum’s the opportunity to renew its lease at Northern Lights. However, he said Olum’s has decided to no longer sell a full line of furniture at the store, focusing instead on appliances and beds, and needs less space.
“We saw it as an opportunity to open in a new location,” he said.
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Final day of the New York State Fair 2024
The 2024 NYS Fair by the numbers: More Midway riders, ag competitors and maple ice cream cones (PS; $; Cazentre)
The 2024 New York State Fair set a new record for Midway ridership, saw an increase in agricultural competitions and had a banner year for concerts.
The fair today released a set of numbers intended to showcase the positives from the recent fair, which ran from Aug. 21 to Sept. 2.
This year’s fair was not without its troubles. It started with the abrupt closing of the highly anticipated baby goat “snuggling” exhibit and then there was the panic that followed reports of gunfire on the grounds on the second-to-last night. (State police have closed the investigation after finding no evidence that shots were fired.)
This year’s fair attracted nearly 869,000 attendees, down from the 933,000 fairgoers in 2023 and far short of the record 1.3 million who came in 2019, the last year before the Covid pandemic. The fair has not reached the 1 million attendance mark since the pandemic, which cancelled the 2020 event.
But fair officials frequently point out that total attendance is just part of the equation, and say that other numbers can help mark the success of the fair and attendee satisfaction.
“We heard so many anecdotal stories from fairgoers, vendors, partner agencies, and staff that highlighted the success of our agricultural competitions, exhibits, concerts, grounds entertainment, and more,” Fair Director Julie LaFave said in a news release. “These statistics and figures not only support those stories, but they also tell us that fairgoers truly enjoyed all that The Great New York State Fair had to offer.”
Among the highlights in the fair’s report:
Midway ridership: Wade Shows, the operator of the Midway, reported an all-time record of 1.5 million riders this year. That also produced a record year for both advance and online ticket sales. Texas-based Wade Shows also reported awarding prizes that would fill 50, 48-foot semi-trucks during the fair, and sold almost 50,000 turkey legs, fried dough and corn dogs.
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A half to 1 inch of rain is expected over Upstate New York today through Thursday. It's the first rainfall in some areas in nearly two weeks.National Weather Service
Upstate NY’s warm, dry spell will be briefly interrupted by rain (PS; $; Coin)
Upstate New York’s extended sunny, warm stretch of weather will interrupted by rain over the next couple of days, but sunshine and warmer-than-normal temperatures will return by the weekend.
Rain is expected tonight through early Thursday, according to the National Weather Service. The best chances tonight will be after midnight, so it’s unlikely to rain on the My Morning Jacket and Nathaniel Rateliff concert, the last of the season for the Empower Federal Credit Union Amphitheater.
Showers are likely on and off through Thursday, with a a total of a half-inch to an inch falling across Upstate New York.
It will be the first significant rainfall in two weeks for much of Upstate New York. Pockets of the Southern Tier have seen a half-inch or so over the past two days, but most of Upstate has had less than a quarter inch over the past 14 days.
Syracuse has had just an inch of rain so far this month, well below the normal of 2.7 inches by this point in September.
Another high pressure system moves into Upstate on Friday, pushing out any chances of rain for several days. Temperatures won’t be quite as warm as the past couple of weeks, but still 5 degrees or more above the normal high of 70 for late September.
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