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"Good grief!" is a phrase often used by Charlie Brown, the main character from Charles Schulz's comic strip, Peanuts. Schulz was born on this day in 1922, and today is dedicated to both him and his enduring comic strip. Peanuts ran almost fifty years—from October 2, 1950, until February 13, 2000, which was one day after Schulz's death. Schulz created all aspects of the comic, from the script to the art and lettering. Today, reprints of Schulz's comic appear in many U.S. newspapers.

From 1947 to 1950, Charles Schulz's first comic strip, Li'l Folks, appeared in his hometown paper, the St. Paul Pioneer Press. He first used the name "Charlie Brown" in this comic, which also included a dog that looked similar to Snoopy—who would become one of the most famous characters from Peanuts. After Li'l Folks was dropped in 1950, Schulz took some of its best work to the United Feature Syndicate. They picked up his work, and decided to debut Peanuts, which was Schulz's new creation; it was similar to Li'l Folks, but differed in that it had a set cast of characters. The syndicate came up with its title, which was named after the peanut gallery from the Howdy Doody show. At its debut it began being printed in nine newspapers as a daily strip. By the time of its height in the 1960's, it was being printed in over 2,600 newspapers.

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Cornell Big Red guard Cooper Noard (31) and Syracuse Orange guard Kyle Cuffe Jr. (0) after a loose ball. The Syracuse Orange basketball team take on Cornell at the JMA Wireless Dome in Syracuse N.Y. Dec 5, 2023. Dennis Nett | dnett@syracuse.comdnett@syracuse.com

Nobody in the nation plays faster than Cornell, Syracuse’s next basketball opponent (PS; $; Waters)

When Syracuse faces Cornell on Wednesday in the JMA Wireless Dome, the Orange will be playing a team that never takes its foot off the pedal on offense.

Nobody in the nation plays as fast as the Big Red.

It’s a trait new coach Jon Jaques carried over from his predecessor, Brian Earl, who left Cornell last spring to take a job at William & Mary. Jaques was on the Earl staff that determined a lightning pace could help the Big Red compete in the Ivy League, where it is difficult each year to unseat traditional top teams playing in traditional ways.

Cornell went 22-8 last year and played in the postseason NIT.

The push-the-pace style, Jaques said in a telephone conversation, is here to stay.

“I think it’s been good to us,” he said. “And more than that, the guys are confident and enjoy playing this way. So much of how we play has been a big part of our success. It’s the style but also the kind of swagger the guys play with. It’s something that they take pride in.”

Cornell is 4-2 after its Monday win at Iona. The Big Red shot 13-of-32 (40.6%) from the 3-point line and beat the Gaels, 84-68. Cornell is averaging 83 points per game.

The Big Red lost seven players from last season’s roster but returns a nice nucleus and is filling its openings with program players who know how Cornell wants to play.

One of the best things about playing at a breakneck pace, Jaques said, is that his players know they will get into games. He reaches deep into his bench out of necessity. The ball pressure, the full-court exertion his players need to make, he said, means more guys need to play.

Through Cornell’s first five games, nobody was playing more than 69% of the available minutes. And that guy – Jake Fiegen – was shooting a team-best 44% from the 3-point line. Fiegen went 4-for-6 from 3 against Iona and is now making 48.4% of his 3s.
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Can Syracuse ‘turn over’ a new leaf? Plus, 4 more things to know about Syracuse basketball vs. Cornell (PS; $: Waters)

Fall is turning to winter, but the Syracuse Orange still needs to turn over a new leaf when it comes to turnovers.

Syracuse lost two tough games last week to Texas and Texas Tech by a combined total of nine points in the Legends Classic in Brooklyn.

One thing that stood out in both games was Syracuse’s inability to force turnovers and then score off its opponents’ mistakes. On Thursday, the Orange forced Texas into 11 turnovers, but the next night, Texas Tech turned the ball over just three times.

That continued a trend this season that indicates Syracuse isn’t a dangerous defensive team. Syracuse is ranked 352nd in the country in turnover percentage. (There are 360 NCAA Division I teams).

Through its first five games this season, Syracuse has forced its opponents into an average of 9.2 turnovers per game. Compare that figure to last year’s team, which created 14.5 turnovers per game. That’s roughly five empty possessions for the opponent and an equal number of chances to start a fastbreak with an easy opportunity to score.

The biggest difference in the Orange’s defense? Steals. Last year, Syracuse averaged 9.1 steals per game. This year? 3.8.

Can Syracuse turn over a new leaf starting with Wednesday’s game against Cornell? The Big Red likes to play fast (more on that later), but Cornell is prone to turning the ball over, too. In its first five games, Cornell turned the ball over on 18.7% of its offensive possessions, which ranks 226th in the nation. In raw numbers, the Big Red is averaging 13.2 turnovers per game.

This will be the 129th meeting between Syracuse and Cornell in a series that dates back to 1901. Syracuse has played more games against Cornell than any opponent other than Colgate (176 games).

Wednesday’s game is scheduled to start at 7 p.m. at the JMA Wireless Dome. ACC Network Extra will have the live-stream of the game.

Here are four more things to know about the SU-Cornell matchup:

Fast forward

If you’re watching a Cornell basketball game these days, you might think that the fast-forward button on your remote control has gotten stuck. The Big Red plays fast.

Going into Monday night’s game at Iona, Cornell ranked first in the country in the length of its average offensive possession. On average, it takes the Big Red 13.9 seconds to get a shot up. The national average is 17.2 seconds.

Can Syracuse slow down the Big Red? To do so, the Orange must be mindful to get back on defense. That might mean foregoing an offensive rebound or two.

It also means hustling back after a missed shot or a perceived missed call by a referee. Take a second to complain about a call and some Cornell player will be laying the ball into the basket at the other end of the court.

Hitting’s contagious; maybe shooting is, too?

In baseball, the old saying is that hitting in contagious. A team can be in a batting slump, but get just one or two hits to drop in and, suddenly, the entire lineup is lining shots into the gaps.

Syracuse has to hope the same is true in basketball because right now the Orange is in a team-wide shooting slump. And the origin of the slump is at the 3-point line.

Compare the 3-point shooting numbers from last year to this year for these Syracuse players:
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How to watch and key storylines as Syracuse basketball battles Cornell at the Dome (itlh; Adler)

Syracuse basketball returns to the Hill this Wednesday night to host Central New York neighbor Cornell at the JMA Wireless Dome.

The Orange (3-2 overall) went 0-2 late last week at the 2024 Legends Classic in Brooklyn, N.Y., falling by a combined nine points to Southeastern Conference member Texas and then Big 12 Conference school Texas Tech.

The 'Cuse hung tough with two opponents that are both likely to play in the NCAA Tournament come next spring, and Syracuse basketball displayed some encouraging signs, even though much work is to be done moving forward in the 2024-25 campaign.

Up next, the Orange will welcome long-time foe Cornell to the Dome, as the 'Cuse aims to get back into the win column.

How to watch Syracuse basketball take on Cornell at the Dome.

The Orange and the Big Red, which is an Ivy League member, will go toe to toe this Wednesday, Nov. 27, starting at 7:00 pm and with live-streaming coverage on the ACC Network Extra and ESPN+.

To date in the current campaign, Cornell is 3-2 overall. The Big Red has victories over Marywood, Samford and Lafayette, while Cornell has fallen to La Salle and Robert Morris. In the Ivy League's preseason media poll, the Big Red was forecast to finish at No. 4 in the league standings during 2024-25.

Per SU Athletics, in their all-time series together, Syracuse basketball is 97-31 against Cornell, with the Orange having won 43 straight, including an 81-70 home decision in early December of 2023.

According to ESPN stats, Syracuse basketball is averaging 80.8 points per game while allowing 79.6 points per contest. The 'Cuse is connecting on 45.2 percent from the field, 66.7 percent from the free-throw line and 25.7 percent from beyond the arc.
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With Syracuse basketball watching, NYC 5-star point guard Deron Rippey Jr. balls out (itlh; Adler)

On Sunday at a prestigious showcase event, New York City product Deron Rippey Jr. played at an ultra-high level, and the Syracuse basketball staff was on hand to check him out.

The 6-foot-2 Rippey is a 2026 five-star point guard and a top-15 national prospect in the high school junior class. He hails from Brooklyn, N.Y., and is both an exceptional basketball player and student at the Blair Academy in Blairstown, N.J.

From November 22 to November 24, the annual National Prep Showcase took place at Albertus Magnus College in New Haven, Conn. It is a prestigious event held every year.

This past Sunday, Blair took on the Fork Union Military Academy from Fork Union, Va., at the National Prep Showcase, and Rippey earned widespread praise from national analysts and scouts alike for his performance in this encounter.
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Keeping Up With The 315 11-25-24 (ESPN; radio; The 315)

Brian Higgins gives his biggest takeaways from Syracuse men’s basketball’s Legends Classic loss to Texas Tech and Syracuse football’s win over UConn before taking calls on both teams.

Newest AP Top 25 men’s basketball poll with ‘Feast Week’ about to begin (PS; Ditota)

For some Top 25 men’s basketball teams, this week is about to get real.

The defending champion UConn Huskies will play their first games against teams that are not ranked in the 300s on Kenpom.com this week. Ditto for Iowa State.

One of the more daunting aspects of voting in the AP poll is the inequity of the scheduling. You have to make an educated guess on how good teams are based on who they’ve played and how badly (or not) they’ve beaten those teams.

I, for one, am verrrry interested in the many quality games out there this Thanksgiving week.

Oh, and the SEC, for those of you still having to check which teams belong to which conferences, has NINE teams in the Top 25.

Here are the latest AP poll results. You can see my ballot and my rationale beneath the official poll:

(position, record, total points, first-place votes in parentheses)

1) Kansas (5-0) 1536 (51)
2) UConn (4-0) 1429 (6)
3) Gonzaga (5-0) 1428 (2)
4) Auburn (4-0) 1393 (3)
5) Iowa State (3-0) 1216 (0)
6) Houston (3-1) 1125 (0)
7) Tennessee (6-0) 1116 (0)
8) Kentucky (5-0) 1075 (0)
9) Alabama (4-1) 1065 (0)
10) Marquette (6-0) 1004 (0)
11) Duke (4-1) 986 (0)
12) North Carolina (3-1) 976 (0)
13) Purdue (5-1) 865 (0)
14) Indiana (4-0) 666 (0)
15) Wisconsin (7-0) 641 (0)
16) Cincinnati (5-0) 610 (0)
17) Baylor (4-2) 482 (0)
18) Florida (6-0) 466 (0)
19) Arkansas (4-1) 387 (0)
20) Texas A&M (4-1) 318 (0)
21) Creighton (4-1) 198 (0)
22) Xavier (5-0) 191 (0)
23) Ole Miss (5-0) 180 (0)
24) Arizona (2-2) 154 (0)
25) Mississippi State (5-0) 86 (0)

Receiving votes: BYU 70, Pittsburgh 62, Texas 57, Ohio St. 55, Saint Mary’s 52, Illinois 50, Memphis 38, Texas Tech 31, Drake 29, Nebraska 21, Michigan St. 14, Georgia 11, St. John’s 10, Oregon 10, Penn St. 9, Utah St. 6, Vanderbilt 6, Nevada 5, UCLA 5, Arizona St 5, Maryland 4, Providence 3, Furman 2, Florida St. 1, Columbia 1.

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Khilendra Bhanduriya, center, director of research and development at Byrne Dairy, stands with research and development scientists Zachary Allard, left, and Drashti Shah, right, with products being tested in the company's R&D center in DeWitt. (Rick Moriarty | rmoriarty@syracuse.com)Rick Moriarty | rmoriarty@syracuse.com

Byrne Dairy just created a low-sugar chocolate milk for school kids. Will it pass the taste test? (PS; $; Moriarty)

The problem is well-known to those in the milk game:

How to make a chocolate milk with less sugar that kids will actually like?

Byrne Dairy says it’s done just that. And it’s just in time, as federal regulations kick in that will limit the amount of sugar in milk served in schools.

But the hardest part of the test is this: Will kids drink it?

Byrne Dairy says yes. After a year of working on the formula, the Syracuse-based milk company says it tried samples on students from a Syracuse high school and at a testing center in North Carolina.

They gave it thumbs up.

The Syracuse dairy processor used grant funding to formulate the reduced-sugar chocolate milk that it says will help schools across the U.S. meet a new government requirement for school lunch and breakfast programs.

The new chocolate milk tastes as sweet as regular chocolate milk but has significantly less added sugar, the family-owned business says.

And it will come in special packaging that allows it to be stored unrefrigerated for at least a year. The milk is processed using ultra-high temperatures and then packaged into hermetically sealed containers, making them shelf-stable for a year or longer.

Fresh milk, by comparison, must remain refrigerated at all times and has a shelf life of up to 21 days.

The product, developed at a research and development center next to Byrne’s flagship dairy plant in DeWitt, puts the company at the forefront of efforts to help school districts meet the new government requirement.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture decided last year to allow schools to continue serving flavored milk in their lunch and breakfast programs.

However, starting July 1, 2025, schools must limit the added sugar in flavored milk to 10 grams per eight fluid ounces, the department said. Regular chocolate milk -- the most popular kind of flavored milk -- contains 16-20 grams of added sugar per eight ounces.

Byrne has developed two products that meet the new USDA requirement -- a chocolate milk that contains 10 grams of added sugar and a lactose-free version that contains only 7 grams of added sugar.

A high-sugar diet early in life puts children at risk for a host of health problems, including obesity, tooth decay, heart disease, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes and fatty liver disease, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics.

“It’s very important that you start removing this added sugar early on in their life, and school is an example of where we can offer that,” said Khilendra Bhanduriya, director of research and development for Byrne.
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Clinton Square Tree Lighting, Syracuse Wine & Chocolate Festival, Pierce the Veil: 15 things to do this week in CNY (PS; Sneha KC)

This week in Central New York, the upcoming holiday season takes centerstage.

Start off the week at SCSD’s Happy Hour Fundraiser and get some drinks in for your pre-Thanksgiving fun. Try out local wine at The Communion’s Holiday Wine Tasting on Tuesday and perfect your Thanksgiving spread.

Wednesday brings in comedian Jessimae Peluso at the Funny Bone, Syracuse vs Cornell basketball and a Crazy Daisies-hosted Thanksgiving bash. Head over to Friends of Schiller’s Park Turkey Trot on Thursday morning if you’re a proud turkey trot household!

A day post Thanksgiving means its basically Christmas, so watch the Home for Holiday Tree Lighting on Friday. Head over to the Syracuse Wine & Chocolate Festival if you’re not ready to let go of the festivities.

End your week at SKY Armory’s Night Market or Downtown Holiday Market for Christmas shopping and knock those gifts out!

MONDAY​

SCSD Happy Hour Fundraiser​

Members and supporters of the Syracuse School District community are invited to a fundraising event at Harvey’s Garden on Monday. 30% of all sales will be donated to the SCSD Education Foundation. Everyone is encouraged to stop by for a drink and contribute to this local education initiative!

Where: 1200 E. Water St., Syracuse.
When: Monday at 5 p.m.
How much: Free.

TUESDAY​

Holiday Wine Tasting​

The Communion is hosting a Holiday Wine Tasting event on Tuesday, just in time to prep for your Thanksgiving meal. Attendees can sample a curated selection of wine that complements holiday meals from traditional turkey to soul food! The store will also be open from noon to 7 p.m. so stop by before or after the tasting for purchases.

Where: 109 S. Warren St., Syracuse.
When: Tuesday from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.
How much: Free.

WEDNESDAY​

Jessimae Peluso​

Syracuse native and comedian Jessimae Peluso will perform at the Funny Bone Comedy Club on Wednesday. Peluso is best known for her appearances on MTV’s Girl Code, NBC’s Last Call with Carson Daily and more. She’s also the host of the Sharp Tongue podcast and the Facebook live show Weedsday, where she talks about the benefits of weed.

Where: 10301 Destiny USA Dr., Syracuse.
When: Wednesday at 7 p.m.
How much: $32 and tickets are available here.
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