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Duke Will be ACC Favorite Until Beaten (RantSports; Lowry)
The Duke Blue Devils are coming off a season where they lost in the 2014 NCAA
tournament’s second round. To make matters worse, this Jabari Parker-led team lost to Mercer, a No. 14 seed. Luckily for Duke, even though it loses Parker and other talents, it will be loaded once again in the 2014-15 college basketball season, and will be the favorites in the ACC until beaten.
Did I mention it won’t be easy? Joining the conference is the Louisville Cardinals, a team that won the 2013 Big Dance. Syracuse, Notre Dame and Pittsburgh joined the conference a season ago as well. And, of course, you have North Carolina and all of the other great teams in the ACC that have been in the conference for years.
When it comes to top-end talent, there is no conference like it. Let’s put it this way: Duke, North Carolina, Syracuse and Louisville will all be playing in the same conference. Those powerhouses are ranked in the top 15 or so on a yearly basis. For the Virginia fans out there, you better believe that your team will compete for a title yet again.
With all of that said, the Blue Devils are easily the best ACC team, on paper, entering the new season.
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Breanna Stewart Begins Quest to Make USA Basketball National Team (PS; Ditota)
She's the youngest athlete on USA Basketball's prospective Women's National Team roster. And yet, 20-year-old Breanna Stewartcarries a wealth of experience with her to Maryland next week when she attempts to make the 2014 FIBA Women's World Cup team that likely will constitute the 2016 Olympic squad.
Stewart, the Connecticut forward and former Cicero-North Syracuse star, is one of six college players to earn invites to the tryout, which begins Monday in Annapolis. The team will hold a "Showcase" event in Delaware on Sept. 11, then play vs. Team Canada on Sept. 15. Both games will be televised by ESPN2. World Cup games begin Sept. 27 in Turkey.
Stewart's history with USA Basketball started in 2009 when she made the U16 team. She has won five gold medals and has headlined teams that have gone 35-1 during that span.
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Syracuse Irish Festival: Stop by Shattuck's Paddy Wagon Before It Closes for the Season (PS; Tulloch)
Among the Irish step dancers and beer garden at this year's Syracuse Irish Festival, hit up Shattuck's Paddy Wagon today. You may not see them for a while.
Operator George Shattuck plans to temporarily close down the Paddy Wagon food truck business after September. Heopened last spring in Syracuse and wasn't happy with his cold-weather profits.
"Right now, we're infested with festivals, but people aren't going to come out when it gets cold," said Shattuck, 55. "It's not like a full-time job. This alone won't support the family."
Shattuck's final stops for the summer season are the Syracuse Irish Festival (which ends today in Clinton Square) and the Central New York Pagan Pride Project's annual Pagan Pride Day celebration in Long Branch Park on September 20.
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Duke Will be ACC Favorite Until Beaten (RantSports; Lowry)
The Duke Blue Devils are coming off a season where they lost in the 2014 NCAA
tournament’s second round. To make matters worse, this Jabari Parker-led team lost to Mercer, a No. 14 seed. Luckily for Duke, even though it loses Parker and other talents, it will be loaded once again in the 2014-15 college basketball season, and will be the favorites in the ACC until beaten.Did I mention it won’t be easy? Joining the conference
is the Louisville Cardinals, a team that won the 2013 Big Dance. Syracuse, Notre Dame and Pittsburgh joined the conference a season ago as well. And, of course, you have North Carolina and all of the other great teams in the ACC that have been in the conference for years.When it comes to top-end talent, there is no conference like it. Let’s put it this way: Duke, North Carolina, Syracuse and Louisville will all be playing in the same conference. Those powerhouses are ranked in the top 15 or so on a yearly basis. For the Virginia fans out there, you better believe that your team will compete for a title yet again.
With all of that said, the Blue Devils are easily the best ACC team, on paper, entering the new season.
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Other
Breanna Stewart Begins Quest to Make USA Basketball National Team (PS; Ditota)
She's the youngest athlete on USA Basketball's prospective Women's National Team roster. And yet, 20-year-old Breanna Stewartcarries a wealth of experience with her to Maryland next week when she attempts to make the 2014 FIBA Women's World Cup team that likely will constitute the 2016 Olympic squad.
Stewart, the Connecticut forward and former Cicero-North Syracuse star, is one of six college players to earn invites to the tryout, which begins Monday in Annapolis. The team will hold a "Showcase" event in Delaware on Sept. 11, then play vs. Team Canada on Sept. 15. Both games will be televised by ESPN2. World Cup games begin Sept. 27 in Turkey.
Stewart's history with USA Basketball started in 2009 when she made the U16 team. She has won five gold medals and has headlined teams that have gone 35-1 during that span.
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Syracuse Irish Festival: Stop by Shattuck's Paddy Wagon Before It Closes for the Season (PS; Tulloch)
Among the Irish step dancers and beer garden at this year's Syracuse Irish Festival, hit up Shattuck's Paddy Wagon today. You may not see them for a while.
Operator George Shattuck plans to temporarily close down the Paddy Wagon food truck business after September. Heopened last spring in Syracuse and wasn't happy with his cold-weather profits.
"Right now, we're infested with festivals, but people aren't going to come out when it gets cold," said Shattuck, 55. "It's not like a full-time job. This alone won't support the family."
Shattuck's final stops for the summer season are the Syracuse Irish Festival (which ends today in Clinton Square) and the Central New York Pagan Pride Project's annual Pagan Pride Day celebration in Long Branch Park on September 20.
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