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Welcome to National French Fries Day!
Although the exact origin of French fries is unknown, one theory suggests that they date back to 17th century Belgium. The inhabitants of this region often cooked small fried fish to accompany their meals. When weather conditions made it too dangerous to go fishing, they cut up potatoes in long, thin strips (to resemble the fish) and fried them!
SU News
Former San Diego State Signee Brodricks Jones Trims List for Four (nbcsports.com; Johnson)
In late June forward Brodricks Jones, who was expected to be a key piece down the line for San Diego State, surprised some people when herequested to be released from his National Letter of Intent. Jones, a four-star 6-foot-9 power forward, hasn’t lacked for attention since reopening his recruitment and Saturday night he announced via Twitter that he’s now considering four schools.
“I have narrowed my choices to Memphis, UTEP, Syracuse and Providence and will take visits in the very near future,” Jones tweeted.
In regards to Memphis the Tigers find themselves in this race just days after losing their best front court player in Austin Nichols, who asked for and was granted a release from his scholarship. Without Nichols, the Tigers return senior Shaq Goodwin in the front court with freshmen Dedric Lawson (whose brother K.J. will be in the running for minutes at the three) and Nick Marshall joining Josh Pastner’s program.
As for UTEP, the Miners have two upperclassmen in Hooper Vint (senior) and Matt Willms (junior) with four freshmen coming aboard. However, like Memphis Tim Floyd’s program is right at the 13-scholarship mark at this time. Providence, which lost two front court players (Tyler Harris and Paschal Chukwu) via transfer this offseason, has an available scholarship with sophomore Ben Bentil being their most experienced front court player.
Syracuse, which added Chukwu to its roster, has an available scholarship but does have to consider NCAA sanctions that led to them losing 12 scholarships over a four-year period that begins in 2016. Should they land Jones, the Orange would be at 12 scholarships counting commit Matthew Moyer for the 2016-17 season (provided everyone who can return does), which would be two above their new limit. Syracuse is also in the race for five-star guard Tyus Battle.
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ACC Basketball News
New ACC Basketball Official Values League's Rivalries (newsobserver.com; Jacobs)
Paul Brazeau gets it. He grew up in the Berkshire mountains of western Massachusetts and spent virtually his entire professional life in the Northeast. But like many folks who relocate to North Carolina, he didn’t take long to appreciate what the ACC is all about.
“It’s Red Sox-Yankees all the time,” Brazeau says admiringly. This may not be news to those who’ve been here for awhile, but in the ACC’s expanded configuration it’s still comforting that the essence of what first captivated us remains visible to fresh eyes. The intensity “goes from sport to sport to sport, where baseball, Red Sox-Yankees, is a tremendous rivalry, and then you take a break,” says the man hired 15 months ago as the ACC’s Senior Associate Commissioner for Men’s Basketball Operations. “The rivalries, the passionate fan bases, make this whole thing special. And the teams are really good.”
Brazeau is a basketball lifer. He didn’t play the game as an undergraduate at Boston College, but immediately went into coaching as a graduate assistant at his alma mater. Now 56, he served as an assistant coach at BC and Ohio State, including seven years under Hall of Famer Gary Williams. (Brazeau was unfazed by his boss’ chronic verbal blasts at bench personnel. “He always treated us in a good way, so when he did yell at you he’d already built up the equity.”)
From 1993 to 2000 Brazeau was head coach at Hartford, posting a 100-122 record. “I wanted to win more, I wanted to keep coaching like everybody else,” he recalls. “I wanted to coach at Duke, I wanted to coach at BC some day.”
Once ousted, he never coached again. Instead came a 10-year stint as the NBA’s vice president for basketball operations, followed by brief stays in positions similar to his ACC role in the old Big East and American Athletic Association.
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Woman Hit by Foul Ball to Her Head Says "It was Like It Knew Who I Was and Had a Vendetta" (PS; AP)
A woman hit by a foul ball at Fenway Park during Friday night's Red Sox-New York Yankees game is recovering at home after getting three dozen stitches in her forehead.
Stephanie Wapenski, a Red Sox fan from Massachusetts, was sitting along the third base line with her fiance, a Yankees fan who proposed to her last year at ballpark. They live in Branford, Connecticut.
Wapenski said she was paying attention, but had no time to react when Yankees'
shortstop Didi Gregorius hit the ball in the fifth inning, striking her between the eyes.
"It just came right at me before I could think or react," she told CBS Boston.
She told The Boston Globe, "It was like it knew who I was and had a vendetta."
Afterward, she said, she had a massive headache.
Gregorius sent her one of his bats. The Red Sox also sent flowers and a promise of a safer seat at an upcoming game.
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