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Welcome to Penguin Awareness Day!
World Penguin Day coincides with the annual northward migration of penguins. This happens each year on or around April 25th. Penguins do not fly. Rather, they walk, or waddle their way to and from.
Our research did not uncover any information about the origin of Penguin Awareness Day. And, we found no consensus on the date. Rather, we found several conflicting dates in January. If anyone can provide information about this day, please contact us.
Did you know? Penguins are found in Antarctica, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Peru, the Falkland Islands, and the Galapagos Islands. Elsewhere, they are only found in zoos.
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ESPN Take on the 'Amazing' Post Game Interview (ESPN; Brennan)
We remember it like it was yesterday, mostly because it was. We were in a hotel in central Iowa by the time we saw it, a thousand miles away and several hours behind.
Still, we'll never forget where we were. The memory is still so fresh! Entering the hotel room. Unpacking the laptop. Deciding whether or not to take off the wool coat. Taking off the coat, but compromising on the wool hat. Internally muttering about the sub-zero weather in our native state. Simultaneously wondering how just a couple years of Atlantic Coast weather had wiped away two decades of hard-earned Midwestern-winter backbone. Pondering the plausibility of pizza. It was a normal day like any other.
And then, without warning, it appeared before us: the most amazing postgame news conference of all time. Literally.
Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski's address to the media following Monday night'shome loss to Syracuse -- the Blue Devils' second straight home defeat, and its third straight loss in ACC play, the latter of which hasn't happened since 2007 -- featured the word "amazing" 10 times in the 6:17 session. (That's per the Raleigh News & Observer's Laura Keeley, who deserves some kind of award for keeping count.) And lest you think there was perhaps some sarcasm involved in K's repetition, look no further than this artful supercut to have your faith rewarded.
The best moment might come in the first 23 seconds. Krzyzewski begins by saying he wanted his team to "drive a little bit more." Then, after a brief pause:
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The Blueprint: How Syracuse Can Make the NCAA Tournament (TNIAAM; Szuba)
When Jim Boeheim returned from his suspension he took over his Syracuse team that had gone 4-5 in his hiatus only to take on arguably the nation's best team -- North Carolina -- in his first game back. Syracuse played a great game against UNC, but still fell shortwhich moved the team to 10-7 on the season. At that point the conversation had shifted to Syracuse not even being an NIT team, let alone making the NCAA Tournament.
The college basketball season is long -- plenty of opportunity still exists and teams have certainly pulled of more bizarre things with the odds against them. Syracuse doesn't have to move mountains here -- it might be more unlikely than likely, but making the NCAA Tournament isn't farfetched.
As of yesterday even before the Duke win, Syracuse was among Joe Lunardi's "Next Four Out." Plus, many of the perceived "bad losses" on the season aren't actually that bad. Let's take a look at how Syracuse can still go dancing in March starting with the remaining schedule:
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Kevin Ollie Hopeful Syracuse and UConn Play Next Season (collegespun.com; Lyons)
Before conference realignment split up the 16-team Big East, Syracuse and UConn shared one of the better rivalries in college basketball. The two programs met by chance in the Battle 4 Atlantis this season, and played a fantastic game on Thanksgiving, which the Orange pulled out 79-76. According to Huskies head coach Kevin Ollie, the two programs will “hopefully” renew their rivalry next season.
The Orange have done a nice job of adding former Big East rivals to the schedule. It had a series with Villanova in the first few years after moving to the ACC, and currently plays St. John’s and archrival Georgetown. UConn is the last major Big East rivalry to fill the gap. After a great game in November, we’re sure many Huskies and Orange fans are excited about the possibility of a playing on a regular basis.
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MLB Online Package Settlement 'Brings Significant Change' to Televised Sports (PS; AP)
Just as a trial was to begin, Major League Baseball and a group of its fans who had sued reached agreement Tuesday to expand the menu of online packages for televised games and lower prices.
The deal came weeks after baseball's lawyers said for the first time the league was going to let fans buy single-team online TV packages. In the past, viewers who didn't live in their favored teams' home markets had to buy access to every televised MLB game included in the national plan.
Lawyers for fans who filed the class action lawsuit in 2012 said MLB will offer unbundled Internet packages for the next five years, including single-team packages for $84.99 next season. They said that's a 23 percent drop from the cheapest version previously available.
The deal also calls for the cost of a league-wide package to drop to $109.99. The agreement provides other options to cable subscribers to regional sports broadcast networks. The league will let a subscriber buy access to a visiting team's broadcast online. MLB also agreed to provide live local team broadcasts over the Internet for cable subscribers by the start of the 2017 season.
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