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Cinco de Mayo (pronounced: [ˈsiŋko ðe ˈmaʝo]; Spanish for "May 5th", or literally, "Five of May") is a celebration held on May 5. The date is observed to commemorate the Mexican Army's unlikely victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, under the leadership of General Ignacio Zaragoza.[1][2] In the United States, Cinco de Mayo is sometimes mistaken to be Mexico's Independence Day—the most important national holiday in Mexico—which is celebrated on September 16.
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Boeheim & Babers Headline Syracuse Alumni Event at Monroe Country Club (D&C; DiVeronica)
Syracuse University basketball coach Jim Boeheim, new football coach Dino Babers and athletic director Mark Coyle will headline the 57th annual SU Alumni Club of Rochester's awards/scholarship event May 17 at Monroe Golf Club.
The event, which runs from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. and includes dinner, is open to alums and the general public. Tickets are $65 and are available at http://emailgen.syr.edu/rochesterbanquet/. For more information, call Mary Harris at 721-3221 or e-mail mharris1@rochester.rr.com.
Boeheim's basketball team is coming off an improbable run to the Final Four. The native of Lyons, Wayne County, and Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer just completed his 40th season. Babers replaced Scott Shafer in December and is known for fielding teams with an up-tempo, entertaining offense. His Bowling Green squad over the past two seasons went 18-9. Last fall, the Falcons won the MAC Championship, ranked third in the country in yards per game (566) and fourth in scoring (44 points per game).
ACC Network and Conference Realignment Talk Heating Up... It's 2010-12 All Over Again (TNIAAM; Cassillo)
Sorry, I held out as long as I could...
In 2010, the college athletics landscape was thrown for its biggest loop yet. "Conference realignment" and "expansion" were the words of the day, every day. Every blog pivoted from talking about last night's results, to discussing television markets ad nauseum. My own sports blogging career would launch like many others at the time too, discussing (almost exclusively) how college football was probably going to implode on itself.
It didn't happen. And after a few years of turbulence, some "grant of rights" agreements, and the ACC (and Syracuse) looking pretty good in the end, we thought it was all over.
It might be. But recent events seem to be cranking this awful machine right back up.
For those out of the loop:
Notre Dame left Hockey East (home of Boston College) for the Big Ten.
The Big Ten got $1.5 billion from Fox for six years of HALF its TV rights.
The Big 12 paid a consulting firm to tell it 12 teams is probably better than 10 if you want to make the College Football Playoff.
Increasing pressure internally and externally (see above) have the ACC pushing hard on ESPN to finally get that long-fabled network off the ground.
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Rutgers Leads for Nike OL MVP Sam Vretman (nj.com; Hunt)
Tuesday, the 2016 Nike Opening N.J. Regional offensive line MVP Samuel Vretman, visited Rutgers just days after also attending a barbecue at the school, following Rivals camp on Saturday.
He was accompanied by his parents, and for the first time, got a personal visit and tour of the school, and was able to address any questions he and his parents had.
They spent almost five hours on campus, as they arrived at 8 a.m. and left around 12:30 p.m. They were first met by Rutgers offensive line coach A.J. Blazek and special teams coordinator Vince OKruch. Then they sat down with head coach Chris Ash for about 45 minutes, where the parents were able to get their questions answered.
Then Vretman sat down with Blazek for another 45 minutes discussing the plays the team will run and techniques they use. And they also watched Vretman's junior highlight film together.
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Hot, Dry Summer Forecast for Upstate NY, With More 90-Degree Days (PS; Coin)
Expect a hot, dry summer in Upstate New York, Accuweather says.
The weather company just released its summer forecast for the U.S., and said the entire Northeast is likely to see warmer-than-normal temperatures with more 90-degree days than usual.
"Heat will come on strong in June for the Northeast and mid-Atlantic," the forecast said. "Late in the season, the intense heat will lead to increasingly dry conditions, which could boost the fire threat across the Northeast."
The eastern half of Upstate New York could be 3 to 4 degrees above normal for the summer, said Accuweather meteorologist Paul Pastelok. Western New York could be even hotter, he said, because it will be at the edge of sprawling Midwest heat bowl that will stretch into the Canadian prairies.
Pastelok said the heat will start to build later this month in Upstate New York and the entire Northeast.
"You get into these hot periods in late May and into June," he said. "June looks hot and dry, and August looks fairly hot."
July could fluctuate more than June and August, he said, and that could mean more severe thunderstorms than usual.
Pastelok said Upstate New York can expect to see more 90-degree days this year than usual. Syracuse gets an average of eight 90-degree days during the summer; Pastelok said he expects up to double that number this year.
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