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Welcome to National Buy a Musical Instrument Day!

(Hint hint Syracuse)

Each year on May 22 we observe National Buy a Musical Instrument Day. The day is all about playing music. If you are a musician, it might be time for a new instrument. Maybe you can learn to play a second or third one. If you have never played an instrument before, National Buy A Musical Instrument Day might be the motivation you need to start.

National Buy a Musical Instrument Day is not just for school-aged children. This observation is for people of all ages. Grandpa can play his ukelele while the grandkids play the drums, trombone, and flute. Together they can all make terrific music!


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⋙READ: Leveling the Playing Field: The Story of the Syracuse Eight (Sports and Entertainment)-0815610300.pdf

Leveling the Playing Field: The Story of the Syracuse Eight (Sports and
Entertainment) David Marc

Leveling the Playing Field tells the story of the African American members of the 1969-70 SU football team who petitioned for racial equality on their team.

The petition had four demands: access to the same academic tutoring made available to their white teammates; better medical care for all team members; starting assignments based on merit rather than race; and a discernible effort to racially integrate the coaching staff, which had been all white since 1898. The
players' charges of racial disparity were fiercely contested by many of the white players on the team, and the debate spilled into the newspapers and drew protests from around the country.

Mistakenly called the "Syracuse 8" by media reports in the 1970s, the nine players who signed the petition did not receive a response allowing or even acknowledging their demands. They boycotted the Spring 1970
practice and Coach Ben Schwartzwalder, a deeply beloved figure on campus and a Hall of Fame football coach nearing retirement after 24 years, banned seven of the players from the team. White players staged a day-long walkout in support of the Syracuse staff, and an enhanced police presence was required at home games.

"Blackballed: The True Story of the Syracuse 8" takes a frank look at this contentious moment in Syracuse University's history and tells the story through the eyes of the players who risked their futures for racial equality.


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ACC football recruiting: Miami, Clemson, FSU and...Duke? - ACCSports.com (accsports.com; DI)


Duke has put together consecutive recruiting classes ranked among the nation’s top 50. That, of course, is a significant accomplishment for a football program that 10 years ago was the worst in Division I.

With a quick start to the Class of 2018, David Cutcliffe and the Blue Devils appear to be on their way to perhaps the best class in program history.

With 10 commitments, Duke’s class sits at No. 20 nationally and No. 4 in the ACC, according to 247sports’ rankings.

Seven offensive players and five defenders make for a balanced class. The three highest-ranked players are on defense.

Defensive end Tahj Rice is the most heralded player in the class. A 4-star talent, Rice picked Duke over his hometown Louisville Cardinals. If he follows through on his commitment and signs with the Blue Devils, Cutcliffe will add an athletic 6-4, 287-pound pass-rusher who figures to help immediately as a freshman in 2018. Rice is the No. 23 defensive end in the country.

The next two top players in the class are both 3-star recruits — cornerback Taiyon Palmer of Lawrenceville, Ga., and linebacker Rocky Shelton of Fort Lauderdale, Fla. That’s three talented playmakers set to join Duke next year.

Shelton has offers from Auburn, Florida State, LSU and Louisville, among others. Palmer committed to Duke last September over offers from Virginia, Indiana, Appalachian State and Cincinnati.

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ACC is riding high, at the top of college sports (usatoday.com; Schroeder)

During its annual awards banquet last week, Atlantic Coast Conference administrators and coaches were treated to a 12-minute video highlighting the successes of the past year. It’s pretty standard fare at the annual meetings for college conferences. But there was undeniably something extra — not just on the screen, with those clips of Clemson winning a national championship in football or North Carolina doing the same in basketball.

Well, it was those. But it was something more, too — a pervasive sense that the ACC has climbed to the top of college sports.

“I don’t know that it gets much better than this from a competitive standpoint,” said John Swofford, the league’s longtime commissioner.

Unless, of course, it does. That’s the hope, if not the belief, for a conference that has emerged from a period of upheaval into what Swofford called “normalcy … getting back to the normal business of this league and what we do.”

In part, the reference is to the league’s emergence from several rounds of realignment into what appears to be stability. But the clear anticipation is that there’s a new normal.

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Noles news: Is the ACC the top conference in college football? (tomahawknation.com; Miller)
  • There have been many arguments made for the ACC’s case of being named the most difficult conference in college football. Last week during the annual awards banquet, Florida State head coach Jimbo Fisher believed that it was a correct analysis of the conference. Do you think the ACC is the No. 1 conference in college football?
I think we’re the best league in ball
Florida State went 9-3 in the regular season in 2016, and if they lose to Alabama in the opener this is going to be close. Miami comes early on Sept. 16, and the road trips to Clemson and Florida won’t be easy. If the Seminoles can come away with at least a split in those four games, then you’ll be in business.

Verdict: Lean toward over, but it’s right on the line.

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Jim Harbaugh: 'Football factories' denying U-M from satellite camps (usatoday.com; Snyder)


Michigan football is two weeks away from its satellite camp tour, which apparently begins June 2 in Macon, Ga.

But scheduling has become an uphill battle with some schools trying to keep the Wolverines away.

U-M coach Jim Harbaugh spoke to SI.com about how Michigan was disinvited from its scheduled satellite camp at Tulane on June 9 and denied an opportunity for a camp in North Texas.

In New Orleans, LSU conveniently took the Wolverines' place. In North Texas - where U-M reportedly wanted to go - Oklahoma is the main school and Michigan was denied.

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“It’s definitely a strategy by several football factories to prevent competitors on their turf, the kids be darned,” Harbaugh told the site.

Harbaugh's satellite camp mantra in his three years at Michigan revolved around the kids. Michigan jumped from a week of satellite camps in 2015 to a month, nearly 40 camps, in 2016 and this year his staff will likely fill the new NCAA-limit of 10.

New NCAA rules also mandate that the camps be held on a college campus and a visiting school cannot be the host.

While recruiting and creating a presence in other parts of the country matters, Harbaugh insists it helps kids by bringing the camp near them, saving them the cost of visiting a faraway campus.


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Fisherman spots big black bear swimming across Oneida Lake (PS; Figura)

A fishing charter boat captain spotted a big black bear swimming across Oneida Lake early Saturday morning.

"At first I thought it was some garbage in the water. Then I thought it was some geese gathered together," said Capt. Robert "Buck" Carter who runs Lucky Buck Fishing charters and had four clients aboard his boat for a walleye fishing trip.

"When I got closer I thought it could have been a moose with its head sticking out of the water. Then I noticed it was a big bear," he said.

Carter said he spotted the bear at about 6:30 a.m. on North Bay and that it was "making a beeline" northward. The closest shore on the south side of the lake was Lewis Point, about four miles away.

He said got no closer than 150 to 200 yards away, snapping a few photos with camera. He estimated the bear was about 300 pounds.

"I didn't want to stress it. That's a long way to swim," he said. "As soon as I snapped some pictures I got away from it to let it do what it had to do."

There's no doubt that a bear can swim across Oneida Lake. The lake's width varies from 4 to 7 miles.

Black bears are "good" swimmers, according to the North American Bear Center's website.

Their speed and distance limits are untested. "One swam more than 9 miles in the Gulf of Mexico," the website said.

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