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Welcome to Nelson Mandela International Day!
Every year on 18 July — the day Nelson Mandela was born — the UN asks individuals around the world to mark Nelson Mandela International Day (18 July) by making a difference in their communities. Everyone has the ability and the responsibility to change the world for the better, and Mandela Day is an occasion for everyone to take action and inspire change.
For 67 years Nelson Mandela devoted his life to the service of humanity — as a human rights lawyer, a prisoner of conscience, an international peacemaker and the first democratically elected president of a free South Africa.
The Nelson Mandela Foundation is dedicating this year's Mandela Day to Action Against Poverty, honouring Nelson Mandela's leadership and devotion to fighting poverty and promoting social justice for all.
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3-star Florida S Cameron Jonas learned Syracuse football 'a big family' on visit (PS; Bailey)
Before spending three days in Syracuse last week, Cameron Jonas had only been in contact with defensive backs coach Nick Monroe.
Jonas, a Class of 2018 safety prospect from Dwyer (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.) High School, got to see SU firsthand from Monday-Wednesday. He met the rest of the coaching staff and got to know a handful of defensive backs in social settings.
"I learned that they're all about the team," Jonas said during a phone interview. "There's no selfish people, no one-man show. It's all a big family. Everybody treats each other with respect."
The 6-foot-1, 187-pound Jonas is rated three stars and the No. 45 safety in the Class of 2018 by 247Sports.com's composite rankings. He's also been offered by Florida State, Miami, Auburn, Georgia, UCLA, Arkansas and Kentucky, among others, per 247Sports.com.
However, Jonas listed Auburn and Kentucky as the next two schools he plans to visit (no dates are set yet), and USF, North Carolina and North Carolina State as other programs with strong mutual interest.
Jonas expects his recruitment to continue this fall with official visits, one of which will go to the Orange.
"I'm just waiting until everything plays out," said Jonas, who declined to share his current hierarchy of schools.
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Syracuse football picked to finish 6th in ACC Atlantic Division (PS; Mink)
A common line of questioning posed to the Syracuse Orange last week at ACC media days centered around the lack of respect it sees in the conference.
Reporters cited empty camera tripods in the back of the main press room and myriad preseason magazines that listed SU near the bottom of the ACC.
So, it would've been shocking to see the conference's media break rank when it was time to predict its own order of finish this year.
Sure enough, Syracuse was picked to finish 6th in the seven-team ACC Atlantic Division.
The complete preseason predicted order of finish for the entire conference was released Monday morning.
Atlantic Division
1. Florida State (121 first-place votes)
2. Clemson (37)
3. Louisville (9)
4. N.C. State
5. Wake Forest
6. Syracuse
7. Boston College
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MMQB all-time NFL Draft: How many Syracuse players made the list? (PS; Axe)
How would Syracuse University football measure up if you had a chance to re-draft every player in the history of pro football?
As it turns out, seven former Orange men would get the call.
In a fun experiment on Peter King's MMQB website, a panel of 12 football experts were given the task of assembling 12 teams in a 25-round draft.
The panel, which included former NFL GM's like Ernie Accorsi and Bill Polian, writers (Peter King, Bob McGinn) and players (Dan Fouts), could select any player in the history of the National Football League.
Syracuse football's legacy in the National Football League includes a total of eight members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio.
Jim Brown was Syracuse's first pick at No.6 overall. Brown, arguably the greatest football player ever, is one of several running backs who wore the famed No. 44 at Syracuse. Brown led the NFL in rushing in eight of his nine seasons. When he retired from the Cleveland Browns in 1966, Brown held NFL records for single-season rushing (1,863), career (12,312), rushing touchdowns (106) and total touchdowns (126).
Lawrence Taylor, Joe Greene, Johnny Unitas, Ray Guy and Anthony Munoz were selected before Brown.
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NCAA Football 14 Syracuse Dynasty Introduction and Preview! [Ep.1]
Welcome to episode 1 of my NCAA 14 Syracuse Dynasty! Where we show recruiting, redshirts, our schedule and the depth chart going into season 1!
Here’s who’s been picked to win the ACC football championship, player of the year (newsobserver.com; Giglio)
Either Clemson or Florida State has won the ACC every year since 2011. The Seminoles were picked by the media at the ACC kickoff to keep that streak going.
FSU, 10-3 overall last year, received 117 votes (out of 167) to win its fourth Atlantic Division and conference titles in six years. Miami, a familiar choice, received 103 votes to win the Coastal Division.
The Hurricanes, 9-4 a year ago in coach Mark Richt’s first season, have not won a conference or division title since joining the ACC in 2004. This is the fourth time the Canes have been the media’s preseason choice.
N.C. State and Wake Forest were tabbed to finish fourth and fifth, respectively, in the Atlantic Division, behind FSU, Clemson and Louisville. North Carolina and Duke were picked to finish fifth and sixth, respectively, on the Coastal side.
Not surprisingly, Louisville quarterback Lamar Jackson, the 2016 Heisman Trophy winner, was voted the preseason ACC player of the year. Jackson received 113 votes, followed by FSU quarterback Deondre Francois (23 votes) and Clemson defensive lineman Christian Wilkins (11 votes).
The Noles and Tigers, back-to-back ACC champions, have taken some of the guesswork out of the preseason vote. The media have correctly predicted the past three champions and four times in the past five years.
Miami might have a reason to worry. The media haven’t correctly called the Coastal race since 2011.
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Why ACC football will look more like the SEC in 2017 (sbnation.com; Elliott)
In recent years, the ACC has been an exceptional league for offenses. With Jameis Winston, Deshaun Watson, and a host of other elite QBs, points were the currency.
But before the last few years, there was a long stretch during which the ACC was a very defensive league. A bevy of defensive-minded coaches contributed to this style, but the ACC’s NFL draft numbers show the defensive talent was very real.
If draft numbers are any indication, though, there is a real chance those low-scoring games are coming back for the 2017 season.
In the last 20 drafts, 70 more ACC defensive players than offensive players have been selected (344-274).
Nine times in those 20 drafts, at least five more defensive players were picked than offensive players, but the reverse had never happened — until 2017. In this most recent draft, nine more offensive players were picked than defensive prospects, more than double the previous offensive surplus of four. It is a huge statistical outlier in the last 20 years.
It’s unprecedented since the ACC expanded for it to lose significantly more offensive talent to the draft than defensive talent.
And it’s not just the numbers game. It’s real impact talent. The league’s top five picks (Nos. 4, 7, 12, 29, and 41) were all on offense.
The ACC lost five of its top six passers by QB rating in conference play. Gone are Deshaun Watson, Mitch Trubisky, Nathan Peterman, Brad Kaaya, and Jerod Evans. That is an enormous amount of talent to replace at the position. Heisman Trophy winner Lamar Jackson does return, but he can only carry a single offense.
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Feds will pay $1.2M to renovate 2 restrooms at Syracuse's Hancock Airport (PS; Weiner)
The federal government on Monday approved a $1.2 million grant for Syracuse's Hancock International Airport to renovate two public restrooms as part of a larger airport renovation.
The Federal Aviation Administration said Monday that it also approved a $3.4 million grant for the demolition of a canopy between the airport garage and passenger terminal, part of a $45.1 million renovation project.
The $1.2 million FAA grant will pay for renovations to the men's and women's restrooms built in 1987 at the airport's South Concourse, said Christina Callahan, the airport's executive director. As part of the project, a new family restroom also will be added in the concourse.
"It's more than just new flooring and tiles and sinks," Callahan said of the project. "We have to do some infrastructure work with an aging plumbing system. Anyone who has ever done a bathroom remodel knows the costs."
The larger grant will pay for demolition of the canopy in front of the airport, in preparation for the next phase of work that will include a new front exterior facade with a glass curtain wall, Callahan said.
Work will begin in August on the demolition and should take about three months, she said. During that time, the road between the terminal and garage will be closed to vehicle and pedestrian traffic.
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