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Welcome to Wear Brown Shoes Day!
Today is a day when people wear brown shoes. At one point in time, brown shoes were looked at as of a lesser prestige than black shoes. Indeed, phrases such as "no brown in town" and "no brown after six" referred to shoes, and the phrases were adhered to. By the 1950's, brown shoes became popular daywear, but were still not popular in the evening for a night out on the town. Today the norms and rules have been relaxed, and you can find people wearing brown shoes at any time of the day.
SU News
Remembering former Syracuse running back Walter Reyes, 36, the ‘selfless’ teammate who dominated (DO; Bloss)
Walter Reyes deserved to wear 44. Rob Konrad, the last to don the hallowed number, told Reyes so himself. Paul Pasqualoni, Syracuse’s head coach at the time, publicly stated that he tossed the idea around, and Reyes’ fellow seniors pushed for it hard. They asked the original 44, Jim Brown, for his blessing in person when Brown visited campus for a movie he was shooting with Spike Lee.
Brown saw no problem with Reyes resurrecting the 44 jersey, according to former SU kicker Collin Barber. But Reyes did.
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https://deadspin.com/miami-and-clemson-fans-body-slam-each-other-to-hell-in-1820960899 (deadspin.com; Thompson)
Clemson demolished Miami yesterday in the ACC Championship, in Charlotte. You can imagine, a blowout like that generally leads to unhappy fans of one side or another. This being football we’re talking about, there is a very great chance that unhappy fans will wind up punching and kicking each other in a drunken brawl. This brawl here has wild punches, a crunching body-slam, a gory facial wound, and a woman’s disarming Southern drawl deployed at a million billion decibels. Enjoy:
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Ranking the ACC's bowl games by watchability (foxsports.com; McCartney)
It's time for the ACC to defend its crown, in more ways than one.
Last season, the conference earned a record nine bowl wins, culminating with Clemson claiming the national championship. This time around, the ACC has more teams in bowl games (10) than any other Power 5 conference, headlined by the No. 1 Tigers vying for another title.
Volume is nice, and the ACC has a chance to bask in further glory ... but not all bowl matchups are created equal. Consider this a viewers' guide to the conference's bowl slate, ranked by watchability.
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https://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/news/2017/12/03/charlotte-shines-in-espn-acc-championship.html (bizjournals.com; photo gallery)
The Charlotte Christmas Village at Romare Bearden Park in uptown ran into some noisy neighbors on Saturday, but nobody seemed to mind. ESPN brought the aforementioned noise factor as part of the city’s ACC Football Championship Game weekend.
Bearden Park became home to the cable sports network’s “College GameDay,” replete with multiple stages and concert-style seating and standing areas to create the perfect backdrop for a show watched by 1 million to 2 million people most weeks. College football royalty, in the form of Alabama coach Nick Saban, stopped by for a few segments on-air while ESPN analyst Lee Corso sent the crowd into a frenzy with his beloved mascot-mugging game prediction to close the show.
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2017 New Year's Eve parties: Where to ring in 2018 around Syracuse, Central NY (PS; Tulloch)
Another year has come and gone, and now it's time to party.
Ring in 2018 by dancing the night away at one or more of the Syracuse area's many parties and dinners. Here's a list of places to party on the last night of 2017. All parties take place in Central New York on Saturday, Dec. 31.
Photo: The Marriott Syracuse Downtown hosts a "Roaring 1920's New Year's Eve" at three ballrooms, December 31, 2016.
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