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Hank Leo Disputes NCAA's YMCA Charges (PS; Mink)
The head of a local YMCA disputes the NCAA's findings that Syracuse University athletes broke the rules through their association with him and the Y.
A lawyer for Hank Leo, the chief executive officer of the Tri-Valley YMCA, addressed the NCAA's findings that Syracuse football and basketball players committed infractions through an internship program at the YMCA.
"Mr. Leo is disappointed with the NCAA's determination and disagrees with its findings relative to him and the internships that occurred at the YMCA," Leo's lawyer, Robert Whitaker said in an email to Syracuse.com on Saturday night.
"Regardless, Mr. Leo and the YMCA are happy to move forward from this matter and would like to assure those who support the YMCA that they remain committed to YMCA core values and will continue to serve the community with the utmost integrity," Whitaker wrote.
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How The Reverend Ted Hesburgh of Notre Dame Changes One Quiet Syracuse Live Forever (PS; Kirst)
Thumb and index finger together, a little circle, three fingers in the air:
All's OK.
Last week's death of the Rev. Ted Hesburgh left Barry West, of Wichita, Kan., thinking of that familiar signal.
For more than 30 years, Hesburgh was president of the University of Notre Dame. He transformed the school academically, and his presence extended far beyond campus.
Hesburgh was a confidant of presidents, a friend of popes. His face was on the cover of Time magazine. There is a photo moving around the Internet that shows Hesburgh with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., arms locked at a rally in Chicago. Amid the turmoil of the 1960s, Hesburgh gained international stature.
Barry, 76, never had a real conversation with Hesburgh. He doesn't believe he ever shook his hand. But when he thinks about Hesburgh's role in his life?
"Oh, my God," Barry said. "It's everything."
Hesburgh grew up in the Strathmore neighborhood of Syracuse. In the 1930s, he went to Most Holy Rosary High School. More than 20 years later, so did Barry, whose father died of a heart attack when Barry was a 1-year-old. His mother, Trudy Barry West, moved from Rochester to Syracuse, her hometown.
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