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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (seminoles.com) — Florida State, which has won 18 consecutive ACC home games, plays host to No. 20 Duke on Saturday, January 2, 2021 at the Donald L. Tucker Center in Tallahassee. The Seminoles’ game against the Blue Devils in the only meeting between the two teams during the 2020-21 regular season. The Seminoles’ game against Duke is their second ACC home game of the season and begins a stretch of three games in eight days with two of those games on the road at Syracuse (January 6 at 4:30) and at Pittsburgh (January 9 at 2:00 p.m.) Florida State has been one of the most consistent ACC teams in conference play in the last three seasons with a 19 ACC wins at home and 11 wins on the road. Following Saturday’s game against Duke, the Seminoles travel to play at Syracuse on Wednesday, January 6, in a game that will begin at 4:30 (note the game time change).
FLORIDA STATE IS THE TOP RANKED ACC TEAM IN THE NATIONAL POLLS
No. 18/19 Florida State enters Saturday’s game against No. 20 Duke as the highest ranked team in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Seminoles are ranked 18th in the Associated Press poll and 19th in the USA Today Coaches Poll. Also in the top 25 from the ACC are Duke (No 20/NR), Virginia (No. 23/24), and Virginia Tech (NR/No. 24). It marks the second time in the last three weeks (weeks three and five of the college basketball season) that the Seminoles have been the ACC’s top ranked team.
FLORIDA STATE HAS WON 18 CONSECUTIVE ACC HOME GAMES
Florida State enters Saturday’s game against Duke having won 18 consecutive ACC games at the Donald L. Tucker Center in Tallahassee. The Seminoles’ ACC winning streak in their home building began with a 77-68 win over Clemson on January 22, 2019. Their most recent ACC victory at home came as a 74-61 win over Georgia Tech.
FLORIDA STATE IN THE ACC SINCE THE START OF THE 2018-19 SEASON
Florida State is 30-10 (.750 winning percentage) in ACC regular season play since the start of the 2018-19 season. The Seminoles finished 13-5 in 2019, 16-4 in 2020 and are 1-1 this season.
FLORIDA STATE HAS WON NEARLY 95 PERCENT OF ITS HOME GAMES SINCE FEBRUARY 27, 2015
Florida State is 70-4 (.946 winning percentage) in its last 74 home games since the tail end of the 2015-16 season. The Seminoles enter Saturday’s game against Duke having won .946 percent of their games (70-4) and .925 percent of their ACC games (37-3) at home since the tail end of the 2015-16 season. Florida State’s streak began with a 77-56 win over No. 23 Notre Dame on February 27, 2015. The Seminoles are 5-1 at home this season, were 16-0 at home last season (including 10-0 in ACC play), were 15-1 at home (including 8-1 in the ACC) during the 2018-19 season and were 18-0 at home (including 9-0 in the ACC) in the 2016-17 season.
HAMILTON ON BALLOT FOR NAISMITH HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2021
Florida State’s Leonard Hamilton, who has won nearly 600 games and who is the fifth all-time winningest coach in ACC history, was named as an eligible candidate for the Naismith Hall of Fame Class of 2021. Hamilton highlights the list of four first time coaching candidates including Ken Anderson (Wisconsin-Eau Claire), Lou Henson (Hardin-Simmons, New Mexico State, Illinois) and Paul Westhead (NBA and college). Hamilton has been named as the National Coach of the Year four times and by four different national governing bodies. He was named the Clarence “Big House” Gaines National Coach of the Year in 2018, the Basketball Times Coach of the Year in 2009, the BCA National Coach of the Year in 2000 and the UPI National Coach of the Year in 1995. Hamilton has also been named the ACC Coach of the Year three times (2009, 2012 and 2020) and the Big East Coach of the Year twice (1995 and 1999).
FLORIDA STATE SINCE THE START OF THE 2018-19 SEASON
Florida State is 60-14 (.810 winning percentage) since the start of the 2018-19 season. The Seminoles finished 29-8 in 2018-19, 26-5 in 2019-20 and are 5-1 this season. Since defeating Clemson on December 8, 2019, the Seminoles have won nearly 85 percent of their games with a record of 23-4 (.852 winning percentage).
An 8-year-old boy and a 24-year-old woman in Houston were wounded Thursday night when struck by apparent celebratory gunfire in separate incidents, authorities said.
In the first shooting, the boy was asleep at about 11:50 p.m. at an apartment on the 2600 block of Garden City Drive when a stray bullet ripped through a wall and struck his hand, said Lt. Emanuel Pavel of the Houston Police Department. He was taken to a hospital and was expected to survive.
About half an hour later in the backyard of a home on the 1700 block of Fulton Street, a man believed to be in his 60s, described as “heavily intoxicated,” started firing his gun in a “celebratory fashion” when one of the bullets hit his 24-year-old granddaughter in the stomach, Pavel said, citing preliminary information. Authorities arrested the man, whose identity was not immediately released.
The woman was taken to a hospital, where she was alert and expected to go into surgery early Friday.
Both shootings remained under investigation.
“It’s all over the city,” Pavel said of people firing guns to celebrate the new year. “It’s unfortunate that on a day when people should be celebrating and having a good time they end up either hurting someone else or even killing somebody.”
It was not clear how many people were wounded throughout the night by gunfire.
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The year 2020 was full of challenges, but the coming year brings with it the possibility to start anew. With the Covid-19 vaccine in the early stages of deployment, a return to normalcy is hopefully around the corner.
Still, 2021 is full of uncertainties. Forecasting has become next to impossible, and business leaders will need to be on their “A” game if they want to come out on top. By reading some top entrepreneurial insight now, you can prepare yourself for the challenges of tomorrow. Here are some of the best books to boost your entrepreneurship in 2021.
Being a great entrepreneur isn’t an occupation; it’s a mindset. You need to be completely on it if you want to compete, and Rachel Freiman’s new book can help you get there. Becoming MindStrong: The Truth About Health, Fitness, and the Bullsh*t That’s Holding You Back is a guide to adopting the holistic lifestyle necessary for successful entrepreneurship, from mental to physical to emotional well-being. No book is a quick fix, and this one asks a lot of the reader, but the payoff is well worth the cost of admission.
Sometimes, the best advice you can get is a success story to model your own after. Sharper Image Success: Business Lessons from America's Gadget Guy is the often funny, always engaging story of Richard Thalheimer’s rise from idealistic 20-something to head of one of the world’s most successful gadget companies. Rising to the top doesn’t have to be a cutthroat, dog-eat-dog venture: Thalheimer’s story is one full of joy and goodwill — a useful template for entrepreneurs everywhere to follow.
Related: 22 Successful Entrepreneurs Share What Inspires Them To Keep Going
Okay, so your business may not have many obvious similarities to a pizzeria. Mike Bausch is here to show reading entrepreneurs everywhere that the lessons he learned slicing pies go far beyond the kitchen. Unsliced: How to Stay Whole in the Pizzeria Industry looks into how the fast-paced, high-stakes environment of a pizzeria is an excellent metaphor for the world of business today, teaching some key insights all maverick entrepreneurs should know along the way.
The title probably gives it away here: Monty Moran made his name as the co-CEO that took Chipotle from a few regional restaurants to an international phenomenon and in a style all his own. Love is Free. Guac is Extra.: How Vulnerability, Empowerment, and Curiosity Built an Unstoppable Team details the immense amount of care it took to achieve this feat, starting with the 20,000-plus conversations Moran had with Chipotle employees in order to get a sense of what their company culture should look like. He may not be a conventional CEO, but that’s exactly why his book is a must-read for entrepreneurs in the coming year.
David Perry’s resume speaks for itself. If careers at four of the world’s most successful tech companies don’t qualify someone to share their expertise, nothing does. Game of Sales: Lessons Learned Working at Adobe, Amazon, Google, and IBM explains how sales isn’t some magic phenomenon, but a game to be played by those best-equipped to play it. No company is going to make it through 2021 without a strong sales portfolio, and this book is a good way to start building one.
Come Back to Bed: Attract More Foot Traffic and Make People Fall in Love with Your Store may have an attention-grabbing title, but its contents are as substantive and insightful as any. Authors Quinn and Kinsley are stating the obvious here: the rules of retail have changed and won’t be going back anytime soon. The answers they give for how to navigate these new waters, however, are as heterodox as the title. The coming year is going to look a lot different from the last, so drawing upon outside-the-box thinking will be a must for getting ahead.
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There’s no easy way to be a woman entrepreneur, and no one knows that better than Leah J M Dean. Assemble the Tribe: Believe in Your Value. Find Belonging. Be Different. is a battle cry for every woman who’s ever felt isolated, outmatched or unassisted in the business world. Creating strong entrepreneurial alliances will be key for staying resilient in the future, and this book will help you do so.
Following your passion, living your dreams and choosing adventure are all key elements of good entrepreneurship, and all things that author Michael Browne is a true expert on. Pinot Rocks: A Winding Journey Through Intense Elegance is one part memoir of decadent living and another part genuine guide to making your life what you want it to be. Isn’t that something all entrepreneurs could use a refresher on for next year?
No one knows what 2021 has in store, but that doesn’t mean you can’t start preparing now. By reading the right books, you’ll have the knowledge you need to face anything next year throws your way.
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Eight young men and women have died in a cottage in southwest Bosnia, apparently from carbon monoxide poisoning during a New Year’s Eve celebration, police said Friday.
Local police spokeswoman Martina Medic told The Associated Press that police responded to a call around 10 a.m. and went to a house in Tribistovo where several people were found dead. The village is 150 kilometers (90) southwest of Sarajevo, the capital.
Regional police Commissioner Milan Galic later told N1 broadcaster that the victims were local residents, four men and four women, aged 18-20.
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“They most probably suffocated but more information will be available after the investigation,” said Galic.
The Posusje municipality, where the village is located, in a Facebook post mourned “eight young lives lost,” and urged local cafes and restaurants to close down to honor the victims. Top officials from Bosnia and Croatia offered condolences to their families.
Bosnian and Croatian media said the eight were high school and university students who died from carbon monoxide leaking from a generator they used for heating as they celebrated New Year’s Eve in a holiday cottage.
Carbon monoxide is an odorless, colorless and tasteless gas that can cause sudden illness and death.
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina -- Several people have been found dead in a cottage in southwestern Bosnia, police said Friday. Local media reported that eight young people died from carbon monoxide poisoning during a New Year's Eve celebration.
Local police spokeswoman Martina Medic told The Associated Press that police responded to a call around 10 a.m. and went to a house in the village of Tribistovo where several people were found dead. The village is 150 kilometers (90) southwest of Sarajevo, the capital.
The Posusje municipality, where the village is located, in a Facebook post mourned “eight young lives lost,” and urged the owners of cafes and restaurants to close down to honor the victims.
Bosnian and Croatian media said eight people, including teenagers and students, died from the poisonous gas leak apparently caused by a power generator used for heating as they celebrated New Year’s Eve in a holiday cottage.
Medic, the police spokeswoman, could not immediately confirm the death toll.
Carbon monoxide is an odorless, colorless and tasteless gas that can cause sudden illness and death.
Each year, the sports world is filled with triumph and adversity, but for fans and athletes alike, 2020 was the perfect storm.
The COVID-19 pandemic brought sports -- from professionals to little leagues -- to a grinding halt. Meanwhile, a civil rights movement thrust various leagues into the hot seat, prompting reckonings on race relations as athletes' voices on politics and social justice were amplified.
Beyond championships and records set, here's a look at eight moments that shook the sports world in 2020.
The death of NBA champion Kobe Bryant shocked millions across the world in January as athletes, celebrities and fans mourned the sudden loss of a legend.
Bryant, 41, and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna "Gigi" Bryant were among nine who were killed after a helicopter faded from radar and crashed Jan. 26 in Calabasas, California.
The group was flying from Orange County to the Mamba Sports Academy in Thousand Oaks, a sports facility named after the Los Angeles Lakers star, who was known as "The Black Mamba."
Friends, family and NBA stars, including Michael Jordan and Shaquille O'Neal, paid tribute to Bryant on Feb. 24 in a somber memorial, hailing his "Mamba mentality," his lasting legacy in the NBA and his accomplishments in sports and beyond.
The NBA shocked fans March 11 when the league announced that it was suspending the season, initially for 30 days, after Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert became the first NBA player to test positive for COVID-19.
"The NBA has, over the last 10 to 15, maybe 20 years, become the most progressive major sports league in the country," Kenneth Cohen, a historian at the University of Delaware and curator at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, said, adding that having a major sports league shut down "put pressure on other major sports and sporting events" to put "the general public's health first."
According to Cohen, not only did the NBA set an example in the sports world in its response to the public health crisis, but this move also served as a "wake-up call" to other industries and to the country as a whole about the severity of what was to come.
At that time in March, no one was wearing masks, social distancing was not a familiar concept, and there were no shutdowns in place -- either federal or state.
The NBA shutdown prompted a rapid and surreal chain reaction.
On March 12, the NHL announced it was pausing its season, the MLB postponed the start of its season, and by the end of the day, the NCAA canceled March Madness.
"The day the sports world stopped," flashed across the screen on ESPN that night as visibly stunned commentators and athletes marveled at the real-time domino effect.
Cohen said a century ago, sports were also interrupted by the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic.
"Major League Baseball did not cancel its season but it did end the regular season early ... even Babe Ruth was out -- twice actually, he caught the flu, as far as we know," Cohen said, adding that each league took a different approach to postponements and cancellations at the time.
But Cohen said that the concept of a "bubble" is new. The NBA was first to institute a bubble isolation zone, picking the season back up with strict testing and social distancing guidelines and without any fans. The WNBA, NHL and National Women's Soccer League followed suit.
The May 25 death of George Floyd, a Black man from Minneapolis, brought Colin Kaepernick back into the national debate in a big way.
The images of a police officer kneeling on Floyd's neck as the Minnesota man called out that he couldn't breathe went viral and were compared to photos of Kaepernick's kneeling protest against police brutality.
The former San Francisco 49ers quarterback became the first NFL player to take a knee on the football field during the playing of the national anthem in 2016 to protest police brutality. He filed a grievance against league owners in 2017 alleging they colluded to ensure that he remained unsigned. The lawsuit has been settled.
Many athletes around the world -- from MLB and NFL players to tennis and soccer stars -- protested in 2020 by taking a knee ahead of sporting events.
In a turn of events, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell issued a video statement June 5 apologizing to players for "not listening" to them about racism and admitting the league was "wrong."
"We, the National Football League, believe Black lives matter. I personally protest with you and want to be part of the much-needed change in this country," Goodell said.
The announcement came amid national unrest, and while some appreciated the statement, supporters of Kaepernick criticized the league and questioned its intentions.
After years of resistance, NASCAR announced June 10 that it would ban all Confederate flags from its racetracks to foster a more inclusive environment.
Bubba Wallace, NASCAR's only full-time Black driver who had raced with a Black Lives Matter paint scheme, had been outspoken against police brutality and had led calls for NASCAR to ban the Confederate flag.
After a noose was found hanging in Wallace's garage later in June, NASCAR drivers and fans rallied around him, and in a powerful moment at the Talladega Superspeedway, everyone from the NASCAR Cup Series garage pushed his No. 43 Chevy down the road in a show of support.
The FBI later determined the noose was not targeted toward Wallace and had been in the garage for months.
For decades, advocates for Native American rights had been urging teams with Indigenous names and mascots to make a change. But it was not until the latest civil rights movement swept the nation that some of the most high-profile teams relented.
After insisting in 2013 that a name change would "never" happen, Dan Snyder, owner of the Washington Redskins, announced in July the team would change its name to the Washington Football Team, after FedEx, which has naming rights to the stadium, requested a change.
In December, the MLB's Cleveland Indians announced they will also change their name in 2021.
In the wake of protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin, over the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, the Milwaukee Bucks took a stand against police brutality by refusing to play Game 5 of the Eastern Conference First Round against the Orlando Magic on Aug. 25.
The boycott led the NBA to postpone all three playoff games scheduled for the next day, and, in a historic show of support, the MLB, WNBA and MLS also canceled matchups as several teams joined the protest.
"Leagues and teams and organizations and institutions are at least starting to understand that they have a role to play in civil rights in creating equity, both within their institutions amongst their staff, and then in the wider community," Cohen said, adding that the Black Lives Matter movement has even "been taken up by sports leagues around the world."
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