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Roasting Jim Boeheim: 500 friends surprised coach in Rochester. His ‘eyes filled with tears’

Syracuse, N.Y. ― Anyone who has ever tried to pull off a surprise party knows how hard it can be to keep the secret under wraps.

Imagine the challenge facing friends of Jim Boeheim when they tried to hold a tribute dinner for the former Syracuse University basketball coach with 500 people in attendance.

Bob Sansone, a long-time friend of Boeheim’s and the golf chair at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, wanted to surprise Boeheim, who retired in March after 47 years as Syracuse’s coach, with a dinner that was part tribute and part roast. To do it, he enlisted the help of Sean McDonough, the ESPN broadcaster and Syracuse alum.

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ED23 Foundation Getting Ready for Annual Back-To-School Drive

The ED23 Foundation is getting ready for the 2024 annual Back to School Drive.  This year along with our partners, The Hart and Tay Foundation and Empire Orange Publishing, the Foundation is hoping to help 200 families in the Central New York community.  This years’ event will take place at Kirk Park on August 24, […]

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Tell Me Something Good: Time To Pay It Forward

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — The last thing Joey Bearup needed as he entered his teen years was Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. All he wanted to do was to play some hoops and hang with his friends. Make-A-Wish Central New York pulled in support from Barrett Paving and Atlas Fence and got a hoop put up in Joey’s […]

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CABVI teams up with Eric Devendorf

(WSYR-TV) — CABVI is the Central Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired. They’re teaming up with SU legend Eric Devendorf to let people know what they’re all about, and what Eric’s ED 23 Foundation is all about. Devendorf along with CABVI’s Vice President of operations, Scott MacGregor visited Bridge Street to talk about their […]

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