News and Notes: Monday Edition

Below, news and notes for Monday...

• Eitan Chemerinski (Cornell '13) opens his play with Team USA in the Maccabi Games in Israel this week.  In the Preliminaries stage, Team USA faces in its group: Argentina  (July 19), Germany (July 21), Australia (July 22), Russia (July 23) and Guinea-Bissau (July 24).  The other competing countries which qualified for Men's Basketball include Canada, Kazakhstan, France, Greece and host Israel.

• Nolan Cressler is back in action in the Pittsburgh Basketball Club Pro Am tonight.

• Ned Tomic is featured briefly below (at the 2 min 43 sec mark) in the Akron Canton Am Pro.  Tomic won Player of the Day for the League's Day 6 action as well as for Day 5. 

• According to ESPN, Jeff Foote (Cornell '10) made $38,000 during 2011-2012 for his 10-day contract with the New Orleans Hornets.

• Cornell alumnus, Chris Granger (Cornell '93), is the new President of the Sacramento Kings.  See a profile on Granger in the Sacramento Bee.

• The Albuquerque Tribune profiles alum, Dave Bliss (Cornell '67).