Six things Carmelo Anthony said about Syracuse in new book, ‘Where Tomorrows Aren’t Promised’

Carmelo Anthony

Carmelo Anthony tears up when asked what he'll miss most, after his announcement that he would forgo the rest of his college career at Syracuse University at a 2003 press conference.

Syracuse, N.Y. -- Carmelo Anthony, forever lionized in Syracuse sports history for leading the Orange to its first and only national basketball title in 2003, has written the book “Where Tomorrows Aren’t Promised” that details his upbringing from Brooklyn to Baltimore to Syracuse, where this story ends with a championship and his selection in the NBA Draft.

Anthony provides details about his dad, Carmelo Iriarte, a native of Puerto Rico who moved to the Red Hook section of Brooklyn, worked in the post office across the street from Madison Square Garden and died of cancer when Anthony was 2 years old. He tells of his immense love for his mom, Mary Anthony, a basketball player born in South Carolina and transplanted to New York at age 18 who worked various jobs to support her family. He touches on his beloved sister, Michelle, the “Mary J. Blige of Red Hook,” and his older brothers, Wolf and Justice.

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