ECU faces Fall, UCF…Houston’s Gray, Cincinnati’s Cumberland Receive Weekly Accolades…Coach K taking leave of absence to have back surgery…Receiver Isaiah Ford, quarterback Jerod Evans leaving Virginia Tech for NFL
Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines
Ringing in the New Year with Heather Macy Bonesville.net
Gameday Preview: ECU at UCF ecupirates.com
ECU faces Fall, UCF Greenville Daily Reflector
Austin College hosts Super Bowl Champion George Koonce for Annual Grayson County MLK Jr. Celebration North Texas e-News
Around the American Athletic Conference
theamerican.org
- Houston’s Gray, Cincinnati’s Cumberland Receive Weekly Accolades
- UConn’s Williams, USF’s Henshaw Earn Women’s Basketball Weekly Honors
Flowers enters ’17 on brink of Bulls immortality Tampa Bay Times
Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond
The Associated Press
- USC hits FG at gun, beats Penn State 52-49 in epic Rose Bowl
- Mayfield leads Oklahoma to 35-19 Sugar Bowl win over Auburn
- Wisconsin wins Cotton Bowl 24-16, only Western Michigan loss
- Appleby shines, No. 20 Florida beats Iowa in Outback Bowl
- Alabama OC Kiffin leaving before national title game
- Ranked matchups in ACC, Big Ten headline week in AP Top 25
- Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski takes leave to have back surgery
USA Today
- Duke hits another bump with Coach K news | Surgery
- Ditching Kiffin big risk, even for Bama | Odd tweet
- Coaches poll: Kansas up to No. 2 behind Villanova
Raleigh News and Observer
- Coach K taking leave of absence to have back surgery
- Krzyzewski, Duke didn’t see this latest health issue coming – DeCock
- Who is Duke’s Jeff Capel?
- After loss at Georgia Tech, UNC tries to get serious for 2nd ACC game
- What to know about UNC at Clemson
Norfolk Virginian Pilot
- Receiver Isaiah Ford, quarterback Jerod Evans leaving Virginia Tech for NFL
- For first time since 2010-11 season, Hokies are in the Top 25
Washington Post
- Lane Kiffin thought he’d be back at Alabama, but Nick Saban had other ideas
- Jake Butt’s knee injury is why college players want to skip bowl games
Columbia The State
Nuggets and Briefs: National and Professional articles of interest
The Associated Press
- Butler has 52 to help Bulls top Walker, Hornets
- James scores 26 as short-handed Cavaliers beat Pelicans
- A short history of the best championship sequels in sports
USA Today
Hurricanes’ Jorge Alves realizes life-long dream of playing in NHL Raleigh News and Observer
Washington Post
- Kirk Cousins, ready to negotiate, won’t be Mr. Nice Guy any longer
- Cousins didn’t help himself Sunday
- Cousins remains coy about his feelings toward Redskins
- Redskins begin offseason stuck at just above average, with culpability to share
- Five questions facing the Redskins this offseason
- OBJ, Giants party with Justin Bieber after Sunday’s win
- McVay will interview for Rams’ head-coaching vacancy
Charlotte Observer
- Jimmy Butler’s 52 points top Kemba Walker’s 34, lead Chicago Bulls past Charlotte Hornets
- Charlotte Hornets’ Cody Zeller placed in concussion protocol
- Will tackle Kawann Short take the Josh Norman path in Panthers free agency?
- Panthers free agents express hopes to stay with Carolina
- Panthers clean out, move on after first playoff-less January in 4 years
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