GAMEDAY: Lady Pirates Host Top-Ranked UConn/Men Shoot For First American Win At USF…ECU-UConn women’s game moved up to 2pm to beat weather…Scott Frost: UCF was kept out of playoff…Like it or not, strength of schedule an issue for Group of Five teams…UCF football success raises stakes for new coach Josh Heupel’s 2018 season…Memphis football heads into uncertain offseason…Hokies football trending upward under Justin Fuente…Arizona fires Rodriguez amid hostile workplace claim…The Redskins have an identity. It isn’t a good one….Alex Ovechkin finds more late-game magic to lift Capitals past Hurricanes in OT
Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines
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- GAMEDAY: ECU Hosts Top-Ranked UConn
- ECU-UConn Start Time Revised
- GAMEDAY: Pirates Shoot For First American Win At USF
UConn-ECU at 2 p.m. Greenville Daily Reflector
ECU-UConn women’s game moved up to 2pm to beat weather WNCT 9
ECU-UConn start time revised WITN 7
Redshirt Freshman Report: Taijh Alston 247 Sports
Start Time For UConn Women’s Game Wednesday At ECU Moved To 2 p.m. Hartford Courant
Around the American Athletic Conference
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- Tulsa’s Etou, UCF’s DeJesus Collect Weekly Honors
- UConn’s Williams, Cincinnati’s Thomas Earn Weekly WBB Honors
Scott Frost: UCF was kept out of playoff Washington Post
Unbeaten Central Florida has a right to be ticked about being left out of the College Football Playoff Norfolk Virginian Pilot
Orlando Sentinel
- UCF football success raises stakes for new coach Josh Heupel’s 2018 season
- UCF QB says Knights should be national champions after defeating Auburn in Peach Bowl
Tampa Bay Times
- Like it or not, strength of schedule an issue for Group of Five teams
- Think UCF deserves national title consideration? Think again
UConn Men Try To End Winless Ways At Tulsa Hartford Courant
CB Derrek Thomas and WR Marshall Ellick transferring from Temple Philly.com
TU hosts UConn, looking to continue January success Tulsa World
Memphis Commercial Appeal
- Memphis LBs coach Lanning takes job at Georgia
- Report: Hall to join Norvell’s staff at Memphis
- Memphis football heads into uncertain offseason
- Tigers, Tubby look for answers after ‘debacle’
Houston’s Breaon Brady a game-time decision Thursday Houston Chronicle
Wichita Eagle
- The 200-minute problem facing Gregg Marshall and Wichita State
- Why don’t WSU’s jerseys have players’ names? Here’s your answer
Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond
Raleigh News and Observer
- Coach Kevin Keatts: NC State ‘not as talented as most teams in the ACC’
- Is NC State’s Bradley Chubb the top prospect in the NFL draft? One list says he is.
- Can UNC’s ‘small ball’ lineup overcome a big challenge at Florida State?
Hokies football trending upward under Justin Fuente Hampton Roads Daily Press
Columbia The State
- 5 things we learned from Clemson’s loss to Alabama in the Sugar Bowl
- How four minutes of football ended Clemson’s season
- South Carolina vs. Michigan: 15 things you might have missed
Is the College Football Playoff championship getting a bit too familiar? Washington Post
College football needs an 8-team playoff. Just don’t expect it to happen anytime soon Norfolk Virginian Pilot
The Associated Press
- Arizona fires Rodriguez amid hostile workplace claim
- College Football Playoff TV ratings rise on return to Jan. 1
- Kansas State’s Bill Snyder returning for 27th season
- No. 4 Alabama’s defense delivers payback, big statement
- Sony Michel, Georgia can finally ‘play for something big’
- Auburn running back Kerryon Johnson to enter NFL draft
- Former Kentucky starting quarterback Barker will transfer
- For Michigan, a step back in third season under Harbaugh
- Saban makes case for built-in travel day between semifinals and championship game
New York Times
- Arizona Fires Rich Rodriguez After Investigation Into Misconduct
- Saban’s Great. We Get It. But Can We Pause to Embrace Georgia?
- An Unrelenting Georgia Wears Down Oklahoma in a Clash of Styles
Nuggets and Briefs: National and Professional articles of interest
Charlotte Observer
- Why Panthers haven’t found McCaffrey’s ceiling, and rookie who shows what it could be
- Hornets fall despite big night from Kemba Walker in shootout with Clippers
- Mavs’ Seth Curry was counting on breakout season. Here’s why it’s been ‘very frustrating’
- Men with military-style guns arrested for break-in at NASCAR Hall of Famer’s home
- Hurricanes in playoff position. Here’s what they need to do to stay there
- Hurricanes beaten by Capitals in overtime 5-4
Washington Post
- Alex Ovechkin finds more late-game magic to lift Capitals past Hurricanes in OT
- As Jay Gruden prepares to analyze Redskins’ season, praise for Kirk Cousins is light
- Gruden vows thorough evaluation of self, staff and injuries
- Steinberg: Redskins have an identity. It isn’t a good one.
- Examining the Redskins’ options if Kirk Cousins leaves
- Cousins says Redskins are not that far from playoff teams
- Redskins need to look at injury issues, no matter how much it hurts
The Redskins have an identity. It isn’t a good one. Norfolk Virginian Pilot
New York Times
- Isaiah Thomas Helps End Losing Streak in His Cavaliers Debut
- Andy Murray’s Australian Open Is in Doubt Because of Lingering Hip Problem
- Nathan Chen Has Taken the Quad to a New Level. Is It Good for Figure Skating?
- The U.S. Hockey Team’s Mystery Men
The Associated Press
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