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Greg Vacek's Daily Web RoundupSaturday, June 16, 2018

June 16, 2018 By Greg Vacek Leave a Comment

ECU receives schedule pairings for 2018-19 AAC games …USF men’s hoops lands 6-foot-9 LSU transfer…NC commission could lead to paychecks for college athletes …Report: Two freshmen, including former top prospect, leaving South Carolina baseball…Nebraska’s tough road sked tops 2018 college football schedule superlatives…Dustin Johnson takes 4-shot lead into weekend at U.S. Open…Spain and Portugal Play a Draw for the Ages, Starring a Player for All Time

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

ECU receives schedule pairings for 2018-19 AAC games WITN 7

ECU researcher tries to find better way to treat Lyme Disease WNCT 9

 

Around the American Athletic Conference

Associated Press

  • Hardaway: Former NBA coach Sam Mitchell joins Memphis’ staff
  • New coach Penny Hardaway already having impact on Memphis

Van Exel named a Memphis Grizzlies assistant Cincinnati Enquirer

Tampa Tribune

  • USF men’s hoops lands 6-foot-9 LSU transfer
  • Services set for former USF, Storm lineman Kenyatta Jones

UConn Men: Dan Hurley’s Workouts The Remedy For ‘Soft’ Play Hartford Courant

‘Great man and a greater friend’: Bill Curl, longtime Tulane, Superdome spokesman, dies at 77 New Orleans Advocate

Former Tulane and Superdome spokesman Bill Curl dies New Orleans Times Picayune

Dallas News

  • 10 things to know about SMU head coach Sonny Dykes, including his wild college major
  • SMU linebacker update for 2018: Can this position group improve after a rocky 2017?
  • Has the Pac-12 passed the Big 12 as the ‘worst’ of the power-5 conferences?

Find out who is coming to Koch Arena in AAC play for 2018-19 basketball season Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

  • College World Series: How to watch, the game schedule and the matchups that got us here
  • UNC’s Mike Fox is not new to winning a College World Series. Here’s the time he did it.
  • How UNC stacks up against Oregon State in Tar Heels’ first game of the College World Series
  • How Mike Fox rebounded and brought UNC to the brink of a College World Series title
  • This NC commission could lead to paychecks for college athletes

National-title winning football players, two locals headline App State’s HOF class Winston Salem Journal

Dustin Johnson takes 4-shot lead into weekend at U.S. Open Norfolk Virginian Pilot

A new name for A&T’s football field: BB&T Stadium Greensboro News-Record

Nebraska’s tough road sked tops 2018 college football schedule superlatives ESPN

Columbia The State

  • Hometown prospect, a top USC target, hears Georgia’s pitch
  • Frank Martin lays out South Carolina’s plan for final open scholarship
  • Report: Two freshmen, including former top prospect, leaving South Carolina baseball

Hokies mailbag: How might Virginia Tech utilize the new redshirt rule? Roanoke Times

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

Charlotte Observer

  • Intriguing Panthers, position by position, as team transitions from OTAs to camp
  • Minicamp is over, but 4 big Panthers position battles must be settled in Spartanburg
  • Kickoff: Brazil, Germany face high expectations at World Cup
  • The Latest: Aguero, Messi team up for Argentine vs Iceland
  • Technology helps France beat gritty Australia 2-1 in Group C

U.S. Open notes: Woods misses the cut after Friday’s 72 Winston Salem Journal

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

  • Dustin Johnson takes 4-shot lead into weekend at U.S. Open
  • Spain still behind De Gea after forgettable World Cup opener
  • Andy Murray to make long-awaited return at Queen’s
  • Comment | Redskins season ticket wait list might not be the only thing on the way out

Washington Post

  • Portugal vs. Spain was a symphony, and Cristiano Ronaldo hit all the high notes
  • Iran beats Morocco with late own goal
  • Uruguay scores late to beat Mohamed Salah-less Egypt
  • Cristiano Ronaldo agrees to jail sentence, massive fine in tax-evasion case
  • Nigeria fans banned from bringing live chickens to games
  • World Cup is already beset by empty seats. FIFA is baffled.
  • Complete World Cup results, schedule and standings
  • Dustin Johnson might not be the thinking-man’s champion, and that’s just fine
  • On course that turns the best shaky, Johnson is in command
  • Updates from the U.S. Open
  • North of the border, things go south for the Nats in the seventh inning
  • Matt Adams leaves game with hand injury
  • MLB unveils jerseys, caps and socks for 2018 All-Star Game at Nationals Park
  • Daniel Murphy seeks return to the field, but he’ll be DH so long as Nats have that luxury
  • Jay Gruden on 50 Cent, play-call regrets and why Redskins have ‘more firepower than ever’

New York Times

  • France Passes First World Cup Test. So Does V.A.R.
  • Hold on a Second: Video Review Comes to the World Cup
  • Spain and Portugal Play a Draw for the Ages, Starring a Player for All Time
  • How Ronaldo Stepped Over Spain, and Gave Portugal the Early Lead
  • Argentina vs. Iceland: World Cup 2018 Live Score and Updates
  • Watching the World Cup in a War Zone, Where Every Goal Matters
  • Barred From Stadiums at Home, an Iranian Activist Enters a New World in St. Petersburg
  • Dustin Johnson Pulls Away in Round 2 of the U.S. Open
  • Phil Mickelson, Hours From His 48th Birthday, Survives the U.S. Open Cut
  • Spurs Forward Kawhi Leonard Wants Out of San Antonio
  • Jonathan Loaisiga Makes a Yankees Debut to Remember
  • An Exiled Old-Timer, Goose Gossage Still Won’t Back Down

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