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Greg Vacek's Daily Web RoundupThursday, August 2, 2018

August 2, 2018 By Greg Vacek Leave a Comment

Chillious, Roccaforte ready to take on ECU challenge with Dooley…Baseball Earns Third-Straight ABCA Academic Excellence Award…Pirates Earn IWLCA Academic Award…Pirates add to themed letters…East Carolina, West Virginia matchups highlight Big Four non-conference schedules…UCF opens fall football camp with excitement, energy ..Navy football captains promoting culture as key to success in 2018…After New Allegations, Urban Meyer Placed on Paid Leave…Gamecocks football ops sneak peek: ‘To win a championship, you’ve got to spend money’…Three big questions for Ravens vs. Bears Hall of Fame Game: Lamar Jackson’s debut can quiet doubts…Tiger Woods’ schedule is busy but likely won’t include Greensboro

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

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ecupirates.com

  • Baseball Earns Third-Straight ABCA Academic Excellence Award
  • Pirates Earn IWLCA Academic Award
  • Strike Out ALS T-Shirt Campaign Gives Back To ALS North Carolina Chapter

Pirates add to themed letters Greenville Daily Reflector

247 Sports

  • ECU’s Top 25 Most Important Players for 2018: No. 2
  • Chillious, Roccaforte ready to take on ECU challenge with Dooley
  • LOOK: ECU sends out 2019 offer letters

East Carolina, West Virginia matchups highlight Big Four non-conference schedules Greensboro News-Record

 

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

Samari Curtis, previous Xavier University basketball commit, chooses UC Bearcats Cincinnati Enquirer

Opponent Preview: Tulane Green Wave Down the Drive

USF Fan Fest set for Aug. 11 Tampa Tribune

UCF opens fall football camp with excitement, energy Orlando Sentinel

Healthy and happy, Tulane grad transfer Freddy Canteen looking to live up to billing New Orleans Advocate

UH football: Opposing players to watch in 2018 Houston Chronicle

Navy football captains promoting culture as key to success in 2018 Annapolis Capital

Wichita State is bringing back this intense rivalry to its non-conference schedule Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

After New Allegations, Urban Meyer Placed on Paid Leave New York Times

Raleigh News and Observer

  • As football training camp begins for the Tar Heels, three things to watch closely
  • Quarterback Ryan Finley is back for NC State. Who will help him in 2018?
  • Three position battles to watch as Duke football starts practice
  • Meyer on hot seat over handling of assistant’s DV case

Winston Salem Journal

  • Wake Forest hits ground running – and throwing – in first practice
  • Recruitment road ends for Mount Tabor’s Isaiah Wilkins after signing with Virginia Tech

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

  • Former ODU great Ronnie Valentine: “I had no idea that many people still knew about me”
  • ACC Network moves forward, but challenge of striking distribution deals is dead ahead
  • Mike Bianchi: Ohio State coach Urban Meyer should resign after scandal

U.Va. men’s hoops nonconference slate features VCU, Maryland, South Carolina, Bahamas trip Hampton Roads Daily Press

Columbia The State

  • Five things to watch as South Carolina begins 2018 football season
  • Gamecocks plan to boost revenue, recruiting in vacated Williams-Brice space
  • Gamecocks football ops sneak peek: ‘To win a championship, you’ve got to spend money’
  • See the massive new South Carolina football operations center
  • Want to meet your favorite Clemson players? Here’s how you can do it

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

Baltimore Sun

  • Three big questions for Ravens vs. Bears Hall of Fame Game: Lamar Jackson’s debut can quiet doubts
  • Ravens notes: Maurice Canady back to playing outside cornerback
  • Ravens vs. Bears: Hall of Fame Game time, TV and more
  • Orioles rewind: Looking back at Wednesday’s 7-5 win over the Yankees

Winston Salem Journal

  • Tiger Woods’ schedule is busy but likely won’t include Greensboro
  • Denzel Dejournette going from wrestling at Reynolds, App State to WWE

Raleigh News and Observer

  • What if Jeff Skinner and Justin Faulk are back with the Hurricanes after all?
  • Will Panthers’ new owner change MLS expansion equation in NC?
  • NASCAR: Which Big 3 driver will finish this Cup season with the most wins?
  • Tim Cowlishaw: Cowboys aren’t going crazy over the NFL’s new helmet rule – yet

Charlotte Observer

  • Matt Kalil’s roller-coaster first season with Panthers? That’s not the 2018 model
  • A broken leg shook up Panthers’ secondary. They still have a player to rally around.
  • Panthers training camp highlights from Wednesday: Have a day. Or not.

Washington Post

  • RGIII had a shot at the Olympics. But when Ravens called, it was ‘a message from God.’
  • Redskins show off deep passing game between Alex Smith and Paul Richardson
  • Doctson tweets injured shoulder is okay
  • Another day, another drama, and the Nationals hold off Mets, 5-3
  • Mike Rizzo had to shore up the Nationals’ clubhouse because Dave Martinez couldn’t
  • Rizzo delivers a message: ‘If you’re not in, you’re in the way’
  • Kintzler calls rumors of leaking ‘an interesting accusation’
  • Nats owner: ‘We just couldn’t give up on this team’
  • Mets’ TV broadcast got weird during 25-4 loss
  • Zimmerman couldn’t stop smiling during at-bats vs. Reyes
  • Tearful Turner takes full responsibility for tweets

New York Times

  • Against Lowly Orioles, Sonny Gray Drags the Yankees Even Lower
  • The Yankees Keep Chasing and the Red Sox Keep Winning. Now They Meet.
  • The ‘Metsiest’ Mets Loss Ever

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