Dwayne Harris named Week 16 AFC Special Teams Player of the Week …Houston’s staff keeping working formula in place at ECU…The year in East Carolina Sports: New athletics director, coaching changes…Temple football team feels much better prepared for bowl game compared to last in-season coach change….Tulane offensive line coach Alex Atkins leaves for coordinator job at Charlotte …Points at a premium between Cal and TCU at Cheez-It Bowl…Clemson preparing to play Cotton Bowl without Dexter Lawrence, others over failed drug tests…‘I felt it pop’: LeBron James’s groin injury overshadows Lakers’ upset win over the Warriors

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

The year in East Carolina Sports: New athletics director, coaching changes Greenville Daily Reflector

Dwayne Harris named Week 16 AFC Special Teams Player of the Week Raiders.com

Watch Raiders’ Dwayne Harris go 99 yards for crazy punt-return … NBC Sports

Dwayne Harris Is A Special-Teams Genius Deadspin

Houston’s staff keeping working formula in place at ECU 247 Sports

Around the American Athletic Conference

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• UC’s Cumberland and USF’s Yetna Earn Final 2018 Weekly Honors
• UConn’s Samuelson and Williams Gather Weekly Women’s Basketball Honors

Cincinnati Bearcats Guard Takes AAC Player of the Week Honors BCSNN

Five years after USF, Stan Heath finding peace in the pros Tampa Bay Times

‘Things UCF Fans Say’ video perfectly pokes fun at Knights’ fan base USA Today

Fiesta Bowl officials excited to welcome UCF, LSU to Arizona Orlando Sentinel

Positive steps for rebuilding UConn men’s basketball Republican American

Temple football team feels much better prepared for bowl game compared to last in-season coach change Philly.com

Tulane offensive line coach Alex Atkins leaves for coordinator job at Charlotte New Orleans Times Picayune

Memphis Tigers football RB Darrell Henderson revels in All-America season Memphis Commercial Appeal

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

The Associated Press

• Points at a premium between Cal and TCU at Cheez-It Bowl
• Kyler, Tua and ‘Generation Z’ QBs take over college football
• No. 19 Kentucky and Louisville renew rivalry
• Duke rises to No. 1 in AP poll again, Kansas drops to 5th

Opinion: Quarterback transfers will continue to roil college football, so deal with it Daily American

Gene Hooks, who played a pivotal role in transformation of Wake Forest athletics, recalls the struggle of the early years Winston Salem Journal

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• Boston College gets Scot Loeffler back for bowl match with Boise, Rypien
• The Pilot’s biggest sports stories of 2018

Charleston Post and Courier

• BAW’s bow: South Carolina defender plays final game at Belk Bowl
• Clemson preparing to play Cotton Bowl without Dexter Lawrence, others over failed drug tests

Charlotte 49ers’ early lead evaporates in finale of Hawaii tournament Charlotte Observer