ECU shooting touch erases Cincy’s hot start …Long-awaited ECU facility opens today…No. 19 Houston beats Memphis to improve to 15-0…Source: Temple football eyeing Northern Illinois coach Rod Carey…WVU signs new football coach Neal Brown to six-year, $19.05 million contract…No. 1 Alabama meets No. 2 Clemson for CFP championship…Ravens take fans to the heights and the depths as their season ends in 23-17 wild-card-round loss to Chargers…Hornets’ Kemba Walker has quiet night in win over Suns, until crazy final 270 seconds…Wizards beat Thunder in Oklahoma City for first time in franchise history…Hurricanes top Senators for 4th straight win
Pirate Press: ECU Headlines
Insights from Brett: Milestone win gives jolt of energy to Dooley era Bonesville.net
Greenville Daily Reflector
Around the American Athletic Conference
UCF, ECU & Tulsa Earn Wins on Wild Saturday theamerican.org
No. 19 Houston beats Memphis to improve to 15-0 Associated Press
UH moves to 15-0 with win over Memphis Houston Chronicle
Takeaways from UC’s AAC road defeat at East Carolina Cincinnati Enquirer
UConn men’s target Kofi Cockburn commits to Illinois Hartford Courant
Philly.com
- Source: Temple football eyeing Northern Illinois coach Rod Carey
- Shizz Alston leads late rally for Temple to knock off Wichita State on road
Guerin-teed it was quite a week: The cold blood of Curran Scott Tulsa World
Shocker takeaways: Loss to Temple ‘one of the toughest games of my career’ for WSU senior Wichita Eagle
Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond
Columbia The State
- Gameday Guide: Clemson vs. Alabama TV info, watch online, radio, more
- Five burning questions for Alabama vs. Clemson in the national championship
- Is Alabama and Clemson dominance bad for college football? Swinney, Saban weigh in
- ‘Ice Cold’ Huegel has been steady force for Clemson special teams
- From ‘Bambi’ to MVP: Austin Bryant an unheralded key to Clemson’s success
- Tale of the tape: Scouting Clemson’s Trevor Lawrence, Alabama’s Tua Tagovailoa
- Ryan Hilinski has arrived in Columbia, and he’s excited about what’s next
Charlotte Observer
- Select Chick-fil-A’s honoring Clemson’s title game berth with ‘Tiger Paw’ biscuits
- Who has the edge at each position between Clemson and Alabama?
Charleston Post Courier
- Sapakoff: Clemson must win ’50-50’ ball fights it lost to Alabama in the Sugar Bowl
- As Clemson readies for Alabama, who plays Tua Tagovailoa? Hint: It’s not Brent Venables
- 4 keys for No. 2 Clemson to beat No. 1 Alabama in Monday’s national championship game
Winston Salem Journal
- K.J. Henry has learned plenty during his redshirt season at Clemson
- App State hires former Western Kentucky offensive coordinator Junior Adams as offensive assistant
The Associated Press
- No. 1 Alabama meets No. 2 Clemson for CFP championship
- Column: Bay Area no place for college football championship
- Alabama-Clemson IV: Can Saban’s dynasty reach new heights?
- Alabama already among greatest college dynasties
- Walk-ons are obscure backbone of Clemson, Bama powerhouses
- Clemson’s Swinney says suspended DT Lawrence will be missed
- Cal defensive back Bryce Turner dies at age 19
- North Dakota St wins 7th FCS title 38-24 over E Washington
- West Virginia hires Troy’s Brown for 6 years, $19.05 million
Charleston (WV) Gazette Mail
- WVU signs new football coach Neal Brown to six-year, $19.05 million contract
- Frank Giardina: WVU hits it out of the park with Neal Brown hire
- Derek Redd: WVU’s contract with Neal Brown is one big deal
- WVU football: Brown has pieces in place to start building roster
- WVU recruiting: Brown wastes no time on recruiting trail
- WVU football notebook: New coach Neal Brown meets Mountaineers
- Dana Holgorsen sends parting message to WVU football fans
K-State spending millions to replace Bill Snyder with Chris Klieman as football coach Wichita Eagle
Alabama’s Toughest Competition Might Be Its Second String. Or Its Third. New York Times
Nuggets and Briefs: National and Professional articles of interest
New York Times
- Bears’ Hopes of Beating Eagles End With a Thunk-Thunk-Thud
- The Mavericks’ Key to Keeping Players Fresh? Blood Samples
- Tom Thibodeau Is Fired by Timberwolves, After a 22-Point Win
- Chargers’ Defense Stifles Ravens in Wild-Card Playoff Win
Baltimore Sun
- Ravens take fans to the heights and the depths as their season ends in 23-17 wild-card-round loss to Chargers
- Ravens rewind: Looking back at Sunday’s 23-17 wild-card-round loss to the Chargers
- At the end of a breakthrough rookie season, quarterback Lamar Jackson leaves Ravens needing more
- Five Things We Learned from the Ravens’ 23-17 wild-card-round loss to the Los Angeles Chargers
- After playoff loss, Ravens have No. 22 overall pick in NFL draft
Washington Post
- Double doink: Bears’ season ends and Eagles’ run continues on a cruel missed field goal
- Takeaways from the Eagles’ win in Chicago
- Cowboys’ Allen Hurns has surgery after gruesome injury
- The Chargers solved Lamar Takeaways from Chargers’ win
- Jackson and the Ravens, and they won’t go quietly in the AFC
- Joe Flacco done in Baltimore?
- Jackson era began in earnest Sunday
- Complete NFL playoff bracket and schedule
- Wizards beat Thunder in Oklahoma City for first time in franchise history
- Capitals find offense from an unlikely player to end their three-game skid
- D.C. United superstar Wayne Rooney arrested at Dulles airport for public intoxication
Charlotte Observer
- Hornets’ Kemba Walker has quiet night in win over Suns, until crazy final 270 seconds
- Beating Ravens gets Chargers a date with Brady and Patriots
- Tim Cowlishaw: With opponent set, Cowboys look to hurdle their own personal Grand Canyon
- After a statistically empty rookie season, what’s next for Seahawks’ Shaquem Griffin?
Raleigh News and Observer
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