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GREG VACEK'S DAILY WEB ROUNDUPSaturday, August 3, 2019

August 3, 2019 By Greg Vacek Leave a Comment

Pirates Open Preseason Camp Under Houston; Heat Was a Factor On Day One For ECU As Fall Camp Begins…New facilities, new mindset for Pirates…Gerlach: ECU expenses reflect investment in winning…Women’s Golf Announces 2019-20 Schedule…Traveon Freshwater joins East Carolina football team…Weather wreaks havoc on USF’s opening practice…Navy football drops team motto deemed ‘insensitive’ to mass shooting victims …Kirk Cousins is ready to ‘make amends’ for last year. The Vikings want him to do less….It’s Not Just Coco Gauff: American Teens Swarm Into Pro Tennis…Lakers-Clippers showdown highlights NBA’s star-studded Christmas Day schedule

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

ecupirates.com

  • Pirates Open Preseason Camp Under Houston
  • Women’s Golf Announces 2019-20 Schedule

Greenville Daily Reflector

  • New facilities, new mindset for Pirates
  • ECU football: One practice, some clarity
  • VIDEO: Pirates begin the preseason
  • Gerlach: ECU expenses reflect investment in winning

Pirates open fall camp with first practice  WNCT 9

ECU Football opens 2019 preseason camp WITN 7

247 Sports

  • Observations from ECU’s opening practice of preseason camp
  • Traveon Freshwater joins East Carolina football team
  • What Mike Houston said after ECU’s first preseason camp practice

Heat Was a Factor On Day One For ECU As Fall Camp Begins Rivals

Bills WRs might be ‘Smurfs,’ but there’s a place for them in NFL ESPN

 

Around the American Athletic Conference

Rhodenbaugh Hired To Lead SMU Men’s Swimming Program theamerican.org

Cincinnati Enquirer

  • Cincinnati Bearcats football lands pledge from South Georgia TE Payten Singletary
  • Luke Fickell ready to see Darrian Beavers, Kyriq McDonald ‘enhance and help’ UC football
  • Darrian Beavers, Kyriq McDonald could ‘enhance and help’ UC football

Weather wreaks havoc on USF’s opening practice Tampa Bay Times

Orlando Sentinel

  • Young UCF defensive line going through rapid transformation
  • Pictures: UCF quarterbacks vie to start in 2019 season opener
  • UCF RB Otis Anderson sure injured QB Darriel Mack Jr. will overcome challenges
  • UCF is ranked No. 17, Gators No. 8 in preseason top 25 coaches’ poll

UConn football team prep for first game against Wagner on Aug. 29 WTNH

Analysis shows rare negative turnover ratio for Tulane in 2018 no cause for concern NOLA.com

Following significant departures, SMU plans to lean on newcomers in Sonny Dykes’ second season Dallas News

247 Sports

  • TE Payten Singletary Chooses Cincinnati
  • WATCH: Sonny Dykes talks first day of SMU fall camp

Memphis Commercial Appeal

  • How Memphis football, Mike Norvell began preseason practice
  • Former Memphis football players respond to Ole Miss DB calling Tigers ‘little brothers’

UH football: Five things to watch in camp Houston Chronicle

Navy football drops team motto deemed ‘insensitive’ to mass shooting victims Annapolis Capital

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

  • Mack Brown liked what he saw. Here’s what we saw on the first day of UNC’s fall camp.
  • Duke has versatility, depth as Blue Devils prepare for 2019 football season
  • Expectations for Clemson reach all-time high. Tigers’ plan: ‘We start over’
  • Observations from Clemson’s first practice, including a new starting receiver
  • Experience Wake Forest’s practice as it seeks to continue its winning ways

As much of an update on Wake Forest’s quarterback battle as you’ll get after two practices without pads Winston Salem Journal

E.E. Smith duo picks Navy, Appalachian State Fayetteville Observer

“It’s a blessing to be here.” Ex-Florida State QB transfers to Hampton University Norfolk Virginian Pilot

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

Charlotte Observer

  • Cam Newton shines for Carolina Panthers during rainy Fan Fest in Charlotte
  • Former Panthers center Ryan Kalil unretires to join NY Jets
  • The Panthers needed a safety; Tre Boston brings interceptions – and risks

Steve Scott, who almost took down Tiger Woods in 1996 U.S. Amateur, misses cut at Wyndham Championship Winston Salem Journal

Wrestling legends, fans to converge in Charlotte for ‘The Gathering’ Charleston Post and Courier

New York Times

  • Nick Buoniconti Got the Best and the Worst of Football
  • It’s Not Just Coco Gauff: American Teens Swarm Into Pro Tennis
  • Sevilla and the Science of Soccer’s Summer Transfer Window
  • U.S.A. Basketball Asks for Focus to Be on Who Is Here, Not Who Isn’t
  • Yankees Deliver Another Blow to Reeling Red Sox
  • Ashley Wagner’s Account of Sexual Assault Shakes Figure Skating
  • World Cup Stars and Cheap Tickets. Will Fans Now Care About Women’s Pro Soccer?
  • Kettlebell Lifting, Handstand Walking and a Lot of Mystery

Washington Post

  • Kirk Cousins is ready to ‘make amends’ for last year. The Vikings want him to do less.
  • Champ Bailey says Redskins didn’t congratulate him on Hall of Fame induction until this week
  • On Williams, Redskins fans split between ‘Please come back’ and ‘Trade him’
  • Roenis Elías injury scare overshadows Nationals’ shutout win over Diamondbacks
  • Nationals designate reliever Tony Sipp for assignment to make room for new additions
  • Jeremy Hellickson not mentioned as a fifth starter for Nationals, even as he mounts a comeback
  • Carmelo Anthony was surprised the Rockets let him go, felt ‘like the game didn’t want me back’
  • Peter Gojowczyk, the Citi Open’s luckiest loser, is through to the semifinals
  • Jessica Pegula defeats Lauren Davis in women’s quarterfinal
  • Rookie wide receiver Terry McLaurin impressing Redskins with speed, intelligence
  • Lakers-Clippers showdown highlights NBA’s star-studded Christmas Day schedule

Atlanta Journal Constitution

  • Snitker finally has a deep Braves ’pen. Now he just has to manage it right.
  • Terry McGuirk on the Braves’ increased spending: ‘We knew this would happen’

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