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Greg Vacek's Daily Web RoundupTuesday, August 13, 2019

August 13, 2019 By Greg Vacek Leave a Comment

Houston: “Our Actions Have to Reflect our Words”…ECU shows off renovations to Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium….Tahj Deans no longer with ECU football program…Fields Named Assistant Women’s Golf Coach…Another fast start? How the first six football games are set up for NC State….”Everyone is fighting for a spot.” Increased competition the theme thus far in ODU camp….UCF football still pushing to go 1-and-0 entering new season…N.C.A.A. Reverses ‘Rich Paul Rule’ After Backlash…Big week for Braves vs. NL’s two hottest teams since All-Star break

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

The Bradsher Beat
Pirates’ grand facilities visions becoming real
 Bonesville.net

ecupirates.com

  • Fields Named Assistant Women’s Golf Coach
  • Week 2 – Back To Work For ECU
  • Dages Leads ECU’s Forwards

Greenville Daily Reflector

  • TowneBank Tower: From construction zone to show area
  • Meet the new, bright Minges Coliseum

WNCT 9

  • Houston: “Our Actions Have to Reflect our Words”
  • ECU Athletics Give Tour of Nearly Complete TowneBank Tower

ECU shows off renovations to Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium WITN 7

247 Sports

  • ECU’s TowneBank Tower nears completion as season closes in
  • What Mike Houston said after ECU’s Monday practice
  • Tahj Deans no longer with ECU football program
  • LOOK: ECU starts another week of preseason camp
  • Know The Foe: Cincinnati Bearcats

ECU AD Jon Gilbert Directs Tour of Upgraded Athletic Facilities Rivals.com

 

Around the American Athletic Conference

Cincinnati Bearcats football: Four position battles that should shake out at Higher Ground Cincinnati Enquirer

USF RB Johnny Ford goes out of his way to meet 8-year-old fan WFLA

UCF football still pushing to go 1-and-0 entering new season Orlando Sentinel

Last man standing: OL Keyshawn McLeod only Tulane signee left from Curtis Johnson era NOLA.com

Memphis forward Precious Achiuwa will not travel to Bahamas 247 Sports

Bill Haisten: As Philip Montgomery speaks at a TU pep rally, he bears a big responsibility Tulsa World

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

  • Another fast start? How the first six football games are set up for NC State.
  • Zion’s Duke shoes fetch big bucks in online auction
  • While one big name still waits to be full go, USC’s running backs are impressing
  • Clemson regularly produces great receivers. This freshman is the next one

Winston Salem Journal

  • Wake Forest completes first scrimmage with plenty to like, some things to work on
  • Ram Ramblings: WSSU hires volleyball and men’s golf coaches
  • My Take On Others: Filing the first ballot is the toughest one of the year (I know that much now)
  • WSSU’s football game originally scheduled at St. Aug’s has been moved to High Point

“Everyone is fighting for a spot.” Increased competition the theme thus far in ODU camp. Norfolk Virginian Pilot

Charleston Post and Courier

  • Gamecocks’ passing game going through rough start to preseason camp
  • Four questions facing Clemson after first football scrimmage

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

Charlotte Observer

  • Hornets schedule analysis: Kemba Walker’s return and only 1 national TV game
  • A wide receiver who Cam Newton nicknamed ‘Pudgy’? Yes, the Panthers have that.
  • Panthers coach says fights in practice are ‘B.S.,’ and won’t be tolerated vs. Bills
  • Bhatia opens with 72 in U.S. Amateur qualifying

After 25 years, Carolina Panthers’ Wofford connection could be coming to an end Charleston Post and Courier

Canes’ Don Waddell receives contract extension, will remain as GM and president  Raleigh News and Observer

New York Times

  • The Air Raid Offense Invades an N.F.L. That It Already Conquered
  • Now Playing for the Syracuse Mets: Yesterday’s Stars, Not Tomorrow’s
  • Facing Little Resistance, the Yankees Make Health Their Main Goal
  • Yordan Alvarez, a Forgotten Deadline Pickup, Is Taking a Star Turn
  • An Amazin’ Month for the Mets
  • N.C.A.A. Reverses ‘Rich Paul Rule’ After Backlash
  • Simone Biles Set a New Standard. Can U.S.A. Gymnastics Do the Same?
  • Now Playing Everywhere: Soccer Nostalgia
  • U.S. Fencer and Hammer Thrower Lead Silent Protests at Pan-American Games

Washington Post

  • Dinged-up Nationals put their depth on display, hold on for a 7-6 win over the Reds
  • Greg Holland agrees to minor league deal to return to Nationals
  • Nationals’ 2020 schedule breakdown and highlights
  • When athletes kneel, the rotten U.S. Olympic regime has no moral standing to object
  • American fencer Race Imboden explains his protest on medal stand
  • Protests present a difficult issue as Tokyo Olympics, presidential election loom
  • D.C. United fans prepare for life after Wayne Rooney: ‘One man doesn’t make a team’
  • More on Luciano Acosta’s benching, Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s record
  • NBA 2019-20 schedule takeaways: Load management for fans, Zion Williamson takeover and more
  • Five takeaways from the Wizards’ 2019-20 schedule
  • The top 2019 fantasy football sleepers to draft late
  • Athlete activism is growing and diversifying, just in time for the 2020 Olympics

Atlanta Journal Constitution

  • Big week for Braves vs. NL’s two hottest teams since All-Star break
  • Snitker’s better bullpen options producing bad results
  • 2019-20 NBA schedule: Hawks open at Pistons, on national TV just twice 
  • Falcons release official depth chart for Jets’ game 
  • Braves welcome suddenly relevant Mets to SunTrust Park
  • Falcons trade tight end Eric Saubert to Patriots 

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