ECU hopes to end skid vs Campbell…’I’ll have set a good example’: Veteran dad stays the course to complete degree at ECU…Mike Houston goes in-home with ECU commit Teagan Wilk …This Army-Navy game arrives with roles reversed and a streak fueling both teams…Can Memphis make a statement against Penn State? …Shawn Clark to be named Appalachian State football coach…Taggart takes over at FAU, ready to get back to work…Burrow, LSU dominate College Football Awards show in Atlanta…Ravens’ Lamar Jackson breaks Michael Vick’s single-season QB rushing record in first quarter vs. Jets…Anthony Rendon and the Nats made sensible decisions. Why does it feel so lousy?
Pirate Press: ECU Headlines
VIEW FROM THE EAST
Missing bowl has benefits Bonesville.net
ECU hopes to end skid vs Campbell Washington Post
Greenville Daily Reflector
- Council moves forward on hotel project
- ‘I’ll have set a good example’: Veteran dad stays the course to complete degree at ECU
- ECU police investigate on campus robbery
Online Originals: Preparations for ECU’s Fall Commencement underway WNCT 9
ECU Fall Commencement and Holiday Travel Advisory WITN 7
Mike Houston goes in-home with ECU commit Teagan Wilk 247 Sports
Around the American Athletic Conference
Tulsa Advances To NIVC Semis With Win Over Weber State theamerican.org
Bearcats Player Power Rankings: The First Month SB Nation
UCF OC Jeff Lebby leaving for Ole Miss after two seasons with Knights Orlando Sentinel
Mike Anthony: Winning and losing aside, Randy Edsall needs to change current tone and feel of UConn football program Hartford Courant
Memphis Commercial Appeal
- Penny Hardaway: ‘You can’t just ignore that this is Tennessee versus Memphis’
- Memphis vs Tennessee Vols basketball: 5 things to watch during Saturday’s game
- Memphis’ Penny Hardaway is ready to let his coaching do the talking vs. Vols l Giannotto
Cotton Bowl preview: Can Memphis make a statement against Penn State? ESPN
Tulsa outlasts Weber State in 5 sets to win NIVC quarterfinal Tulsa World
Washington Post
- For the Army-Navy game, every Mids player wears a military patch, and every patch tells a story
- This Army-Navy game arrives with roles reversed and a streak fueling both teams
Annapolis Capital
- At the other Army Navy matchup this week: Decorated Olympian Rowdy Gaines humbled by swim meet
- Higgins is grateful, thankful for Navy football career
Erik Stevenson has been Wichita State’s most improved player and it starts on defense Wichita Eagle
Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond
College Teams Tout Stars. They Need Early Matchups to Brag About, Too. New York Times
Bowl Watchability Rankings: One Reason to Tune in to Every Matchup Sports Illustrated
Raleigh News and Observer
- Mack Brown and his assistant coaches get bonuses for UNC’s bowl bid
- Shawn Clark to be named Appalachian State football coach
App Trail: App State outside linebacker coach D.J. Smith heading to Mizzou Winston Salem Journal
Tar Heels coach isn’t alone with frustrations Fayetteville Observer
Norfolk Virginian Pilot
- W&M alums Mike Tomlin and Sean McDermott will be coaching against each other in prime time
- ODU drops football season ticket prices for 2020
- Teel Time: U.Va. in the Orange Bowl, Tech in the Belk Bowl, ODU’s new coach and locals clash in a key NFL game
- Michael Vick paid for his crimes. So why not let him serve as NFL Pro Bowl honorary captain?
Charleston Post and Courier
- Gamecocks betting on former UGA play-caller Mike Bobo to fix sagging offense
- Yankees keep former College of Charleston outfielder Brett Gardner with $12.5 million deal
Atlanta Journal Constitution
- Burrow, LSU dominate College Football Awards show in Atlanta
- Georgia’s Blankenship wins award as nation’s top placekicker
- In transfer portal, Kristian Sjolund could still return to Georgia Tech
The Associated Press
- AP Player of the Year: QB Joe Burrow, first winner from LSU
- Addazio eager to lead Colorado State after being fired at BC
- Ed McCaffrey hired as Northern Colorado head football coach
- Familiar face missing as playoff coaches gather in Atlanta
- Army seniors ready for last hurrah on the football field
- Taggart takes over at FAU, ready to get back to work
- Pac-12 commissioner says missing playoff ‘harmful’ to league
- LSU quarterback Joe Burrow named Associated Press college football player of the year
- Florida-Virginia bowl matchup: ‘a lot of orange and blue’
Nuggets and Briefs: National and Professional articles of interest
Charlotte Observer
- The high cost of football: Former Panther with health problems faces it every day
- Triangle’s MLS moment came and went while no one was paying attention
- Former Panther Rae Carruth reaches out to his son, 20 years after Charlotte shooting
Baltimore Sun
- Behind Lamar Jackson’s five touchdowns, Ravens rout Jets, 42-21, keep eye on big prize: ‘We ain’t done yet’
- Five Things We Learned from the Ravens’ 42-21 win over the New York Jets
- Preston: Before you start booking a Super Bowl trip, consider the play of the Ravens defense
- Ravens’ Lamar Jackson breaks Michael Vick’s single-season QB rushing record in first quarter vs. Jets
Pettersson scores in OT, Canucks beat Hurricanes 1-0 Raleigh News and Observer
New York Times
- This Helmet Will Save Football. Actually, Probably Not.
- The Yoga Master Who Might Be Chelsea’s Secret Weapon
- David Stern Has Surgery for Brain Hemorrhage
- The Biggest Winner of the Winter Meetings? Scott Boras
- The Surest Sign Toronto Loves Kawhi Leonard? It Let Him Go
- Clinton Portis and Other Ex-N.F.L. Players Face Health Care Fraud Charges
- M.L.B. Updates Drug Policy to Include Opioid Testing
- The Astros Investigation Is Making the Off-Season Awkward for Everyone
- After Russia Doping Ban, a South African Speaks Up for the Innocent
- Patrick Reed’s Club Hit the Sand. Now There’s a Dust-Up.
- Yankees Re-Sign Brett Gardner for a 13th Season
Washington Post
- Anthony Rendon and the Nats made sensible decisions. Why does it feel so lousy?
- The 10 least boring moments of Anthony Rendon’s Nationals career
- The Nationals are pursuing Josh Donaldson. Their offseason will be judged on how that goes.
- Former NBA commissioner David Stern suffers ‘sudden brain hemorrhage,’ league says
- Clinton Portis among 10 former players charged with defrauding NFL health-care program
- Lamar Jackson ran into the record book against the Jets, but his passing prowess took center stage
- NFL Week 15 playoff picture, scenarios, key games and projected playoff bracket
- Ryan Tannehill rescued the Titans by playing like one of the NFL’s best quarterbacks
- NBA’s G League to add Mexico City franchise in 2020: ‘A historic milestone’
- Presidents Cup Day 2: Americans make dramatic charge but still face deficit
- The big question for Dwayne Haskins: What can a QB learn from a tough rookie year?
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