Pirates go for regular season sweep of Mustangs; SMU looks for home win vs ECU…Former ECU player named JH Rose football coach…Former starting OT Matt Morgan no longer a part of ECU program…Duke transfer to practice, sit one season…Wichita State Wins on Road at USF, 56-43, Tuesday…UCF beats Alabama to win cheerleading national championship…Clemson rallies from 10 down to beat Wake Forest…Ugly brawl breaks out at end of Kansas State-Kansas game…Derek Jeter, former Yankees captain and former Greensboro Hornet, elected to Baseball Hall of Fame…Williams scores twice as Canes go into long break with 4-1 win over Jets…Joe Gibbs sold Ron Rivera on the Redskins and Dan Snyder. No one sells them harder…Braves sign slugger Marcell Ozuna, fortifying lineup

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

SMU looks for home win vs ECU Fox Sports

J.H. Rose selects Will Bland as next head football coach WITN 7

January 21, 11:00 p.m. Sports – Former ECU player named JH Rose football coach WCTI 12

Tale of the Tape: ECU vs SMU Rivals

247 Sports

• Former starting OT Matt Morgan no longer a part of ECU program
• Tim Jankovich previews SMU-East Carolina
• Around the American: Houston, Tulsa surge to front

Pirates go for regular season sweep of Mustangs The East Carolinian

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

• Godwin breaks down team’s culture, core values
• Pirates head to rematch at SMU
• Duke transfer to practice, sit one season
• Chancellor wish list: Humble, approachable servant leader

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• Wichita State Wins on Road at USF, 56-43, Tuesday
• Wichita State Garners Pair of American Indoor Track & Field Weekly Honors
• Tulsa’s Okalova Is First Women’s Tennis Player of the Week for 2020
• Tulsa’s Pearson Takes First Weekly Men’s Tennis Honors of 2020

UC notes: Bearcats enter pivotal AAC stretch, Zach Harvey emerges, Toyambi update Cincinnati Enquirer

Frigid USF men fall to Wichita State for fourth loss in a row Tampa Bay Times

Wichita Eagle

• Dexter Dennis helps Wichita State basketball end two-game slide with road win at USF
• How seven minutes of defensive perfection helped WSU basketball return to winning

Orlando Sentinel

• UCF beats Alabama to win cheerleading national championship
• UCF AD Danny White: Construction projects for Roth Athletic Center, McNamara Cove on track to wrap this year

Sources: SMU rescinded offer from QB commit Raylen Sharpe after he declined to sign NLI in December Dallas Morning News

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• An examination of Penny Hardaway’s season-long search for the right Memphis basketball lineup
• Memphis basketball: How to follow Tigers’ game vs Tulsa

Riding three-game winning streak, TU hosts No. 20 Memphis Tulsa World

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Winston Salem Journal

• Wake Forest stumbles for last 10 minutes in loss at Clemson
• Ugly brawl breaks out at end of Kansas State-Kansas game
• Derek Jeter, former Yankees captain and former Greensboro Hornet, elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

Hokies look to regain confidence against reeling UNC, which continues struggles without injured point guard Norfolk Virginian Pilot

Clemson rallies from 10 down to beat Wake Forest Charleston Post and Courier

Atlanta Journal Constitution

• Georgia in good shape after CFB’s latest round of attrition
• Bulldogs not down despite 14th straight loss to Kentucky