Women’s tennis team loses time with new coach…Gardner Named NABC First-Team All-District…Home workouts encouraged while social distancing…ECU moves to pass/fail option for spring semester; Commencement moved to virtual ceremony…Houston shares thoughtful message about Greenville community…Dooley’s staff adjusting to the new normal in recruiting world…Temple reunion as former Owls QB P.J. Walker signs with Matt Rhule and Carolina Panthers ..Carolina Releases Cam Newton, Completes Housecleaning…Browns’ Larry Ogunjobi, ‘big kid from Greensboro,’ provides big helping hand in Ohio…With the Summer Olympics postponed, could football be next?…US Soccer is a mess. The path to fixing its equal pay issues runs through North Carolina
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Adjustments the new normal for Pirates Bonesville.net
Gardner Named NABC First-Team All-District ecupirates.com
The East Carolinian
- Women’s tennis team loses time with new coach
- Home workouts encouraged while social distancing
- ECU moves to pass/fail option for spring semester
- Commencement moved to virtual ceremony
One on one with Coach Houston; special message from Agnos and Voliva highlight Tuesday Sports WNCT 9
Mike Houston Breaks Down The Very Latest on ECU Football Rivals
247 Sports
- Houston shares thoughtful message about Greenville community
- ECU 2022 target Michael Allen rated four stars by 247Sports
- Dooley’s staff adjusting to the new normal in recruiting world
- JUCO standout El Ellis gaining offers
Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)
- No practices part of unbalanced dynamic
- Pirates in virtual world of football operations
- ECU chancellor search put on hold due to COVID-19
Around the American Athletic Conference
With the Summer Olympics postponed, could football be next? Tampa Bay Times
Philadelphia Inquirer
- Temple reunion as former Owls QB P.J. Walker signs with Matt Rhule and Carolina Panthers
- Former Temple fencer Kamali Thompson’s dreams on hold as coronavirus postpones Olympics
UCF coach Johnny Dawkins tries to stay upbeat amid coronavirus shutdown Orlando Sentinel
SMU’s Feron Hunt announces he will enter NBA Draft process Dallas Morning News
Memphis Commercial Appeal
- Memphis coaches Penny Hardaway, Ryan Silverfield remind fans to stay safe amid coronavirus pandemic
- Unprecedented offseason is working out for Memphis Tigers basketball so far | Giannotto
Tulsa World
- TU football: Spring game, practices canceled
- TU’s Frank Haith earns NABC district honor
- A year removed from hosting NCAA Tournament, Tulsa has empathy for affected sites
Orlando outspoken about desire to host Army-Navy football game Annapolis Capital
‘We still hadn’t hit our stride’: Eric Wedge reflects on WSU baseball’s 13-2 start Wichita Eagle
Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond
Raleigh News and Observer
- Duke is adding a 6-10 graduate transfer from Columbia
- US Soccer is a mess. The path to fixing its equal pay issues runs through North Carolina
Winston Salem Journal
- Bobby Collins, former WSSU head basketball coach, has been hired at Shaw
- Tiaras in Arizona with a No. 1 ranking: How Wake Forest’s women’s golf team ended its season
Norfolk Virginian Pilot
- Former Maury, U.Va. star LaRoy Reynolds signs with Atlanta Falcons
- U.Va. will miss spring football practices. Here are five players who need to make progress on their own to take on bigger roles.
Charleston Post and Courier
- Sapakoff: Gamecocks an outlier, but college football attendance crisis is real
- NCAA on Clemson quarterback’s coronavirus fundraiser: ‘We applaud Trevor for his efforts’
- Dawn Staley, former Gamecocks will have to wait for Olympic basketball dreams
Nuggets and Briefs: National and Professional articles of interest
Winston Salem Journal
- Carolina Panthers release quarterback Cam Newton
- Ed Hardin: Browns’ Larry Ogunjobi, ‘big kid from Greensboro,’ provides big helping hand in Ohio
Fayetteville Observer
- Carolina Panthers release Cam Newton after 9 seasons
- Tom Brady explains why he left Patriots for ‘intriguing’ Buccaneers
Raleigh News and Observer
- Hurricanes sign brothers David, Jason Cotton to entry-level contracts
- PNC Arena is holding a blood drive, but Hurricanes are closing their offices there
- Ty Dillon sees the ‘silver lining’ in the coronavirus and a postponed NASCAR season
- End of an era in Carolina: Panthers release Cam Newton
- Do Teddy Bridgewater and Robby Anderson make the Panthers’ offense dangerous?
- What team should Cam Newton go to after being cut by the Panthers?
New York Times
- Deciding to Postpone the Olympics Was Tough. Actually Moving Them May Be Tougher
- Olympians Have Another Year to Prepare for Tokyo. It’s a Blessing and a Curse.
- Carolina Releases Cam Newton, Completes Housecleaning
- N.F.L. Labor Deal Trades Pension Gains for Disability Payment Hit
- A New Rams Logo Draws Digital Boos From Fans
- I.O.C. and Japan Agree to Postpone Tokyo Olympics
- All Alone, Belarus Plays On
- Golf Rounds Surged as Coronavirus Advanced. Now the Game Is Retreating.
- Coronavirus Impact: Nearly Half of Americans Are Told to Stay Home and Facebook Tries to Keep the Lights On
- Mets’ Noah Syndergaard Will Have Tommy John Surgery
- Mr. Consistency Leaves New England. No, Not Tom Brady.
- Clippers Owner Agrees to Buy the Forum in a Deal With M.S.G.
Washington Post
- Japan, International Olympic Committee agree to postpone Tokyo Games
- After Tokyo Games postponement, sports look to shuffle Olympic trials, world championships
- Postponing the Tokyo Games was the right call, even if it is heartbreaking now
- Katie Ledecky resets Olympic focus on 2021 after frustrating, uncertain wait
- Trent Williams’s agent demands Redskins trade him, says team isn’t negotiating in good faith
- Peyton Barber adds depth at running back
- Tight end Richard Rodgers signs
- NFL free agency takeaways: Tom Brady’s move is bad for the NFC and good for the Bills
- Cam Newton, the NFL’s 2015 MVP, is released by Carolina
- No one knows how much baseball will be played this year, but any would be better than none
- NFL plans to keep draft in April, despite GMs’ recommendation to postpone it
- Two former college basketball players die, reportedly of coronavirus
- Former NBA player Jason Collins says he tested positive for the coronavirus after trip to New York
- Conor McGregor makes impassioned plea for ‘true lockdown’ in Ireland and elsewhere
- Eventually, everyone agrees it’s okay for Trevor Lawrence to fundraise during this pandemic
Atlanta Journal Constitution
- Greatest Final Fours of all-time: No. 1 — 1983
- A closer look at Falcons draft prospect Lloyd Cushenberry
- With Opening Day delayed, savor these 10 openers from Braves’ past
- 23 years ago today: Braves trade David Justice for Kenny Lofton
- After free agency’s first wave, Falcons lag Saints and Bucs in NFC South
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