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GREG VACEK'S DAILY WEB ROUNDUP
Friday, March 27, 2020

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Draft eligible Pirates taking it ‘day-by-day’ as seniors elect to stay…ECU football staying engaged amid coronavirus cancellations; Holton Ahlers Shares His “Hillbilly Workout”…Mike Houston: ‘We’re planning for the season to be played’…ECU Announces Volleyball Leadership Change…ECU hoops’ offseason development on hold due to coronavirus…Three ECU seniors returning for extra year, another undecided…Falcons QB Kurt Benkert Details Marrying His High School Sweetheart…USF football coach Jeff Scott, wife Sara expecting baby boy…Temple football coach Rod Carey maintains a positive attitude while dealing with the coronavirus pandemic…Memphis coach Ryan Silverfield optimistic football season won’t be affected by coronavirus…Curly Neal dazzled us all, in Greensboro and around the globe…Hurricanes captain Jordan Staal coping with coronavirus threat…Teddy Bridgewater knows he’s not Cam Newton. He’s ready to prove himself with Panthers; The question for Cam Newton: Is he indeed broken?…NFL keeping draft in April but players won’t be there…We’ll miss Opening Day, but its wonderful sense of anticipation will return someday soon…The fate of Wimbledon, a holdout among coronavirus postponements, to be decided next week

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

ecupirates.com

  • ECU Announces Volleyball Leadership Change
  • Classic Rewind Preview: UNC at ECU (2007)
  • Pirate Football … Is On The Air

The East Carolinian

  • Draft eligible Pirates taking it ‘day-by-day’ as seniors elect to stay
  • COVID-19 concerns halt celebrated North Carolina tradition
  • ECU football staying engaged amid coronavirus cancellations

WNCT 9

  • Holton Ahlers Shares His “Hillbilly Workout”
  • Torbett will not return as ECU volleyball coach
  • East Carolina Baseball Sees 2020 Season End
  • One on one with Coach Houston; special message from Agnos and Voliva highlight Tuesday Sports

WITN 7

  • Houston, Godwin discuss impacts of COVID-19 on ECU football, baseball programs
  • Torbett out as ECU volleyball head coach
  • ECU student one of ten coronavirus cases in Pitt County

247 Sports

  • ECU hoops’ offseason development on hold due to coronavirus
  • ECU’s Cliff Godwin recounts emotional cancellation of season
  • Three ECU seniors returning for extra year, another undecided
  • ECU reportedly showing interest in grad transfer Jalen Harris
  • Pirates ‘doing best they can’ to stay in shape during shutdown
  • Dooley gives his take on Gardner being left off first team
  • Mike Houston: ‘We’re planning for the season to be played’

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

  • Torbett tenure over at ECU
  • Balancing act in remote academics, workouts
  • Stressful timeline moved quickly for baseball Pirates

Falcons QB Kurt Benkert Details Marrying His High School Sweetheart Heavy.com

Around the American Athletic Conference

Kenyon Martin Jr., son of former Cincinnati Bearcats star, declares for 2020 NBA Draft Cincinnati Enquirer

USF football coach Jeff Scott, wife Sara expecting baby boy Tampa Bay Times

UCF AD Danny White PSA urges people to stay home, practice social distancing Orlando Sentinel

Temple football coach Rod Carey maintains a positive attitude while dealing with the coronavirus pandemic Philadelphia Inquirer

Dallas Morning News

  • SMU team doctor denies allegations made against him in lawsuit involving Travis Mays, university
  • How former SMU star Nic Moore finally got home after tension-filled weeks near coronavirus epicenter

Memphis coach Ryan Silverfield optimistic football season won’t be affected by coronavirus Memphis Commercial Appeal

Tulsa World

  • TU season in review: The MVP, the highs and lows, what to look for next season
  • Guerin Emig: Financial impact of COVID-19 on college sports bad enough, could get much worse

Another Navy football player enters the transfer portal, according to report  Annapolis Capital

Wichita Eagle

  • SportsBeat KC: College hoops canceled, it’s transfer season at Wichita State, KSU, MU
  • ‘It’s absolutely devastating’: The careers of WSU spring seniors hang in the balance

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Winston Salem Journal

  • Curly Neal dazzled us all, in Greensboro and around the globe
  • Winston-Salem Cycling Classic moved to October

Harlem Globetrotters great Curly Neal dies at 77 Fayetteville Observer

Coronavirus fallout: The biggest questions, concerns facing college basketball and athletic departments CBS Sports

UNCW baseball players respond to coronavirus The Seahawk

Athletic director Scott Woodward says speculation about football is premature, adds LSU will be ready to go ‘full blast’ Baton Rouge Advocate

This NC basketball team was one win away from a perfect state championship season. Then everything changed.  Raleigh News and Observer

New Charlotte 49ers running back Tre Harbison finally comes home  Charlotte Observer

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

  • Old Dominion and new coach Ricky Rahne are among teams trying to navigate a new reality
  • Column: Lots of ideas being floated for Major League Baseball, but a December World Series would be ho-ho-horrific
  • “Fishing is not a necessity”: Hampton Roads charter boat industry facing financial hit from coronavirus
  • Video conferences, home workouts key as college football teams adjust to elimination of spring practice

Charleston Post and Courier

  • Sapakoff: A bracket of the best coronavirus substitute NCAA brackets
  • Charleston Southern athletic director sees new challenges ahead because of coronavirus
  • Clemson’s Dabo Swinney laments loss of spring game, discusses quarterback depth chart

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

Charlotte Observer

  • Hurricanes captain Jordan Staal coping with coronavirus threat
  • The Panthers aren’t built to win, but Teddy Bridgewater has no tolerance for defeat
  • Teddy Bridgewater knows he’s not Cam Newton. He’s ready to prove himself with Panthers
  • Panthers Tracks: Carolina is set at QB, WR. Here are positions they still need to fill
  • Panthers free agency tracker. Who’s leaving, who’s staying and who are the new players?

Let’s race two? NASCAR forced to consider schedule shakeup Winston Salem Journal

New York Times

  • It’s Opening Day. Baseball Is Closed.
  • FIFA Races Toward a Plan to Help Soccer Clubs Survive Shutdown
  • Coronavirus Protective Masks to Be Made From M.L.B. Uniform Material
  • Baseball Season Opens With a Dash of Imagination

Washington Post

  • We’ll miss Opening Day, but its wonderful sense of anticipation will return someday soon
  • Nationals fans make the most of an Opening Day without baseball
  • Instead of baseball, there are dark stadiums and difficult questions
  • MLB, players union reach deal on service time, salaries and draft
  • Amid pandemic, New Orleans pastor uses Zion Williamson to lift a virtual congregation
  • Pistons scout, NBA cameraman in Detroit battling coronavirus
  • The fate of Wimbledon, a holdout among coronavirus postponements, to be decided next week
  • USOPC asked for $200 million in the coronavirus stimulus bill to ‘sustain American athletes’
  • Officials begin task of rescheduling Games
  • Drew Brees and his wife pledge $5 million for coronavirus relief
  • Fury-Wilder III appears on course for the fall pending an end to the coronavirus pandemic
  • After Trent Williams and Ron Rivera met, the coach was optimistic and player decided to move on
  • Roger Goodell reaffirms to teams that NFL draft will be held as scheduled
  • John Clayton’s post-free agency 2020 NFL mock draft
  • Alex Ovechkin would prefer to start the playoffs immediately when NHL resumes
  • Stephen Curry and Anthony Fauci chatted on Instagram. Thousands watched, including Barack Obama.
  • What would NCAA eligibility relief for spring sport athletes entail? Athletic directors explain.
  • At a time when spring sports should be blooming, high school athletes are left bitter

Atlanta Journal Constitution

  • The question for Cam Newton: Is he indeed broken?
  • NFL keeping draft in April but players won’t be there
  • Remembering Dave Shotkoski: Pitcher killed 25 years ago in spring training
  • Baseball world remembers Bill Bartholomay, who ‘opened up the South to pro sports’
  • Falcons add depth in second phase of free agency 
  • No sports stories to tell now? Dogsled racer from Atlanta has a beaut
  • Braves’ bountiful farm system could be at its peak 
  • There’s no bringing the games back until the fans can come with them

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