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GREG VACEK'S DAILY WEB ROUNDUPWednesday, April 1, 2020

April 1, 2020 By Greg Vacek Leave a Comment

‘His ceiling is very high:’ Mayhue among top freshman pitchers …ECU faculty hopes pass/fail option will reduce student stress…Godwin reacts to ‘extra year’ for spring sports athletes…NCAA decision is good news for college spring-sport athletes, although not best news for high school spring-sport athletes…he NCAA granted spring sports athletes another season. Everyone likes the idea, but it raises questions for rosters and athletic department budgets…Spring sport athletes granted another year. WSU coaches tackle ‘ancillary consequences’ …TU football: Montgomery confident there will still be a college football season…NFL ratifies 14-team playoffs, says it’s ‘pretty confident’ season will start on time…MLB extends minor leaguers’ pay through end of May…‘The Last Dance’ a reminder Michael Jordan owned the Hornets well before he paid for them

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

The East Carolinian

  • ‘His ceiling is very high:’ Mayhue among top freshman pitchers
  • ECU faculty hopes pass/fail option will reduce student stress

Godwin reacts to ‘extra year’ for spring sports athletes  WNCT 9

ECU’s millennial campus continues despite Coronavirus bite into economy WITN 7

247 Sports

  • Ranking the games on ECU’s 2020 schedule from easiest to hardest
  • 2021 Class Priority Target: WR O’Mega Blake

‘Next game’ mentality is still present Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Around the American Athletic Conference

TU football: Montgomery confident there will still be a college football season Tulsa World

NCAA decision is good news for college spring-sport athletes, although not best news for high school spring-sport athletes | Mike Jensen Philadelphia Inquirer

Tulane lands transfer in former Duke offensive lineman Jaylen Miller NOLA.com

UCF signee Isaiah Adams is first Knight to earn Florida Mr. Basketball honors Orlando Sentinel

Memphis basketball coach Penny Hardaway expects staff and roster to remain intact Memphis Commercial Appeal

Penny Hardaway stays positive on roster and staff after rollercoaster season WREG

Spring sport athletes granted another year. WSU coaches tackle ‘ancillary consequences’ Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

  • The NCAA granted spring sports athletes another season. Everyone likes the idea, but it raises questions for rosters and athletic department budgets.
  • Our Greatest Hits: Tony Bennett followed providential path to Virginia
  • Hokies’ backcourt undergoes transition, as Isaiah Wilkins enters portal and Cartier Diarra decides he’ll come to Tech if NBA isn’t in immediate future

Raleigh News and Observer

  • Why returning senior athletes in North Carolina may have to pay their own way next spring
  • Why did Drake Maye switch from Alabama and choose UNC? It’s about more than legacy

FBS head coaches scheduled to play their alma mater in 2020 FBS Schedules

2020-2021 Bowl Projections, College Football Playoff Predictions: Spring Version College Football News

Winston Salem Journal

  • ‘This really wasn’t my decision’: Virginia Tech’s Isaiah Wilkins, former Mount Tabor standout, enters transfer portal
  • Extra season of NCAA eligibility: What spring sports athletes in the Triad are saying

Charleston Post and Courier

  • Postponing the Summer Olympics a blessing in disguise for Charleston triathlete
  • Sapakoff: A day in the life of Gamecocks’ Dawn Staley, before sports world was shut down

Atlanta Journal Constitution

  • No mandate for scholarship money in NCAA’s weak extra-eligibility ruling
  • Why Scott Cochran? Georgia’s Kirby Smart explains

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

Fayetteville Observer

  • NASCAR industry steps up to produce PPE’s in COVID-19 crisis
  • NFL team owners vote to expand playoffs by two teams

Charlotte Observer

  • ‘The Last Dance’ a reminder Michael Jordan owned the Hornets well before he paid for them
  • How the Panthers are working with PSL owners who may struggle to pay for tickets on time
  • How NASCAR drivers are spending their time off and fighting the spread of COVID-19

Winston Salem Journal

  • ‘The Last Dance’ look at Jordan’s last title will start April 19, a month earlier than planned
  • Rusty LaRue, a role player on the ’97-98 championship Chicago Bulls, excited that ‘The Last Dance’ documentary will air soon
  • John Isner: Tennis without Wimbledon ‘a tough pill to swallow’

New York Times

  • First Woman Drafted in N.B.A. Avoids Coronavirus, but Not Its Frustrations
  • Coronavirus Presents an Existential Threat to Some Pro Tennis Events
  • FIFA Plans Huge Emergency Fund to Support Ailing Soccer Industry
  • N.F.L. Plays on Twitter and Brackets for Everything
  • N.C.A.A. Allows Extra Year of Eligibility for Athletes in Curtailed Spring Sports
  • Coronavirus Pandemic Hobbles World Antidoping Efforts

Washington Post

  • MLB owners and players, facing a pandemic, put vision ahead of acrimony
  • MLB extends minor leaguers’ pay through end of May
  • For sprinter and single mom Natasha Hastings, an Olympic delay is more than a wait
  • Ron Rivera’s tenure with the Redskins will be shaped largely by his first draft pick
  • NFL free agency and trade grades for all 32 teams
  • How the NFL’s new labor deal came together
  • NFL ratifies 14-team playoffs, says it’s ‘pretty confident’ season will start on time
  • With NFL front offices working from home, the draft process looks a lot different this year
  • Kyle Allen didn’t expect to be with Redskins. Now he’s working to win their starting job.
  • The Wizards are staying connected, even as they keep a distance

Only in Atlanta: A Christmastime firing squad that claimed two coaches Atlanta Journal Constitution

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