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GREG VACEK'S DAILY WEB ROUNDUPSunday, April 5, 2020

April 5, 2020 By Greg Vacek Leave a Comment

Pine Forest grad, ECU athlete and Olympic hopeful Ryan Davis hoping for extra year of eligibility…ECU makes top eight for four-star recruit Ja’Dun Michael …Classic Rewind: ECU Takes Down No. 9 Miami, 27-23…Former Chowan basketball coach Bob Burke, called a ‘coach’s coach,’ dies…Coaches obituaries remind us pandemic’s toll on sports as human as everywhere else…Tom Dempsey, historic New Orleans Saints placekicker, dies at 73 after coronavirus battle…How long until sports can return? You might not like the answer….Oklahoma’s COVID-19 decision makes it impossible 2020 CFB season will start on time…No football would carry steep price; The 7 biggest college football coronavirus impact questions…Coronavirus restrictions forcing NFL to resort to old-school scouting for draft…Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett headline Basketball Hall of Fame class…WWE WrestleMania 36: Undertaker defeats AJ Styles in groundbreaking Boneyard match…The $200 Million the Olympics Postponement Took From Team U.S.A….Not everyone is happy about NASCAR’s new iRacing format. Some Cup drivers are left out; There’s a lot of iRacing on television, but Sunday’s race is still the one to watch

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Classic Rewind: ECU Takes Down No. 9 Miami, 27-23 ecupirates.com

 YouTube

  • Social Distancing With Jon Gilbert
  • Ask Coach Houston
  • 1999 Miami,FL vs East Carolina

Pine Forest grad, ECU athlete and Olympic hopeful Ryan Davis hoping for extra year of eligibility Fayetteville Observer

ECU makes top eight for four-star recruit Ja’Dun Michael 247 Sports

McNeill reflects on ‘roller-coaster’ first season Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Around the American Athletic Conference

Tampa Bay Times

  • USF men’s basketball lands Mississippi State transfer Prince Oduro
  • March Madness: Over the course of a crazy and confusing month, normal disappeared, and we descended into this fearful new world

Orlando Sentinel

  • New UCF OC Alex Golesh eager to forge strong bonds with players
  • UCF to open drive-through coronavirus testing site on campus

Dallas-Fort Worth 3-star all-purpose back staying at home with commitment to SMU Ft Worth Star-Telegram

Guerin Emig: Coaches obituaries remind us pandemic’s toll on sports as human as everywhere else Tulsa World

Zoom keeps UH athletes, coaches connected during pandemic Houston Chronicle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Former Chowan basketball coach Bob Burke, called a ‘coach’s coach,’ dies  Raleigh News and Observer

Spring sports senior stars at major in-state colleges who might have another year Fayetteville Observer

Oklahoma’s COVID-19 decision makes it impossible 2020 CFB season will start on time Sportsnaut

Teel: No football would carry steep price Roanoke Times

Major CFB Coaches On How Much Time Is Needed To Start Season On Time The Spun

Sapakoff: The 7 biggest college football coronavirus impact questions Charleston Post and Courier

Athletic Director: ‘We Will Be F–ked’ If 2020 CFB Season Is Canceled Bleacher Report

Peterson brings experience to App State offense Watauga Democrat

The best returning Gamecock? Analytics point to name that might surprise  Charlotte Observer

Winston Salem Journal

  • Tim Duncan blew through here on his way to the Hall of Fame
  • What the Wake Forest community is saying about Tim Duncan’s election to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
  • Top 10 NCAA Tourney games in history: No. 2 … Laettner’s shot stuns Kentucky in OT, 104-103

Final Four memories: Friends, fathers and a thousand-yard stare Washington Post

Miami Hurricanes AD says too soon to discuss spring 2021 football season Canes Warning

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

Tom Dempsey, historic New Orleans Saints placekicker, dies at 73 after coronavirus battle NOLA.com

Coronavirus restrictions forcing NFL to resort to old-school scouting for draft | Jeff Schudel The News-Herald

WWE WrestleMania 36: Undertaker defeats AJ Styles in groundbreaking Boneyard match Charleston Post and Courier

Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett headline Basketball Hall of Fame class Winston Salem Journal

Raleigh News and Observer

  • President Trump strikes optimistic tone in talks with U.S. sports commissioners
  • There’s a lot of iRacing on television, but Sunday’s race is still the one to watch
  • Not everyone is happy about NASCAR’s new iRacing format. Some Cup drivers are left out

New York Times

  • A Tennis Coach Was Abusing Minors. Should the Sport’s Federation Have Known?
  • Kobe Bryant Headlines 2020 Basketball Hall of Fame Class
  • The $200 Million the Olympics Postponement Took From Team U.S.A.
  • Soccer’s Coming Storm

Washington Post

  • How long until sports can return? You might not like the answer.
  • After call with sports leaders, Trump says he can’t commit to date for having fans in stadiums
  • Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett elected to Basketball Hall of Fame
  • Sports franchises like to talk about family. Here’s an example of acting like one.
  • Joel Embiid, 76ers to contribute more than $1 million for local health-care workers

Atlanta Journal Constitution

  • Atlanta sports stars unite: ‘Better days are ahead’
  • Masters memory — Furman Bisher: Tiger Woods announces his presence to the world
  • Furman Bisher: Jack Nicklaus wins one for ages
  • Georgia Tech’s 1990 Final Four team goes down memory lane
  • Can’t see sports returning with later ‘waves’ of COVID-19 possible

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