Barber Elects To Forgo 2021 Season…Before he was mayor, P.J. Connelly pitched his way into ECU history…New student orientation shifts to virtual sessions…ESPN’s FPI makes projections for every ECU football game…AAC commissioner Mike Aresco talks budgets, ECU football and getting the league some respect…UCF AD Danny White upbeat despite coronavirus’ impact on college sports…If colleges cut sports programs, could new models emerge?…The NCAA saved money in case of a canceled March Madness. Then it spent it. …NASCAR’s first race after shutdown? It could be Darlington, report says …As MLB shutdown continues, team employees are wondering how long they’ll be paid… NBA withholds portion of player paychecks as schedule remains paralyzed by coronavirus
Pirate Press: ECU Headlines
Bonesville Rewind: Some of Pirates’ biggest moments, 2010-2019 by
Winning the CIT
Akeem Richmond hit the deciding 3-pointer as time expired on an assist from Miguel Paul as the Pirates topped host Weber State, 77-74, to win the CollegeInsider.com Tournament on April 2, 2013. That completed a 23-12 season for ECU in Jeff Lebo’s third season as coach. The dramatic shot heard ’round Pirate Nation gave ECU its lone national title against an NCAA field. The 1961 baseball championship came when the Pirates competed in the NAIA.
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The East Carolinian
- Before he was mayor, P.J. Connelly pitched his way into ECU history
- Nick Barber elects not to return for 2021 season
- New student orientation shifts to virtual sessions
- Questions surface in ECU Greek Life during pandemic
- NASCAR drivers are using online racing technology during quarantine
Barber won’t return to Pirate baseball in 2021 WNCT 9
ECU’s Nick Barber elects to forgo 2021 baseball season WITN 7
Nick Barber Decides To Forgo 2021 Baseball Season at ECU Rivals
Football Power Index: East Carolina 2020 ESPN
247 Sports
- ECU senior INF Nick Barber to forgo final year of eligibility
- ESPN’s FPI makes projections for every ECU football game
- The 10 most notable NFL undrafted free agents in ECU history
- Daily Debate: ECU’s most excruciating bowl loss?
Greatest NFL Draft steals in Tennessee Titans history ClutchPoints
Around the American Athletic Conference
AAC commissioner Mike Aresco talks budgets, ECU football and getting the league some respect WRALSportsFan
Social Distance Luke Fickell on Cincinnati’s Big Leap Highlights 247 Sports
UCF AD Danny White upbeat despite coronavirus’ impact on college sports Orlando Sentinel
Temple center Matt Hennessy confident as NFL draft approaches Philadelphia Inquirer
Every episode of ESPN’s Memphis basketball documentary ‘The Harder Way’ ranked from 1-12 Memphis Commercial Appeal
Former Virginia Tech forward Landers Nolley chooses Memphis over Ole Miss and Georgia ESPN
Virginia Tech leading scorer Landers Nolley transferring to Memphis Roanoke Times
Tulsa World
- Trevis Gipson, Reggie Robinson II could be first TU duo drafted in 25 years
- TU football: A look at the Golden Hurricane’s NFL prospects
‘We never stopped believing in Morris’: Udeze announces his return to Wichita State Wichita Eagle
Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond
Raleigh News and Observer
- Duke gets creative to promote players to NFL scouts
- 23 and me: The UNC basketball player with Michael Jordan’s number before MJ owned it
- Why these NC State players wouldn’t trade their rocky journey to the NFL draft
- UNC’s 2021 football recruiting class is ranked ahead of Clemson thanks to in-state players
- Sea turtles thrive as coronavirus lockdowns empty nesting beaches, experts say
Winston Salem Journal
- Inside the challenges — and gains — for Wake Forest’s football players and strength and conditioning staff
- NFL Draft previews: Marcus Pettiford, N.C. A&T
- NFL Draft previews: Essang Bassey, Wake Forest
- NFL Draft previews: Justin Herron, Wake Forest
- Stadium lights honor high school seniors, health professionals during COVID-19 pandemic
Norfolk Virginian Pilot
- If colleges cut sports programs, could new models emerge?
- U.Va.’s Joe Reed may not be considered a must-draft player, but his running ability could create an unexpected opportunity
- Hokies add Iowa grad transfer Cordell Pemsl as Landers Nolley picks Memphis
Gamecocks battling for Gaffney defensive tackle, Clemson pursuing top offensive lineman Charleston Post and Courier
‘A humble superstar’: Conway native, USC alum Edwards coveted by many as NFL Draft nears Columbia The State
Atlanta Journal Constitution
- Could we go through fall without a college football season?
- Evan Cole to transfer to Utah Valley from Georgia Tech
- Herbstreit: UGA’s Fromm, Swift among ‘most intriguing’ NFL draft prospects
Nuggets and Briefs: National and Professional articles of interest
NASCAR’s first race after shutdown? It could be Darlington, report says Columbia The State
GOP senators ask NC governor to allow racing at Charlotte Fayetteville Observer
Charlotte Observer
- Panthers mock draft 3.0: Projecting best-case and outside-the-box picks for all 7 rounds
- It’s a deal. Panthers, York County agree on tax plan to bring headquarters to SC.
- How ‘The Last Dance’ producer with Charlotte ties got to know the real Michael Jordan
With NHL suspended, Rod Brind’Amour has time to reflect on Canes’ 2006 Stanley Cup run Raleigh News and Observer
New York Times
- Justin Herbert, Homegrown Football Hero, Looks to Relocate
- What Will Endurance Races Look Like When They Come Back?
- Villanova Still Won’t Have Its First One-and-Done in Decades
- Is Michael Jordan Playing Defense in ‘The Last Dance’?
- Novak Djokovic Expresses Resistance to Coronavirus Vaccine
- Youth Sports Worry About Weathering Pandemic, and Future Play
- The N.F.L. Figures Out How to Team-Build From a Distance
- Where the Major Sports Stand Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic
- A Virtual N.F.L. Draft Might Be a Back to the Future Moment
Washington Post
- The Tokyo Olympics could hinge on a covid-19 vaccine. One Japanese scientist has his doubts.
- Ex-Redskins GM Scot McCloughan: Trent Williams would be first tackle taken in this year’s draft
- ‘The Last Dance’ Episode 1 recap: Michael Jordan is ‘bigger than the pope’
- John Clayton’s top 50 prospects for the 2020 NFL draft
- Biggest needs for all 32 teams
- Joe Burrow turned to Peyton Manning for advice on being drafted by a bad NFL team
- Chase, Tua or trade? Arguments for what the Redskins should do with the No. 2 pick.
- As MLB shutdown continues, team employees are wondering how long they’ll be paid
- NBA withholds portion of player paychecks as schedule remains paralyzed by coronavirus
- Florida’s charter fishing industry is hurting, and operators don’t see any relief coming
- Ryan Zimmerman says Nats’ Zoom call was like being in the clubhouse, only with more bourbon
- I was supposed to run the Boston Marathon today. Instead I created my own.
- T.J. Oshie is having fun with his young family but can’t wait to start playing hockey again
Atlanta Journal Constitution
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