ECU’s Kendall Futrell signs undrafted free agent contract with Cincinnati Bengals…Professors, students at ECU share new experience with online instruction…Tulane basketball player Teshaun Hightower booked with Georgia murder …Fearing cuts, non-revenue college sports look for ways to ‘to weather this storm’…Temple LB Sam Franklin rejoining former coach Matt Rhule with Carolina Panthers…Jake Fromm’s decision to leave Georgia takes a hard, cold turn…Ron Rivera and Kyle Smith have found common ground in the Redskins’ revamped front office…ESPN apologizes for graphic about Tee Higgins’s mother…Virtual Talladega might have been more entertaining than the real thing

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

April 18-24, 2020 Videos ecupirates.com

ECU’s Kendall Futrell signs undrafted free agent contract with Cincinnati Bengals WCTI 12

ECU Football 2020 Player Expectations: QB Bryan Gagg 247 Sports

Futrell to Bengals; McGhin back with Bills Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Professors, students at ECU share new experience with online instruction WITN 7

Around the American Athletic Conference

Tulane basketball player Teshaun Hightower booked with Georgia murder NOLA.com

Tulane basketball’s top scorer charged with murder Washington Post

Temple LB Sam Franklin rejoining former coach Matt Rhule with Carolina Panthers Philadelphia Inquirer

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• Junior college defensive lineman Myron Green commits to Memphis football
• Newest Memphis Tiger Landers Nolley II opts not to test the NBA Draft waters

Waiting game continues for UH punter Dane Roy Houston Chronicle

Notre Dame safety Alohi Gilman, who played one season at Navy, drafted by Chargers Annapolis Capital

WSU receives approval to tear down 77-year-old Cessna Stadium for smaller replacement  Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Fearing cuts, non-revenue college sports look for ways to ‘to weather this storm’ Washington Post

Raleigh News and Observer

• All 2020 NFL draft picks and undrafted free agent signings from North Carolina colleges
• Break gives 18-year-old pro golfer Akshay Bhatia a chance to regroup, refresh, retool
• FIFA wants to let teams use 5 substitutes during backlog

Louisville football signee shot and killed in Florida  Fayetteville Observer

Former Virginia Beach football stars Levonta Taylor and Trevon Hill sign as undrafted free agents Norfolk Virginian Pilot

Former Clemson football star charged with DUI Charleston Post and Courier