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GREG VACEK'S DAILY WEB ROUNDUPThursday, April 30, 2020

April 30, 2020 By Greg Vacek Leave a Comment

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

All Hands On Deck – #OnePirateNation ecupirates.com

WNCT-TV to air East Carolina Classic Rewind-ECU 70, UNC 41  WNCT 9

A message from ECU AD Jon Gilbert to Pirate Nation WITN 7

247 Sports

  • ECU Football 2020 Player Expectations: RB Darius Pinnix
  • ECU scheduled to participate in 2020 Gulf Coast Showcase

New #OnePirateNation initiative is launched Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Around the American Athletic Conference

Tampa Bay Times

  • Don’t expect a USF draft shutout in 2021 or ‘22
  • USF hoops signee Caleb Murphy No. 72 in ESPN 100

NCAA pushing ahead with legislation opening up endorsement deals for college athletes Philadelphia Inquirer

Navy’s record-setting quarterback will get an NFL shot with Miami Dolphins Norfolk Virginian Pilot

Dallas Morning News

  • NCAA board supports name, image and likeness compensation for athletes
  • NCAA’s stance on athlete compensation has taken a significant step forward — even if it had to be forced
  • The Pouncy twins were track and field royalty at SMU, Lincoln. After Gene’s death, Joe remembers their inseparable bond

Memphis announces ticket options as football season ticket deadline approaches Memphis Commercial Appeal

Guerin Emig: Big day as NCAA advances athletes’ name, image and likeness cause … but big ones still ahead Tulsa World

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Non-revenue sports asking NCAA for scheduling relief ESPN

Raleigh News and Observer

  • Was it a ‘bait and switch’? NC lawmaker speaks out on NCAA’s new athlete initiative
  • NCAA moves to allow athletes to profit off endorsements

Columbia The State

  • Make plans for a football season that’s not normal, USC’s Caslen says
  • How South Carolina college athletes might make money if NCAA rules are rolled back
  • These Gamecocks stand to benefit from NCAA changing stance on name, image, likeness
  • Clemson’s ‘no-visit’ rule for commits is unique. Here’s how the Tigers make it work
  • Gamecock dad Deion Sanders’ thoughts on Javon Kinlaw: ‘a bona fide baller’

Nansemond-Suffolk alum Cole Christiansen asked the White House for help. Now he’s hoping to make the NFL Norfolk Virginian Pilot

Charleston Post and Courier

  • Kansas City Chiefs’ Bashaud Breeland, former Clemson great, arrested
  • Bridge Run director optimistic race will be held Aug. 1, but ‘still questions in the air’
  • Best days still to come for former Oceanside Collegiate pitcher at Western Carolina
  • ‘He had a gift’: The short life and outsized impact of The Citadel’s Ra’Shaud Graham

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

Goodell reduces salary to $0 Fayetteville Observer

Charlotte Observer

  • How tragedy, triumph and the Andersons got Omar Bayless his chance with the Panthers
  • Hurricanes likely to cut ties with Checkers next week, but leave door open for return

New York Times

  • N.C.A.A. Outlines Plan to Let Athletes Make Endorsement Deals
  • Maggie Haney, Elite Gymnastics Coach, Is Suspended for 8 Years
  • As Premier League Weighs Saudi Bid for Newcastle, It Criticized Kingdom
  • Baseball Hall of Fame Inductions Will Wait Till Next Year
  • Jameis Winston’s Next Act: Where Else but New Orleans?
  • Some Sports May Have to Skip This Year, Fauci Says
  • Scott Perry Keeps Knicks General Manager Job for One More Year
  • France’s Prime Minister Shut Down Soccer. That Surprised Teams Restarting.

Washington Post

  • Don’t buy the Steve Dalkowski stories? Davey Johnson will make you a believer.
  • Baseball is returning in South Korea — just without fans, high-fives or spitting
  • NCAA takes step toward allowing athletes to be paid for name, image and likeness
  • Chiefs cornerback Bashaud Breeland arrested on multiple charges in South Carolina
  • The Redskins’ newest offensive lineman was once a 300-pound high school soccer star
  • Ryan Zimmerman interviews Anthony Fauci about baseball’s return, Brad Pitt and the Nats
  • Noted coach Maggie Haney suspended eight years by USA Gymnastics
  • Roger Goodell taking no salary as NFL implements pay cuts, furloughs
  • Dalton Ebanks, title-winning former track coach at George Mason, dies of coronavirus
  • France becomes latest country to end its soccer season because of coronavirus
  • These eight NFL draft picks are perfect fits for their new teams
  • Brett Favre says Packers ‘may have burned a bridge’ with Aaron Rodgers by drafting a quarterback

Atlanta Journal Constitution

  • In Buffalo, they’re still celebrating the Jake Fromm pick
  • NCAA ‘guardrails’ mean athletes won’t have full name and image rights
  • These Braves are hit harder, on the field, by MLB uncertainty
  • Where we’re headed: Games, maybe, but no fans
  • Braves set new policy on ticket refunds
  • At a time of social distancing, how Georgia Tech trainers do their jobs
  • Jeter, ex-Brave waiting a year for Hall of Fame induction due to coronavirus

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