Former ECU linebacker Williams selected No. 1 overall In CFL draft by B.C. Lions…ECU athletics prepares to tighten belt financially …Three-star S Jalen Clyatt the first commit of ECU’s 2021 class; FFHS hoop star Blake heads to ECU…Juniors Swimming Qualifier Katie Knorr Will Join Brother at East Carolina University in Fall 2021…Record-setting QB Shane Carden reflects on 2014 win over UNC…Big 12′s Bob Bowlsby: NCAA will be ‘lucky’ to get through upcoming football, basketball seasons without disruptions…Wake Forest fans have fresh hopes with hiring of Steve Forbes as basketball coach…Kim Lewellen, Wake Forest’s women’s golf coach (& Former ECU coach), named national coach of the year…NASCAR to resume season May 17 with seven races in 10 days…Ken Burns says Michael Jordan’s ‘The Last Dance’ isn’t good journalism or good history…The market for Andy Dalton and Cam Newton is Patriots, Jaguars, and anyone’s guess

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Williams Selected No. 1 Overall In CFL Draft ecupirates.com

Lions Trade Up To Number 1, Select Linebacker Williams To Begin CFL Draft  BC Lions

2020 CFL draft: East Carolina LB Jordan Williams selected by BC Lions with No. 1 pick USA Today

Lions trade up to select ECU’s Jordan Williams with No. 1 overall pick CBC.ca

Lions trade up to No. 1, take East Carolina LB Williams TSN

B.C. Lions trade up to take linebacker Williams with first overall pick in draft The Canadian Press

ECU linebacker chosen No. 1 by CFL’s B.C. Lions The Bladen Journal

Former ECU linebacker, Shaw, Jack Britt star selected No. 1 overall in CFL draft WRALSportsFan

ECU athletics prepares to tighten belt financially The East Carolinian

WNCT 9

• Former Pirate Jordan Williams selected 1st overall in CFL Draft
• Record-setting QB Shane Carden reflects on 2014 win over UNC
• WNCT-TV to air East Carolina Classic Rewind-ECU 70, UNC 41
• ECU AD Jon Gilbert outlines new #OnePirateNation initiative

WITN 7

• Former ECU linebacker Williams selected No. 1 overall In CFL draft by B.C. Lions
• A message from ECU AD Jon Gilbert to Pirate Nation

Jalen Clyatt Commits to ECU Rivals

FFHS hoop star Blake heads to ECU The Outer Banks Voice

Juniors Qualifier Katie Knorr Will Join Brother at East Carolina University in Fall 2021 Swimming World

247 Sports

• Former ECU LB Jordan Williams taken first overall in CFL Draft
• Three-star S Jalen Clyatt the first commit of ECU’s 2021 class
• ECU Football 2020 Player Expectations: RB Darius Pinnix

Around the American Athletic Conference

Cincinnati Enquirer

• Cincinnati Bearcats and Louisville Cardinals basketball teams renewing rivalry on Nov. 13?
• Prince Toyambi, Cincinnati Bearcats forward, enters transfer portal, per reports

NCAA name, image, likeness plan is ‘embarrassing for them,’ Florida legislator says Tampa Bay Times

NCAA’s landmark NIL proposal shows more concern about survival than athletes Memphis Commercial Appeal

Big 12′s Bob Bowlsby: NCAA will be ‘lucky’ to get through upcoming football, basketball seasons without disruptions Dallas Morning News

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Winston Salem Journal

• Steve Forbes hired as Wake Forest’s next basketball coach
• Steve Forbes brings passion, energy, humor and some grounding to Wake Forest
• Wake Forest fans have fresh hopes with hiring of Steve Forbes as basketball coach
• Steve Forbes knows task at hand entering ACC for first time
• Two players remain in Wake Forest’s basketball recruiting class
• How first-year basketball coaches have fared at Wake Forest
• Kim Lewellen, Wake Forest’s women’s golf coach (& Former ECU coach), named national coach of the year

Raleigh News and Observer

• Josh Hall isn’t heading to NC State after all. Here are his big plans.
• Steve Forbes checks all the boxes for Wake Forest except one. But it’s a big one.
• Hiring Steve Forbes won’t bring back Wake Forest star basketball recruit Jaylon Gibson
• Evaluating how NC State’s 8 midyear enrollees fit in for Wolfpack football in 2020

UNCA student sues college to reimburse tuition after COVID-19 concerns closed campuses Asheville Citizen Times

As students return to get their stuff out of dorms, colleges enact special safety rules Charlotte Observer

Fayetteville Observer

• Forbes tasked with reviving Wake Forest basketball
• UNC’s Chazz Surratt hopes NFL stock will rise with another college season

College football kickoff in the fall? A late start is the best-case scenario. Norfolk Virginian Pilot

Gamecocks’ new running backs coach deals with coronavirus impact on the game Charleston Post and Courier