NCAA president: Unlikely college football teams will start at same time…Big East commissioner suggests ‘patchwork’ return could have some schools back before others…Classic Rewind Preview: ECU Faces Boise State In Hawai’i Bowl…Nearly Five Dozen ECU Student-Athletes Graduate…Pirate Lineman Cortez Herrin Removed From Football Roster….No. 21 Cincinnati looks to finally break through for an AAC title ….UCF QB McKenzie Milton says there’s a 50-50 chance he’ll play this season…UCF receives $1.4 million in football stadium defect suit…“Everything is on the table.” ODU AD Wood Selig says major changes could be coming to Conference USA. …Former NC State quarterback Mike Glennon signs contract with Jacksonville Jaguars…Philip Rivers lines up post-NFL job as a high school football coach…NASCAR’s schedule gets another update, three tracks lose races…As NBA practice facilities begin to reopen, the players are left with unanswered questions…Unlike other leagues, the CFL needs fans in the stands to survive the coronavirus pandemic…Atlanta United hits training fields for second time
Pirate Press: ECU Headlines
ecupirates.com
- Classic Rewind Preview: ECU Faces Boise State In Hawai’i Bowl
- Nearly Five Dozen ECU Student-Athletes Set To Graduate
The East Carolinian
- ECU virtual ceremony acknowledges class of 2020
- ECU to introduce block scheduling for upcoming school year
ECU celebrates more than 5,000 graduates with virtual ceremony WNCT 9
‘Mike’ check on ECU football with head coach Mike Houston WITN 7
ECU honors class of 2020 with virtual ceremony WCTI 12
Pirate Lineman Cortez Herrin Removed From Football Roster Rivals
247 Sports
- Cortez Herrin no longer with ECU football team
- The ECU student-athlete graduates being honored this weekend
- ECU Football 2020 Player Expectations: DB Warren Saba
Alabama transfer LB Nigel Knott commits to East Carolina NBC Sports
Delaware basketball lands transfer guard with Baltimore roots Delaware Online
Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)
- No surprise: Stith makes most of unorthodox graduation weekend
- Graduation moves online for ECU 2020
- ‘It’s not going to be quite the same’: Medical students say they hoped for more than virtual celebration
Around the American Athletic Conference
College football offseason preview: American Athletic Conference, Part II ESPN
Preseason Top 25: No. 21 Cincinnati looks to finally break through for an AAC title CBS Sports
AAC Basketball: 2020-21 breakout candidates from each team Busting Brackets
USF men’s hoops lands 7-foot Texas Tech transfer Tampa Bay Times
Orlando Sentinel
- UCF receives $1.4 million in football stadium defect suit
- McKenzie Milton: UCF CB Brandon Moore making strides after ACL tear, eager to play in 2020
- UCF QB McKenzie Milton says there’s a 50-50 chance he’ll play this season
- UCF football player Raymond Cutts arrested, charged with felony firearm theft
- Former UCF receiver Gabe Davis inks 4-year, $3.99 million deal with Buffalo Bills
- Today in Central Florida sports history: Blake Bortles becomes highest draft pick in UCF history
UCF Star McKenzie Milton Shares Update On Comeback After Devastating 2018 Injury The Spun
UCF QB McKenzie Milton still hoping to return to the football field in 2020 YAHOO!
SMU schedules home-and-home basketball series with Dayton Dallas Morning News
What MAHS’ Cameron Miller said about Memphis’ interest, Tennessee’s recruiting success and new offers Memphis Commercial Appeal
UH baseball taking hard look at travel budget Houston Chronicle
Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond
Raleigh News and Observer
- Former NC State quarterback Mike Glennon signs contract with Jacksonville Jaguars
- Colts QB Philip Rivers has a new job after NFL — Alabama high school football coach
- In a season cut short, N.C. State women at least had their moment to celebrate
- How Clemson ended up offering a no-star QB who is committed to play baseball for UGA
Winston Salem Journal
- Jahcobi Neath announces return to Wake Forest
- The cost of App State’s returning spring seniors, and how the athletic department plans to pay for it
- WSSU’s Karron Jeter trying to stay in shape as he looks ahead to football season this fall
“Everything is on the table.” ODU AD Wood Selig says major changes could be coming to Conference USA. Hampton Roads Daily Press
Columbia The State
- Kisner finds silver lining among uncertainty as PGA preps to resume season
- How Clemson ended up offering a no-star QB who is committed to play baseball for UGA
- What it’s like inside a NASCAR garage as teams work to bring racing back from a pandemic
- Where South Carolina ranks in how many football offers it hands out
- South Carolina not yet into the details of who might get into Williams-Brice come fall
Big East already has its eye on how the coronavirus could affect the new basketball season Philadelphia Inquirer
Nuggets and Briefs: National and Professional articles of interest
‘It brought back goosebumps.’ North Wilkesboro Speedway marks the finale of NASCAR’s virtual racing series, and a rebirth of beloved memories. Winston Salem Journal
Charlotte Observer
- NASCAR’s schedule gets another update, three tracks lose races
- NASCAR returning to historic North Wilkesboro for iRacing finale. Here’s how to watch
- When will the Charlotte Hornets and Carolina Panthers reopen their training facilities?
Eagles Lose Scout to Matt Rhule and Panthers Sports Illustrated
New York Times
- After a Killing, ‘Running While Black’ Stirs Even More Anxiety
- Andrés Iniesta Plots a Return to Barcelona, Where the Beauty Is Gone
- N.B.A. Opens for Practice, but Few Show Up
- Golfers Embrace CBD, Even as Its Gentility Is Questioned
- Yes, That’s Allyson Felix Running Down Your Block
- U.F.C. 249: What to Expect as Fighting Attempts a Coronavirus Comeback
- How Dana White Unexpectedly Brought U.F.C. Back in a Pandemic
- Soccer Arrives at a Fork in the Road
- Chess Thrives Online Despite Pandemic
- N.F.L. Teams Preparing for Games With Fewer Fans
- Baseball From Korea: A Filling Breakfast for Bereft Fans
- The Old Knicks Made Basketball Games the ‘Hippest Place’ in New York
Washington Post
- Redskins’ 2020 schedule is out, and the team is left off the prime-time slate
- Ranking every game on the Redskins’ schedule
- Breaking down the can’t-miss games on the 2020 NFL schedule
- These five NFL teams have the easiest 2020 schedules
- Capitals waive Brendan Leipsic after his vulgar remarks on social media
- Athletes will be at the greatest risk when sports return. We need their voices.
- As NBA practice facilities begin to reopen, the players are left with unanswered questions
- Andrew Yang loves UFC. He just hates the way it’s run.
- Unlike other leagues, the CFL needs fans in the stands to survive the coronavirus pandemic
- Lance Mackey disqualified from 2020 Iditarod after testing positive for meth
- Philip Rivers lines up post-NFL job as a high school football coach
- Big East commissioner suggests ‘patchwork’ return could have some schools back before others
Atlanta Journal Constitution
- NCAA president: Unlikely college football teams will start at same time
- Encouraging to learn local athletes are giving through these tough times
- On its return, baseball must deal with one messy issue: Spitting
- 5 career moments: ‘Coaching’ Michael Jordan; Sid sliding
- Tough early stretch will test young Falcons players
- Atlanta United hits training fields for second time
- Tom Brady, other athletes seek federal probe in Brunswick shooting
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