Interim Chancellor says “really difficult decisions” are ahead for ECU athletics…ECU Women’s Golf And Cross Country Lauded By NCAA…Chillious leaves Pirate basketball program for prep school…Arkansas graduate transfer RB Chase Hayden picks ECU…Pirate all-time running back gets degree…SMU has the youngest coaching staff in Texas and the AAC. …Houston has ‘chance to be really good’ as 2020 anticipation grows…’It’s the fans that make the game’: Memphis coach Ryan Silverfield is not in favor of playing in empty stadiums…Coronavirus could drastically change football season for USC, Clemson fans….Pac-12 coaches want all college football teams to start at same time…U.F.C.’s Coronavirus Plan Is Careful. Its Enforcement Has Been Spotty…USA Gymnastics won’t hold any premier competitions until 2021, citing health risks…Illinois governor says baseball players are selfish; Arizona welcomes games
Pirate Press: ECU Headlines
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WNCT 9
- Chillious leaves Pirate basketball program for prep school
- Godwin plays ‘Lloyd Christmas’ at ECU baseball game
WITN 7
- Interim Chancellor says “really difficult decisions” are ahead for ECU athletics
- Arkansas graduate transfer RB Chase Hayden picks ECU
- ECU associate head coach Raphael Chillious named South Kent Director of Basketball
- Pirate Nation raises nearly $40K for coronavirus relief on Giving Tuesday Now
- ECU trustees vote to rollback tuition & fee increases
East Carolina gets second SEC transfer in less than a week, this one Arkansas RB Chase Hayden NBC Sports
Rivals
247 Sports
- ECU Football 2020 Player Expectations: CB Damel Hickman
- Daily Debate: Who starts at running back in ECU’s season opener?
- Raphael Chillious leaves ECU staff, returns to prep ranks
- Arkansas grad transfer RB Chase Hayden commits to ECU
- ECU Football 2020 Player Expectations: WR Tyler Snead
- Pirates find a potential steal in new DT commit Jason Shuford
Former Arkansas, St. George’s running back Chase Hayden transfers to East Carolina Memphis Commercial Appeal
Swimming World
- East Carolina Gets Verbal from Junior National Qualifier Coleman McCreery for 2021-22 Season
- East Carolina Pirates Hook 2021 In-State Verbal from SwimMAC Carolina’s Ava Yandle
Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)
- Chancellor: Really difficult decisions coming in athletics
- Another SEC transfer headed to Pirates
- Pirate all-time running back gets degree
- ECU trustees cancel fee increases for coming school year
Around the American Athletic Conference
Cincinnati Bearcats basketball: The 10 best players from the 2010s Cincinnati Enquirer
Billy Ferris won a new car from USF, but society remains in park Tampa Bay Times
Record 10 Temple Athletics Teams Recognized by the NCAA for Academic Performance Temple Owls
Dallas Morning News
- SMU has the youngest coaching staff in Texas and the AAC. Here’s how it’s using that to its advantage.
- SMU QB Shane Buechele raises $50,000 to assist in Dallas’ Covid-19 relief efforts
‘It’s the fans that make the game’: Memphis coach Ryan Silverfield is not in favor of playing in empty stadiums Memphis Commercial Appeal
Houston has ‘chance to be really good’ as 2020 anticipation grows The Daily Cougar
Navy football player Chelen Garnes reenters transfer portal Annapolis Capital
UConn football, CBS Sports Network strike deal Journal Inquirer
Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond
Raleigh News and Observer
- Could NC high school athletes return to the field next month? That ball is rolling
- Pick-up games, trash talk: NCCU’s Moton recalls summer before Jordan’s return to NBA
- NC native and his baseball team in South Korea make an unexpected connection with home
- Zion Williamson asked under oath if his parents received gifts for him to attend Duke
Ed Hardin: UNC football recruiting could portend a long-awaited awakening Winston Salem Journal
Wolfpack football transfer McCloud picks Notre Dame Fayetteville Observer
Former Norfolk State standout Nhyre Quinerly faced life’s challenges. Now he waits for his NFL opportunity Norfolk Virginian Pilot
Teel: Virginia’s Division I mid-majors need to consider realignment Roanoke Times
UNCW Names Hampton Head Volleyball Coach UNC Wilmington Athletics
How Charlotte 49ers coach Will Healy carried recruiting momentum into the spring Charlotte Observer
Recruiting confidence remains high for Hokies coach Justin Fuente, who spends pandemic time fishing, grilling, playing Monopoly Hampton Roads Daily Press
Charleston Post Courier
- Coronavirus could drastically change football season for USC, Clemson fans. Here’s how.
- Big South delays moving basketball tournament to Charlotte in cost-cutting measure
- Citadel football gets All-American transfer from rival VMI
- Citadel athletics plans 10 percent budget cut to deal with coronavirus shortfall
Columbia The State
- Bobo’s scheme lets one South Carolina tailback ‘get downhill fast’
- How many Clemson spring sports seniors plan to return, what it will cost
- How a trip to a deer stand helped Hunter Renfrow turn around his NFL rookie season
Atlanta Journal Constitution
- Pac-12 coaches want all college football teams to start at same time
- Georgia ‘laser focused’ on starting voluntary football workouts on campus
Mid-American Conference cancels postseason tournaments for eight sports, changes basketball format CBS Sports
Nuggets and Briefs: National and Professional articles of interest
As a Hornets cheerleader, she’s been sidelined. As a nurse, she’s most definitely not. Charlotte Observer
New York Times
- Willie Mays at 89: ‘My Thing Is Keep Talking and Keep Moving’
- U.F.C.’s Coronavirus Plan Is Careful. Its Enforcement Has Been Spotty
- Minor League Baseball’s Opposition to Overhaul Softens in Pandemic
- Starved for Action, Bettors Turn Nebraska Horse Track Into Must-See TV
- A Big Youth Baseball Tournament Was Played in Missouri. Was It Too Soon?
- Mary Cain Takes the Next Step
- Sebastian Vettel to Leave Ferrari
- How a Band of Australians Made Belarus Soccer an Internet Smash
- Can the N.F.L. Really Return to Normal This Fall?
Washington Post
- World’s fastest blind athlete and his running partner try to stay in sync as they remain apart
- How U.S. Olympians are training at home
- USA Gymnastics won’t hold any premier competitions until 2021, citing health risks
- World champ Morgan Hurd has new reason to love books: They help her train
- Tom Brady says he and Josh McDaniels are ‘brothers for life’ despite reports of rift
- Ramped-up testing could pave the way for an NFL season, Anthony Fauci says
- NFL considering sky judge, other replay changes as preseason experiments
- Texans, Redskins, Broncos have toughest schedules to start year
- MLB made its play to salvage the season. The players’ union is now on the clock.
- World Baseball Classic likely to be postponed until 2023
- At long last, Nationals announce ticket refund policy for delayed baseball season
- Scottie Pippen quit on his team, but that scene would play out differently in today’s NBA
- Michael Jordan got revenge after LaBradford Smith’s career night
- MLS proposes all 26 teams come to Orlando to resume season this summer
Atlanta Journal Constitution
- Rookies Fromm, Tagovailoa could get first taste of NFL against Falcons
- Illinois governor says baseball players are selfish; Arizona welcomes games
- Dan Quinn getting Falcons rookies up to virtual speed
- Without a vaccine, can sports ever be safe enough?
- 5 career moments: Tiger, 28-3, Bud Selig’s Milwaukee nightmare
- In Montana, former Falcons QB Steve Bartkowski finds perfect refuge
- NASCAR revises schedule as races restart this weekend
Chicago Tribune
- Column: As Gov. Pritzker chides MLB players for ‘holding out for … high salaries,’ baseball risks a black eye if owners and the union can’t reach a deal
- Column: Pros and cons of MLB’s proposed plan for baseball returning in July
- Gatorade’s ‘Be Like Mike’ jingle almost didn’t happen, says the ad exec who created the song
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