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GREG VACEK'S DAILY WEB ROUNDUPThursday, May 21, 2020

May 21, 2020 By Greg Vacek Leave a Comment

Aaron Hester’s Roots in College and NFL Football Run Deep…ECU Defensive Coordinator Blake Harrell Leads Virtual Spring Practice…Pat Dye, legendary Auburn football coach, battling coronavirus and kidney issues…Waiting game for fans, ticket sales, specifics

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Classic Rewind Preview: ECU And Ohio To Meet In Beef `O’ Brady’s Bowl (’13) ecupirates.com

Aaron Hester’s Roots in College and NFL Football Run Deep Rivals

How the top 10 QB recruits in ECU history have fared 247 Sports

ECU Defensive Coordinator Blake Harrell Leads Virtual Spring Practice WNCT 9

Pat Dye, legendary Auburn football coach, battling coronavirus and kidney issues: report Fox News

Waiting game for fans, ticket sales, specifics Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Around the American Athletic Conference

AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE ANNOUNCES FORMATION OF COVID-19 MEDICAL ADVISORY GROUP American Athletic Conference

College athletic conference finalizes plans for move to North Texas Dallas Morning News

Cincinnati Enquirer

  • Cincinnati Bearcats among 2021 Hall of Fame Classic headliners, per reports
  • Jalin Billingsley, 2021 power forward from Cleveland, tweets Cincinnati Bearcats offer
  • Trent Cloud, UC Bearcats transfer receiver, commits to Hampton University

DE Tyrik Jones becomes third USF player to enter transfer portal in a week NBC Sports

Former Steinbrenner defensive tackle Desmond Mamudi pledges to USF Tampa Bay Times

Former East Fremantle Shark Andrew Stokes secures college scholarship with University of South Florida The West Australian

Orlando Sentinel

  • UCF QB McKenzie Milton tests negative for COVID-19 after health scare
  • Kentucky fires cheerleading staff after hazing investigation

The AAC’s COVID-19 Medical Advisory Group will govern its ‘athletic endeavors during the crisis’ Memphis Commercial Appeal

Memphis comments on Hardaway using team facilities with Hampton 247 Sports

Digital ticketing will be used at OU sporting events, encouraged at TU and OSU Tulsa World

‘10 feet tall and bullet-proof’: Eric Wedge on his mindset for Wichita State baseball  Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Huntington (WV) Herald-Dispatch

  • MU is ready as NCAA allows voluntary workouts to resume June 1
  • Chuck Landon: Lots of cuts but few band-aids for colleges

Raleigh News and Observer

  • NCAA votes to allow voluntary workouts on campus starting June 1
  • N.C. State’s Patrick Bailey looks to take command behind the plate at the next level
  • Zion Williamson’s lawyer calls on judge to throw out disputed agent contract
  • Mack Brown Unplugged: UNC coach on wearing masks, winning the Natty, Sam Howell’s praying

Sage Surratt still pushing through rehab, while also pushing through workouts with brother in Chapel Hill Winston Salem Journal

Ohio State mulling safety scenarios for college football season UPI.com

Sapakoff: A former player example of why Furman baseball mattered Charleston Post Courier

Q&A with Greg McGarity as NCAA opens door for football’s return Atlanta Journal Constitution

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

Denny Hamlin triumphs in rain-shortened NASCAR race at Darlington Charleston Post Courier

Denny Hamlin puts a happy face on victory at Darlington Winston Salem Journal

Charlotte Observer

  • NASCAR at Darlington Toyota 500 race results: Denny Hamlin wins rain-shortened event
  • Kyle Busch owned up to wrecking Chase Elliott. ‘Rowdy nation will have my back’
  • 3 things we learned from Denny Hamlin’s NASCAR victory at rainy Darlington Raceway

The 24 hours that changed sports, and society Philadelphia Inquirer

Fayetteville Observer

  • PGA Tour revised 2020 schedule
  • Why Zion Williamson, Kenrich Williams were allowed inside Pelicans’ practice facility when it was closed
  • NFL studying helmet face guard that works like surgical mask

New York Times

  • Gymnasts Push for Lasting Change After a Coach Is Suspended for Abuse
  • Tiger Woods’s Return Puts His Back in the Spotlight Again
  • Meeting the Michael Jordan We Didn’t Know
  • Stranded M.L.B. Prospects Find a Backyard of Dreams

Washington Post

  • Redskins’ defensive leaders like what they’re seeing from Ron Rivera, Jack Del Rio
  • Redskins rookie Antonio Gandy-Golden says he tested positive for coronavirus, has recovered
  • NFL ‘will have positive cases,’ league’s top medical officer says
  • College sports should use this time to heal its self-inflicted wounds
  • Remember when I fired Dave Martinez a year ago at this time? Forget it.
  • Nationals will celebrate World Series title Sunday with a virtual ring ceremony
  • In ‘The Last Dance,’ Michael Jordan was a captivating figure but a frustrating subject
  • Horace Grant calls Jordan a liar
  • NCAA moves to allow Division I football, basketball teams back on campus for workouts
  • Coveted college football recruit charged with attempted first-degree murder
  • An Olympic pole vaulter needed a place to train, so she and her father built one
  • Argentine star Gonzalo Higuaín could join brother on D.C. United in potential blockbuster
  • Caps assistant GM taught ‘Capology 101′ as part of Monumental Sports’ lecture series for staff

Atlanta Journal Constitution

  • What might have been: The story of two Hall of Famers who got away from Braves
  • Photos: Hamlin wins as NASCAR races again without fans at Darlington
  • 5 things to know about Falcons: Ryan is throwing to Hurst; Freeman to Seattle?  
  • For baseball’s minor leagues, 2020 seems a major washout

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