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GREG VACEK'S DAILY WEB ROUNDUPSunday, May 31, 2020

May 31, 2020 By Greg Vacek Leave a Comment

Classic Rewind: ECU Captures Second-Straight C-USA Championship Title; Coach’s vision pays off…Raiders’ Zay Jones shares heartwarming story amid racial tensions …East Carolina University to start fall semester early on Aug. 10…Navy Football Player Died of Cardiac Arrest, State Medical Examiner Office Says…AAC commissioner Mike Aresco breaks down return-to-play, how sports can start on time with fans in stands…AAC may let Olympic sports play more regional teams to cut costs…Number of eliminated college sports programs nearing 100 in midst of pandemic…Fayetteville was new UCLA AD Martin Jarmond’s foundation for success…Virologist: NFL fans can return to games safely…Kaepernick starts legal defense fund for Minneapolis protesters…Champions League Final to Be Moved From Turkey…Falcon’s’ Owner Arthur Blank: ‘More must be done to address systemic racism’…Head of College Football Hall assesses protest damage and what’s next

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Bonesville.net Classic Rewind

  • Game Center (2009): ECU 38, Houston 32
  • O’Brien: Coach’s vision pays off
  • Myatt: Will Holtz wake up the echoes?
  • Box Score / Statistics
  • BVL Audio: Replay Skip Holtz post-game
  • Monroe: Kevin’s Keys to the Game
  • ECU Media Relations/AP Game Recap

Classic Rewind: ECU Captures Second-Straight C-USA Championship Title  ecupirates.com

Houston vs. East Carolina – Game Recap – December 5, 2009 … ESPN

247 Sports

  • ECU Football 2020 Player Expectations: OL Peyton Winstead
  • Kelly “delighted” with USF Athletics progress during pandemic
  • How the top-ranked ECU RB recruits have fared
  • East Carolina University to start fall semester early on Aug. 10
  • The NFL Draft has us feeling bullish about these 2020 signees
  • ECU Football 2020 Player Expectations: OL Peyton Winstead

Old Dominion, East Carolina announce six-game football series beginning in 2022 Norfolk Virginian Pilot

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

  • Clark-LeClair became championship venue in 2009
  • Agnos sparked four wins in two days

Former WSU QB Gardner Minshew prepared for familiar and unfamiliar water in second NFL season Yakima Herald-Republic

Raiders’ Zay Jones ‘grateful’ for encounter with Minnesota woman New York Post

Raiders’ Zay Jones shares heartwarming story amid racial tensions NBC Sports

Can’t-Miss Play: Big play Zay! Jones leaps for epic catch-and-run TD NFL

Around the American Athletic Conference

Navy football player David Forney died of cardiac arrest, state medical examiner office says Annapolis Capital

Navy Football Player Died of Cardiac Arrest, State Medical Examiner Office Says Military.com

AAC commissioner Mike Aresco breaks down return-to-play, how sports can start on time with fans in stands Dallas Morning News

AAC may let Olympic sports play more regional teams to cut costs Orlando Sentinel

More USF coaches speak out as chaos ensues near campus Tampa Bay Times

Ten of the weirdest, wackiest stats about college football in Philadelphia PhillyVoice

ASU, Memphis set to play eight times Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Number of eliminated college sports programs nearing 100 in midst of pandemic Hartford Courant

Raleigh News and Observer

  • In rush back to campus, colleges asking athletes to trust them with their lives
  • UNC AD says student-athletes to return to campus in phases beginning in June
  • ACC football record book: For UNC’s Burney, others, the records still mean something

Winston Salem Journal

  • Arthur Hardin, an ACC referee, ready for whatever the college football season might look like
  • Former App State coaches, players come to terms with the cutting of their programs

Fayetteville was new UCLA AD Martin Jarmond’s foundation for success Fayetteville Observer

NCAA offers plan to bring athletes back to campus as local coaches, administrators remain hopeful football season will kick off Norfolk Virginian Pilot

Sapakoff: Coronavirus pressure unmasks exploitation of college players Charleston Post Courier

Columbia The State

  • South Carolina’s Staley, Muschamp, Tanner weigh in on issues of social injustice
  • Clemson’s Trevor Lawrence reacts to George Floyd’s death: ‘The injustice is clear.’
  • The voice of experience, NFL background helping guide incoming four-star Gamecock

Power Five conferences ask Congress to ‘not wait for the NCAA’ on player compensation Washington Post

Wyoming coach part of NCAA talks on football amid COVID-19 St Louis Post-Dispatch

NCAA offers guidance for bringing athletes back to campus Fox News

Ranking the most interesting nonconference schedules for all 64 Power Five teams USA Today

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

Virologist: NFL fans can return to games safely recordonline.com

Race tracks give fans ‘a chance to get back to living our lives’ Winston Salem Journal

Charlotte Observer

  • NASCAR race at Bristol: How to watch, track info, starting order
  • I experienced a COVID-19 symptom before a Charlotte race. This is how NASCAR handled it.
  • Panthers Tracks: Breaking down the Eli Apple signing and the low risk involved

New York Times

  • These Athletes Had the Coronavirus. Will They Ever Be the Same?
  • She Accused a Coach of Abuse. Then More Than 30 Gymnasts Backed Her Up.
  • A Danish Soccer Team Invited 10,000 Fans to a Zoom Watch Party
  • Champions League Final to Be Moved From Turkey

Washington Post

  • This is why Colin Kaepernick took a knee
  • Kaepernick starts legal defense fund for Minneapolis protesters
  • NBA players past and present show up and speak out to protest George Floyd’s death
  • As sports return, at-risk athletes may face ‘heavy decision’ on whether to play
  • Shut out at Bristol Motor Speedway, NASCAR fans set up camp next door
  • While we miss the games, athletes miss their other families: Their teammates
  • Wizards cautiously begin voluntary player workouts as Washington reopens
  • From Kareem to LeBron, I remember the year by the NBA Finals. What now?
  • Game 7 of the 1925 World Series was the best anyone had seen — if only they could
  • As MLB awaits union response, players remain clear on one thing: No more pay cuts
  • Capitals GM on NHL’s return to play: ‘Answers aren’t always completely there’
  • Virtual offseason prepares Redskins to return, whenever that might be

Atlanta Journal Constitution

  • Arthur Blank: ‘More must be done to address systemic racism’
  • Coach Lloyd Pierce, Hawks speak out on racism, death of George Floyd 
  • Head of College Football Hall assesses protest damage and what’s next
  • NFL’s Goodell: Urgent need for action after ‘tragedies’
  • With money tight, can sports hope to regrow revenues?
  • Falcons committed to pocket passer Matt Ryan in dual-threat era
  • Chase Elliott is the hottest thing on wheels – or legs – right now

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