Harold Varner III: There are ‘going to be conversations’ when PGA Tour reconvenes…Pirates to meet Liberty in Basketball Hall of Fame Shootout in Charlotte; Temple to play Virginia in Basketball Hall of Fame Shootout …ECU Swimming and Diving blames poor leadership decisions for being cut; Members of ECU swim, dive teams upset about decision to end sport…Temple’s Patrick Kraft hired as Boston College AD…Kelvin Sampson focuses his Zoom on Houston for recruiting …Legendary Tennessee, Pittsburgh football coach Johnny Majors dies at age 85…Traveling Navy football fans disappointed Notre Dame game in Dublin is off…Elon, CAA to adapt flexible scheduling for Olympic sports in 2020-21; CAA plan will reduce College of Charleston’s travel costs, but also cut conference games…C-USA making some knee-jerk reactions; Third Marshall student-athlete tests positive for COVID-19…‘No right answer’ as App State cuts 3 men’s sports …Charlotte 49ers set June 15 as date for voluntary return for some student-athletes…At Belmont’s Backstretch, Caring for Horses During the Shutdown…N.B.A. Team Owners to Vote on 22-Team Plan to Resume Season…MLS and players reach deal on revised CBA, clearing way for return this summer…Drew Brees says anthem protests disrespect the flag. Aaron Rodgers thinks that’s nonsense….Cousin of Redskins cornerback Greg Stroman shot and killed in Richmond…Atlanta Motor Speedway looks to get back to racing this weekend
Pirate Press: ECU Headlines
Gastonia’s Harold Varner III: There are ‘going to be conversations’ when PGA Tour reconvenes Gaston Gazette
Harold Varner III: There are ‘going to be conversations’ when PGA Tour reconvenes Golfweek
Pirates to meet Liberty in Basketball Hall of Fame Shootout in Charlotte WNCT 9
Liberty Basketball: Flames to play East Carolina in Hall of Fame Shootout Augusta Free Press
WRALSportsFan
- ECU Swimming and Diving blames poor leadership decisions for being cut
- Members of ECU swim, dive teams upset about decision to end sport
ECU To Face Liberty In Basketball Hall Of Fame Shootout ecupirates.com
ECU to face Liberty in Basketball Hall of Fame Shootout WITN 7
ECU to Play Liberty in Basketball Hall of Fame Shootout Rivals
Pat Dye, Hall of Fame football coach who made Auburn a perennial power, dies at 80 Washington Post
247 Sports
- The return of ECU Football: What you need to know
- How the top-ranked ECU TE recruits have fared
- ECU Football 2020 Expectations: OL Fernando Frye
- East Carolina making a push for Florida edge rusher after offer
- Gamecocks do not have toughest schedule says CBS Sports writer
- Inward focus a key to Dye’s success at Auburn, David Housel says
Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)
Around the American Athletic Conference
Temple’s Patrick Kraft hired as Boston College AD The Associated Press
Temple AD Patrick Kraft To Become Next Boston College Athletic Director Sports Illustrated
Philadelphia Inquirer
- Temple athletic director Patrick Kraft takes same post at Boston College
- Temple to play Virginia in Basketball Hall of Fame Shootout
Virginia men’s basketball team to face Temple in six-team tripleheader in Charlotte The Daily Progress
Ole Miss men’s basketball announces home game against AAC powerhouse Saturday Down South
Mike Miller steps down as Memphis Tigers assistant coach WREG
Mike Miller steps down as Memphis assistant coach Mitchell Daily Republic
UC football unites in social media message WXIX Cincinnati
Memphis Tigers basketball assistant coach Mike Miller steps down Memphis Commercial Appeal
Houston Chronicle
- Kelvin Sampson focuses his Zoom on Houston for recruiting
- Temple’s Patrick Kraft hired as Boston College AD
Traveling Navy football fans disappointed Notre Dame game in Dublin is off Annapolis Capital
When will athletes and fans be back at Koch Arena? Answers from Wichita State’s AD Wichita Eagle
Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond
USA Today
- Legendary Tennessee, Pittsburgh football coach Johnny Majors dies at age 85
- Johnny Majors not only excelled in college football but also loved being part of it
Knoxville News-Sentinel
- Legendary Tennessee football player, coach Johnny Majors dies
- Johnny Majors: Former Vols coach’s Knoxville friends remember his full life beyond football
- From Peyton Manning to Jon Gruden, what they’re saying about the death of Johnny Majors
- Johnny Majors established Tennessee football for Vols’ best decade in his players’ eyes
- The 10 most important wins of former Tennessee Vols football coach Johnny Majors’ career
Johnny Majors, college football coach who led Pitt to 1976 national title, dies at 85 Washington Post
Sports Illustrated
- Johnny Majors Leaves a Legacy as Perhaps Most Important Volunteer
- Mr. CFB: Pat Dye Changed The Dynamic of the Auburn-Alabama Game Forever
- The Unfinished Story of Jerod Evans
- Virginia Tech Lands Commitment of 2021 German Offensive Lineman Danijel Miletic
- RB Prospect McDowell Re-Opens Recruitment
UVA, Virginia Tech, Liberty part of college hoops tripleheader in Charlotte Richmond.com
‘No right answer’ as App State cuts 3 men’s sports North State Journal
Charlotte 49ers set June 15 as date for voluntary return for some student-athletes Charlotte Observer
Raleigh News and Observer
- Dave Doeren adds four-star, in-state wide receiver to NC State football’s 2021 class
- UNC AD Bubba Cunningham discusses concerns with name, image, likeness rights
- Johnny Majors dies at 85: Duke’s David Cutcliffe remembers legendary coach, friend
Charleston Post Courier
- Clemson’s Swinney, Radakovich remain silent after assistant coach’s apology for racial slur
- CAA plan will reduce College of Charleston’s travel costs, but also cut conference games
Winston Salem Journal
- Elon, CAA to adapt flexible scheduling for Olympic sports in 2020-21
- Watch now: Etienne Thomas hopeful that WSSU and CIAA will have a football season
Fayetteville Observer
- Forbes sets staff for Wake Forest
- Clemson Tigers assistant football coach Danny Pearman apologizes in statement for using racial slur at practice
Atlanta Journal Constitution
- 10 best college coaches from Georgia: Is Dye No. 1?
- How Georgia Tech great Derrick Morgan seeks to be a social-justice solution
Huntington Herald-Dispatch
- Chuck Landon: C-USA making some knee-jerk reactions
- Third Marshall student-athlete tests positive for COVID-19
It’s past time for radical change in Conference USA Daily Journal
Nuggets and Briefs: National and Professional articles of interest
Once the games return, will athletes continue to protest against social injustice? Boston Globe
Charlotte Observer
- ‘The best thing I can do is listen’: Matt Rhule on learning from others leading to change
- Luke Kuechly is considering joining the Panthers front office as a pro scout
New York Times
- At Belmont’s Backstretch, Caring for Horses During the Shutdown
- With Precautions, Golf Is Back. So Are Scoring Squabbles.
- As Baseball Squabbles Over Money, It Risks a ‘Disastrous’ Outcome
- N.B.A. Team Owners to Vote on 22-Team Plan to Resume Season
- Drew Brees Criticized for Calling Kneeling During the Anthem ‘Disrespectful’
- TPG in Talks to Acquire Goal, the Soccer Website, for $125 Million
- M.L.B. Took 9 Days to Address George Floyd. Was It Too Late?
- Iditarod Champion and His Dogs Finally Make It Home
Washington Post
- Words of teams and players show who cares about dollars and who cares about change
- NBA’s return-to-play plan takes shape before Thursday vote
- Cousin of Redskins cornerback Greg Stroman shot and killed in Richmond
- MLS and players reach deal on revised CBA, clearing way for return this summer
- MLB formally rejects union proposal, leaving 2020 season in doubt
- Drew Brees says anthem protests disrespect the flag. Aaron Rodgers thinks that’s nonsense.
- Broncos Coach Vic Fangio says he was ‘wrong’ in claiming he didn’t ‘see racism’ in NFL
- The Wizards were hoping for a shot. Under the NBA’s plan, they would get it.
Atlanta Journal Constitution
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