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GREG VACEK'S DAILY WEB ROUNDUP
Saturday, June 13, 2020

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Harold Varner’s Friday 66 at Colonial is even more impressive considering his disastrous opening hole; has a chance to make history in Fort Worth…ECU Softball facility to be named Max R. Joyner Family Stadium…ECU football learning how to function upon return amid virus…AAC announces 2020-21 conference schedule pairings for WBB…UH suspends workouts after six positive COVID-19 tests…Three Clemson athletes tested positive for COVID-19, school says…D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser says it’s ‘past time’ for Redskins to change their name…Trailblazing Redskins quarterback Doug Williams’s life story will be made into a movie

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Harold Varner III takes solo lead into weekend at Charles Schwab Challenge Golfweek

Golf Channel

  • Harold Varner III doesn’t ‘get rattled’ after triple, rallies for 66 and Colonial lead
  • After speaking out, Harold Varner III lets his game do the talking with red-hot 63

Harold Varner’s Friday 66 at Colonial is even more impressive considering his disastrous opening hole Golf Digest

Harold Varner III overcomes awful start, has one-stroke lead at Charles Schwab Challenge Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Colonial leader Harold Varner III has a chance to make history in Fort Worth Miami Herald

Skip Bayless: Harold Varner’s impressive PGA Tour run is like a movie happening in real life Fox Sports

Charles Schwab Challenge 2020: Harold Varner III Leads by 1 Stroke After Round 2 Bleacher Report

Varner takes early 1-shot lead over Spieth at Colonial WRAL SportsFan

Harold Varner III recaps Round 2 without fan presence ESPN

WNCT 9

  • Varner leads Charles Schwab by 1 shot at halfway point
  • Online Originals: ECU providing disaster mental heath services through grant

WITN 7

  • ECU’s Harold Varner III takes 1-shot lead over Spieth at Colonial
  • ECU Softball facility to be named Max R. Joyner Family Stadium
  • COVID-19 impacting enrollment at area colleges

What to know about Cards’ intriguing ’20 Draft MLB

247 Sports

  • ECU football learning how to function upon return amid virus
  • Taji Hudson ready to report to ECU after rehab, virus shutdown
  • ECU Football 2020 Player Expectations: WR Jonathan Johnson

MLB draft aftermath: Stokely still undecided; Worrell to stay at ECU Wilson Daily Times (sub req’d)

Williams remains a Pirate; Softball stadium named Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

The Knights Re-Watch: UCF at ECU (Knight’s Hail Mary game 2014) UCF Knights

Around the American Athletic Conference

247 Sports

  • AAC announces 2020-21 conference schedule pairings for WBB
  • RB Anthony Williams: UCF made ‘me feel at home’
  • Bulls righty Carson Ragsdale “blessed” to be drafted by Phillies

American Athletic Conference Summer Move to Irving Remains on Schedule Rambler Newspapers

UC’s Joey Wiemer ‘on top of the world’ after being selected by Brewers in 2020 MLB Draft Cincinnati Enquirer

Tampa Bay Times

  • USF pitcher Carson Ragsdale: ‘I’m more than happy to be a Phillie’
  • Houston Cougars suspend voluntary workouts after six athletes test positive for virus

Memphis football adds commitment from Henry County defensive back Jawon Odoms Memphis Commercial Appeal

Tulane OF Hudson Haskin makes big splash early, drafted by Baltimore Orioles in second round NOLA.com

Why SMU basketball coach Tim Jankovich called every player on roster amid nationwide protests Dallas Morning News

UH suspends workouts after six positive COVID-19 tests Houston Chronicle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

N.C. State lands 6th commit in less than a month Fayetteville Observer

Our Greatest Hits: After growing up in Newport News and playing for William & Mary, Mike Tomlin prepared to tackle his biggest test as the Pittsburgh Steelers’ new coach Norfolk Virginian Pilot

Chuck Landon: Precautions getting on coaches’ nerves Huntington Herald-Dispatch

Two Clemson football players, one basketball player test positive for COVID-19 Charleston Post Courier

Gamecocks land instant impact infielder 247 Sports

Columbia The State

  • Bryan McClendon got a break on his buyout as he departed South Carolina
  • All-conference infielder joining Gamecocks as grad transfer
  • Three Clemson athletes tested positive for COVID-19, school says

Atlanta Journal Constitution

  • Our pigskin picks? Let’s see if there’s a college season first
  • Tech’s Ogletree gets a first, abbreviated look at golf on PGA Tour
  • How Georgia Tech’s voluntary workout plan came together

The MAC is working with ESPN to reschedule an Election Day game, following a NCAA statement about making that day a day off Awful Announcing

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

Charlotte Observer

  • No title at stake now, but Homestead still has a championship feel for Jimmie Johnson
  • Tre Boston on receiving support from the Panthers both on and off the field

No, Tiger Woods isn’t coming to Hilton Head, but field still one of Heritage’s best  Columbia The State

Mooneyham: Wrestling great Bobby Fulton’s ‘Fantastic’ news: ‘Faith pulled me through’ Charleston Post Courier

Atlanta Journal Constitution

  • Report: Baseball owners offer 72-game season
  • This year, most of Braves’ farm restocking comes after draft

New York Times

  • The N.F.L. Embraces Progressive Action, but Not Yet Kaepernick
  • Player Pushback Emerges as N.B.A. Works to Complete Restart Plans
  • How French Soccer Fell Apart
  • An Early Audible for Colleges Starting New Football Teams
  • As Money Squabbles Delay M.L.B., Many Workers ‘Just Get Steam-Rolled’
  • Varner Leads as Golf Makes Its Return in Pin-Drop Silence
  • After Two Rounds, Jordan Spieth Shows No Signs of Rust

Washington Post

  • The Confederate flag long has flown in the face of NASCAR’s hopes for broader appeal
  • Ireland addressing issue of Confederate flags being displayed by sports fans
  • From the Civil War to the football field, we have been celebrating the wrong values
  • There’s an NFL team interested in Colin Kaepernick, if Pete Carroll is right
  • Poll finds majority of Americans are okay with NFL protests during the anthem
  • MLB’s latest proposal to union unlikely to bring sides closer to a deal on 2020 start
  • Even in an odd, shortened MLB draft, the Nationals stuck to a familiar script
  • D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser says it’s ‘past time’ for Redskins to change their name
  • WNBA proposes 22-game season to start July 24 with full pay for players
  • Premier League to replace names on jerseys with ‘Black Lives Matter’
  • Trailblazing Redskins quarterback Doug Williams’s life story will be made into a movie
  • The Colonial has a packed PGA field, no galleries and starters announcing to … no one
  • NFL to close its offices in recognition of Juneteenth holiday
  • NBA players express concern about potential return amid coronavirus spikes, national protests

Chicago Tribune

  • Column: Mitch Trubisky draws inspiration from a Teddy Roosevelt speech in his fight to be the Chicago Bears starter — and comes across authentic and confident
  • Column: Change is definitely in the air, but we only can guess what’s next for sports
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