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GREG VACEK'S DAILY WEB ROUNDUPThursday, June 18, 2020

June 18, 2020 By Greg Vacek Leave a Comment

NCAA approves college football preseason model for 2020; sets six-week practice plan for football …ECU reportedly adds FCS foe Gardner-Webb to 2023 schedule…Pirates trying to find right balance with condensed preseason…Schools debate whether to detail positive tests for athletes…3 UCF football players test positive for COVID-19 after return to campus; Two USF football players test positive for COVID-19; UH basketball player tests positive for COVID-19, bringing total cases to 7 …TU athletes to start returning to campus next week …First Cancellations Emerge for Major College Football …Winston-Salem Open takes one for the sport in losing 2020 tournament to U.S. Open plan …The NBA, at intersection of societal change and a global pandemic, needs to nail its return…RBC Heritage first round Thursday

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Classic Rewind Preview: ECU Hosts Duke in Home Opener (1999) ecupirates.com

ECU unites for rescheduled day of giving WNCT 9

NCAA approves college football preseason model for 2020 Charleston Gazette-Mail

247 Sports

  • ECU reportedly adds FCS foe Gardner-Webb to 2023 schedule
  • Pirates trying to find right balance with condensed preseason
  • ECU Football 2020 Player Expectations: DE Henry Garrison
  • East Carolina in the top group for RB Malachi Thomas

Season tickets hit 10,000, what’s next for Pirate fans? Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

College Athletes Lose Their Seasons⁠—And Then Programs Washington City Paper

Around the American Athletic Conference

Schools debate whether to detail positive tests for athletes The Associated Press

Orlando Sentinel

  • 3 UCF football players test positive for COVID-19 after return to campus
  • Two USF football players test positive for COVID-19
  • College football coaches better adapt to empowered, outspoken players

Temple athletes to start coming back Monday Philadelphia Inquirer

Tigers indoor practice facility ready to go Action News 5

Running back JP Martin breaks down commitment to Memphis 247 Sports

Dallas Morning News

  • SMU has 5 student-athletes test positive for COVID-19
  • NCAA sets timetable for college football’s return, approves six-week preseason plan

TU athletes to start returning to campus next week Tulsa World

Source: UH basketball player tests positive for COVID-19, bringing total cases to 7 MSN

When others left, why Etienne stayed at Wichita State: ‘I’m meant to be a Shocker’  Wichita Eagle 

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

NCAA approves college football preseason model for 2020 Huntington Herald-Dispatch 

Big Four flood first round of MLB Draft North State Journal

UNC-CH trustees vote to lift moratorium on renaming buildings and memorials on campus Raleigh News and Observer

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

  • Hokies bring in commitment from highly-rated QB Tahj Bullock, while U.Va. adds DB Javin Burke to 2021 class pledges
  • Lake Braddock quarterback commits to Old Dominion
  • Column: Local college athletes are raising their voices, and it’s about time we listen

Former Clemson players, Gamecock coach on College Football Hall of Fame ballot Charleston Post Courier

Columbia The State

  • No camp season means a financial hit for some Gamecocks. Roughly how it breaks down  
  • Lattimore, Jeffery, other Gamecocks call for renaming Strom Thurmond Center

Charlotte Observer

  • Charlotte 49ers men’s basketball coach Ron Sanchez is building a staff without gender bias
  • How the Knights were able to bring live college baseball to uptown Charlotte this summer

NCAA sets six-week practice plan for football Atlanta Journal Constitution

First Cancellations Emerge for Major College Football New York Times

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

RBC Heritage first round Thursday: TV schedule, stream, tee times, players to watch  Columbia The State

Fayetteville Observer

  • New Carolina Panthers DC Phil Snow faces huge task restoring defense
  • Crew member tests positive for COVID-19 after Ace Speedway race
  • Diamondbacks pitcher Jon Duplantier on being Black in baseball: ‘I feel like I’m on an island’

NASCAR race at Homestead full results: 3 takeaways from Denny Hamlin’s victory  Raleigh News and Observer

Charlotte Observer

  • Sara Price takes on climate change, gender inequality in new racing series with CGR
  • The Carolina Panthers will have versatility and growing pains on D. What’s next at MLB?

Winston-Salem Open takes one for the sport in losing 2020 tournament to U.S. Open plan Winston Salem Journal

Atlanta Journal Constitution

  • Momentum may be building toward 2020 MLB season
  • If baseball doesn’t care enough to play, should we care about baseball?
  • Empowered by racial-justice movement, black college athletes stand up to coaches  
  • Braves sign Georgia shortstop Cam Shepherd as undrafted free agent

New York Times

  • Fans Wants Sports. Sports Want Fans. But It’s Not That Simple.
  • As Other Stars Waver, Serena Williams Says She’ll Play in the U.S. Open
  • Champions League Will Resume in August in Lisbon
  • The N.B.A. Is Coming Back. There Are 113 Pages of New Rules.
  • Trump Reconsiders Kaepernick, but Not Kneeling
  • Arthur Ashe Statue in Virginia Vandalized With ‘White Lives Matter’
  • Welcome Back to Football (Terms and Conditions Apply)

Washington Post

  • The NBA, at intersection of societal change and a global pandemic, needs to nail its return
  • Adam Silver vows action on social justice as players mull NBA’s return plan
  • Inside the NBA’s health plan to safely hold games at Disney World bubble
  • NBA pitches players on life in the bubble
  • MLB, union appear within reach of a deal for 2020 season after owners concede on prorated salaries
  • Trump in favor of Colin Kaepernick returning to NFL, but ‘he has to be able to play well’
  • College athletes are the real leaders. Smart coaches will follow them.
  • The Nationals’ first-round pick called his own pitches in college. He earned it with conviction.

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