Pirate hoops persisting in pandemic…(2007): State runs into Minges ambush…Safety at the forefront amid ECU’s return to workouts…ECU furloughs total more than 200; more coming…UCF receives $7.4 million in revenue as part of annual payout from AAC (ECU receives $3.338 million) …Ray Tanner pushed, and kicked, all the right buttons in Gamecocks’ 2010 CWS title run…Timeline comes into focus for deciding football season details, Ray Tanner says…Clemson releases latest coronavirus numbers. 14 more cases among football players; How many positive tests before we pull the plug on college football?…Morehouse’s call to cancel football exemplifies ‘tough decisions’ for HBCUs amid pandemic …Bubba Wallace is the new face of NASCAR. The sport is totally behind him…How College Sports Spurred Mississippi to Seriously Reconsider Its Flag

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Bonesville.net

• Al Myatt’s VIEW FROM THE EAST:
  Pirate hoops persisting in pandemic
• AL MYATT (2007): State runs into Minges ambush 

ecupirates.com

• 2020 Summer Catch
• Classic Rewind: Pirates Shock The Pack

247 Sports

• Safety at the forefront amid ECU’s return to workouts
• ECU Football 2020 Player Expectations: OL Justin Chase

‘Roll with the punches:’ York County swimmer finds new home after Division I program canceled YDR

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

• ECU furloughs total more than 200; more coming
• WOODWARD: Opting for more offense at the right time

East Carolina Tabs Adler Augustin Head Volleyball Coach American Athletic Conference

Around the American Athletic Conference

UCF receives $7.4 million in revenue as part of annual payout from AAC (ECU receives $3.338 million) Orlando Sentinel

Bulls secondary continues to swell after Gabe Nealy commitment 247 Sports

Tulane athletic department forms ‘Green Wave Justice for All’ program to address social justice, racial equality NOLA.com

Tulsa World

• Guerin Emig: The vision behind and execution of TU athletics’ brilliant forum on race
• Bill Haisten: If there is to be a football season, Bruce Dart says, behaviors must change now

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

• Send them home: How many positive tests before we pull the plug on college football?
• How will sports teams convince fans to risk COVID-19 exposure to come to games? Masks first

WSSU taking plenty of safety precautions before athletes arrive in early August Winston Salem Journal

Tar Heels put emphasis on confronting racial inequality, social justice Fayetteville Observer

Former Penn State running back Ricky Slade announces he’ll transfer to Old Dominion Norfolk Virginian Pilot

Still wowed by Young Herd’s triumph Huntington Herald-Dispatch

Ray Tanner pushed, and kicked, all the right buttons in Gamecocks’ 2010 CWS title run Charleston Post Courier

Columbia The State

• Timeline comes into focus for deciding football season details, Ray Tanner says
• Clemson releases latest coronavirus numbers. 14 more cases among football players
• The four most impactful games of the Will Muschamp era at South Carolina

Atlanta Journal Constitution

• Miles Brooks comes to Georgia Tech with own brand, post-football dreams
• Baseball player from Georgia found sleeping behind building in Florida
• Clemson has had 37 football players test positive for coronavirus this month

Morehouse’s call to cancel football exemplifies ‘tough decisions’ for HBCUs amid pandemic YAHOO!

Under Armour to discontinue record apparel partnership with UCLA Reuters

Washington Post

• The NCAA has lots of rules. Players’ parents wonder why it has none for coronavirus.
• College football players, long less powerful than coaches, finally have their voices heard
• Kansas State players demand action