Athletic activities paused at ECU amid COVID-19 case increase; Pirates suspend all athletic workouts temporarily; 27 positive COVID-19 tests reported…Hal Baird Elected To ABCA Hall Of Fame…Forbrigd, Hofbauer Receive 2020 NCAA Woman-of-the-Year Nominations…Pirate women add Morris to ECU basketball staff…Triple option is ECU’s kryptonite…ECU looks to shine at quarterback position…Joe Dooley provides update on state of ECU men’s basketball…ECU adds JUCO bat Carter Cunningham to 2021 class…Three QBs From The American On Davey OBrien Award Watch List…UCF leads the way in Phil Steele Preseason All-AAC teams…Does UNC’s ‘Tar Heels’ name celebrate the Confederacy? Some think it’s time for change….If schedule is shortened, Gamecocks would work to keep Clemson game, Ray Tanner says; SEC postpones start of multiple sports until at least September…Vice President Mike Pence joins Ed Orgeron in saying football is ‘important for America’ …If FBS doesn’t cut guarantee checks to FCS, a rough fiscal year gets rougher …NASCAR All-Star Race at Bristol tonight…Braves experiment with piped-in crowd noise during intrasquad game; Braves aren’t only NL East contender dealing with COVID-19 attrition…For Native American Activists, Washington Name Change Was ‘a Long Time Coming’…Tiger Woods lives! And he’s even going to play a little golf this week

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

ecupirates.com

• Forbrigd, Hofbauer Receive 2020 NCAA Woman-of-the-Year Nominations
• Hal Baird Elected To ABCA Hall Of Fame
• McNeill Adds Morris To Coaching Staff

The East Carolinian

• Athletic activities paused at ECU amid COVID-19 case increase
• On-campus stores, library will operate this semester
• Triple option is ECU’s kryptonite
• ECU looks to shine at quarterback position

WNCT 9

• Pirates suspend all athletic workouts temporarily
• Pirate women add Morris to ECU basketball staff

WITN 7

ECU pausing athletic activities; 27 positive COVID-19 tests reported WCTI 12

Rivals

• East Carolina Issues Temporary Stoppage of Athletic Activities
• ECU Picks Up Crafty Texas Power Forward Tay Mosher

247 Sports

• ECU athletics pauses workouts after positive COVID-19 tests
• ECU Football 2020 Player Expectations: DT Jason Shuford
• ECU adds JUCO bat Carter Cunningham to 2021 class
• What a conference-only schedule could look like for ECU in 2020
• ECU AD ‘reasonably confident’ about season opener taking place

ECU pauses athletics after more than 2 dozen people test positive for COVID-19 Raleigh News and Observer

ECU temporarily pauses all athletic activities after 27 positive COVID-19 cases WRAL SportsFan

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

• ECU temporarily halts all sports
• Forbrigd, Hofbauer earn nominations

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• American Athletic Conference Schools Announce 10 Nominees for NCAA Woman of the Year
• Three QBs From The American On Davey OBrien Award Watch List

247 Sports

• Memphis football making noise on the recruiting trail
• UCF leads the way in Phil Steele Preseason All-AAC teams
• Shane Buechele named to Davey O’Brien Award watch list
• Four Memphis commits on MaxPreps preseason All-Louisiana teams

USF forward Prince Oduro eligible for Bulls this season Tampa Bay Times

UCF lands 14 on Phil Steele’s 2020 All-AAC team Orlando Sentinel

Temple recruit Keshaun Jones getting bigger, expects to play offensive tackle  Philadelphia Inquirer

Here’s what Memphis athletes agreed to before workouts in pandemic Memphis Commercial Appeal

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Columbia The State

• If schedule is shortened, Gamecocks would work to keep Clemson game, Ray Tanner says
• SEC postpones start of multiple sports until at least September. The impact at USC
• Clemson loses one of its top commits in cornerback Jordan Hancock

Raleigh News and Observer

• Does UNC’s ‘Tar Heels’ name celebrate the Confederacy? Some think it’s time for change.
• Marketing rep says he was ‘conned,’ didn’t give Zion’s father $400,000 as alleged
• We need creativity to have high school sports seasons in NC. Here’s our plan

Vice President Mike Pence joins Ed Orgeron in saying football is ‘important for America’ The Advocate

Cuts like those App State made can save athletics money but also take profit away from university Winston Salem Journal

Fayetteville Observer

• College vets, teen head North & South Women’s qualifying
• Wake Forest lands talented Texas linebacker
• Gov. Cooper talks high school sports; NCHSAA to discuss options

Bronco Mendenhall navigates U.Va.’s players through workouts in pandemic, stresses having season is “possible, but … challenging” Norfolk Virginian Pilot

Marshall football: COVID-19 testing returns zero positive results Charleston (WV) Gazette Mail

If FBS doesn’t cut guarantee checks to FCS, a rough fiscal year gets rougher Richmond.com

Charleston Post Courier

• Clemson business owners worry about football cancellation: ‘It would be devastating’
• USC chided for ignoring Title IX, sex assault FOIA query
• Charleston-area yacht club cancels final regatta due to coronavirus spike
• SC High School League to consider football in the spring in pandemic plan

Recruiting update: 2 state football players pick up SEC offers, Tide gets baseball commit, more AL.com