Norfolk State won’t have football, other fall sports as MEAC suspends seasons; ECU’s game against Norfolk State canceled; UCF football’s game vs FAMU canceled; USF’s home opener vs. Bethune-Cookman reportedly canceled…Strength Coach Vinnie Calautti Joins Coaches 4 Change… Marshall Football’s season-opener against ECU now in doubt …ECU athletics hoping to lift temporary pause on Wednesday, July 22…Johnson Named To 2020 Biletnikoff Award Watch List; The American Places Eight on Biletnikoff Award Preseason Watch List…AAC requires virus testing 72 hours before kickoff …Panthers to have ‘reduced seating’ at games this fall, team tells PSL owners…Maniscalco, filling big shoes, gets dream call on Hurricanes TV playoff broadcasts…RBC Heritage planning 2021 not knowing what new year, COVID-19 impacts will bring …15 women accuse former Redskins employees of sexual harassment and verbal abuse; NFL calls allegations against Redskins officials ‘serious, disturbing and contrary’ to league’s values…The CFL’s Edmonton Eskimos reportedly will change their name
Pirate Press: ECU Headlines
ecupirates.com
- Strength Coach Vinnie Calautti Joins Coaches 4 Change
- Trio Of Pirates Named to USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
- Johnson Named To 2020 Biletnikoff Award Watch List
Marshall Football’s season-opener against ECU now in doubt WOWKtv
Navy men’s basketball player transfers to East Carolina Annapolis Capital
WITN 7
- ECU athletics hoping to lift temporary pause on Wednesday, July 22
- ECU’s C.J. Johnson named to 2020 Biletnikoff Award watch list
- Kim McNeill provides update on state of ECU women’s basketball
- McNeill on when ECU will lift temporary athletics freeze
- New research from ECU suggests Blackbeard ran the QAR aground on purpose
- Former ECU student-athlete creates and operates own skincare company
247 Sports
- ECU’s game against Norfolk State canceled
- The American releases testing protocols for 2020 season
- MEAC cancels all fall sports in 2020
- ECU WR CJ Johnson named to Biletnikoff Award Watch List
- ECU Football 2020 Player Expectations: DL Kareem Stinson
Around the American Athletic Conference
American Athletic Conference
- Commissioner Aresco’s Statement Regarding Return to Competition Testing Protocols
- The American Places Eight on Biletnikoff Award Preseason Watch List
- Six American Running Backs on Doak Walker Award Watch List
AAC requires virus testing 72 hours before kickoff National Post
247 Sports
- UCF football’s game vs FAMU canceled, MEAC suspends fall sports
- USF’s home opener vs. Bethune-Cookman reportedly canceled
- Taking a look at the conference opponents USF could add
- Kelly says Bulls prepared to make schedule changes
American Athletic Conference outlines COVID-19 testing protocols for 2020 football season Cincinnati Enquirer
Tampa Bay Times
- USF football’s home opener appears in peril
- NCAA: Test all athletes for coronavirus within 72 hours of game
USF Football’s Home Opener Versus Bethune-Cookman Canceled SB Nation
Orlando Sentinel
- AAC waiting to set schedule, but it’s ready to adapt to playing fewer football games
- UCF receiver Tre Nixon earns spot on Biletnikoff Award watch list
Temple, other AAC football teams to be tested 72 hours before games as conference announces COVID-19 guidelines Philadelphia Inquirer
AAC announces COVID-19 testing protocols for football Memphis Commercial Appeal
Dallas Morning News
- SMU progresses to ‘Phase II’ of return plan following delay, will allow groups of up to 50 to gather
- SMU basketball picks up transfer commitment from former Oklahoma State F Yor Anei
TU football team to be tested for COVID-19 before every game Tulsa World
AAC commissioner: Playing football in spring a ‘last resort’ Houston Chronicle
Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond
Norfolk Virginian Pilot
- Norfolk State won’t have football, other fall sports as MEAC suspends seasons
- Former ODU star quarterback Taylor Heinicke plans to return to campus to finish his degree
MEAC cancels fall sports season, no decision on rescheduling Raleigh News and Observer
Winston Salem Journal
- ‘Their dreams may be gone’: MEAC calls off fall sports, and A&T adjusts to life without football
- App Trail: App State loses home season opener with MEAC fall sports cancellation
- WS/FCS indefinitely postpones limited workouts for high school sports
- A chat with App State’s Damion McLean on race, being the only Black head coach on campus and more
Southern Cal transfer joins former Wake Forest starter in Georgia QB race Fayetteville Observer
MEAC cancels 2020 fall sports season due to pandemic WAVY
Charleston Post Courier
- Dr. David Geier: Give players input into 2020 college football season decisions
- Ex-Clemson soccer goalie’s social justice protests inside NWSL bubble
- No fall football for SC State; MEAC cancels season as SC COVID-19 cases rise
Columbia The State
- No fall sports for SC State amid COVID-19 pandemic. Here’s what we know
- The progress made by Hilinski’s Hope since coming across the country
26 Georgia teams affected by South Carolina call to delay football… Atlanta Journal Constitution
Nuggets and Briefs: National and Professional articles of interest
Charlotte Observer
- Panthers to have ‘reduced seating’ at games this fall, team tells PSL owners
- Maniscalco, filling big shoes, gets dream call on Hurricanes TV playoff broadcasts
RBC Heritage planning 2021 not knowing what new year, COVID-19 impacts will bring Columbia The State
Atlanta Journal Constitution
- NFL trying to iron out plans, precautions for training camps
- Need to see pitching depth Braves keep talking about
- Photos: Braves looking ready for the season
New York Times
- Washington N.F.L. Team Faces Sexual Harassment Claims from 15 Women
- The N.B.A. Bubble Is in the Magic’s Backyard. But They’re Not Quite at Home.
- Parenting in the Bubble: ‘This Is Mom’s Job. You Have to Work With Me.’
- Amid the Storm, Dave Dombrowski Plots an M.L.B. Future in Nashville
- Matisse Thybulle Is the Breakout (Mini-Movie) Star of the N.B.A. Bubble
- The Boston Bruins Had Home Ice. Now They’ve Got a Hub.
- The Golf Party in This Ohio Town Has It All, Except Fans
- A Team by Any Other Name Is Fine, It Turns Out
- N.F.L. Teams and Players Make Decisions on Franchise Tags
- Tiger Woods Returns, Without Roars
Washington Post
- 15 women accuse former Redskins employees of sexual harassment and verbal abuse
- Five takeaways from Washington Post’s Redskins story on alleged sexual harassment
- NFL calls allegations against Redskins officials ‘serious, disturbing and contrary’ to league’s values
- The rise and fall of Larry Michael, former voice of the Washington NFL team
- The CFL’s Edmonton Eskimos reportedly will change their name
- He stockpiled Washington NFL trademarks for years. Now he faces backlash online.
- Nationals exploring alternatives to Nationals Park because of D.C.’s coronavirus regulations
- MASN will not televise Nationals or Orioles home exhibition games
- NFL’s concerns over an on-time start are growing amid rise in coronavirus cases
- Tiger Woods returns, giving backyard galleries plenty to watch at the Memorial
- Capitals’ 2019 first-round pick could make his NHL debut in playoff restart
- NCAA head warns coronavirus rates going in ‘wrong direction’ as new guidelines are issued
- The Cowboys have a Dak problem and more takeaways from NFL’s franchise tag deadline
- Penguins’ playoff hopes look solid; Wild upset chances strong
- Confederate flag again flown over NASCAR race
- Del Mar cancels racing after 22 positive covid-19 tests among jockeys, track workers
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