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