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GREG VACEK'S DAILY WEB ROUNDUPSunday, July 19, 2020

July 19, 2020 By Greg Vacek Leave a Comment

Classic Rewind: ECU Stuns UTEP in Wild Overtime Victory…BVL Game Center 2007: ECU 45, UTEP 42 (OT)…ECU linebacker Gerard Stringer to miss 2020 season…Seven ECU players named to Phil Steele’s preseason All-AAC team…Can Holton Ahlers lead Pirates to postseason in 2020? …Tulane’s Gregory Stewart addresses the many challenges — and frustrations — in a safe return to football …UCF AD Danny White asks fans to wear masks, wait for football updates…Some, not all, coaches share colleges’ burden amid coronavirus pandemic…With spring canceled and fall uncertain, Gamecocks going all in on summer baseball  …Blue Jays, barred from playing in Toronto, must find new site for 2020 home games

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Bonesville.net CLASSIC REWIND 2007

  • Game Center 2007: ECU 45, UTEP 42 (OT)
  • O’Brien: Memorable season unfolding for ECU, Kass

Classic Rewind: ECU Stuns UTEP in Wild Overtime Victory ecupirates.com

ECU Football: Can Holton Ahlers lead Pirates to postseason in 2020? Saturday Blitz

247 Sports

  • ECU linebacker Gerard Stringer to miss 2020 season
  • Seven ECU players named to Phil Steele’s preseason All-AAC team

Around the American Athletic Conference

AAC Lays Out COVID-19 Testing Plan Ahead NCAA Announcement NBC New York

Ranking the top 10 college football players in the AAC heading into the 2020 season MSN

Update provided on status of Army-Navy game 247 Sports

USF Football: Bulls hoping to take small step forward in Jeff Scott’s first year Saturday Blitz

Orlando Sentinel

  • UCF AD Danny White asks fans to wear masks, wait for football updates
  • UCF football team learns Dr. Richard Lapchick fought for Black Lives Matter before it was a movement | Commentary

Tulane’s Gregory Stewart addresses the many challenges — and frustrations — in a safe return to football NOLA.com

Houston gets commitment from JUCO guard Michael Thomas Daily Cougar

Joe Santoro: Nevada Wolf Pack needs non-conference football to pay the bills Nevada Appeal

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

What a lost college football season would mean to the college sports economy CNBC

NCAA lays out plan for playing but warns of surging pandemic Fox Sports

Some, not all, coaches share colleges’ burden amid coronavirus pandemic ESPN

Local college athletes try to figure out what to do with no fall football Norfolk Virginian Pilot

Ex-football player receives 20-year sentence on drug charge  WNCT 9

Sapakoff: Dawn Staley’s rip of Haley, USC diversity reflects hard road ahead Charleston Post Courier

With spring canceled and fall uncertain, Gamecocks going all in on summer baseball  Columbia The State

‘Unbiased’ or ‘chintzy?’ Coaches’ anonymous comments about UK players set off debate. Lexington (KY) Herald Leader

Gordon Monson: BYU athletic director Tom Holmoe is fighting the good fight, but it’s looking like a lost cause Salt Lake Tribune

How to pull off fall sports with fewer resources a major hurdle for state college programs and conferences Lincoln (NE) Journal Star

The men behind the names of campus buildings  unc.edu

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

Greg McKegg’s playoff experience with Hurricanes now can benefit the Rangers  Raleigh News and Observer

Atlanta Journal Constitution

  • Freddie Freeman back with Braves, aiming for opening day
  • NFL trying to iron out plans, precautions for training camps
  • Toussaint rejoins Braves after coronavirus ‘flipped my world’

New York Times

  • Blue Jays Can’t Play Games in Canada Because of Pandemic
  • Baseball Players Know They Shouldn’t Spit. But Old Habits Die Hard.
  • Hardcore Cyclists Head for the Hills … Mexico City’s
  • Lost and Now Found, Leeds Returns to the Premier League

Washington Post

  • Redskins games brought them together, until the name kept them apart. Now, a promise to change.
  • Who is Beth Wilkinson? Lawyer leading Washington NFL team’s investigation has high-profile history.
  • Who is Alex Santos?
  • Who is Richard Mann II?
  • NFL will consider disciplining Washington but is not expected to force Daniel Snyder to sell
  • Max Scherzer and the Nats fall to Phillies in an exhibition that feels … strange
  • At the Memorial, Jon Rahm gets hot — and is poised to be golf’s new No. 1
  • Tom Watson won five British Opens, but his near miss when he was 59 still endures
  • D.C. United welcomes back fans to Audi Field for socially distanced watch party
  • Blue Jays, barred from playing in Toronto, must find new site for 2020 home games
  • Details of Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s 2019 plane crash released by NTSB

Houston Chronicle

  • Blue Jays not allowed to play games in Canada
  • Dynamo fall to Timbers in MLS is Back tourney
  • Spurs coach calls Greg Abbott, Texas leaders ‘cowards’
  • Social media has laugh over James Harden’s choice of mask
  • How will NFL training camps work?: J.J. Watt has some questions

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