Pirates reaping dividends from Tri-City focus…ECU athletic activities set to resume…ECU swimming, tennis athletes deal with fallout after programs cut…Former ECU players receive Madden NFL 21 ratings…The American Places Five on Outland Trophy Watch List; Six Players on Nagurski Trophy Preseason Watch List…North Carolina preparing to play UCF in football opener despite COVID-19 concerns…Navy AD supremely confident Army-Navy happens in 2020…Duke’s offensive line coach is suing his alma mater for $700,000…Lack of NFL preseason can be a burden on Carolina Panthers in Matt Rhule’s first season…There are signs that sports can safely coexist with COVID-19…M.L.B.’s Marathon Has Become a Sprint. Who Will Benefit Most?…Julie Donaldson hired by Washington’s NFL team to replace radio voice Larry Michael
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Pirates reaping dividends from Tri-City focus Bonesville.net
The East Carolinian
- ECU athletic activities set to resume
- Pirate coaches tested in weeks nine and 10
- ECU women’s golf ranked nationally for collective GPA
- ECU’s basketball programs gain new assistant coaches
- Volleyball coach Augustin talks about upcoming season
ECU to resume athletic activities on Wednesday WNCT 9
ECU to resume athletic activities Wednesday WITN 7
ECU swimming, tennis athletes deal with fallout after programs cut WTVD
ECU announces resumption of football workouts North State Journal
Rivals.com AAC Roundtable: Offensive Player of the Year? Rivals
247 Sports
- Former ECU players receive Madden NFL 21 ratings
- Pirates trying to remain structured during uncharted times
- Carolina seems protected by force majeure clauses
Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)
Around the American Athletic Conference
American Athletic Conference
- The American Places Five on Outland Trophy Watch List
- Six American Athletic Conference Players on Nagurski Trophy Preseason Watch List
Orlando Sentinel
- North Carolina preparing to play UCF in football opener despite COVID-19 concerns
- UCF DB Richie Grant, Aaron Robinson named to Jim Thorpe Award watch list
- Former UCF QB, current Cocoa coach Ryan Schneider tests positive for COVID-19
Two Cincinnati Bearcats Honored with Positions on Thorpe Watch List bcsnn.com
Cincinnati senior safeties Forrest, Wiggins named to watch list for Bronco Nagurski Trophy Cincinnati Enquirer
Tampa Bay Times
- Will ‘force majeure’ become the newest buzz phrase in college football?
- New legislation may mean brand ownership, gender equity for college athletes
247 Sports
- Navy AD supremely confident Army-Navy happens in 2020
- Tigers ranked in Phil Steele’s preseason top 25
Tulane lands commitment from Fontainebleau running back Iverson Celestine NOLA.com
SMU’s Johnasia Cash enters transfer portal; senior forward had recently criticized athletic department Dallas Morning News
Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond
Raleigh News and Observer
- NC State men’s basketball team returned for workouts. Who was running with the Pack?
- Duke’s offensive line coach is suing his alma mater for $700,000
- Coronavirus outbreak mitigated, UNC football resuming workouts
Wolfpack lands Georgia blocker, makes final list for in-state defender Fayetteville Observer
Sapakoff: Let’s hear what college football players think about playing during pandemic Charleston Post Courier
Richard Bell, one-and-done as USC coach: How 1982 season shaped him, players, program Columbia The State
20 Potentially Awesome College Football Games If There’s A Conference Only Schedule College Football News
Nuggets and Briefs: National and Professional articles of interest
Charlotte Observer
- Lack of NFL preseason can be a burden on Carolina Panthers in Matt Rhule’s first season
- Panthers finally have all 7 draft picks signed to contracts as rookies report to camp
Comparing coronavirus plans for MLB, NBA, NFL players as games begin Charleston Post Courier
Winston Salem Journal
- J.T. Poston will miss fans when he tries to defend Wyndham Championship title
- Watch now: ‘Not bad for a silver spoon kid,’ indeed – Austin Dillon reflects on win at Texas Motor Speedway
Atlanta Journal Constitution
- There are signs that sports can safely coexist with COVID-19
- Braves exhibition: Foltynewicz struggles, Adams has a blast
- Atlanta United knocked out of MLS tournament
New York Times
Washington Post
- Julie Donaldson hired by Washington’s NFL team to replace radio voice Larry Michael
- She had her dream job as a sideline reporter. An accident at Audi Field changed everything.
- D.C. United eliminated from MLS tournament with 1-0 loss to Montreal
- Why was that 53-year-old in the Nats’ outfield? Because in a pandemic, everyone chips in.
- Giants manager takes a knee during anthem and Trump tweets ‘the game is over for me’
- At NBA bubble practices, ballrooms are gyms and stars stare back at themselves in interviews
- Welcome back, sports. It seems we’re really going to do this.
- Dwayne Haskins’s progress is one of five big questions for Washington’s offense
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