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

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

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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)

• UPDATE: Pirates returning to workouts
• UNC faculty systemwide raise reopening concerns

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

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