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GREG VACEK'S DAILY WEB ROUNDUPThursday, July 23, 2020

July 23, 2020 By Greg Vacek Leave a Comment

ECU AD Jon Gilbert: “It is not going to be a normal fall.”…Pirates resume athletic activities on campus…AAC Delays Fall Olympic Sports Start Until Sept. 1…Pirate kicker Jake Verity named to Groza Award Watch List; Four Kickers From The American Highlight Groza Award Watch List…ECU welcomes students for early move-in…‘We’re at crunch time’: AAC commissioner Mike Aresco discusses if football can and should be played…NCAA president Mark Emmert criticizes ‘inappropriate’ liability waivers; SMU has required athletes sign them…Methodist football to face NC-only programs under new USA South guidelines…College football is ‘hanging by a thread.’ 5 thoughts on how it got here and where it’s headed….Bob Bowlsby, Big 12 still focused on playing 12-game regular season…How to watch NASCAR night race at Kansas, plus the 3 drivers with the most on the line…Welcome, Charlotte FC. The city’s MLS expansion team gets a new name and crest…The baseball season starts Thursday. How it ends is anyone’s guess….This was not the Opening Day the Nationals had planned, but at least it’s here…Dodgers complete megadeal for Mookie Betts, bucking sport’s conventional economic wisdom…Falcons expect seating capacity of 10,000 to 20,000 this year

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

ecupirates.com

  • AAC Delays Fall Olympic Sports Start Until Sept. 1
  • Verity Named To 2020 Groza Watch List

AAC delays start of fall olympic sports The East Carolinian

WNCT 9

  • Pirates resume athletic activities on campus
  • Pirate kicker Jake Verity named to Groza Award Watch List
  • ECU welcomes students for early move-in

WITN 7

  • ECU AD Jon Gilbert: “It is not going to be a normal fall.”
  • ECU’s Jake Verity named to 2020 Lou Groza Watch List
  • AAC delays start of fall Olympic sports season until Sept. 1

Game day questions remain as ECU athletes resume workouts  WCTI 12

ECU’s Jake Verity Named to 2020 Lou Groza Award Watch List Rivals

247 Sports

  • ECU’s Jake Verity named to Lou Groza Award Watch List again
  • Three-star JUCO WR Kaedin Robinson set to make his decision

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

  • Gilbert: Fall sports will not be normal
  • ECU students begin unloading at dorms
  • ECU prepares for potential budget cuts

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

  • Four Kickers From The American Highlight Groza Award Watch List
  • Cincinnati’s Smith Named to Ray Guy Award Watch List
  • American Delays Start of Fall Olympic Sports Competition Until Sept. 1

247 Sports

  • American Athletic Conference announces delay in Fall sports
  • Owls “looking at mid-August” start for basketball workouts

Dallas Morning News

  • NCAA president Mark Emmert criticizes ‘inappropriate’ liability waivers; SMU has required athletes sign them
  • ‘We’re at crunch time’: AAC commissioner Mike Aresco discusses if football can and should be played

Cincinnati Enquirer

  • Cincinnati punter James Smith named to Ray Guy Award watch list for 3rd straight year
  • Sean Kilpatrick agrees to deal to play for Tofas Bursa in Turkey

UCF moving to digital ticketing for athletic events in 2020 Orlando Sentinel

AAC delays start of fall Olympic sports competition Memphis Commercial Appeal

Five TU sports affected by American’s delayed start to fall competition Tulsa World

Vanderbilt replaces Houston with visit from UConn in 2021 Associated Press

Winning the number’s game: Wedge believes WSU baseball is ‘doing better than most’  Wichita Eagle 

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Future UNC QB Drake Maye considers his options with high school senior year in peril  Raleigh News and Observer

Winston Salem Journal

  • UNCG’s Isaiah Miller will return for senior basketball season
  • Nazir Levine, a former WSSU football player, worries about how current players will cope without the game this fall

Methodist football to face NC-only programs under new USA South guidelines Fayetteville Observer

Hickory High grad Richard Burney awaits chance to complete “unfinished business” in his sixth season of eligibility at U.Va. Norfolk Virginian Pilot

Teel: NCAA could cancel fall sports championships on Friday, but football committee urges patience Richmond.com

Marshall QB Isaiah Green enters NCAA transfer portal Huntington Herald-Dispatch

7 questions for Gamecocks as college football moves forward with plans to start season Charleston Post Courier

One of the great challenges the Gamecocks, college players dealt with during layoff  Columbia The State

Bob Bowlsby, Big 12 still focused on playing 12-game regular season Dallas Morning News

Chicago Tribune

  • Column: College football is ‘hanging by a thread.’ 5 thoughts on how it got here and where it’s headed.
  • Northern Illinois’ 2020 football schedule down to 9 games after the opener vs. Rhode Island is canceled

Associated Press

  • The Latest: Michigan State stops workouts amid positive test
  • NCAA football oversight asks board for time on fall sports

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

Charlotte Observer

  • How to watch NASCAR night race at Kansas, plus the 3 drivers with the most on the line
  • Welcome, Charlotte FC. The city’s MLS expansion team gets a new name and crest
  • Lack of NFL preseason can be a burden on Carolina Panthers in Matt Rhule’s first season

Canes need to crunch some numbers in their favor to beat the Rangers  Raleigh News and Observer

Carl Pettersson, former Grimsley Whirlie and former Wyndham champion, out of semi-retirement and into money at Memorial Winston Salem Journal

Fayetteville Observer

  • Michael Jordan’s Jumpman logo will be featured on NBA uniforms next season
  • NFL agrees to cancel 2020 preseason, reduce team roster sizes for camp
  • Natalie Portman leads star-studded ownership group for NWSL team

Atlanta Journal Constitution

  • Wright’s stuff, Riley’s power on display before it gets real for Braves
  • Falcons expect seating capacity of 10,000 to 20,000 this year
  • Falcons’ QBs to start coronavirus testing on Thursday
  • TV rating for Braves exhibition up sharply after long absence

New York Times

  • Mookie Betts Arrives as a Capstone to the Dodgers’ Patient Project
  • Baseball Enters the Unknown
  • The Yankees’ $324 Million Question: Can Gerrit Cole Stay This Good?
  • M.L.B.’s Marathon Has Become a Sprint. Who Will Benefit Most?
  • Getting Used to the New N.B.A.
  • Black Lives Matter Protests Spawn Push for Athletes to Attend Historically Black Colleges
  • Sports Have Been on Pause. It’s Time for a Reboot.
  • The N.H.L. Is Back but Full Paychecks Are Not, Some Employees Say
  • In Liverpool, a Private Party Is Packaged for the Masses

Film room: The 3 best matchups to monitor at Cowboys camp, including a perfect gauge for CeeDee Lamb Dallas Morning News

Washington Post

  • The NFL long has known what it has in Daniel Snyder. The league owns this scandal too.
  • How can the Washington NFL team’s internal review be independent? Legal experts weigh in.
  • The baseball season starts Thursday. How it ends is anyone’s guess.
  • This MLB season will be weird and not without risk. I can’t wait.
  • Dodgers complete megadeal for Mookie Betts, bucking sport’s conventional economic wisdom
  • This was not the Opening Day the Nationals had planned, but at least it’s here
  • Why the Nationals are wearing gold-trimmed jerseys on Opening Day
  • Shut out from Nats Park, fans look for other ways to make Opening Day memorable
  • Sean Doolittle wants to be a better ally. He will protest with his teammates, if they choose to.
  • As NHL restarts, veteran Capitals confident they can win another Stanley Cup
  • She had her dream job as a sideline reporter. An accident at Audi Field changed everything.
  • Troy Brown Jr. stands tall even as Wizards lose exhibition to Nuggets
  • For Washington’s defense, new scheme and communication issues among five biggest questions
  • Washington signs majority of its draft picks — but not Chase Young
  • Jets owner Woody Johnson reportedly accused of racist, sexist comments; NFL is ‘aware’
  • State of Pennsylvania will not let Blue Jays play home games in Pittsburgh

Chicago Tribune

  • 4 takeaways from the Cubs’ 4-3 exhibition win over the Twins, including Kris Bryant coping with back stiffness and Anthony Rizzo returning with a home run
  • 5 takeaways from the White Sox’s 5-3 exhibition loss to the Brewers, including Carlos Rodon’s strong command of his fastball and Luis Robert losing his glove
  • The 10 days last October that shook the Bears’ faith in Mitch Trubisky
  • Ian Mitchell, a big fan of Duncan Keith, hopes to form the ‘next wave’ of Blackhawks defensemen

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