Ahlers named to Wuerffel List; Snead on Hornung List for 2020…Still more questions than answers as ECU’s opener approaches…Pirates resume athletic activities on campus…Waiting and watching: Kruczynski part of pay list, not play list …AAC commish Mike Aresco hopeful for full 12-game football season …Jamill Jones, former Wake Forest coach whose punch led to man’s death, avoids jail…John Blake’s death recalls days of scandal at UNC that now seem so long ago…Sun Belt Conference pushes back start of fall sports to Sept. 3…Spring season would give college football stars big decision to make, ESPN pundit says…Nationals lose a rain-shortened game to start MLB’s delayed season. A very 2020 Opening Day…NASCAR at Kansas full results: 4 things we learned from Denny Hamlin’s victory
Pirate Press: ECU Headlines
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- Ahlers named to Wuerffel List; Snead on Hornung List for 2020
- Pirates resume athletic activities on campus
WITN 7
- ECU QB Holton Ahlers named to 2020 Wuerffel Trophy watch list
- ECU’s Tyler Snead named to 2020 Paul Hornung watch list
247 Sports
- Still more questions than answers as ECU’s opener approaches
- Ahlers, Snead named to preseason watch lists
- Armstrong, Hoffman make Opening Day rosters
Waiting and watching: Kruczynski part of pay list, not play list Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)
UNCW alumni support ECU in fight to save swim and dive program Wilmington Star-News
Around the American Athletic Conference
247 Sports
- AAC commish Mike Aresco hopeful for full 12-game football season
- The good, bad and ugly if SMU plays conference-only schedule
Cincinnati’s Blake Bacevich named to watch list for Wuerffel Trophy for community service Cincinnati Enquirer
Tampa Bay Times
- USF cornerback KJ Sails named to Wuerffel Trophy watch list
- How do UF, FSU, USF and Miami prepare for next football practice phase?
UCF cuts athletic budgets by 10%, seeks donors to offset COVID-19 losses Orlando Sentinel
NOLA.com
- Tulane running back Amare Jones named to Paul Hornung watch list
- Tulane’s Sorrell Brown named to Wuerffel Trophy watch list
Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond
Will college football happen in 2020? How each conference is approaching the upcoming fall season ESPN.com
Raleigh News and Observer
- Jamill Jones, former Wake Forest coach whose punch led to man’s death, avoids jail
- John Blake’s death recalls days of scandal at UNC that now seem so long ago
- Roy, Wanda Williams donated funds for returning UNC spring sports seniors
Winston Salem Journal
- Wake Forest unveils virtual season-ticket program to enhance fan experience
- Sun Belt Conference moves start of fall season to Sept. 3
Fayetteville Observer
- Roy Williams funds spring sports scholarships for seniors at UNC
- N.C. State adds JUCO safety to 2020 football class
- Changes to conference schedules affect Campbell, UNC Pembroke
Charlotte Observer
- Former Deacon volleyball star Hailey Brooke McFadden making all the right power moves
- If you love Air Jordans, and have six figures available, here’s a deal for you
Charleston Post Courier
- Sun Belt Conference pushes back start of fall sports to Sept. 3
- Gamecocks’ Frank Martin embraces new role as co-chair of racial reconciliation committee
- Clemson men’s basketball team begins workouts with ‘more better players’
Columbia The State
- Spring season would give college football stars big decision to make, ESPN pundit says
- One Gamecock freshman can ‘take the top off the defense.’ What it took to get there
Success of Big 12, SEC’s return depends on success of pro sports’ return Dallas Morning News
Nuggets and Briefs: National and Professional articles of interest
Charlotte Observer
- NASCAR at Kansas full results: 4 things we learned from Denny Hamlin’s victory
- What Panthers QBs Teddy Bridgewater, PJ Walker have done to prepare for training camp
Raleigh News and Observer
- Hurricanes’ Dougie Hamilton misses training camp practice
- Canes’ Jordan Martinook, Sebastian Aho recognized by Carolina PHWA chapter
- Here are the NASCAR drivers on the points bubble after Thursday’s race at Kansas
- Panthers Tracks: Virtual fans? No fans? Expect a new experience watching Carolina on TV
Atlanta Journal Constitution
- Rookie broadcaster Chipper Jones starts new career from home
- COVID-19 may clog Braves’ good chemistry, but they’ll win the East
- MLB teams kneel to back Black Lives Matter; Fauci’s toss off
- Welcome to a baseball season unlike any other
New York Times
- On Opening Day, a Rarity for M.L.B.: Support for Black Lives Matter
- Michelle Wie West on Motherhood, Pain and a Possible Return to Golf
- Take Coronavirus More Seriously, Say Olympic Rowers Who Got It
- At the British Masters, Empty Fairways, Empty Pubs and a Hole in the Bubble
- The W.N.B.A. Is Out to Reclaim ‘Tremendous Momentum’ in New Season
- W.N.B.A. Preview: With Sabrina Ionescu, the Liberty Hit Refresh
- W.N.B.A. Preview: The Seattle Storm Are Ready to Run the West
- Juan Soto’s Positive Test Casts Shadow on Yankees-Nationals Opener
LOOK: Washington released generic uniforms under new ‘Football Team’ name MSN
Washington Post
- Nationals lose a rain-shortened game to start MLB’s delayed season. A very 2020 Opening Day.
- Nationals, Yankees take a knee before the anthem in Opening Day ceremony
- MLB to expand this season’s playoffs to 16 teams from 10
- Fox Sports will use virtual fans in the stands for its MLB telecasts
- NFL owners might consider halting training camps if there’s no deal on economics with players
- The Washington name delay is awkward, but give credit for a rare show of patience
- NFL franchise to go by ‘Washington Football Team’ this season, delaying permanent name change
- Fans pleased with ‘Washington Football Team’ but critics say delay is ‘worse than doing nothing’
- Mike Tyson comeback fight against Roy Jones Jr. appears imminent
- Juan Soto’s positive test forces hard questions about playing baseball during a pandemic
- LeBron James issues a call to action in comments on Black Lives Matter, Breonna Taylor
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