Burleson Named The American’s Top Male Scholar-Athlete…ECU hoops back to work, albeit under different circumstances …’It was kind of meant to be.’ Reagan’s Reece Alexander finds her fit with UNCW after ECU’s swim program cut …Temple won’t open football season Sept. 5 after Miami’s start is delayed…SMU athletics will no longer require student-athletes sign COVID-19 liability waiver …ACC football to go with 10 league games +1 format; Notre Dame can compete for title; Your 2020 ACC football champ: Notre Dame?…Canes beaten 3-2 by Caps in exhibition game warmup for NHL playoff qualifying round…Ravens QB Lamar Jackson voted NFL’s top player, edging Russell Wilson…U.S. Open Will Play in Westchester Without Fans…Players’ reluctance to go to Miami in wake of Marlins’ outbreak may be new vulnerability for MLB…N.B.A. Restart Day 1; In the East, Where Do the Bucks Stop?; The Lakers and Clippers Stare Down the West

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Burleson Named The American’s Top Male Scholar-Athlete ecupirates.com

Burleson named American Athletic Conference Male and Baseball Scholar-Athlete of the Year WNCT 9

ECU’s Alec Burleson named AAC Male Scholar Athlete-of-the-Year WITN 7

‘It was kind of meant to be.’ Reagan’s Reece Alexander finds her fit with UNCW after ECU’s swim program cut Winston Salem Journal

ECU hoops back to work, albeit under different circumstances 247 Sports

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

• Three questions about the Pirates’ offense
• Burleson leads scholar-athlete list

Around the American Athletic Conference

East Carolina’s Burleson, Tulsa’s Klopfer Named American Scholar-Athletes of the Year American Athletic Conference

Temple won’t open football season Sept. 5 after Miami’s start is delayed  Philadelphia Inquirer

Tigers add commitment from kicker David Kemp Memphis Commercial Appeal

SMU athletics will no longer require student-athletes sign COVID-19 liability waiver  Dallas Morning News

Sports Throwback Thursday: Ex-TU star Nancy Lopez wins LPGA golf classic on this day in 1989 Tulsa World

Amid ‘critical time in our country,’ Navy football creates Players Council for Racial Equality Annapolis Capital

Dexter’s back: Dennis withdraws from NBA Draft, returns to WSU for junior season  Wichita Eagle 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

• ACC football to go with 10 league games +1 format; Notre Dame can compete for title
• New 2020 ACC football schedule: Home and away listings for all 15 schools
• What we know and don’t know about how the ACC football’s 10+1 model affects UNC
• These UNC dorms and academic buildings are no longer named after white supremacists

ACC announces 10-plus-one scheduling model for football, Notre Dame with full schedule Winston Salem Journal

WRAL SportsFan

• ACC announces fall sports will begin September 7, football will play 10-game schedule
• ACC schedule includes Notre Dame, 10 conference games
• UNC will not distribute season tickets and will reduce capacity at Kenan Stadium
• New ACC slates for all three Triangle schools include interesting tweaks

The Associated Press

• ACC schedule includes Notre Dame, 10 conference games
• The Latest: Atlanta kickoff games head supports ACC decision
• Virginia Tech star CB Farley to skip college football season
• The Latest: Colorado State pauses football after 8 positives
• Leading hoops scorer AJ Lawson returning to South Carolina
• Georgia transfer Howard immediately eligible at Georgia Tech

Atlanta Journal Constitution

• Your 2020 ACC football champ: Notre Dame?
• ACC decides on 11-game season, Georgia Tech can still play UGA
• Chick-fil-A Kickoff ‘disappointed’ all three planned matchups are off

ACC unveils football plan, scheduling model for fall Fayetteville Observer

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• ACC announces revised football schedule with 10 conference games and 1 nonconference
• Hokies cornerback Caleb Farley opts out of this coming college football season
• East Coast Surfing Championships will hold a scaled-down competition

ACC football update: Clemson-USC still possible, Notre Dame to compete for ACC title Charleston Post Courier

Columbia The State

• How Coastal Carolina, USC’s first opponent, is managing uncertainty as SEC news looms
• SEC close to decision on new football schedule, report says
• Clemson lands four-star commit for second consecutive day
• Clemson, ACC to play modified 2020 schedule during coronavirus pandemic

Tulsa World

• Bill Haisten: For well-paid Lincoln Riley, the assignment is obvious – OU’s eighth national title
• OU football: Services set for former football coach John Blake