Hamrick, Holliday confirm East Carolina game will not be Aug. 29; Moved To September 12th…Grady-White Boats commits largest donation in ECU Athletics and Pirate Club History…UAlbany basketball’s Fruscio gets graduate assistant job at East Carolina…Oklahoma transfer Ryan Jones’ enrollment at ECU to be delayed…AAC Student Athletes Voice Concerns Over COVID-19 Safety, Scholarship Security and More in Proposal…Temple-Idaho could still be played even though Big Sky Conference is moving football to spring…UH will limit seating to 25 percent for football…Mike Fox walks away from the UNC baseball powerhouse he built…‘Gut punch’: Davidson’s Pioneer Football League cancels season; door open for spring…ODU steps closer to kickoff as Conference USA moves forward with fall football plans…NASCAR doubleheader races at Michigan…Haotong Li leads PGA Championship, a surprise to everyone — including Haotong Li

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Preseason Camp Audio Feature
Mike Houston Audio Bonesville.net

Grady-White Boats Commits To Largest Gift In ECU Athletics History ecupirates.com

Hamrick, Holliday confirm East Carolina game will not be Aug. 29 Huntington Herald-Dispatch

MU ECU Game Moved To September 12th WSAZ

The East Carolinian

• Grady-White gives ECU biggest donation in athletics history
• ECU confirms eight students, three employees with COVID-19

Grady-White Boats commits largest donation in ECU Athletics and Pirate Club History WNCT 9

Grady-White Boats commits largest gift in ECU athletics history WITN 7

ECU athletics campus to be named for Grady-White Boats Washington Daily News

Mike Houston on backup QB, and the status of Mason Garcia, Ryan Jones CBS Sports

UAlbany basketball’s Fruscio gets graduate assistant job at East Carolina The Daily Gazette

Jesse Lyman Added to Alabama Diving Staff After Stint At East Carolina Swimming World

Former ‘Bow Fleming to play at East Carolina KHNL

Former Mustang Burleson is AAC’s top male scholar athlete Lincoln Times News

247 Sports

• ECU’s opener with Marshall to be pushed back
• Notable weight changes for ECU players heading into 2020
• What Mike Houston said following ECU’s Friday practice
• Oklahoma transfer Ryan Jones’ enrollment at ECU to be delayed
• Newest ECU football players choose jersey numbers
• Mason Garcia cleared to play in 2020

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

• ECU, Marshall working on new game date
• Pirates receive historic donation from Grady-White Boats

Around the American Athletic Conference

AAC Student Athletes Voice Concerns Over COVID-19 Safety, Scholarship Security and More in Proposal Sports Illustrated

American Athletic Conference approves scheduling model for 2020 college football season Cincinnati Enquirer

DON’T MISS! ESPNU Set to Air 24 Hours Straight of UCF Football Games Beginning Saturday  

Temple-Idaho could still be played even though Big Sky Conference is moving football to spring Philadelphia Inquirer

UH will limit seating to 25 percent for football Houston Chronicle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

• Mike Fox walks away from the UNC baseball powerhouse he built
• UNC baseball coach Mike Fox retiring after 22 seasons with Tar Heels
• Four UNC players opt out of season, including senior DB D.J. Ford
• NC State football has taken extra precautions to try and prevent the spread of COVID

UNC’s Mike Fox retires after 22 years, longtime assistant Scott Forbes to take over WRAL SportsFan

Conference USA approves 8+4 schedule for 2020 ESPN

Winston Salem Journal

• App State notebook: Getting back to fall camp, Elijah Diarrassouba and developing young QBs
• My Take on Others: Filing a preseason All-America team before anybody else opts out

Charlotte Observer

• ‘Gut punch’: Davidson’s Pioneer Football League cancels season; door open for spring
• Charlotte 49ers open preseason football practice with as much normalcy as possible
• Who killed Appalachian State men’s soccer? The human cost of disbanding a college team

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• ODU steps closer to kickoff as Conference USA moves forward with fall football plans
• Justin Fuente prepares Hokies for start of season while missing starting defensive end and implementing pandemic protocols

Washington Post

• College sports embraced reckless greed. With the coronavirus crisis, the bill has come due.
• Maryland QB Josh Jackson and five teammates opt out because of virus as uncertain camp starts

The Associated Press

• The Latest: Conference USA leaves 12-game option open
• Colorado State pauses football after allegations of racism
• LSU adds Missouri, Vanderbilt in revamped SEC schedule
• Maryland QB Josh Jackson opts out, along with 5 others

Gamecocks discover final two opponents for 2020 football season Charleston Post Courier

Why Clemson’s Trevor Lawrence isn’t sitting out 2020 as other top NFL prospects do  Columbia The State

College football still is clear underdog vs. COVID-19 Atlanta Journal Constitution