Huge gift promises a lift in challenging times…Defense, Special Teams Control Pirates’ Initial Scrimmage; Defense forces seven turnovers in scrimmage…Report: American Athletic Conference athletes want ‘hazard pay’ from revenues…UCF player rebellion is latest reason college football season will likely be canceled …MAC postpones fall sports due to health concerns; UC loses 2 more games on football slate; TU season opener against Toledo canceled…As the MAC makes a difficult decision, it now feels inevitable – no fall football …Charlotte 49ers to be North Carolina football’s +1 game, on Sept. 19 in Chapel Hill…OU football: Sooners halt fall camp practice, delay 2020 season-opening game …Dustin Johnson, Surrounded by Young Challengers, Leads the P.G.A. Championship…Late homers, including back-to-back pinch-hit solo shots, lift Orioles to 5-3 comeback win over Nationals …Wright, Braves undone by Phillies’ 4-run fourth…Kevin Harvick drives dominant car to tight NASCAR victory
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- ECU defense forces seven turnovers in first preseason scrimmage
- Dorian Hardy, Chandler Medeiros removed from ECU roster
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Four takeaways from USF’s first preseason football workout Tampa Bay Times
Memphis Commercial Appeal
- As MAC cancels fall sports, Memphis vows to maintain optimism and ‘tunnel vision’
- Brady White praises Memphis offense’s timing on first day of fall practice
Tulsa World
- TU season opener against Toledo canceled
- Bill Haisten: As the MAC makes a difficult decision, it now feels inevitable – no fall football
Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond
Raleigh News and Observer
- UNC football veterans are transitioning to leadership roles. Here’s what they’re seeing
- NC State football gets verbal commitment from Jordan Poole, state’s 4th-rated athlete
- Charlotte 49ers to be North Carolina football’s +1 game, on Sept. 19 in Chapel Hill
Washington Post
- The dearth of Black coaches in college football is a disgrace. Michael Locksley wants to fix it.
- QB Josh Jackson and five teammates opt out because of virus
- QB Taulia Tagovailoa eligible to play this season
Mid-American Conference shuts down fall sports for 2020, costing Marshall another football game Charleston (WV) Gazette-Mail
Mike Bobo accused of making ‘racially insensitive’ comments while at Colorado State Columbia The State
Power Five ADs: ‘Inevitable’ 2020 college football season will not be played this fall CBS Sports
With Mid-American Conference football gone in 2020, expect more conferences (and chaos) to follow Detroit Free-Press
OU football: Sooners halt fall camp practice, delay 2020 season-opening game Tulsa World
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- Kevin Harvick drives dominant car to tight NASCAR victory
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Darlington can host fans at Labor Day race as SC OKs first wave of crowd exemptions Columbia The State
Atlanta Journal Constitution
- Wright, Braves undone by Phillies’ 4-run fourth
- Braves will play first 7-inning doubleheader Sunday
- Atlanta United’s next six games feature Nashville, Miami and Orlando
- Dustin Johnson emerges, Tiger Woods struggles at PGA Championship
New York Times
- Dustin Johnson, Surrounded by Young Challengers, Leads the P.G.A. Championship
- What It’s Like to Be a Virtual N.B.A. Fan
- Tiz the Law Wins the Travers in a Runaway
- In Champions League, a Coach With the Right Résumé Can Still Get It Wrong
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- Pitchers Are Creatures of Habit. A Season of Chaos Is Testing Them.
Late homers, including back-to-back pinch-hit solo shots, lift Orioles to 5-3 comeback win over Nationals Annapolis Capital
Washington Post
- Derrius Guice arrested on domestic violence charges, released by Washington’s NFL team
- Washington owner Daniel Snyder sues media company over baseless stories
- At the PGA Championship, Dustin Johnson leads, but there’s quite a crowd behind him
- PGA Championship leader board
- Nationals’ bullpen collapses in the eighth inning as the Orioles rally to a 5-3 win
- The Nationals’ first road trip is imminent, and they know ‘we got to do our part’ to stay safe
- Health experts worry coronavirus could cause lasting heart complications for athletes
- Todd Reirden, confident and calm, guides Caps during an unconventional postseason
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