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Greg Vacek's Daily Web Roundup
Sunday, August 9, 2020

August 9, 2020 By Greg Vacek Leave a Comment

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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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Defense, Special Teams Control Pirates’ Initial Scrimmage ecupirates.com

Pirate “D” rules first scrimmage of the preseason  WNCT 9

Defense, special teams control ECU football’s first scrimmage WITN 7

Defense Shines In First ECU Fall Football Stadium Scrimmage Rivals

ECU coach Mike Houston recaps first preseason scrimmage CBS Sports

247 Sports

  • ECU defense forces seven turnovers in first preseason scrimmage
  • Dorian Hardy, Chandler Medeiros removed from ECU roster

SATURDAY WEB NOTES: Defense forces seven turnovers in scrimmage Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Around the American Athletic Conference

Report: American Athletic Conference athletes want ‘hazard pay’ from revenues ESPN

Why Pac-12 and other fans should pay attention to AAC athletes Trojans Wire

UCF player rebellion is latest reason college football season will likely be canceled | Commentary Orlando Sentinel

MAC postpones fall sports due to health concerns; UC loses 2 more games on football slate Cincinnati Enquirer

Four takeaways from USF’s first preseason football workout Tampa Bay Times

No place like home for Tulane CB Kyle Meyers, grad transfer from Florida State and former Holy Cross standout NOLA.com

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

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

Charlotte Observer

  • Kevin Harvick drives dominant car to tight NASCAR victory
  • Live updates, NASCAR FireKeepers Casino 400: Kevin Harvick dominates race in win
  • Sunday NASCAR race at Michigan: How to watch, weather and starting lineup

Wyndham Championship gets one of its strongest fields in a year without fans at Sedgefield Winston Salem Journal

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
  • The Deafening Silence of a Coronavirus Championship
  • 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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