Pirate Press: ECU Headlines
Pallozzi Named AAC Lacrosse Scholar Athlete ecupirates.com
ECU requires masks to be worn as students return to class WNCT 9
WITN 7
- ECU requires face masks as students head back to class
- ECU grad tries to reclaim Lego record
- Lawsuit claims UNC System faculty & staff at increased COVID risk by returning to campuses
247 Sports
- ECU players join We Want To Play movement
- ECU DL additions already paying dividends this preseason
- Three-star DB James Wright set to enroll early at ECU
- Aresco implies that Temple football has no COVID-19 cases
Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)
- Classes start at ECU, speculation ramps up in college football
- QBs rotate often during defense-led scrimmage
Around the American Athletic Conference
AAC Commissioner: ‘No Medical Reason for Not Playing’ Radio.com
Report: American Athletic Conference has reached decision on 2020 football season Saturday Down South
American Athletic Conference moves forward with fall football season plans, per report Cincinnati Enquirer
Tampa Bay Times
- College football’s chaotic Monday reveals a sport without leadership
- USF coaches, players join growing chorus desiring to play football in 2020
- USF football coach Jeff Scott, wife welcome second child
Orlando Sentinel
- Florida players, coaches say #WeWantToPlay amid threat college football season will be canceled
- Two UCF alums help Knights take over ESPNU on Saturday
Memphis Commercial Appeal
- Silverfield will prepare to play ‘until they tell us we can’t’
- AAC football players unite, join #WeWantToPlay movement
- Memphis hoops 9th in average home attendance last season
Dallas Morning News
- SMU-Texas State football game moved back to original Sept. 5 date
- Many SMU players, head coach Sonny Dykes express support for playing college football season: ‘I believe in the plan’
UH announces plans for fans attending football games Houston Chronicle
Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond
Old Dominion postpones football and fall sports Norfolk Virginian Pilot
Even if there isn’t college football this fall, players have discovered their power Raleigh News and Observer
Is college football canceled for 2020? Latest updates, news on Big Ten, SEC & other Power 5 conference decisions Sporting News
Football or no football, college leaders are in a no-win situation Star-Tribune
Columbia The State
- College football environment safest place to be during COVID-19, Clemson leaders say
- Why South Carolina is asking fans to think twice about ticket, donation refunds
Winston Salem Journal
- Wake Forest loses nonconference football game with Old Dominion’s decision
- Wake Forest football team states its case to start season to school president Nathan Hatch
- President Nathan Hatch addresses Wake Forest’s football team
- My Take On Others: Nothing earth-shattering here with the preseason Top 25
- Ed Hardin: A messy week in football could change sports forever
The Associated Press
- College football coaches facing tough adversary: uncertainty
- Trump, coaches push for college football as cracks emerge
- Players unite in push to save college season, create union
N.C. State lands “special talent” in West Stanly’s Jordan Poole, a 4-star prospect Fayetteville Observer
Marshall schedule takes a beating The Register-Herald
Another open week for Marshall: No Boise State Football this fall WOWKtv
Huntington Herald-Dispatch
- Chuck Landon: Cancelling college football season is right move
- Old Dominion announces it has canceled fall sports for 2020
- Marshall DB Micah Abraham feels right at home in new spot
- WVU football starts camp amid season’s uncertainty
Charlotte 49ers practice on as reality of a college football season gets muddied Charlotte Observer
With Conference USA in flux, UTSA presses forward through fall practice San Antonio Express-News
Charleston Post Courier
- Sapakoff: Clemson’s Trevor Lawrence takes college football leadership to new level
- Clemson football assistant in coronavirus high-risk group still coaching
- College of Charleston suspends all fall sports due to coronavirus
Atlanta Journal Constitution
Mountain West Conference postpones fall sports Santa Fe New Mexican
CSU Rams, Mountain West won’t play football this fall The Denver Post
Mountain West Conference says it will punt football, fall sports seasons to spring KSL
Report: Sun Belt To Follow SEC’s Lead and Intends To Play 2020 Football Season ESPN 1420
Washington Post
- As college football season nears tipping point, players, coaches and President Trump push to play
- Trump tweets ‘Play College Football!’ as officials consider decision
- Virginia football carries on as uncertainty swirls around college football season
Nuggets and Briefs: National and Professional articles of interest
Raleigh News and Observer
- Canes to have first-round pick in 2020 NHL Draft as Leafs fail to win lottery
- Will Dougie Hamilton play for Hurricanes in Game 1 vs. Bruins? Carolina is ‘hopeful’
WRAL SportsFan
- Gold: Hurricanes Gameday/Series preview
- Zion’s rookie year will end without postseason berth
- New PGA champion Morikawa’s toughest moment came after round
2020 NHL Playoffs – Stanley Cup and Conference Championship Futures Best Bets Sports Illustrated
The Associated Press
- Chargers’ Ekeler has new role but maintains same mindset
- Steady WR duo Woods, Kupp adapt to change in Rams’ offense
- Saints’ Kamara focused on his health and team, not contract
- Edelman confident in all of Tom Brady’s potential successors
- The Latest: Asian Beach Games postponed
Wyndham to tee up stacked field in Greensboro Fayetteville Observer
Winston Salem Journal
- Brooks Koepka coming to Wyndham Championship this week
- First Tee of the Triad to benefit from nine-hole exhibition at Wyndham Championship
- Sedgefield residents can watch Wyndham Championship, but from a distance
- Former Duke golfers grab final two spots in Wyndham Championship field
Atlanta Journal Constitution
- Dimitroff: Falcons had no plan to amass first-round draft picks
- How the Braves accumulated $718 million in debt
New York Times
- Stephen Curry Has ‘Major FOMO’ in Life Outside the N.B.A. Bubble
- In Push to Play, College Football Stars Show Sudden Unity
- Rangers Score First Pick in the N.H.L. Draft
- Marcus Stroman Becomes Second Mets Player to Opt Out
- Welcome Back to the Champions League. Please Maintain Social Distance.
- The N.B.A.’s ‘Yacht Club Six’ Seek Respect and a Lifeline
- Collin Morikawa’s Joyful Win Broke Through Golf’s Pandemic Fog
- Washington N.F.L. Team Owner Files Claims Hinting at a Conspiracy
Washington Post
- Nationals get a needed change of scenery, blast the Mets to end three-game skid
- Derrius Guice strangled girlfriend until she was unconscious, charging documents say
- Collin Morikawa’s PGA Championship win is more proof that golf’s kids are the real deal
- For first-time major champion, it’s business, not personal
- Two pitchers quarantine, one opts out and more games are postponed as coronavirus disrupts MLB
- Ilya Kovalchuk, a 37-year-old ‘kid’ on the ice, seeks his first Stanley Cup with Capitals
Baltimore Sun
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