Pirate Press: ECU Headlines
Preseason Camp Audio Feature
Mike Houston Audio Bonesville.net
ECU Dance Team Selections Revealed For 2020-21 ecupirates.com
Ed Hardin: Harold Varner’s right at home, smiling when so few of us can Winston Salem Journal
WITN 7
- Former Pirate & NFL player gets 14 year federal prison sentence
- ECU head football coach Mike Houston: “We’re going to ‘fight like hell’ to play”
- COVID-19 cases at ECU nearly triple in one week
Former ECU standout who played in NFL sentenced to prison in $2.7 million drug case Charlotte Observer
Former ECU football player gets 14 years in prison for marijuana trafficking WRAL
Future of football up in the area as some conferences opt not to play WCTI 12
ECU Football Practice Moved to Afternoon Beginning Tuesday Rivals
College party with 400 people shut down in North Carolina The Associated Press
247 Sports
- Pirates have competition everywhere, including with specialists
- SOURCE: COVID-19 protocols for AAC revealed
- ECU coach expects entire team to wear social justice patches
- Mike Houston points out scrimmage standouts after film review
- Hayden one of many backs in the mix in ECU’s backfield
- ECU offense bounces back in first practice after scrimmage
- Mike Houston: We’re going to ‘fight like hell’ to play
Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)
In Gardner Minshew’s First NFL Camp As a Starter, the QB Sees a Culture Shift For Jaguars Sports Illustrated
Gardner Minshew II finally gets a training camp in which he’s the clear No. 1 quarterback Florida Times-Union
Gardner Minshew: Colleges canceling seasons devastating for players News4Jax
Washington mayor dies after battling COVID-19 Washington Daily News
Around the American Athletic Conference
Cincinnati Bearcats football gets commitment from DE/LB Jah-Mal Williams of Ft. Lauderdale Cincinnati Enquirer
Yeoman, who coached Houston for 25 seasons, dead at 92 The Associated Press
Tampa Bay Times
- What we’ve learned from USF football preseason camp
- USF football’s season opener at Texas is officially off
Orlando Sentinel
- Orange County still reviewing Orlando City; UCF plans to host fans
- UCF player rebellion is latest reason college football season will likely be canceled | Commentary
Philadelphia Inquirer
- College sports right now isn’t a competition so much as a science fair | Mike Jensen
- Why college football season is crumbling: ‘Too much uncertainty’ | Mike Jensen
- College football in chaos … welcome to America | Mike Jensen
- Temple football loses another scheduled game after UMass cancels its season
For now, Memphis coordinator Mike MacIntyre focused on shoring up Tigers’ pass defense Memphis Commercial Appeal
Dallas Morning News
- Could SMU owe or make money if games are canceled? A look at the nonconference game contracts
- How our own spectacular failure is leading to the cancellation of college football
AAC moving forward with fall football; TU has 11 games on schedule Tulsa World
Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond
Raleigh News and Observer
- Playing or not playing? Uncertainty of a season looms over NC State’s football team.
- New Clemson QB offer goes to passer with strong mental approach
- Clemson’s Trevor Lawrence had conversation with President Trump about season
- Here’s when 2020-21 high school sports, including football, will begin in NC
Charlotte Observer
- Charlotte 49ers, Appalachian State to play nonconference game Sept. 12 in Boone
- Charlotte 49ers need Ben DeLuca, Tyriq Harris to be difference-makers after lost seasons
App State picks up home game against Charlotte Winston Salem Journal
QBs, WRs fuel NC teams’ top offenses North State Journal
Big South postpones fall sports season; Campbell plans to play football Fayetteville Observer
Norfolk Virginian Pilot
- Old Dominion stands to lose $2 to $3 million after postponing football season and fall sports
- Old Dominion shut down fall sports, and Conference USA’s athletic directors understood why
- Former Oscar Smith star QB Shon Mitchell overcame trials and tribulations for a chance at redemption
Charleston Post Courier
- Will Gamecocks, SEC play football in fall? Time will tell.
- As SC watches, North Carolina pushes high school football season to February
Some Conferences Postponed Football. Not So Fast in the South. New York Times
Atlanta Journal Constitution
- The SEC has no intention of stopping soon
- College football needs to play in a ‘bubble’ but won’t
- Georgia football players express desire to play ball this fall
Washington Post
- College football’s chaos is only the beginning of our second wave of sports despair
- SEC commissioner on one side of college football’s divide, but he’s not burning bridges
- Which college football teams and conferences have canceled?
Nuggets and Briefs: National and Professional articles of interest
Charlotte Observer
- How kicker Joey Slye went from signed ‘on a whim’ to Panthers starter in a year
- Perk of the NBA’s restart? The Charlotte Hornets just secured another 2020 draft pick
Raleigh News and Observer
- From near glory to gory, Hurricanes drop Game 1 of playoff series against Bruins in 2OT
- Boston Bruins fight past Carolina Hurricanes for 4-3 win in two overtimes of Game 1
- ‘Joke’ and ‘a crime scene’: Hurricanes coach Brind’Amour furious about NHL goal review
Your guide to the PGA Tour’s Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club Winston Salem Journal
Atlanta Journal Constitution
- Ronald Acuna will miss Braves’ series in Miami due to wrist soreness
- Braves swept by Yankees, go 11-9 through one-third of season
- Quinn believes Falcons’ COVID-19 testing has gone smoothly
New York Times
- Lacrosse Plays On in the Pandemic, Creating Tough Calls for Families
- He Needed to Train. David Duchovny’s Pool Was Out There.
- The Dark Fairy Tale of Atalanta
- Charlie Blackmon Could Set a Hitting Record. Would It Be Legitimate?
- P.S.G. Breaks Its Glass Ceiling. Now Comes the Hardest Part.
- ‘Fat Talks,’ an Investigation, and a Reckoning: How Collegiate Runners Forced Reform
- Lightning’s Five OT Win Tested Legs, Hearts and Stomachs
- It’s James Harden Appreciation Day
Washington Post
- The Capitals-Islanders series already has some sizzle, but there’s something missing
- Capitals start fast but Islanders deliver knockout blow in a physical Game 1
- Washington’s NFL team to play home games without fans this season
- NFL would consider Saturday games if there’s no college football in the fall
- NFL: Less than 1 percent of coronavirus tests positive
- Juan Soto homers twice, but Mets pound Anibal Sánchez and the Nats
Baltimore Sun
- So many breakouts, so little time: Which Orioles hitters can keep their hot starts going?
- Chance Sisco, Rio Ruiz lift Orioles over Phillies, 5-4, for fourth straight victory
- ‘I thought I’d seen it all’: Ravens head physician details coronavirus protocols as team nears padded practice
- Ravens still hoping to host fans in 2020, but attendance would be capped at 7,500
- Alex Sandusky, one of all-time great Baltimore Colts, dies at age 87
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