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Greg Vacek's Daily Web Roundup
Friday, August 14, 2020

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Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Preseason Camp Audio Feature
Mike Houston Audio
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CC Buford Welcomes Three New Golfers ecupirates.com

The East Carolinian

  • ECU adds new recruits, 2021 QB prospect included
  • Defense dominates in Pirate scrimmage

East Carolina alum Varner starts hot at Wyndham Fayetteville Observer

Varner III, Hoge, Sloan share Wyndham lead tied at 62 WITN 7

Ed Hardin: A 62 at Wyndham Championship gives Harold Varner III a round worth remembering Greensboro News & Record

Harold Varner III shoots sizzling 62, leads at Wyndham Championship Golfweek

Harold Varner III, Tom Hoge, Roger Sloan lead Wyndham after opening 62s ESPN

Harold Varner III part of three-way tie for lead as play suspended at Wyndham Golf Channel

Harold Varner III grabs share of early lead at Wyndham Championship Boston Globe

247 Sports

  • Xavier lands a commitment from top 150 forward Elijah Tucker
  • Mike Houston expects plenty of intensity in second scrimmage
  • ECU’s Avery Jones granted immediate eligibility
  • Who are ECU’s most indispensable players in 2020?
  • Pirates have competition everywhere, including with specialists

Coaches getting live looks at all players Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Around the American Athletic Conference

Cincinnati Enquirer

  • Cincinnati Bearcats going forward with football camp as conferences cancel fall season
  • Cincinnati Bearcats football gets commitment from DE/LB Jah-Mal Williams of Ft. Lauderdale

Five more USF football players opt out due to coronavirus concerns Tampa Bay Times

UCF football schedule in flux after FIU game is called off Orlando Sentinel

College sports right now isn’t a competition so much as a science fair | Mike Jensen Philadelphia Inquirer

Memphis Commercial Appeal

  • The Memphis football team is confident Rodrigues Clark is primed for prime time
  • New England Patriots rookie, former Memphis standout Dustin Woodard is retiring, per report

Tulane searching for opening football opponent with Southeastern Louisiana unavailable NOLA.com

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Winston Salem Journal

  • Appalachian State adds football game against Campbell
  • ACC announces committee heads, firms for commissioner search; Wake Forest’s Nathan Hatch will co-chair committee
  • Planning football is like scheduling the band on the Titanic, NCAA medical adviser says

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

  • Column: ODU administrators elected to lead and not wait on the rest of Conference USA
  • Hampton AD Eugene Marshall had some tough decisions to make, but ended up a trailblazer
  • Hampton High alum Dazz Newsome aims to steer clear of drops in senior season at UNC and stay on path for NFL
  • Former Towson RB Shane Simpson ready to put injury history in the past after relying on faith and fate to choose U.Va.

The Associated Press

  • NCAA cancels fall championships as major football marches on
  • The Latest: Cowboys owner confident about having fans
  • Purdue coach proposes running 2 football seasons in 2021
  • Postponing season puts NFL prospects in a holding pattern

Huntington Herald-Dispatch

  • NCAA postpones all fall championships except FBS football
  • Herd OC Cramsey looking for QB to command offense
  • Young Thundering Herd player Prater dead at 69

Derek Redd: College football isn’t out of the woods yet Charleston Gazette-Mail

Charleston Post Courier

  • Gamecocks freshman QB Luke Doty at receiver? Here’s why it could work this time
  • Sapakoff: Citadel, CSU, FCS football should permanently move to spring
  • ‘Hurt.’ The Citadel faces fallout as SoCon cancels fall football season

Columbia The State

  • Southern Conference postpones fall sports, still leaves door open for some games
  • SEC football updates: Here’s the latest news about fall sports on Aug. 14
  • Seasons’ fate uncertain: What these days are like for Gamecocks volleyball, soccer

The SEC has no intention of stopping soon Atlanta Journal Constitution

Washington Post

  • College football’s chaos is only the beginning of our second wave of sports despair
  • Florida State receiver accuses school of neglecting health issues and misleading players
  • NCAA pulls plug on all Division 1 fall championships except for top-tier football
  • Trump repeats his ‘Let ’em play’ message after talking to Trevor Lawrence, Ed Orgeron
  • Senators propose ‘college athletes’ bill of rights’ intended to fill voids left by the NCAA

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

Winston Salem Journal

  • Wyndham Championship update: Harold Varner III shares first-round lead after 62
  • Ed Hardin: A 62 at Wyndham Championship gives Harold Varner III a round worth remembering
  • Wyndham Championship insider: Former champions lurking behind leaders
  • Scene and heard, a quiet morning following a marquee group at the Wyndham Championship

Empty feeling without fans for Wyndham champion Fayetteville Observer

Raleigh News and Observer

  • Hurricanes wake up from their 15-month Bruins nightmare, and the script is flipped
  • Hamilton’s third-period goal lifts Canes to 3-2 win over Bruins to even series
  • NCAA president says there will be no fall sports championships; doesn’t affect football

Charlotte Observer

  • Why half of Panthers roster is at risk for severe COVID-19 symptoms — and why they risk it
  • ‘The sky’s the limit’: Panthers’ speed creates big expectations for 2020 season
  • Panthers Tracks: 5 things we want to see when we finally get to watch training camp
  • Dale Earnhardt Jr., Steve Letarte break down NASCAR’s wild 2020, who should drive the 48

Minority owners of Washington NFL team hope to force Snyder to sell, but it won’t be easy Norfolk Virginian Pilot

Bad-luck Braves built to last after surviving first third of season Atlanta Journal Constitution

New York Times

  • The Bubble Bursts for Gregg Popovich and the Spurs
  • How to Cycle Up ‘Mount Everest’
  • With No Fanfare, Williams Sisters Give It Their All
  • The Müller Whisperer: How a Personal Touch Revived Bayern Munich
  • Coco Gauff Was Rising When Tennis Stopped. Now She Might Be Even Better.
  • The Liberty Are Showing Promise, Even in Their Struggle
  • In a Pair of ‘Hubs,’ the N.H.L. Postseason Has Been Anything but Neutral
  • He Needed to Train. David Duchovny Offered His Pool.

Washington Post

  • The Capitals were a mess in Game 1. That should make it easy to improve.
  • Svrluga: Caps-Islanders already has some sizzle, but there’s something missing
  • Nicklas Backstrom in concussion protocol, out for Game 2 vs. Islanders after late hit
  • Stephen Strasburg gets ejected from Citi Field stands, tips cap to umpire on his way out
  • Short-armed Nats pounded again by Mets
  • Montez Sweat, coming off a quiet rookie year, stands to benefit from Chase Young’s arrival
  • For NFL teams, the path to victory this year isn’t X’s and O’s — it’s avoiding infections

Baltimore Sun

  • Brandon Hyde says it’s too early to think playoffs. Are the Orioles playing well enough to change that?
  • Orioles rout Phillies, 11-4, to complete another series sweep, push win streak to five games
  • Ravens needs their special teams to be truly ‘special’ to get over the hump | COMMENTARY
  • The Ravens built their team to be versatile. In a pandemic, that could be ‘a sword that cuts both ways.’

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