‘Great day for football’ …Pirates adjust practice schedule with season opener shifted …ECU alum Harold Varner III finishes seventh at Wyndham Championship…Clemson’s Dabo Swinney prepared USF’s Jeff Scott to be head coach, but not during pandemic…UNC faculty call special meeting as fourth COVID-19 cluster among students reported…A spring college football season reeks of ‘health and safety’ hypocrisy…The quietest Wyndham Championship is over: ‘To be able to have it was a real blessing’; Jim Herman, golf friend of President Donald Trump, stays steady with three birdies in final six holes to win Wyndham Championship…Chase Elliot wins Daytona’s 1st Cup road course race …Eighth-inning error lifts Nationals to a 6-5 victory and a series win over the Orioles

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

VIEW FROM THE EAST
‘Great day for football’ Bonesville.net

ECU alum Harold Varner III finishes seventh at Wyndham Championship WITN 7

Pirates adjust practice schedule with season opener shifted 247 Sports

‘Hamilton’ Lighting Designer Howell Binkley Dies at 64 Variety

Around the American Athletic Conference

SMU Men’s Golfer Osborne Finishes As Runner-Up At 2020 U.S. Amateur American Athletic Conference

Clemson’s Dabo Swinney prepared USF’s Jeff Scott to be head coach, but not during pandemic Charleston Post Courier

Cincinnati Enquirer

• UC commit Luke Collinsworth wants to lead East Central to undefeated season
• Reactions: Jim Herman of St. Xavier HS and Cincinnati Bearcats wins third PGA Tour title

A spring college football season reeks of ‘health and safety’ hypocrisy Tampa Bay Times

Orlando Sentinel

• UCF DB Devunte Dawson is first Knight to opt out due to COVID-19
• Former UCF star Bruce Miller signs with Jaguars

Tigers scrimmage, team ‘excited’ to resume rivalry vs. UCF and 3 more takeaways from Week 2 of fall camp Memphis Commercial Appeal

SMU’s Ollie Osborne comes up short against Tyler Strafaci in US Amateur final Dallas Morning News

TU defense not expecting dropoff despite returning only four starters Tulsa World

Top five stories from Navy athletics during the 2019-2020 school year Annapolis Capital

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

UNC faculty call special meeting as fourth COVID-19 cluster among students reported  Raleigh News and Observer

ODU lineman is playing some new tunes as fall athletes are left with time on their hands Norfolk Virginian Pilot

NCAA’s top doctor: COVID-19 testing needs to improve to play The Associated Press

SEC football updates: Here’s the latest news about fall sports on Aug. 17  Columbia The State

Washington Post

• Justin Fields starts online petition as Big Ten parents question decision to postpone football
• College football’s con has been laid bare by the coronavirus crisis
• Alabama and Auburn players agree on this: More people should wear masks

Atlanta Journal Constitution

• Good to the last shot again, Tech’s Strafaci captures U.S. Am
• Justin Fields launches petition calling on Big Ten to play football
• Bulldogs ‘super excited’ to get back to playing football