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Greg Vacek's Daily Web Roundup
Tuesday, August 18, 2020

August 18, 2020 By Greg Vacek Leave a Comment

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Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

WNCT 9

  • ECU IDs cluster of COVID-19 cases in Gateway Residence Hall
  • Online Originals: ECU Then and Now

Meet Tabari Wallace, The Principal Whose Guided Students Through Hurricanes, Floods & A Pandemic WUNC

247 Sports

  • Contact tracing the big concern for ECU, college football
  • Armstrong, Hoffman off to strong starts with MLB teams

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

  • Scrimmages still valuable for Pirates as they eye Sept. 12
  • Ahlers-led offense produces big plays in scrimmage
  • UNC ends in-person class; ECU identifies COVID cluster

Around the American Athletic Conference

Questions remain as UC Bearcats have one more week of camp before returning to campus Cincinnati Enquirer

What teams might fill USF’s 2020 football schedule? We have some thoughts Tampa Bay Times

Temple’s moving ‘full speed ahead’ toward a fall sports schedule Philadelphia Inquirer

Memphis Commercial Appeal

  • Memphis football’s Nov. 21 game against UT Martin canceled
  • Memphis-Arkansas State football opener to have no tailgating

TU Football Practices on Hold as 8 Test Positive for COVID-19 Public Radio Tulsa

Eight TU football players test positive for COVID-19; practice paused until further notice Tulsa World

Annapolis Capital

  • Dalen Morris emerges as starting quarterback for Navy football; Chance Warren moves to slotback
  • Navy defense looks to leap forward in second season under coordinator Brian Newberry

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

  • UNC is moving classes online due to coronavirus. Here’s what it means for football.
  • COVID-19 cases at UNC are ‘cluster@#$%,’ student newspaper says in scathing editorial

Outbreaks Hit Fraternities, Sororities And Dorms As College Parties Resume Forbes

Marshall adds home game with Appalachian State The Register-Herald

Huntington Herald-Dispatch

  • Marshall adds home game with Appalachian State on Sept. 19
  • Evans a sneaky impact guy in Herd’s backfield
  • Chuck Landon: College football split isn’t just medical debate
  • WVU football split-squad practices bring pros and cons

Winston Salem Journal

  • App State taps old rival for third 2020 non-conference game
  • UNCG cost-cutting measures include partial furloughs of all athletics staff
  • Wake Forest holds voter registration event for athletes
  • NCAA looks to September for decision on basketball tipoff

While Hokies await word on Raheem Blackshear’s appeal for eligibility, 5 others shape up as playmakers Norfolk Virginian Pilot

The Associated Press

  • Mulligan: Extra year of NCAA eligibility for fall athletes?
  • COVID-19, not championships, hot topic at SEC practices
  • The Latest: UNC fall sports still on despite remote learning
  • More than 3,000 football games are off in NCAA’s 3 divisions
  • NCAA looks to September for decision on basketball tipoff
  • Former Colorado State basketball coach Boyd Grant dies at 87
  • Collisions … or COVID-19? Pitt relieved after scare

Charleston Post Courier

  • Sapakoff: Cracks in ACC, SEC football COVID plans likely to get worse
  • Gamecocks fight to keep corona-safe bubble intact against college social life
  • SEC announces Gamecocks’ complete 2020 football schedule

Columbia The State

  • South Carolina now has its full 2020 football schedule set
  • Will Muschamp calls racial insensitivity allegations toward Mike Bobo ‘absurd’
  • Clemson’s Danny Ford calls 2020 football season ‘a gamble that you can’t lose’

Georgia’s 2020 schedule released: Auburn, Tennessee, Alabama up early Atlanta Journal Constitution

Washington Post

  • If college football players have complications from coronavirus, expect lawsuits to follow
  • Florida State receiver apologizes for questioning safety approach
  • Liberty testing protocol is ‘deeply troubling’ to upcoming opponent

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

Charlotte Observer

  • Pandemic gave Panthers’ Efe Obada a unique opportunity. Now he knows football like a pro
  • Charlotte Hornets radio voice apologizes for Tweet that included the N-word
  • Panthers training camp observations: Rhule gives 2 players morning off, DBs look better

Raleigh News and Observer

  • Rod Brind’Amour wouldn’t say the word, but he didn’t have to: the Hurricanes quit
  • Hurricanes give up four Bruins goals in third period to blow lead, trail series 3-1
  • Joel Edmundson still out for Game 4, joined by Andrei Svechnikov on injured list

Hurricanes face elimination after collapse Fayetteville Observer

Swanson homers as Braves get another walk-off victory Atlanta Journal Constitution

New York Times

  • Who Should Compete in Women’s Sports? There Are ‘Two Almost Irreconcilable Positions’
  • RB Leipzig Ultras: German Soccer’s Great Contradiction
  • She Tried to Cross a Highway in an Ultramarathon. She Didn’t Make It.
  • If a Dunk Echoes Across an Empty Gym, Is It Still Must-See TV?

Washington Post

  • Braden Holtby’s Capitals tenure could end shortly. His accomplishments won’t be forgotten.
  • Svrluga: Barry Trotz is in Todd Reirden’s head, and the results are clear
  • The Capitals are one game from seeing their season end in sweeping fashion
  • How Trotz and the Islanders are dominating the Capitals
  • Alex Smith’s physician feared for his life. Now she is confident he can play football again.
  • Smith activated from the physically unable to perform list
  • Washington hires Jason Wright, making him the first Black president of an NFL team
  • Celtics rally and Donovan Mitchell drops 57 as the NBA bubble playoffs are off and running
  • Monumental Sports is furloughing 232 full-time employees

Baltimore Sun

  • Ravens embrace a dose of normalcy at first full practice of 2020: ‘It’s great to be out here’
  • Orioles offense sputters, Alex Cobb hurt by big third inning in 7-2 loss to Blue Jays

The Associated Press

  • CFL scraps season amid virus, ending Grey Cup’s 100-year run
  • The Latest: Bears unsure if fans will be allowed at home
  • 49ers fear WR Jalen Hurd lost for season with knee injury
  • Browns star running back Chubb being checked for concussion
  • Packers’ Gary, Savage look to make strides in second seasons
  • LEADING OFF: Reds wait for virus test results before return
  • Darvish pitching like All-Star again for Cubs
  • More AP Sports Coverage

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