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Greg Vacek's Daily Web Roundup
Wednesday, August 19, 2020

August 19, 2020 By Greg Vacek Leave a Comment

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Preseason Camp Audio Feature Mike Houston Audio  … Mike Houston in favor of Sept. 5 game if the ‘right situation’…Pirates creating fun rivalry in extended preseason…ECU’s women’s soccer prepares around COVID-19…ECU staying with on-campus classes as university handles COVID-19 cluster in dorm …ECU chancellor weighs in on the likelihood of a football season…Can college football pull off a season in a pandemic? Even the doctors can’t agree…Appalachian State suspends football practices after cluster of COVID-19 cases…Marshall football signs Eastern Kentucky for Sept. 5 opener…Football on an empty campus? UNC sends clear message that student-athletes don’t exist…Coastal Carolina football continues to prepare for season despite several schedule changes …Hornets radio announcer tweeting N-word wasn’t an autocorrect error. Here’s what happened; Charlotte Hornets finally cleared by NBA, union to have group practices next month…Man convicted of killing Michael Jordan’s father to be paroled…Ravens QB Jackson comfortable being face of the franchise…It’s the Braves who can’t hold a lead this time against Nats…Vucevic, Magic upset top-seeded Bucks in series opener; Lillard scores 34 and Blazers beat Lakers 100-93 in Game 1…Capitals bounce back, stave off elimination with Game 4 win over Islanders

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Preseason Camp Audio Feature
Mike Houston Audio
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The East Carolinian

  • ECU student-athletes should be heard from
  • ECU’s women’s soccer prepares around COVID-19

WNCT 9

  • Online Originals: ECU COVID cluster, what administration has to say
  • ECU students make #ShutDownECU Twitter account

WITN 7

  • ECU head football coach Mike Houston chats with the media following Tuesday’s practice
  • ECU staying with on-campus classes as university handles COVID-19 cluster in dorm

247 Sports

  • Mike Houston in favor of Sept. 5 game if the ‘right situation’
  • ECU chancellor weighs in on the likelihood of a football season
  • Pirates creating fun rivalry in extended preseason

ECU leader rallies campus in bid to maintain face-to-face learning Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Around the American Athletic Conference

College football rankings 2020: Reshuffling SN’s preseason top 25 after COVID-19 cancellations Sporting News

USF’s Terrence Horne Jr. making fast impression with new football staff Tampa Bay Times

Rod Carey finds a sense of normalcy in preparation for Temple’s football season MSN

Can college football pull off a season in a pandemic? Even the doctors can’t agree | Giannotto Memphis Commercial Appeal

Shane Buechele a Top 20 Pro Football Focus QB entering 2020 247 Sports

Wlllie Fritz says prospects of Tulane finding opening-weekend game not good NOLA.com

SFA/SMU game moved to Sept. 26 Lufkin Daily News

Navy football coach Ken Niumatalolo concerned about fairness of Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy series Annapolis Capital

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

  • Appalachian State suspends football practices after cluster of COVID-19 cases
  • Lineman Devery Hamilton and Duke both lucked out with his transfer from Pac-12 to ACC
  • Football on an empty campus? UNC sends clear message that student-athletes don’t exist
  • UNC’s Mack Brown still confident football season will happen this fall
  • Man convicted of killing Michael Jordan’s father to be paroled

Winston Salem Journal

  • Appalachian State links COVID-19 cluster to football team; practice halted indefinitely
  • Chris Paul sports WSSU shoes in NBA playoffs
  • Ameer Jackson, former WSSU basketball player, signs to play another season in Qatar

Teel: Hurdles aplenty for conferences hoping to play fall sports Roanoke Times

The Associated Press

  • Mizzou’s Drinkwitz gets Alabama, LSU added to 1st-year sked
  • Michigan junior OT Jalen Mayfield leaves to enter NFL draft
  • The Latest: Texas A&M to have reduced capacity for football
  • Orgeron: Defensive end Justin Thomas has left LSU
  • Syracuse guard Alan Griffin cleared to play

Huntington Herald-Dispatch

  • Marshall adds home game with Appalachian State on Sept. 19
  • Marshall football signs Eastern Kentucky for Sept. 5 opener

Marshall will open the season at home versus Eastern Kentucky Register-Herald

App State suspends football practice after reporting COVID-19 cluster WSOC TV

Coastal Carolina football continues to prepare for season despite several schedule changes Charleston Post Courier

Columbia The State

  • Clemson legend CJ Spiller joins Tigers coaching staff
  • Muschamp optimistic as SEC presses forward: ‘Thank goodness we’re playing football’

With college football and COVID, there’s no middle ground Atlanta Journal Constitution

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

Charlotte Observer

  • Charlotte Hornets finally cleared by NBA, union to have group practices next month
  • Hornets radio announcer tweeting N-word wasn’t an autocorrect error. Here’s what happened
  • Panthers ‘leader’ Russell Okung shares his thoughts on COVID concerns, health

Cook Out, Darlington Raceway serve up sponsorship agreement Winston Salem Journal

It’s the Braves who can’t hold a lead this time against Nats Atlanta Journal Constitution

The Associated Press

  • Ravens QB Jackson comfortable being face of the franchise
  • Washington Football Team gets hitting at ‘fresh start’ camp
  • Braves OF Markakis goes on IL, possible COVID-19 exposure
  • Texas pitcher, manager suspended for flap after Tatis slam
  • Reds-Royals postponed due to COVID-19; doubleheader on deck
  • LEADING OFF: Reds eye return after positive test; Rays-Yanks
  • Lillard scores 34 and Blazers beat Lakers 100-93 in Game 1
  • Vucevic, Magic upset top-seeded Bucks in series opener

New York Times

  • Damian Lillard Thrives in the Bubble
  • P.S.G. Beats RB Leipzig to Reach Champions League Final
  • Who Should Compete in Women’s Sports? There Are ‘Two Almost Irreconcilable Positions’
  • She Was in a Grueling 340-Mile Race. Then Came a Highway, and an S.U.V.

Washington Post

  • Capitals bounce back, stave off elimination with Game 4 win over Islanders
  • Why did these Capitals take so long to show up for the playoffs?
  • Not much looks normal at Washington’s training camp — except for the football
  • At Washington’s first practice in pads, Ron Rivera’s direction for the team is clear
  • Nine training camp position battles to watch
  • Nationals’ bullpen bounces back, preserves a needed win against the Braves
  • Idaho law barring transgender athletes is blocked by judge, a ‘relief’ for Boise State runner
  • An 80-year-old cycling grandma set a world record. Then she was accused of doping.
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