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Greg Vacek's Daily Web RoundupSaturday, August 29, 2020

August 29, 2020 By Greg Vacek Leave a Comment

 

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

An Update From AD Jon Gilbert ecupirates.com

College Football News Preview 2020: East Carolina Pirates College Football News

Jon Gilbert and Mike Houston Talk Game Changes & Covid19 Rivals

247 Sports

  • ECU will have to start over in many ways after extended pause
  • College football Week 1 betting lines released

The wait continues Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Gardner Minshew wants to refine timing, chemistry with receivers in Jaguars’ scrimmage Florida Times Union

Around the American Athletic Conference

Previewing the American: A crowded race in a season with a bigger spotlight The Athletic

The AAC Needs to Take Advantage of the 2020 Season SB Nation

Temple football coach Rod Carey wonders if practice restrictions will delay start of the season Philadelphia Inquirer

AAC announces date changes for 4 Memphis football games Memphis Commercial Appeal

Football 2020: AAC’s five things to watch Houston Chronicle

College Football News

  • Preview 2020: College Football News All-American Athletic Conference Team, Top 30 Players
  • 2020 American Athletic Schedules, Team-By-Team Predictions For Every Game 
  • College Football News Preview 2020: Houston Cougars

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

NC Central finds COVID-19 cluster among football team days after welcoming students back WTVD 11

Raleigh News and Observer

  • UNC football will be played with no fans in stands through at least September
  • Twelve NC State athletics programs can resume activities, but not football
  • Coronavirus live updates: Here’s what to know in North Carolina on Aug. 29 | Raleigh News & Observer
  • AP source: Big Ten working on multiple options for football
  • North Carolina private high schools release official plan for return to football, fall sports

What to watch for during Weeks 0 and 1 of the college football season USA Today

Don’t count on the College Football Playoff waiting for an Ohio State football season in November Cleveland.com

Boston College’s football schedule has been finalized Boston Globe

Winston Salem Journal

  • Ed Hardin: The world is changing, and some people can’t handle it
  • Rob Schofield: UNC, don’t blame the students
  • Examining racial inequality at Wake Forest: Brotherhood in locker room doesn’t always extend to the rest of the university

JMU Talked With 27 Schools Regarding Fall Slate Daily News Record

North Carolina’s top football prospects for 2021: Nos. 21-30 Fayetteville Observer

He shrugged off the merciless taunts about his stutter. Now he’s hit his stride as a grad transfer at Virginia. Norfolk Virginian Pilot

Marshall football: Game times, networks announced for Herd’s 2020 schedule Charleston Gazette Mail

Two names that are coming along well at a thin position for South Carolina football  Columbia The State

Atlanta Journal Constitution

  • SEC announces sideline, game-day restrictions for football
  • Jaytlin Askew on police brutality: ’Like being in a nightmare’
  • Cutbacks hit College Football Hall of Fame

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

Raleigh News and Observer

  • Andrei Svechnikov feeling good after ankle injury — and also very lucky
  • Jaccob Slavin’s adopted daughter opened his eyes to a diverse world the NHL is discovering
  • Here’s what NASCAR drivers on the points bubble need at Daytona to make the playoffs

Atlanta Journal Constitution

  • No Tiger at this Tour Championship maybe wouldn’t be so bad
  • Braves play Friday, cite importance of Jackie Robinson Day
  • Scott Kingery’s walk-off homer beats Braves in 11th
  • Behind Todd Gurley, Falcons still sorting out running back rotation

New York Times

  • N.B.A. and Players’ Union Agree to Resume Play
  • After a Long Lull, Protesting Is Taking Hold Across Baseball
  • Djokovic and Other Top Men Are Creating a Players’ Association
  • With Walkouts, a New High Bar for Protests in Sports Is Set
  • The True Cost of Lionel Messi’s Declaration of Independence

Washington Post

  • Baseball values conformity. That’s not a fit in this era of unrest.
  • Max Scherzer is his dominant self and the Nats roll the Red Sox
  • ‘Strike’? ‘Boycott’? When athletes stopped playing, the arguments over wording began.
  • If the NFL won’t force Daniel Snyder out, Washingtonians must do their part
  • Derrius Guice told Washington he had anger issues months before arrest, search warrant says
  • How politics transformed Kelly Loeffler from hoops junkie to WNBA villain
  • Boswell: Athletes have the power to help America get it right
  • NBA players set a new standard of civil disobedience. Now there’s no going back.
  • NBA announces social justice and voting initiatives after days of protest

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