Pirate Press: ECU Headlines
Tuesday Post-Practice Audio Feature
Houston: Pirates making progress, getting in shape Bonesville.net
ECU Baseball Earns Fifth-Straight AAC Academic Title ecupirates.com
The East Carolinian
WNCT 9
- One-on-one with ECU football Coach Mike Houston
- Online Originals: Brody School of Medicine allocates funding toward developing improved COVID-19 treatments, advancing vaccine research
Tuesday ECU Practice Recap Rivals
247 Sports
- Mike Houston says Navy outcome should be a caution to everyone
- Final game-by-game predictions for ECU’s 2020 season
- RHP/INF Parker Thomas excited to join ECU’s 2023 class
- ECU starting to see some leaders step up on defensive line
- Pirates ‘getting close’ to deciding on depth chart
More accolades for Pirate baseball Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)
Around the American Athletic Conference
American Athletic Conference
- The American Today: USF, Tulane Begin Their Seasons Saturday
- Memphis’ White Named Davey O’Brien Quarterback of the Week
Hey AAC, We’re Trying to Make the CFB Playoff. Let’s Show a Little Something This Weekend. SB Nation
Cincinnati Enquirer
- UC’s Fickell has plan for coaches, coordinators if someone on staff contracts COVID-19
- CBS Sports’ Dodd predicts UC Bearcats vs. Alabama in College Football Playoff semifinal
Orlando Sentinel
- Breaking down UCF Knights’ 2020 football schedule
- UCF football preview: Knights hope experience helps them win AAC
- UCF football preview: 5 players to watch, keys to season and more
Projecting the 2020 American Athletic Conference football season Tampa Bay Times
UCF Knights back to contend for another American Athletic Conference title Miami Herald
Temple at Navy football game rescheduled from Sept. 26 to Oct. 10; athletic director hopes to have fans Baltimore Sun
BCSNN
- Cincinnati Bearcats Season Opener Gets a TV Network Change
- South Alabama Jaguars Prepare to Face the Tulane Green Wave
Temple football opener at Navy moved from Sept. 26 to Oct. 10 Philadelphia Inquirer
Memphis Commercial Appeal
- Memphis motivated to keep basketball game vs. Tennessee on 2020-21 schedule
- How Jerry Lawler, wrestling inspired Memphis football to bring back its ‘Turnover Belt’
The new normal: Tulane ready for football opener amid coronavirus pandemic NOLA.com
Tulsa World
- Bill Haisten: Additional pressure for Philip Montgomery – helping sustain the TU athletic department
- TU-OSU game pushed back a week to Sept. 19
- TU coach Philip Montgomery: Postponing OSU game was ‘the right thing to do’
Annapolis Capital
- Navy football will begin full-contact practicing in wake of blowout loss to BYU
- Bill Wagner: Navy football needs to go ‘all-in’ on 2020 college football season | COMMENTARY
- Temple at Navy football game rescheduled from Sept. 26 to Oct. 10; athletic director hopes to have fans
Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond
Raleigh News and Observer
- What’s the best college football team in North and South Carolina? We rank all 10 weekly
- NC State depth chart breakdown – running back: Plenty of fresh legs to choose from
- UNC depth chart breakdown – running backs: third back hinges on pass blocking
- Duke depth chart breakdown — running backs: Team needs Deon Jackson to be playmaker
- Why Syracuse football is relishing being the underdog against North Carolina
- UNC vs Syracuse football: C.L. Brown’s one-minute preview
Winston Salem Journal
Doc Holliday stressing responsibility to his team during bye week WOWK
Associated Press
- The Latest: Middle Tennessee to allow fans for home opener
- For ACC campuses, replicating pro-sports bubbles a challenge
- German QB with ‘big arm’ has big plans for TCU career
- Big 12 opens virus-delayed 25th season with only 7 games
- Altered practices due to virus could lead to sloppy games
- The Latest: Wisconsin football, hockey taking 2-week break
Clemson Tigers are planning to spotlight social justice on game days this season Columbia The State
Nuggets and Briefs: National and Professional articles of interest
Atlanta Journal Constitution
- Braves score NL-record 29 runs in win over Marlins
- Everything you need to know about Braves’ 29-run victory
- Saved penalty kicks, poor defense cost Atlanta United in loss
- Why I expect more of the same from Falcons in 2020
Charlotte Observer
- Carolina Panthers offensive forecast: Get ready for a whole lot of Christian McCaffrey
- Carolina Panthers place third player in last two weeks on a COVID-19 list
- Panthers could be without starting left guard in Sunday’s season-opener against Raiders
- Why NBC’s Rodney Harrison says Cam Newton’s exit from the Panthers is a familiar story
- The hole in P.J. Washington’s game and the next step for him and the Charlotte Hornets
Associated Press
- Chiefs nix headdresses, face paint to start NFL season
- DeSean Jackson educating himself after anti-semitic posts
- Chargers’ Taylor excited going into first start since 2018
- Rodgers more appreciative of LaFleur after virtual offseason
- Raiders look to boost scoring with more dynamic playmakers
Winston Salem Journal
- Ed Hardin: Slipping into an NFL season that might already have an asterisk
- USGA’s love for Pinehurst area shines through with long-term commitment
New York Times
- Automated Judging Has Changed the U.S. Open. Except in a Crucial Moment
- Serena Williams Is on Another U.S. Open Run. Is a Record Finish in Store?
- What Will N.F.L. Games Sound Like?
- Rockets’ ‘Microball’ Puts P.J. Tucker at the Center of Chaos
- N.F.L. Week 1 Predictions: Our Picks Against the Spread
- The N.F.L. Pledged to Start on Time. These Changes Made It Happen.
- A Deep U.S. Open Run Becomes a Pitch For College Tennis
- 2020 U.S. Open: What to Watch on Thursday
- At the U.S. Open, Players From Belarus Eye Unrest at Home
Washington Post
- A U.S. Open reminder: When you’re one set up on Serena Williams, you’re in trouble
- Want to see the impact of the Williams sisters on Black tennis players? Watch the U.S. Open.
- Tracking devices, ‘Ghostbuster packs’ and Plexiglass: How one NFL team fought coronavirus
- NFL picks: Division titles, wild-card teams, conference champions and Super Bowl winner
- Olympian Kerri Walsh Jennings forgot what top athletes know: Discipline leads to freedom
- Walsh Jennings said she was ‘brave’ for not wearing a mask. It was not well-received.
- Five preposterously positive Washington Football Team predictions for 2020
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