Pirate Press: ECU Headlines
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The East Carolinian
- ECU announces new administration and finance interim vice chancellor
- Financial struggles lead ECU to no longer support IGCC
ECU kicker Jake Verity to enter 2021 NFL draft WNCT 9
WITN 7
- ECU senior placekicker Jake Verity declares for NFL Draft
- ECU hoops generating energy, success without fans
Dukes return to practice, preparing to play Saturday at ECU WHSV Harrisonburg
Jake Verity to Enter NFL Draft Rivals.com
247 Sports
- Verity details emotional decision to turn pro
- Stage doesn’t seem too big for ECU freshman Noah Farrakhan
- Podcast: Where ECU stands heading into the Early Signing Period
Verity headed for NFL draft Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)
Evenstad goes with gut, switches volleyball commitment to ECU Southern Minn (sub req’d)
Around the American Athletic Conference
American Athletic Conference
- USF’s Collins, Memphis’ Cisse Earn Men’s Basketball Weekly Honors
- Tulane’s Jordan, Tulsa’s Mayberry Shine In American Week Three
Cincinnati Enquirer
- UC to host AAC title game in front of 1,500 fans
- Idle Bearcats move up to No. 6 in latest polls ahead of AAC championship game
UCF QB Dillon Gabriel will face BYU program he has long viewed as a rival Orlando Sentinel
Moving fast: Tulane’s Willie Fritz hires defensive coordinator, offensive line coach NOLA.com
247 Sports
- Memphis center Moussa Cisse named AAC Freshman of the Week
- SMU won’t play in Frisco Bowl, 2020 season is over
Source: SMU will not play in Frisco Bowl due to COVID-19 contact tracing issues within program Dallas Morning News
Memphis Commercial Appeal
- What to expect from Memphis football at start of Early Signing Period
- Memphis basketball mailbag: Addressing offensive woes and DeAndre Williams’ potential impact
Florida Atlantic heading to Montgomery Bowl to play Memphis Palm Beach Post
Tulsa World
- TU again preparing to play Cincinnati, this time with a title on the line
- TU’s Zaven Collins a finalist for Butkus Award
- TU basketball nearing full strength ahead of AAC opener against Wichita State
- Watch Now: Guerin Emig and Bill Haisten break down this weekend’s Big 12 and AAC title games
Houston Chronicle
- UH defensive end Payton Turner opting out of New Mexico Bowl
- UH in New Mexico Bowl: Get to know Hawaii
- Some UH basketball players may resume workouts this week
Bill Wagner: No easy explanation for Navy football’s dramatic offensive decline | COMMENTARY Annapolis Capital
‘College basketball is going to know about us’: WSU optimistic entering AAC opener Wichita Eagle
Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond
Raleigh News and Observer
- The CIAA has canceled its 2021 men’s and women’s basketball seasons
- Duke QB Chase Brice, who was Trevor Lawrence’s backup at Clemson, is transferring again
- NC State lands a pair of FSU transfers in Cyrus Fagan and Cory Durden
- Coach David Cutcliffe talks Duke future
Winston Salem Journal
- CIAA cancels basketball season as COVID-19 cases continue to rise
- Wake Forest men’s basketball team to resume team activities this weekend
- David Teel: Lack of direct ties aside, new commissioner Jim Phillips fits ACC
- Northwestern athletics director Jim Phillips to become ACC commissioner
- Appalachian State men’s basketball team to visit No. 12 Tennessee on Tuesday night
- Did App State consider not playing a bowl game? “Zero chance”
- Scout-team players for Wake Forest making bigger sacrifices during long COVID-19 season
Norfolk Virginian Pilot
- Justin Fuente will return as Hokies’ football coach in 2021 season, according to a Virginia Tech source
- William & Mary rallies from 19 points down, beats George Washington in OT
- After a week to shake off shooting doldrums, Hokies will try to get back on track in ACC opener against defensive-minded No. 24 Clemson
- U.Va. voluntarily withdraws from bowl consideration, finishes season 5-5
Charleston Post Courier
- First-ever Myrtle Beach Bowl to feature App State, North Texas on ESPN
- Tommy Bowden reflects on Ray Ray McElrathbey, ‘Safety’ movie
- Gamecocks expect bowl invitation, will be ‘ready to go’ if it happens
- South Carolina-Clemson men’s basketball game postponed
- Undefeated Clemson shoots into AP basketball Top 25
- Clemson football target who decommitted from LSU expected to sign Wednesday
Columbia The State
- Why Clemson’s celebration of its December signees will look different this season
- Shane Beamer should focus on recruiting first, hiring coaches second, ESPN analyst says
- Shilo Sanders enters transfer portal, leaving South Carolina
- One Clemson linebacker lost for the year, injury update on another one
Atlanta Journal Constitution
- The reasons why we love the SEC
- Georgia Tech will not consider bowl bid
- Vandy cancels again on Georgia; No. 9 Bulldogs seek another opponent
- Georgia Tech’s big men going on ‘redshirt’ program
- 2020-21 College football bowl schedule
The Associated Press
- No. 3 Iowa’s date with No. 1 Gonzaga headlines Top 25 slate
- Notre Dame DC Clark Lea hired as Vanderbilt head coach
- AP Top 25 Reality Check: Sun Belt continues breakout season
- Harper carries No. 19 Rutgers past Maryland 74-60 in Big Ten
- Alabama chasing just second undefeated season under Saban
- Deion’s son DB Shilo Sanders to leave South Carolina
- Washington pulls out of Pac-12 title game, replaced by Ducks
- Washington pulls out of Pac-12 title game due to COVID-19 issues, and Oregon will now play No. 13 USC instead.
- Notre Dame, Clemson full strength heading into ACC title
- ACC hires Northwestern AD Phillips as new commissioner
- STAT WATCH: UNC rushing total FBS’ highest in 3 seasons
Nuggets and Briefs: National and Professional articles of interest
Baltimore Sun
- Lamar Jackson returns from cramps to throw late TD, Justin Tucker hits 55-yard field goal to lift Ravens over Browns, 47-42
- Instant analysis from Ravens’ wild 47-42 win over Browns on ‘Monday Night Football’
- Scorigami, a ‘Monday Night Football’ record and rushing history: Ravens’ 47-42 win over Browns by the numbers
- Mike Preston: One of the wildest wins in Ravens history was also one of their most important | COMMENTARY
- Five Things We Learned from the Ravens’ 47-42 win over the Cleveland Browns
Winston Salem Journal
- Jackson returns to save Ravens with 47-42 win over Browns
- Today in sports history: Baylor women rout Winthrop by record 108 points in 2016
- Tokyo Games relay opens in 100 days with 10,000 torchbearers
- Athletes to retrace Sierra escape of Donner Party survivors
- AP Interview: Indians owner says name won’t change in 2021
Charlotte Observer
- Miles Bridges and Jalen McDaniels give Hornets something they haven’t had in a long time
- Hornets’ LaMelo Ball shook off the rookie jitters and scored his first NBA points
New York Times
- Cleveland Makes Name Removal Official, Saying It Is ‘Moving Forward’
- French Soccer Faces Financial Crisis After Record TV Deal Collapses
- Jared Porter Wants the Mets to Win the Season, Not the Off-Season
- A Lim Kim Waited Out the Field to Win the U.S. Women’s Open
- The Cleveland Biebers? A Baseball Team Is in Need of a Name
- Mikaela Shiffrin Wins First World Cup Race Since January
- 2020: The Year in Sports When Everybody Lost
- An Agent’s Mistake Cost an N.B.A. Player $3 Million. He Paid Him Back.
Washington Post
- Lamar Jackson makes heroic return as Ravens edge Browns in back-and-forth thriller
- NFL quarterbacks are doing more than ever, but they can’t do everything
- Washington’s revival is being driven by the energy of its young players, Ron Rivera says
- Washington’s defense has dominated in recent weeks. These three drives illustrate how.
- Hail or Fail: Chase Young asks ‘What would Kobe do?’ after Washington’s fourth straight win
- Cleveland’s baseball team will remain Indians in 2021, rebrand with new name in 2022
- What to know from NFL Week 14: Jalen Hurts stars in first start, Packers gain inside track in NFC
Atlanta Journal Constitution
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