Pirate Press: ECU Headlines
Bonesville.net
ecupirates.com
- ECU MBB Defeats Tulane To Earn First AAC Win
- ECU WBB Downs Tulane To Remain Unbeaten In AAC Play
- Lashonda Monk Tabbed AAC WBB Player Of The Week
- ECU Garners No. 16 Ranking By Collegiate Baseball
WNCT 9
WITN 7
- Gardner scores 21 to lead the ECU men past Tulane, 68-58
- WITN Sports Spotlight: Lashonda Monk
- ECU women remain unbeaten in AAC play, top Tulane 72-64
ECU Topples Tulane 68-58 Rivals.com
NOLA.com
- Tulane men’s basketball team drops second-straight AAC contest, falls at East Carolina
- Tulane women’s basketball team comes up short to East Carolina
247 Sports
Double the dominance: ECU tops Tulane to complete Minges sweep Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)
Around the American Athletic Conference
American Athletic Conference
- UCF Can’t Keep Pace With BYU in RoofClaim.com Boca Raton Bowl
- Tulane Falls to Nevada in Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
- UCF, No. 6/7 Houston Earn Wins in League Openers Tuesday
- Three Teams Earn Tuesday WBB American Victories
- East Carolina’s Monk, UCF’s Brown Capture Week Four American Women’s Basketball Awards
The Associated Press
- Wilson carves up UCF in likely final game for No. 13 BYU
- No. 13 BYU, UCF bring explosive offenses to Boca Raton Bowl
- Strong, Lee, Taua pace Nevada in Potato Bowl win over Tulane
- Tulane, Nevada take seat at table for Idaho Potato Bowl
- Tulane at Nevada 12/22/2020
- Air Force-Navy football game moving to 9/11 next year
- Memphis, Florida Atlantic set to meet in Montgomery Bowl
- Grimes scores 22, No. 6 Houston defeats Temple, 76-50
- Temple Owls at Houston Cougars 12/22/2020
- Wichita State controls OT, tops South Florida 82-77
- Gardner scores 21 to lead East Carolina past Tulane 68-58
- No. 20 South Florida women hold off Thomas, Cincinnati
Cincinnati Enquirer
- ‘We have to figure it out as a team’: UC falls to UCF, drops fourth straight game
- Fickell, Smart motivated for Peach Bowl
- Column: College football needs new postseason format
- Huggins on Hall of Fame Class of 2021 ballot
UCF basketball holds on for win over Cincinnati Sun-Sentinel
Tampa Bay Times
- Zach Wilson carves up UCF in likely final game for BYU
- USF’s late-game heroics don’t carry into overtime
Orlando Sentinel
- UCF suffers blowout loss to BYU in Boca Raton Bowl
- BYU Boca Bowl beatdown makes UCF a Group of 5 afterthought | Commentary
- UCF basketball pushes to build on success versus Cincinnati
City Six basketball: Temple drops conference opener to No. 6 Houston, La Salle fails to get over hump in 84-71 loss to Maryland Philadelphia Inquirer
NOLA.com
- Potato Bowl notebook: Injury to offensive lineman Joey Claybrook sinks Tulane’s chances
- Walker: Tulane unable to put finishing touch on season it made sacrifices to get through
- Three and Out: Guerry’s thoughts after Tulane’s Potato Bowl loss to Nevada
Ex-Oklahoma QB Tanner Mordecai announces commitment to SMU football Dallas Morning News
Memphis Commercial Appeal
- How to watch the Montgomery Bowl
- Five things to know about Memphis vs. FAU
- 49 points in loss is second fewest under Penny Hardaway
- Memphis’ Hardaway agrees to contract extension worth $12.25M
Tulsa World
- TU football: Playing in a bowl game brings meaning for Hurricane
- TU bench delivers in big road win against Memphis
- TU basketball hosts Southwestern Christian on Wednesday night
- Bill Haisten: For the stale College Football Playoff, it’s time for the move to an eight-team field
Bleacher Report
- Detailing the CFP Problem for Cincinnati, Coastal Carolina, Group of 5 Teams
- New Mexico Bowl 2020: Odds, Daily Fantasy Tips for Hawai’i vs. Houston
Houston Chronicle
- Quentin Grimes, Justin Gorham fuel No. 6 UH’s rout of Temple in AAC opener
- Christian Trahan shines under the radar for Cougars
- UH’s Marcus Jones earns All-American accolade
Annapolis Capital
- Navy football to host Air Force on 20th anniversary of 9/11
- Navy football coach Ken Niumatalolo dismisses Arizona rumors: ‘There’s nothing to it’
- Military Bowl in Annapolis canceled due to lack of available teams
Wichita Eagle
- Wichita State basketball escapes with second straight upset road win for 2-0 AAC start
- In time of adversity, here’s who stepped up for WSU basketball in overtime win at USF
Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond
Raleigh News and Observer
- NC State basketball fans get holiday gift as the Wolfpack knocks off No. 17 UNC
- ‘Fearless’ freshman Shakeel Moore starts to shine at the perfect time for NC State
- It’s the same old story for North Carolina basketball in loss to the Wolfpack
Winston Salem Journal
- Devon Daniels, N.C. State beat 17th-ranked North Carolina 79-76
- College basketball’s holiday blues: Some players can’t go home amidst COVID-19 pandemic
Norfolk Virginian Pilot
- Old Dominion heads into break after 20-point win over Virginia Wesleyan
- William & Mary and Virginia got through their quarantines. Now, they get their chance to play.
- ODU product Zach Pascal lunges for winning TD in latest contribution for Indianapolis Colts
- Hokies Christian Darrisaw and Divine Deablo voted first team All-ACC, U.Va.’s Charles Snowden among second-team honorees
Washington Post
- No. 16 Virginia blows by William & Mary in tuneup for showdown with No. 1 Gonzaga
- Maryland football’s highly touted 2017 recruiting class never met expectations
- Maryland ends two-game skid, closes nonconference play with 84-71 win over La Salle
- Georgetown Coach Patrick Ewing lands first five-star recruit in Aminu Mohammed
Fayetteville Observer
- UNC finds no answers for solving stumbling starts, falls to rival NC State
- Devon Daniels and a 5-word sentence that sums up NC State basketball’s win over UNC
- Three UNC football stars opt out of Orange Bowl to focus on NFL Draft
Charleston Post Courier
- App State crushes North Texas, 56-28, in inaugural Myrtle Beach Bowl
- Clemson’s Trevor Lawrence named ACC Player of the Year for the first time
- Gamecocks out of Gasparilla Bowl due to COVID-19, season ends at 2-8
- Clemson, Notre Dame place 12 players each on All-ACC football team
- Gamecock men’s basketball back on hiatus due to COVID
- Dabo Swinney’s low Ohio State ranking turns up Sugar Bowl heat
- Kornblut: Clemson football still waiting on two major signee decisions
Columbia The State
- No bowl for Gamecocks after COVID-19 issues arise
- The unfortunate timing of South Carolina athletics’ COVID fortunes running out
- There will be no bowl game for South Carolina. Now what?
- Former Gamecock QB Jake Bentley enters transfer portal for second time
- Clemson’s Trevor Lawrence wins ACC’s top honor. Another Tiger recognized
- Dabo, Ryan Day providing bulletin board material, and other top Sugar Bowl storylines
Al.com
- Auburn hires Boise State’s Bryan Harsin
- Stunning hire for Auburn shakes up the Plains
- What they’re saying nationally, in Boise about Auburn hiring Bryan Harsin as head coach
- UAB season ends with cancelation of Gasparilla Bowl
- Auburn overcomes streaky performance to beat App State
Atlanta Journal Constitution
The Associated Press
- Auburn hires Boise State’s Harsin to lead football program
- Heflin at home helping anchor No. 17 Iowa’s defensive line
- LSU assistant coaches Ensminger, Johnson retiring
- Study: Graduation gap widens between white, Black athletes
Nuggets and Briefs: National and Professional articles of interest
Winston Salem Journal
- Today in sports history: Franco Harris’s ‘Immaculate Reception’ lifts Steelers to 1972 playoff win
- Borrego: Hornets have needed playmakers with Ball, Hayward
- Sports events on the air for Wednesday, Dec. 23
- Behind the screen: How networks have adjusted to airing NFL
Charlotte Observer
- LaMelo Ball waited a lifetime for this moment. The Hornets waited even longer for him.
- Deeper look at the Charlotte Hornets: Strengths, weaknesses, player-by-player analysis
- 5 biggest decisions the Carolina Panthers’ new general manager will have to make
With empty buildings and 56 games, what a short, strange trip this NHL season will be Raleigh News and Observer
New York Times
- Nets and Clippers Open N.B.A. Season With Big Wins
- The Fall of the House of Belichick
- 8 Fearless N.B.A. Season Predictions
- Tom Seaver Was the Greatest Met Ever. The Mets Still Broke His Heart.
- Running Blind, and Running Free
- N.B.A. Eastern Conference Preview: Will the Nets Reign Supreme?
- N.B.A. Western Conference Preview: The Lakers Reloaded
- In 30 Years, Little Progress for U.S. Sports Leagues on Leadership Diversity
- European Soccer Learns a New Virtue: Patience
Washington Post
- The top 100 NBA players of 2021
- The five coaches with the hottest seats entering the NBA season
- It just didn’t feel like Showtime for Lakers and NBA on opening night
- Howie Kendrick was an unlikely October hero for the Nationals, but he also was so much more
- During Snyder’s ruinous reign, there’s always another shoe ready to drop
- Washington Football Team settled sexual misconduct claim against Snyder for $1.6 million
- Quarterbacks must be the NFL’s adults, and Dwayne Haskins is acting like a child
- Haskins is disciplined by team for partying without a mask
Atlanta Journal Constitution
- Falcons to get up close look at coach candidate Eric Bieniemy
- Falcons’ Rich McKay speaks on the great coach/GM hunt
- Falcons place Austin Edwards on reserve/COVID-19 list
- Hawks emphasize defense as ‘identity’ ahead of season
- Hawks coach Lloyd Pierce’s job is better. It’s also harder.
- Braves’ Toussaint joins Players Alliance to help Black community during pandemic
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