Pirate Press: ECU Headlines
East Carolina WBB Hosts Temple In Key AAC Showdown ecupirates.com
Women’s basketball looks to continue success after non-conference play The East Carolinian
Women’s Basketball Opens New Year at ECU Temple Owls
247 Sports
- Derrick Quansah no longer with ECU’s basketball team
- True Freshman Report: QB Ryan Stubblefield
- How former ECU players did during the NFL regular season
Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)
- Turnovers part of uncharacteristic Pirate performance
- ECU finds opportunity online: Virtual class allows more students to study ‘abroad’
Around the American Athletic Conference
American Athletic Conference
- Memphis-UCF Game Scheduled for Jan. 5 Postponed
- Tulsa’s Rachal, USF’s Murphy Earn Men’s Basketball Weekly Honors
- USF’s Mununga, Cincinnati’s Thomas, Tulane’s Jordan Named Top Players In Women’s Basketball Week Six
Tough Guys: The Baddest Hombre to Ever Play Football at Every AAC School SB Nation
The Associated Press
Cincinnati Enquirer
Tulane men’s hoops notebook: postponements frustrating for young team NOLA.com
A look at where SMU football’s roster stands: Who’s coming back, who’s leaving and who we’re still waiting on Dallas Morning News
UCF versus Memphis basketball game postponed due to COVID-19 Orlando Sentinel
Memphis Commercial Appeal
- Memphis-UCF basketball game postponed due to COVID-19 issues
- Tigers to hire Rice special teams coordinator, per report
TU takes five-game win streak to USF for Wednesday afternoon game Tulsa World
Houston Chronicle
Wichita Eagle
- ‘They’ve owned us’: No. 11 Houston offers biggest test yet for Wichita State basketball
- After 41 years and 1,319 straight WSU basketball games, Mike Kennedy’s streak is ending
Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond
Raleigh News and Observer
- Down to the wire! UNC escapes Miami basketball with late shot from Andrew Platek.
- UNC’s Leaky Black emerges from benching a different player
- NC State up late but can’t hold on in overtime loss to Clemson basketball
- Mistakes, turnovers and a scoring drought. Why NC State ‘fell apart’ in first ACC loss.
Winston Salem Journal
- Alabama’s Smith becomes 1st WR to win Heisman in 29 years
- Andrew Platek’s shot lifts North Carolina past Miami
- N.C. State loses to No. 19 Clemson
- David Teel: ACC basketball coaches eager, hopeful amid daily COVID drama
- Wake Forest basketball notebook: Demon Deacons ready for two tough matchups vs. No. 22 Virginia, No. 21 Duke
Norfolk Virginian Pilot
- Carlik Jones proves he belongs in ACC after transfer from Radford, prepares to lead Louisville against hot Hokies
- Hampton starts hot, flames out late in second straight men’s basketball loss to Radford
UNCW baseball reveals 2021 schedule WECT
Charleston Post Courier
- Clemson escapes N.C. State in overtime
- Charleston Southern drops nail-biter to Winthrop
- Gamecocks’ Shane Beamer scouting transfer portal, unsigned recruits
- ‘Crazy time to play sports.’ The Citadel has third straight game called off due to COVID-19
Atlanta Journal Constitution
- Georgia’s Peach Bowl comeback drew record viewers
- Alabama receiver DeVonta Smith wins the Heisman Trophy
- QB JT Daniels headlines Bulldogs returning to ‘finish business’
- Florida coach Dan Mullen might consider leaving Gators
The Associated Press
- Platek’s runner sends Tar Heels past Miami 67-65
- Simms, Honor lift No. 19 Clemson to 74-70 win over NC State
- Syracuse returning after weeks-long, virus-related hiatus
- No. 6 Kansas gets 11th Big 12 road win in row, 93-64 at TCU
- LeBron, Marquette, Bucks react to ruling in Kenosha shooting
- Henry scores 20, No. 23 Michigan State beats No. 15 Rutgers
- Stewart leads Mississippi State rally past No. 13 Missouri
- UCLA at Arizona highlights week in Pac-12 hoops
Nuggets and Briefs: National and Professional articles of interest
Winston Salem Journal
- Today in sports history: Nancy Kerrigan attacked at US Figure Skating Championships in 1994
- US upsets Canada 2-0 to win world junior hockey championship
- Boston Red Sox hire first Black woman to coach in pro baseball
- Mike McCarthy sees no issues with coaching decisions after Dallas Cowboys finish 6-10
- The rebuild begins: Bill Belichick and the Patriots head into an uncertain offseason
- NFL playoff field: powerhouses, pretenders and a 7-9 team
- Report: Wentz-Pederson relationship fractured; Eagles’ benched quarterback plans to ask for a trade
- Jets finally fire Adam Gase
Charlotte Observer
- Sam Mills is a finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame for a second time
- With ‘frustrating’ 2020 over, Christian McCaffrey alters approach to offseason work
- She helped shape NASCAR’s future. Now she’s set to do the same for famous racetrack
- Do Hornets have any say in why many cord-cutters can’t watch their games this season?
- Hurricanes’ Andrei Svechnikov gets 8 chances to beat his older brother this season
New York Times
Washington Post
- The NFL misses the value of quiet self-awareness. It’s why Frank Reich remains overlooked.
- Six big questions for the first round of the playoffs
- Browns Coach Kevin Stefanski, four others test positive for coronavirus ahead of playoff game
- Alabama’s DeVonta Smith becomes first wide receiver to win the Heisman Trophy in 29 years
- Ryan Day’s unlikely path to Ohio State shows how miraculous it is to find the right coach
- Washington could rotate quarterbacks Alex Smith and Taylor Heinicke in playoff game vs. Bucs
- WFT notes: Keys for the offense against the Bucs
- The Capitals miss Braden Holtby but are ready for Ilya Samsonov to step forward
- Thomas Bryant is making the leap by controlling his emotions. Westbrook and Beal help, too.
Atlanta Journal Constitution
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