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GREG VACEK'S DAILY WEB ROUNDUPWednesday, January 6, 2021

January 6, 2021 By Greg Vacek Leave a Comment

 

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

  • Peach most-viewed CFP-era NY6 bowl with G5 team
  • UC’s Brannen: Season more challenging than expected

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

  • UH’s Caleb Mills decides to transfer
  • After 3 tough road games, UH finds it ‘good to be home’

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

  • Enjoy Derrick Henry’s High-Mileage Fun. History Shows It’s Unsustainable.
  • Alabama Wide Receiver DeVonta Smith Wins the Heisman Trophy
  • Steven Cohen’s Past Re-emerges to Cast Doubt on His Updated Image
  • Devin Booker Is Coming Into His Own With the Suns

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

  • Ex-Falcon Clay Matthews a finalist for Pro Football Hall of Fame
  • Falcons might have worst GM, coach openings among NFL teams
  • Blank open to Falcons moving on from Matt Ryan, Julio Jones

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