Pirate Press: ECU Headlines
VIEW FROM THE EAST
Pirates eye USF after tough time at Tulane Bonesville.net
ecupirates.com
- ECU To Restart Women’s Swimming & Diving, Women’s Tennis
- ECU Tabbed Preseason No. 13 By Perfect Game
ECU to reinstate women’s swimming/diving, tennis team The East Carolinian
ECU to restart women’s swimming & diving, women’s tennis WNCT 9
ECU reinstates women’s swimming & diving and tennis after lawsuit threat WITN 7
ECU reinstates women’s sports after Title IX lawsuit threat | Charlotte Observer Charlotte Observer
USF, ECU meet in conference play Washington Post
ECU reinstates women’s tennis and women’s swimming and diving after eliminating both in May WRAL
East Carolina University to Bring Back Women’s Swimming & Diving As Well As Women’s Tennis Swimming World
What happens next for East Carolina’s reinstated sports programs? Wilmington Star-News
247 Sports
- ECU starters: Who is returning, who is leaving?
- South Carolina, East Carolina agree to rescheduled game
Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)
- ECU reinstates women’s teams to avoid litigation
- ECU to restart women’s swimming and women’s tennis
- Some roster uncertainty remains for ECU
- Pinnix leaves changing Pirate RB room
Fmr. Arkansas & East Carolina TB Chase Hayden Commits to Illinois Sports Illustrated
East Carolina reinstates women’s swimming, tennis ESPN
REDBLACKS extend quarterback Dominique Davis Canadian Football League
Around the American Athletic Conference
American Athletic Conference
- Cincinnati Defeats SMU, 76-69, Thursday Evening
- Tulsa’s Collins Adds Bednarik Award as Nation’s Top Defensive Player
- The American Announces Changes to Two Men’s Basketball Games
- Memphis-UCF Men’s Basketball Game Rescheduled for Feb. 1
Davenport lifts Cincinnati past SMU 76-69 The Associated Press
Cincinnati Enquirer
Orlando Sentinel
- UCF AD Danny White thrilled to see others join fight for playoff expansion
- Podcast: Wrapping up the UCF football season and asking what’s next
Women’s City Six notebook: Temple’s guards are stepping up at the right time, and Drexel’s defense is one of the best in the nation Philadelphia Inquirer
Tulane’s Patrick Johnson on Walter Camp second-team All-America list NOLA.com
Dallas Morning News
- Poor shooting, second-half collapse dooms SMU in loss to Cincinnati
- Why SMU basketball decided not to come out for the national anthem: ‘What’s going on in our society is unbelievable’
Memphis Commercial Appeal
Tulsa World
- TU linebacker Zaven Collins wins Bednarik Award as nation’s top defensive player
- TU basketball: Saturday home game against UCF postponed
- Guerin Emig: The Group of Five doesn’t need its own College Football Playoff, the Playoff needs to expand and give the G5 a shot
Houston Chronicle
- Oak Ridge running back Alton McCaskill signs with UH
- Quentin Grimes’ second-half surge carries UH past Wichita State
Annapolis Capital
- Retired Navy football mascot Bill 33, the goat at center of Army-Navy scandal, dies at 13
- Naval Academy graduate Mike Priefer named acting coach of Cleveland Browns for playoff game vs. Steelers
What Wichita State basketball can learn from loss at Houston and what went wrong Wichita Eagle
Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond
Fayetteville Observer
- What’s next for ECU’s reinstated sports programs?
- NC State’s Emeka Emezie will return for fifth season
Raleigh News and Observer
- Emeka Emezie, NC State football’s top wide receiver, will play one more season
- He’s UNC football’s active sack leader. Now he’s returning as a sixth-year senior.
Winston Salem Journal
- Wake Forest football team losing head strength coach Brandon Hourigan to Vanderbilt, according to reports
- Earl ‘The Pearl’ Monroe, a WSSU legend, will have another honor coming his way this summer in New York City
Norfolk Virginian Pilot
- Old Dominion keeps adjusting in strange season as Monarchs prepare for two-game home series against FAU
- ACC Deep Thoughts: Trevor Lawrence probably deserved better, but he kept my Heisman ballot from going all-Alabama
- After attacking Stacey Abrams on Twitter, ex-ODU assistant football coach fired by Chattanooga
Charleston Post Courier
- Beamer quickly replaces Mike Bobo as Gamecocks’ offensive coordinator
- CCU’s Tarron Jackson named Consensus All-American after Walter Camp honor
- Both Gamecock basketball programs paused due to COVID
- Clemson standout linebacker Skalski to return for 6th season
Columbia The State
- Gamecocks turn to NFL to fill offensive coordinator job
- COVID issues strike again to force another Gamecock men’s basketball postponement
- Shane Beamer searching for new offensive coordinator as Mike Bobo leaves Gamecocks
Atlanta Journal Constitution
- College football struggles to a conclusion, and I’m thankful
- Offensive reload, defensive rebuild for 2021 Georgia Bulldogs
- Ohio State rides Justin Fields’ toughness, leadership to championship game
- Pressley Harvin wins Ray Guy Award as nation’s top punter
- Where Georgia Tech defense needs help going into 2021
- Georgia Tech-Pitt game moved from Tuesday to Wednesday
- Georgia Bulldogs get big news with return of NG Jordan Davis
- Georgia State adds transfer quarterback
The Associated Press
- Arizona hires Michigan’s Don Brown to lead defense
- Auburn’s Harsin hires Mike Bobo, Derek Mason as coordinators
- Smith adds Maxwell Award to collection of postseason honors
- Top cornerbacks will play crucial role in championship game
- Saban confirms discussions about postponing title game
- Alabama linebacker Dylan Moses anchors young Tide defense
- Alabama’s Smith, Ohio State’s Fields lead all-bowl team
- AP Sportlight
- Chattanooga fires football assistant after ‘appalling’ tweet
- AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
- NFL prospects everywhere in Alabama-Ohio State title game
- LSU taps Peetz, Mangas as top offensive coaches
- NC State QB Hockman leaving to become graduate transfer
- Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence declaring for NFL draft
- Changing on the fly: College hockey teams do it on, off ice
- No. 19 Clemson seeking historic streak at North Carolina
- The Latest: Another postponement for No. 25 FSU men’s hoops
- Cockburn leads No. 12 Illinois past Northwestern 81-56
Nuggets and Briefs: National and Professional articles of interest
Winston Salem Journal
- Baker Mayfield warns don’t count out Browns: ‘Once you’re in the dance, anything can happen’
- Scott Fowler: Ron Rivera, can you please win playoff game and wipe the smirk off Tom Brady’s face?
- Bradford William Davis: The Mets fleeced Cleveland for Francisco Lindor
- Vahe Gregorian: If ‘deserve’ means anything, Eric Bieniemy must get chance at NFL head coaching job
Raleigh News and Observer
- Ron Rivera, can you please win playoff game and wipe the smirk off Tom Brady’s face?
- From broadcasters to how to watch, here’s what you should know about Hurricanes games
- Hurricanes, Predators to share AHL affiliation with Chicago Wolves this season
Charlotte Observer
- Everything we know about NASCAR’s fan attendance policies for races in 2021 season
- Guide to 2021 Carolina Panthers offseason: Draft, free agency, staff changes and more
- Panthers free agency guide: Will Taylor Moton, Curtis Samuel be re-signed?
- LaMelo and Lonzo Ball play in the same NBA game for the first time Friday
New York Times
- His Job Is Counting Stephen Curry’s 3-Pointers. You’d Retire, Too.
- Mike Tomlin Reaches Another N.F.L. Postseason With Fewer Black Peers
- Mets Bet Big, Trading for Francisco Lindor and Carlos Carrasco
- Asking the N.F.L. Playoff Questions That Need Answers
- N.F.L. Playoff Predictions: Our Picks in the Wild-Card Round
- A Push for Cyclists’ Safety After 5 Die Near Las Vegas
- The Nets Looked Unstoppable Early. They’ve Proved to Be Mortal.
- Alabama Wide Receiver DeVonta Smith Wins the Heisman Trophy
- Enjoy Derrick Henry’s High-Mileage Fun. History Shows It’s Unsustainable.
Washington Post
- How a retired Army Ranger helped Ron Rivera separate the interesting from the important
- Alex Smith, Terry McLaurin are questionable, but Ron Rivera appears unfazed
- The NFL made it to the playoffs despite the coronavirus. But plenty of obstacles remain.
- Browns hit with another positive test; game vs. Steelers remains on
- ‘Bills Mafia’ waited a generation for a team like this. It has had to embrace it from afar.
- Daniel Snyder denies media leaks as Washington ownership fight spills into open court
- Seth Curry’s positive coronavirus test grounds 76ers in New York following loss to the Nets
- Trump awards Medals of Freedom to three golfers on morning after riot at Capitol
- WNBA players helped oust Kelly Loeffler from the Senate. Will she last in the league?
- Five takeaways from the Capitals’ first training camp scrimmage
Atlanta Journal Constitution
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