Pirate Press: ECU Headlines
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The East Carolinian
- ECU football recruitment class begins to take shape
- ECU track and field to attend first meet at Liberty University
- Women’s basketball to take on Tulsa
- University leaders welcome students to a new semester
- Chancellor-Elect Philip Rogers to lead Pirates in March
- ECU School of Art and Design prepares for new semester
WNCT 9
- ECU’s Wood named to Preseason All-AAC volleyball team
- Greenville-area businesses excited to have ECU students back despite pandemic
ECU students return to class Tuesday WITN 7
Hot start leads Battlefield graduate Carter Cunningham to sign with ECU INSIDENOVA.com
247 Sports
- Postponements create scheduling obstacles for ECU, AAC
- Where recent ECU transfers and decommitments have ended up
- ECU comes in at No. 25 in D1Baseball preseason poll
- Class of 2022 Top Targets: RB Michael Allen
Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)
Top candidates to replace Phillip Fulmer as Tennessee athletics director USA Today
Around the American Athletic Conference
American Athletic Conference
- SMU-Tulane Game Scheduled for Jan. 20 Postponed
- USF’s Pinzan, Tulane’s Jordan Earn Week Eight American Women’s Basketball Awards
- UCF Repeats As American Volleyball Favorite In 2020 Preseason Coaches’ Poll
- Wichita State’s Udeze, Temple’s Dunn Earn Weekly Honors
- Three From The American Named to FWAA Freshman All-America Team
The Associated Press
Cincinnati Enquirer
- UC loses another top recruit following departure of DC Freeman
- UC expected to hire Mike Tressel as defensive coordinator
Temple’s defense dominates in road conference win over Tulane Philadelphia Inquirer
Third consecutive SMU basketball game postponed as Tulane has COVID-19 issues Dallas Morning News
Tigers’ Washington named Freshman All-American Memphis Commercial Appeal
‘It’s like a marathon’: Udeze’s perseverance pays off big for Wichita State basketball Wichita Eagle
Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond
Knoxville News
- Vols fire Jeremy Pruitt for cause amid internal investigation
- Pruitt’s lawyer labels firing ‘orchestrated effort’
- Phillip Fulmer to retire as Tennessee athletics director
- Kevin Steele to serve as acting Tennessee football coach
- Estes: Pruitt era only the latest of Tennessee’s epic failures
Raleigh News and Observer
- Duke heads to Pittsburgh with a healthy Jalen Johnson. Blue Devils have missed him.
- NC State basketball coach says 5 members of program are in COVID-19 quarantine
Duke drops out of AP college basketball poll, joining North Carolina Winston Salem Journal
Charleston Post Courier
- UNCG’s Isaiah Miller leads Spartans past The Citadel
- Boston, Beal lead the way as Gamecocks pull away to pummel No. 15 Hogs
- Gamecocks rise, Tigers tumble in latest AP basketball polls
- Sapakoff: 10 best landing spots for Deshaun Watson in a Texans trade
Atlanta Journal Constitution
- Bruised Orange: Tennessee dumps Jeremy Pruitt
- Jackets will be shorthanded for first game back from COVID pause
The Associated Press
- Tennessee fires Pruitt, 9 others for ‘serious’ NCAA issues
- Marshall OKs 4-year contract for football coach Charles Huff
- Marshall hires Alabama assistant Huff as football coach
- Ohio State QB Fields declares for draft; WR Olave returning
- AP source: Saints’ Nielsen accepts LSU coordinator job
- Michigan hires Ravens’ Macdonald as defensive coordinator
- No. 3 Villanova gets back on the floor after COVID-19 pauses
- Butler scores 30, unbeaten No. 2 Baylor tops No. 9 Kansas
- Miller carries UNC Greensboro past The Citadel 87-73
- Butler scores 30, unbeaten No. 2 Baylor tops No. 9 Kansas
Nuggets and Briefs: National and Professional articles of interest
Winston Salem Journal
- Today in sports history: Notre Dame snaps John Wooden’s UCLA Bruins’ 88-game winning streak in 1974
- 3 more COVID-19 cases linked to Australian Open arrivals
- Report: Mets GM admits explicit texts to female reporter
- Tokyo Olympics Q&A: 6 months out and murmurs of cancellation
- Sports events on the air for Tuesday, Jan. 19
- Super Sunday — Test yourself with our Big Game Trivia Quiz!
Charlotte Observer
- Think globally: First Charlotte FC MLS roster will have a lot of international players
- Washington, Ron Rivera expected to hire former Panthers general manager Marty Hurney
- Charlotte Hornets have lost 3 games in a row. Why coach James Borrego isn’t worried.
- Charlotte Hornets have their Wednesday game vs. Washington Wizards postponed
- Svechnikov, Reimer help Hurricanes rebound to beat Predators 4-2
- Analysis: Price for Panthers to trade for Deshaun Watson is high. But is it too high?
New York Times
- When the Removal of 2 N.F.L. Stars From Playoff Games Is Progress
- Mets’ General Manager Fired Over Harassment of Female Reporter
- ‘I Let You Down’: Klete Keller’s Path From Olympics to Capitol Riot
- How Climbers Reached the Summit of K2 in Winter for the First Time
- Rash of Coronavirus Cases Poses Early Challenge for the Australian Open
Washington Post
- Mets fire GM Jared Porter after he confirmed report he sent harassing texts to female reporter
- Jon Lester strengthens the Nationals’ biggest strength — and gives them an undeniable identity
- The Nats’ top international signing wows with his glove, and the team is bullish on his bat, too
The Associated Press
- Falcons name Saints’ Terry Fontenot as general manager
- Texans interview Bieniemy, 3 others in coaching search
- Analysis: Backup QBs saw plenty of action in NFL playoffs
- AP sources: Daboll likely to stay put as Bills coordinator
- Signs point to Saints entering new era in 2021
- Jon Arnett, star college and NFL running back, dies at 85
Atlanta Journal Constitution
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