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GREG VACEK'S DAILY WEB ROUNDUPTuesday, January 19, 2021

January 19, 2021 By Greg Vacek Leave a Comment

 

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

ecupirates.com

  • Bri Wood Named To Preseason All-AAC Team
  • ECU No. 25 IN D1BASEBALL PRESEASON POLL

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)

  • ECU seeks return to better execution on offense
  • Dooley tests positive for COVID-19

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

  • Falcons hire Terry Fontenot as general manager
  • Anthony ‘Ant Man’ Edwards has quiet homecoming vs. Hawks
  • Falcons will hope new coach turns offensive line around
  • NFL moves scouting combine workouts from Indy to college campuses

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