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GREG VACEK'S DAILY WEB ROUNDUPSaturday, February 13, 2021

February 13, 2021 By Greg Vacek Leave a Comment

 

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

ecupirates.com

  • East Carolina VB Falls In Three At Cincinnati
  • East Carolina Sweeps SB Doubleheader At Furman
  • Pirates Hold On For 16-14 LAX Victory
  • Lady Pirates Head North For Battle With Temple
  • ECU MGolf Opens Spring Season At Kiawah Invitational
  • An Update From AD Jon Gilbert

BOT discusses chancellor-elect, pass/fail option and building renaming The East Carolinian

WNCT 9

  • ECU AD says final preps being made for sale of football tickets on March 1
  • ECU volleyball team falls in three sets at Cincinnati
  • Pirates sweep softball doubleheader at Furman in season opener
  • Pirates hold on for 16-14 season-opening lacrosse victory over Furman
  • ECU women’s lacrosse team opens season with win over Furman

Former Vanderbilt OC/interim coach Todd Fitch lands at Big Ten program Saturday Down South

247 Sports

  • ECU ready to take on season like no other
  • Five numbers that explain ECU’s struggles in conference play

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

  • East Carolina Tops Furman in LAX Season-Opener
  • East Carolina Opens New Softball Season 2-0
  • Three American Squads Move To 2-0 In Conference Standings
  • UCF, Cincinnati Pick Up Home Wins Friday Night
  • Wichita State-SMU Men’s Basketball Game Scheduled for Feb. 14 Postponed

Dallas Morning News

  • ‘Coop and Lew’: SMU assistant John Cooper reflects on close friendship with former Wichita State teammate Lew Hill, who died unexpectedly 
  • SMU-Wichita State basketball game called off for 2nd time due to COVID-19 issues with Mustangs

The Latest: Memphis-Houston men’s basketball game postponed KIRO

Wichita State’s basketball game at SMU has been postponed again because of COVID-19 Wichita Eagle

SMU vs. Wichita State postponed due to COVID-19 issues 247 Sports

Davenport scores 12 to lead Cincinnati over Temple 71-69 The Associated Press

Cincinnati Bearcats beat Temple behind a surprising hero in freshman Mason Madsen Cincinnati Enquirer

Fouls prove costly in Temple’s 71-69 loss to Cincinnati  Philadelphia Inquirer

Tulane goes cold in second half, loses 53-49 to Central Florida NOLA.com

UH guard Quentin Grimes named to Naismith Trophy midseason team Houston Chronicle

Anthony D’Angelo comes from an Army family. Then he learned about Navy — and committed to play football. Annapolis Capital

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

  • NC State women’s Play4Kay basketball game postponed — will now be against UNC
  • UNC basketball at Virginia: How to watch the game, betting lines
  • UNC players will not be suspended for maskless party, an upset Roy Williams says
  • How Duke basketball is getting through its rare struggles. ‘We all hate losing.’
  • NC State’s Keatts on the changing identity of the team

Winston Salem Journal

  • Three thoughts heading into Wake Forest’s matchup with No. 17 Florida State
  • Party wasn’t ‘like we charged the Capitol,’ UNC coach Roy Williams says of players and managers
  • Clara Gaines, widow of ‘Big House’ Gaines, dies at age 95

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

  • North Carolina will be at full strength at Virginia after coach handled aftermath of maskless players at a party on his own
  • Rubama: Hampton University coach and former Norfolk Academy player wants to bring success, diversity to lacrosse
  • Hampton men bounce back to earn a series split against Presbyterian

Roy Williams says all UNC players available for Virginia after unmasked party Fayetteville Observer

Charleston Post Courier

  • Clemson men’s basketball edges Georgia Tech on last-second shot
  • Fleming delivers last-second dagger as Charleston Southern edges High Point
  • Trevor Lawrence in NFL spotlight: Coaches, scouts get closer look at former Clemson QB

Atlanta Journal Constitution

  • UGA: Don’t be fooled by $40 million surplus on NCAA financial report
  • Georgia will be the top challenger to Alabama in 2021
  • Georgia Tech falls at Clemson on buzzer beater

2021 Colonial Athletic Association Preview Baseball America

The Associated Press

  • North Carolina at No. 9 Virginia highlights ACC weekend
  • Simms, Honor’s late 3 help Clemson beat Georgia Tech 74-72
  • Boston College-Georgia Tech game moved back a day
  • Conference tournaments still on schedule despite concerns
  • Expected top pick Lawrence throws for Meyer, NFL teams
  • Big 12 releases 2021 conference football schedule
  • Vanderbilt wraps up football staff, hiring cornerbacks coach
  • AP Top 25 Podcast: Takeaways from 2020 coaching changes

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

Winston Salem Journal

  • Today in sports history: The New York Renaissance, first all-Black basketball team, formed in 1923
  • Sports events on the air for Saturday, Feb. 13
  • Australian Open goes quiet as lockdown keeps crowds away
  • Jaguars, accused racist strength coach Chris Doyle part ways
  • Panik agrees to minor league deal with Blue Jays
  • Remaining Free Agents

Norfolk Tides join newly created Triple-A East as part of minor leagues restructuring Norfolk Virginian Pilot

Charlotte Observer

  • Hornets have to figure out how to use Devonte Graham while LaMelo Ball excels
  • Terry Rozier’s huge scoring night leads shorthanded Hornets past the Timberwolves
  • Terry Rozier refused to permit a Charlotte Hornets loss amid a day of COVID-19 chaos
  • Charlotte Hornets 120, Minnesota Timberwolves 114
  • Hailie Deegan makes debut in NASCAR Trucks, Ben Rhodes wins wreck-heavy race

New York Times

  • Barcelona and the Crippling Cost of Success
  • ‘You’ve Got to Do as Best as You Can to Protect the Players’
  • Bubba Wallace Needed NASCAR Help. Michael Jordan Took It Personally.
  • Baseball Works to Confront Its Treatment of Women
  • Jaguars Assistant Coach Resigns After Diversity Group Calls His Hiring ‘Unacceptable’
  • Half the Team Had the Coronavirus. The Wizards Are Still Recovering.
  • For Derek Jeter, a Hall of Fame Induction Without the Fans
  • Soccer Isn’t Blameless in Its Culture of Abuse
  • For This College Athlete, Covid-19 Was Just the Start of a Nightmare

Washington Post

  • The NBA’s week of controversies show how hard life is outside of the bubble
  • An NBA experiment lets draft prospects skip college, stay home and get paid to play
  • J.J. Watt released by Houston Texans at his request
  • MLB teams can buy hope easier than championships
  • Cuban had the right idea: It’s time to rethink how we use the national anthem
  • Novak Djokovic’s five-set battle at Australian Open started with fans and ended without them
  • It’s hard to find children’s books with Black characters, so a coach’s family wrote its own
  • College basketball’s kingdoms have gone haywire — in case you just started paying attention

Atlanta Journal Constitution

  • Hawks lose to Spurs despite boost from bench in fourth quarter
  • The 2021 NBA All-Star game in Atlanta shouldn’t happen
  • Health-care heroes, HBCUs to be featured at All-Star game in Atlanta
  • On the Falcons’ offense — Who should stay or go?
  • Braves claim INF/OF Travis Demeritte off waivers

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