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GREG VACEK'S DAILY WEB ROUNDUPFriday, April 9, 2021

April 9, 2021 By Greg Vacek Leave a Comment

Pirates rose from ashes of loss to Phoenix … Former world champion jump roper competes in steeplechase for East Carolina … Weather forces change to ECU baseball weekend schedule with Memphis … Does transfer portal make mid-majors a farm system for college basketball heavyweights? … Rose builds a big first-round Masters lead in thorny conditions; McIlroy hits father with wayward shot

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

VIEW FROM THE EAST
Pirates rose from ashes of loss to Phoenix
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ecupirates.com

  • Pirates Close W Soccer Regular Season At Memphis
  • ECU-UCF Weekend Softball Schedule Altered
  • Spring Practice Q&A No. 5 – Offensive Line

Former world champion jump roper competes in steeplechase for East Carolina Wilmington Star-News

From jump rope champion to ECU steeplechaser Fayetteville Observer

How to watch No. 9 East Carolina vs. Memphis Tigers baseball on live stream Memphis Commercial Appeal

Softball to play four-game series against UCF The East Carolinian

WNCT 9

  • Weather forces change to ECU baseball weekend schedule with Memphis
  • ECU weekend softball series adjusted due to threat of rain
  • ECU spring practice No. 5: Offensive linemen

247 Sports

  • Memphis-ECU Series Preview
  • Observations from ECU’s Thursday practice
  • Freshman Ryley Johnson emerging as versatile piece for ECU

BATTLE FOR N.C.: Intriguing weekend is on tap Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Giants announce three additions to coaching staff YAHOO! Sports

Around the American Athletic Conference

USF men’s basketball team starting to replenish depleted roster Tampa Bay Times

NOLA.com

  • Little man, big average: Tulane freshman Jacob LaPrairie is white hot at the plate
  • Tulane baseball notebook: Braden Olthoff will return to mound for Friday start

Former Arlington CB Jahari Rogers transfers from Florida to SMU Dallas Morning News

Memphis Commercial Appeal

  •  Memphis lands Miami transfer Earl Timberlake
  • A look at Memphis guard Earl Timberlake

UH’s Quentin Grimes still undecided if he’ll leave early for NBA Houston Chronicle

‘It should be a marriage’: Wind Surge, Wichita State baseball committed to partnership  Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Molinaro: Does transfer portal make mid-majors a farm system for college basketball heavyweights?  Norfolk Virginian Pilot

Charleston Post Courier

  • Citadel transfer portal policy prevents baseball standout from completing season
  • Gamecocks’ freshman pitcher lives up to the hype, on and off the field
  • Clemson baseball coach, outfielder bond over small-town upbringings in Lugoff, Latta

The Associated Press

  • Lance Armstrong’s son charged with sexual assault from 2018
  • $50M suit alleges retaliation over allegations against coach
  • Ex-Florida State football player accused of killing man
  • Speedy Claxton promoted to head coach at alma mater Hofstra
  • Texas Tech’s Shannon declares for NBA without hiring agent
  • Mick Cronin gets 2-year contract extension at UCLA

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

Atlanta Journal Constitution

  • 2021 Masters leaderboard
  • Tee times and pairings for first two rounds of 2021 Masters
  • Applause for Lee Elder echoes throughout Augusta National again
  • Rose builds a big first-round Masters lead in thorny conditions
  • McIlroy hits father with wayward shot
  • Could this be Matsuyama’s year to break through and win Masters?
  • Braves try to win fifth consecutive home opener
  • How far will Justin Fields drop in the NFL draft?
  • Top 10 quarterbacks in the 2021 NFL draft
  • Ten things to know about Braves home opener Friday

Sapakoff: Nicklaus, Player, Elder on Masters’ legacy of Black caddies Charleston Post Courier

Winston Salem Journal

  • Today in sports history: April 9
  • Japan imposes new virus measures in Tokyo ahead of Olympics
  • Why opt-outs are this NFL draft’s biggest unknown
  • What COVID-19 means for the athlete’s heart
  • McCullers Jr. expected to start for Houston against Oakland
  • Blue Jays look to end 3-game slide

Hurricanes top Panthers 3-0 behind Nedeljkovic to take first place in Central Division  Raleigh News and Observer

Charlotte Observer

  • Who was Phillip Adams? Shocked friends of ex-NFL player speak after SC mass shooting
  • NASCAR driver expected to make full recovery after hospitalization, surgery due to NC car crash

New York Times

  • At the Masters, Justin Rose Is an Outlier, and Establishes an Early Lead
  • ‘A Win Is a Win. It’s Over.’
  • The Yankees Found a Starter (and a Barista) in Jameson Taillon
  • Olympic Bobsledder Who Killed Himself Likely Had C.T.E.
  • The World’s Best Golfers Disagree on How to Grip a Putter
  • At the Masters, Lee Elder Gets Another Moment in the Spotlight
  • Two Sports, a Fast Time and Some Questions
  • French Open Is Delayed a Week
  • What’s Wrong With the Los Angeles Lakers

Washington Post

  • A decade after collapsing, Rory McIlroy is still trying to get off the deck at the Masters
  • The Masters live updates: Justin Rose begins second round with a four-shot lead
  • Howard University, with a coach’s moxie and a superstar’s money, takes on golf
  • Jamin Davis began last season off the NFL’s radar. In a few weeks, he could be a first-round pick.
  • Simone Biles, the world’s most dominant gymnast, has something new for Tokyo
  • For Nationals’ replacement players, a rare and weird opportunity
  • Maryland freshman point guard Aquan Smart will transfer
  • Capitals stumble out of the gate at home, can’t catch up to Bruins
  • The biggest NFL draft questions with three weeks to go before the first round
  • The athletes are the only thing saving college sports from the NCAA

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