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GREG VACEK'S WEB ROUNDUPSunday, May 16, 2021

May 16, 2021 By Greg Vacek Leave a Comment

 

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Baseball News
ECU takes AAC lead
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ecupirates.com

  • Knight Strikes Gold At AAC Outdoor Championships
  • No. 11 ECU Tops Cincinnati, 7-6
  • Oliver Resigns As ECU Head Softball Coach

WNCT 9

  • No. 11 ECU holds off Cincinnati, 7-6
  • ECU AD announces resignation of softball coach
  • Knight strikes gold for ECU at AAC Outdoor Championships

ECU’s head softball coach resigns WITN 7

ECU Rallies to Grab a 7-6 Win Over Cincinnati  Rivals.com

247 Sports

  • ECU guts out 7-6 win in third game at Cincinnati
  • ECU to begin search for new softball coach

Around the Bases: Ferguson Powers UT past Arkansas (5/15) College Baseball Insider

Packers sign QB Kurt Benkert during rookie minicamp tryout NBC Sports

Packers adding another arm with signing of quarterback tryout Kurt Benkert Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

  • Pirates up 2-1 at Cincy, looking for another series victory
  • ECU Notes: Students avoid chickens, place second at game design competition

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

  • All Four Road Teams are Victorious in Saturday Action
  • Wichita State Maintains Men’s Lead, Houston Takes Over Women’s Standings Following Day Two Of 2021 Outdoor Track & Field Championships
  • Three Home Runs Give Wichita State The American Softball Championship

Reversal of fortune: Tulane baseball team loses early 3-0 lead, falls to Central Florida NOLA.com

Memo to Power 5 commissioners: UCF and Orlando are exploding! Orlando Sentinel

Former Memphis Tigers lineman transfers to Tulane Memphis Commercial Appeal

Twice as nice: Wichita State Shockers softball wins AAC tournament championship Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Duke softball wins ACC title four years after starting team  Raleigh News & Observer

Fitting tribute: N.C. A&T, WSSU players gather to honor legendary Bill Hayes at a dinner on Saturday night Winston Salem Journal

Charleston Post Courier

  • Strong faith, desire to succeed help Dawn Staley overcome challenging year
  • NCAA’s new proposals for football should trickle down to high schools, youth leagues

Georgia football gets another DB transfer, this one from Alabama Atlanta Journal Constitution

All the marbles: Sam Houston will take FCS title over dull bowl any day Houston Chronicle

The Associated Press

  • Unusual May FCS title game: South Dakota St vs Sam Houston
  • NC State AD Corrigan gets 2-year extension into April 2026

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

Winston Salem Journal

  • Sports events on the air for Sunday, May 16
  • Fedde expected to start for the Nationals against Diamondbacks
  • Milwaukee takes 3-game skid into matchup with Atlanta
  • Orioles look to break 4-game skid against Yankees
  • NFL schedule 2021: A first look at the Week 1 games of every team
  • NASCAR power rankings: The best drivers heading to Dover this week
  • Kobe Bryant inspired players around the world, one sleepless night at a time

Raleigh News and Observer

  • How the Canes became a Cup contender: Good drafting, good trades, and a little luck
  • Leicester wins FA Cup for first time beating Chelsea 1-0
  • Rombauer pulls Preakness upset, Baffert’s Medina Spirit 3rd

Sapakoff: Rory McIlroy’s perfect PGA Championship timing Charleston Post Courier

New York Times

  • Rombauer Wins the Preakness, Surging as Medina Spirit Fades to Third
  • Vanessa Bryant Delivers Emotional Hall of Fame Speech for Kobe
  • Tom Wilson Is Hockey’s Chief Villain. Or Is He?
  • The Fall Guy
  • Shohei Ohtani Unleashed
  • Alex Rodriguez and Partner Reach Deal on Timberwolves and Lynx
  • The Lost Days of Raúl Jiménez
  • Preakness 2021 Highlights: Rombauer Pulls Off Surprise Win

Washington Post

  • Capitals overcome early adversity, outlast Bruins in overtime to win playoff opener
  • ‘Opportunity knocks’ and Craig Anderson answers to help lift Capitals
  • Before the first playoff puck dropped, the two missing Capitals already had dropped the ball
  • Rombauer storms to a Preakness victory, ending Medina Spirit’s Triple Crown bid
  • Photos: The scene at the Preakness in Baltimore
  • The Preakness inches back to normal, with 10,000 grateful revelers at Pimlico
  • Mystics, missing key parts of their title team, fall to Sky in season opener
  • The Wizards’ bench has been key to their rise. They will need it again to earn the No. 8 seed.
  • Joe Ross struggles and so do the Nationals in an 11-4 loss at Arizona

Atlanta Journal Constitution

  • Freddie Freeman hits 250th career home run
  • Advice for fans: Have a little faith in these Braves
  • Braves needed a pleasant surprise – and Huascar Ynoa obliged
  • Anderson, Freeman lead Braves to win over Brewers
  • More than 40,000 fans at Mercedes-Benz Stadium for Atlanta United match

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