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GREG VACEK'S WEB ROUNDUPThursday, June 3, 2021

June 3, 2021 By Greg Vacek Leave a Comment

 

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Hamilton Announces 2021 Soccer Schedule ecupirates.com

The East Carolinian

  • Davis, Knight qualify for NCAA national meet
  • Four transfers, seven members overall join women’s basketball
  • Pirates play in conference tournament

‘This is exciting:’ No. 25 Charlotte 49ers in NCAA baseball tourney The Charlotte Post

247 Sports

  • Greenville Regional Opponent Breakdown: Maryland
  • Greenville Regional Opponent Breakdown: Charlotte
  • Carson Whisenhunt tabbed as starter for regional opener
  • Wyatt on visit to ECU: ‘I can say they set the bar really high’

Production aplenty at top of Pirate lineup; Whisenhunt getting Game 1 start Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

2021 NCAA Tournament Greenville Regional Preview Baseball America (sub req’d)

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

  • South Florida’s Corrick, Wichita State’s McKinney Named To NFCA All-America Third Team
  • SMU’s Noah Goodwin Named PING First-Team All-American

DerMarr Johnson embraces opportunity to be member of Wes Miller’s staff Cincinnati Enquirer

Owls bolster roster with some additional preferred walk-ons 247 Sports

Walker: 20 years ago, Tulane beat LSU for defining moment in baseball program’s history NOLA.com

Tulane Green Wave: CFN College Football Preview 2021 College Football News

UH baseball: How the Cougars’ season went wrong Houston Chronicle

Wichita State basketball newcomers working together as roommates for summer workouts  Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

  • Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski to retire at the end of upcoming season
  • As Coach K and Roy Williams retire, basketball world left to reckon with void left behind
  • ‘A sad day.’ Duke students and alums come to grips with Coach K’s looming departure
  • Coach K’s former players, assistants react to his decision to retire after next season
  • How Jon Scheyer became the coach-in-waiting to replace Mike Krzyzewski at Duke
  • Look back at the career of Duke’s Coach K

Duke’s Coach K to retire after next season Fayetteville Observer

Washington Post

  • Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski plans to retire after the 2021-22 college basketball season
  • Feinstein: Coach K made history by never making excuses

Atlanta Journal Constitution

  • The peerless Mike Krzyzewski is taking his leave
  • Georgia football among the leaders in using transfer portal

Power-Ranking the Top 25 Current College Football Coaches Bleacher Report

Winston Salem Journal

  • LEADING OFF: Red-hot Cubs visit Giants, Yanks’ Cole vs. Rays
  • Braves, streaking Swanson set for matchup with Nationals
  • ‘A sad day:’ Duke students and alums come to grips with Coach K’s looming departure
  • How Jon Scheyer became the coach-in-waiting to replace Mike Krzyzewski at Duke
  • Roy Williams reacts to Coach K retirement news: ‘Phenomenal in everything he’s done’
  • Cleo Hill Jr. of WSSU says Mike Krzyzewski helped him along the way in the coaching profession

Marshall football: MU releases full 2021 schedule Charleston (WV) Gazette-Mail

Columbia Regional overview: Breaking down Virginia’s NCAA Tournament opponents Charlottesville Daily Progress

Presbyterian heads to first NCAAs with sense of pride, simmering source of motivation  Columbia The State

Omaha! Predicting how far the 9 SEC teams will go in the NCAA Tournament Saturday Down South

Virginia Tech football player, a former Cox High star, charged with second-degree murder Norfolk Virginian Pilot

Former Gamecock player/coach joins Coastal Carolina football staff Charleston Post Courier

The Associated Press

  • Duke’s Krzyzewski to coach 1 final year, hand off to Scheyer
  • Wake Forest hires former ETSU coach Shay as assistant
  • South Carolina’s Woods to leave, Bryant, Couisnard returning
  • Wisconsin promotes Chris McIntosh to replace Alvarez as AD
  • Former Ivy League football coach Frank Navarro dies at 91
  • Reggie Bush among 1st-timers up for College Hall of Fame
  • AP Top 25 Podcast: Beware 2020 surprises heading into 2021
  • Florida gives Mullen 3-year extension, $1.5M raise annually

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

Winston Salem Journal

  • Today in sports history: June 3
  • Photos: Remembering Muhammad Ali, five years after his death
  • Sports events on the air for Thursday, June 3
  • LEADING OFF: Red-hot Cubs visit Giants, Yanks’ Cole vs. Rays
  • Helen Ubiñas: Naomi Osaka did what many women of color have to do: choose themselves, at a cost

Raleigh News and Observer

  • Hurricanes’ resilience tested by Lightning after Game 1 loss 
  • The Hurricanes won the last time they were in Tampa. Why not again?

Charlotte Observer

  • How Jeremy Chinn’s role may change for the Carolina Panthers in 2021
  • Panthers OTA observations: Ian Thomas’ ‘tremendous’ offseason, Robby Anderson returning soon?
  • More NASCAR tracks are fully reopening to fans. Here’s the latest

New York Times

  • It’s Not Your Imagination: Baseball Players Are Getting Hurt a Lot
  • Hip Injury Forces Ashleigh Barty Out of French Open
  • The Nets Aren’t Unbeatable, but It’s OK to Be Impressed
  • Michelle Wie West Was Ready to Retire. Then She Got Mad.
  • Knicks’ Resurgent Season Ends With Game 5 Loss to the Hawks
  • Positive Drug Test Confirmed for Kentucky Derby Winner Medina Spirit
  • Naomi Osaka and the Changing Power Dynamics in Sports
  • At the French Open, Serena Williams Wins While Roger Federer Waits
  • ‘Complete Insanity’: Virus-Stricken Brazil Agrees to Host Soccer Tournament

Washington Post

  • F.P. Santangelo is off the air. The Nats and MANationals put Stephen Strasburg on IL, then go out and beat Braves
  • SN are tight-lipped. And a path forward is unknown.
  • Sixers, without Joel Embiid, have plenty in reserve to eliminate Wizards in Game 5
  • Churchill Downs suspends Bob Baffert, the embattled trainer of Medina Spirit, for two years

Atlanta Journal Constitution

  • Trae Young and the Hawks send the Knicks on vacation
  • Braves drop to 4.5 games behind Mets in NL East
  • Falcons’ Deion Jones adjusting to new defensive scheme

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