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GREG VACEK'S WEB ROUNDUPWednesday, July 21, 2021

July 21, 2021 By Greg Vacek Leave a Comment

 

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Football Recruiting Report
Norcross star on track for early enrollment
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ecupirates.com

  • Pirate Creative, External Leadership Formed
  • Volleyball Earns USMC/AVCA Team Academic Award
  • Gilbert Announces Pirate Club Leadership

The East Carolinian

  • ECU baseball sophomore earns fourth postseason honor
  • Francisco, Caddell join teammates in MLB

WNCT 9

  • ECU creates integrated creative services department for athletics
  • ECU volleyball program earns USMC/AVCA team academic award

ECU Athletics announce new creative services unit to create content for all 18 sports programs WITN 7

247 Sports

  • ECU 2021 Opponent Preview: Tulane
  • ECU 2021 Opponent Preview: Charleston Southern
  • Handful of 2022 ECU commitments receive 247Sports Composite scores
  • Countdown to Kickoff: No. 44 Eric Doctor
  • PODCAST: ECU 2021 Running Back Position Preview

Cleveland Indians expected to sign No. 1 pick Gavin Williams by Friday Cleveland.com

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

  • American Athletic Conference at the 2020 Olympics
  • Cincinnati’s Ridder, UCF’s Gabriel on Davey O’Brien Award Watch List
  • Seven American Athletic Conference Players on Bednarik Award Watch List
  • Five From The American on Maxwell Award Watch List

Vanessa Gilles rode work ethic learned at UC to Tokyo Olympics Cincinnati Enquirer

Tampa Bay Times

  • USF softball coach Ken Eriksen grateful as gold-medal quest begins
  • We ranked all 78 Florida college football games from worst to first

Orlando Sentinel

  • UCF’s Dillon Gabriel named to Maxwell Award watch list
  • UCF’s Dillon Gabriel named to Davey O’Brien preseason watch list
  • Will Josh Heupel, like Scott Frost, regret leaving UCF? | Commentary
  • UCF should be ecstatic about playing Gators even on their terms | Commentary

Memphis Commercial Appeal

  • Here’s what Larry Brown will be paid as Memphis assistant coach
  • Memphis basketball has never won an AAC championship. Will that change this season?
  • Tigers LB Russell wants defense to improve from 2020 season
  • Memphis lineman Parham has experience, now he must become a leader

Tulsa World

  • TU copes with departures to transfer portal while using it to find their replacements
  • Guerin Emig: Leave jealousy, resentment out of complications from name, image and likeness

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

ESPN’s College GameDay returning to Charlotte WCNC

In the Heisman race, the Tar Heels will let Sam Howell’s play speak for itself  Raleigh News & Observer

Appalachian State picked as co-favorite in its division; nine projected for All-Sun Belt Winston Salem Journal

Which transfers will have the biggest impact on ACC football in 2021? Fayetteville Observer

Hokies coach Justin Fuente on former Cox High star’s arrest on murder charge: ‘Worst day of over 20 years of coaching.’ Norfolk Virginian Pilot

Charleston Post Courier

  • Sapakoff: Dabo, aka ACC spokesperson, on NIL, transfer portal, 12-team playoff
  • SEC football coaches discuss adding 9th conference game to schedule
  • 11 Chants receive Sun Belt preseason nods; McCall named preseason offensive player of year

Columbia The State

  • Finebaum’s forecast: What success looks like for Beamer at USC in Year 1 and beyond
  • Gamecocks add accomplished Big Ten pitching coach to staff
  • No, Dabo Swinney doesn’t want to expand the playoffs. Here’s why
  • Winthrop athletic director leaving for new job at Power 5 school. Here’s what we know

Atlanta Journal Constitution

  • Georgia’s JT Daniels standing out among QB peers
  • 5 things we learned about Georgia at SEC Media Days

The Associated Press

  • Group licensing: A new way for college athletes to cash in
  • Deion Sanders: “Treat me like Nick” Saban
  • Ball State the preseason favorite to win MAC football title
  • Daniels, Corral, Young make trek from California to SEC QBs
  • Alabama, Georgia among SEC powers scoring in transfer portal
  • Mullen, Gators adapting to life with new QB, playmakers

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

  • Antetokounmpo’s 50 bring Milwaukee Bucks first title in 50 years 
  • Finally! Bucks finish off Suns to win first NBA title in 50 years 
  • A game, a moment, a night to remember in Milwaukee as fans celebrate Bucks in 6
  • Bucks win with toughness and hustle that embodies city they represent
  • Giannis Antetokounmpo is named MVP of NBA Finals

The Associated Press

  • Bucks’ 50-year wait ends with a title behind 50 from Giannis
  • Antetokounmpo caps extraordinary postseason as Finals MVP
  • Analysis: Bucks GM Jon Horst, a champion from modest roots
  • For Suns, Paul’s feel-good Finals story ends in frustration
  • Sweden stuns US 3-0 in women’s soccer at Olympics
  • Japan tops Australia in softball as delayed Tokyo Games open
  • Let the fashion policing begin on opening day of Tokyo Games
  • Brisbane picked to host 2032 Olympics without a rival bid
  • Olympics, pandemic and politics: There’s no separating them
  • NBA shifts gears quickly, and now the offseason awaits
  • Giannis’ biggest fans watch, celebrate title a world away

Winston Salem Journal

  • Today in sports history: July 21
  • Tokyo virus cases hit 6-month high 2 days before Games open
  • ‘I ain’t retiring,’ Chris Paul says after Suns’ loss to Bucks in NBA Finals
  • The Latest: USA Basketball awaits final three NBA players
  • Osterman strikes out 9, US tops Italy 2-0 in softball opener

Raleigh News and Observer

  • How a failed NHL expansion bid in Raleigh led to the Carolina Hurricanes’ existence
  • Why Texas’ Kai Jones would be an attractive pick in the draft for the Charlotte Hornets

New York Times

  • Sweden Stuns U.S. Soccer Team in Olympic Opener
  • The Milwaukee Bucks Win the N.B.A. Championship
  • A Hot Fitness Trend Among Olympians: Blood Flow Restriction
  • Olympics Live Updates: Sweden Upsets U.S. in Women’s Soccer Opener
  • Brisbane is awarded the 2032 Summer Games.
  • The Helpful Hand Guiding Brisbane’s Olympic Victory
  • Surfing’s Olympic Moment Is Here. Will the Waves Cooperate?
  • Power Game: Thomas Bach’s Iron Grip on the Olympics

Washington Post

  • Olympics live updates: U.S. women’s soccer team suffers stunning loss to Sweden
  • The Tokyo Olympics will be a high-wire act: Full of risk but not destined to fail
  • Nationals GM Mike Rizzo says he does not expect Starlin Castro to rejoin team
  • Nationals survive a bullpen hiccup to beat Marlins for their third straight win
  • Milwaukee Bucks win their first NBA title since 1971 as Giannis Antetokounmpo scores 50
  • In an era of superteams, the Bucks and Giannis Antetokounmpo did it the hard way
  • Giannis Antetokounmpo stayed loyal to Milwaukee. His reward? An NBA Finals MVP and a title.

Atlanta Journal Constitution

  • Braves catcher Travis d’Arnaud making ‘a lot of progress’
  • Touki Toussaint, Freddie Freeman lead Braves past Padres
  • Michael Cunningham: Tokyo Olympics in trouble before they start
  • After being tested by Hawks in semifinals, Bucks win NBA title

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