Newton leads ECU to OT win in AAC opener … Pirates Sink Green Wave MBB In Overtime, 88-80 … Whisenhunt Named Preseason Baseball All-American … Novak Djokovic Is Refused Entry Into Australia Over Vaccine Exemption
Pirate Press: ECU Headlines
Newton leads ECU to OT win in AAC opener Bonesville.net
ecupirates.com
- Pirates Sink Green Wave MBB In Overtime, 88-80
- Whisenhunt Named Preseason Baseball All-American
- ECU-SMU WBB Contest Rescheduled For Jan. 13
WNCT 9
- Pirates sink Green Wave in overtime, 88-80
- Whisenhunt named preseason All-American
- ECU-SMU women’s basketball contest rescheduled for Jan. 13
WITN 7
- ECU men’s basketball, just out of quarantine, battles to overtime win over Tulane
- ECU star pitcher named preseason first team All-American
- ECU women’s basketball reschedules game with SMU
247 Sports
- ECU 88, Tulane 80 (OT): How it looked from the baselines
- Takeaways from ECU’s overtime victory over Tulane
ECU men’s basketball, Newton close out Tulane to open AAC play with win Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)
Missed opportunity: Tulane men’s hoops loses heartbreaker at East Carolina in overtime NOLA.com
Around the American Athletic Conference
American Athletic Conference
- Road Teams Sweep The Schedule On Conference Opening Night
- East Carolina, Houston and Temple Earn MBB Wins in Wednesday Night Action
- Tulsa-UCF Men’s Basketball Game Scheduled for Jan. 8 Postponed
- UCF Ranked No. 12 in 2022 WTennis Preseason Coaches’ Poll
Cincinnati Enquirer
- Wes Miller, Bearcats seek first AAC victory Thursday against SMU
- Cincinnati’s Bearcats now have a pair of Paces at linebacker
- COVID-19: UC’s move to online learning won’t impact athletics
Tampa Bay Times
- Why USF football extended Jeff Scott despite his 3-18 record
- When might USF open an on-campus football stadium? How about 2027 vs. Miami?
- USF keeps it close for a half, falls to No. 12 Houston
Orlando Sentinel
- UCF drops AAC home opener to Temple; Tulsa game postponed
- UCF running back Isaiah Bowser will return for extra year
- Arizona WR transfer deletes Twitter post about transferring to UCF
McKie on COVID-19 protocol list The Temple News
Owls get the job Dunn in late comeback victory at UCF 247 Sports
Memphis Commercial Appeal
- How will new coordinator Matt Barnes fix Tigers’ defense
- Memphis basketball needs consistency. Will they find it in time?
- Tigers say they understand why Hardaway was upset after win over Tulsa
- Tigers hold on to take down Tulsa. 5 takeaways from Memphis’ win
- Tigers’ Johns to be hired at Duke offensive coordinator, per reports
Houston Chronicle
Tulsa World
- Maddie Bittle scores 22 points as TU women win in Memphis
- Throwback Tulsa: TU captures school-record 11th victory with win over Ball State on this day in 2009
Navy football loses defensive assistant coach Kevin Downing to Virginia Annapolis Capital
Wichita Eagle
- Wichita State basketball coach Isaac Brown previews Houston road game
- Four areas that explain what went wrong for Wichita State basketball in Memphis loss
Dallas Morning News
- SMU adds one, removes another from NCAA’s transfer portal
- SMU basketball takes 8-game winning streak on the road to Cincinnati
Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond
Raleigh News & Observer
- NC State, UNC take spotlight in Triangle hoops and women’s college basketball
- North Carolina basketball’s rally falls short in ‘embarrassing’ loss at Notre Dame
- ACC coaches are prioritizing players’ mental health as COVID uncertainties continue
- Duke ‘not close’ to team it was before COVID break. Its defense allows for patience
- Women’s college basketball matchup with Duke, Georgia Tech among ACC postponements
- NC State snaps losing streak, wins first ACC game with victory at Virginia Tech
- No. 2 Duke wasn’t at its best. But was still good enough to beat Georgia Tech, 69-57
Winston Salem Journal
- Wake Forest hires Brad Lambert, a former Deacons staffer, as defensive coordinator
- Here’s what Coach Robert Massey says will be needed to make WSSU football viable again in the CIAA
- Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh could be tempted by NFL, report says
Norfolk Virginian Pilot
- William & Mary started the season 1-12. But after back-to-back last-second wins Tribe stands atop CAA
- Virginia rallies to knock off Clemson, picks up second straight ACC road win
- Austin Trice, Mekhi Long shine as ODU men open Conference USA play with win at FIU
Columbia The State
- Braden Davis upbeat about Rattler and Bailey additions, Gamecocks’ QB competition
- South Carolina to bring back top pass-catcher for 2022 season under Shane Beamer
- Dabo Swinney, Clemson appear poised to use transfer portal. Why that’s a good thing
Atlanta Journal Constitution
- Georgia Bulldogs searching for ways to pressure Alabama QB
- Ja’Quon Griffin transferring to Coastal Carolina
- College Football Playoff expansion could come as soon as Monday
- Mark Bradley: Stetson Bennett need not defend himself. I’ll do it for him
- For Georgia Tech, hopes of ‘turning the corner’ after loss to No. 2 Duke
Nuggets and Briefs: National and Professional articles of interest
Winston Salem Journal
- Today in sports history: Jan. 6
- Sports events on the air for Thursday, Jan. 6
- Towns and the Timberwolves visit conference foe Oklahoma City
- Los Angeles faces Atlanta, seeks 4th straight home win
- DeRozan and the Bulls play the Wizards
- Career start No. 127 the biggest of them all for Derek Carr
- Antonio Brown says he was forced to play injured by Bucs
- Browns’ No. 2 QB Keenum admires Mayfield’s ‘gutsiest’ season
- Roethlisberger ready for regular-season finale vs. Ravens
- Broncos’ Drew Lock focuses on Chiefs, not on his future
Charlotte Observer
- Carolina Panthers have a top-5 draft pick on the line this week. What needs to happen
- 5 plays that show the Panthers aren’t putting Sam Darnold in the best position to win
- Panthers’ Haason Reddick ‘would love to be back’ with Carolina next season
- PJ Washington is back. He noticed something while he was out and how Hornets need him
- LaMelo Ball gets compared to Pistol Pete, but is Hornets’ star beyond compare?
- NASCAR said no to ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ sponsorship. Now sponsor is threatening to sue
- The Three: Panthers vs Buccaneers Sunday
New York Times
- She Spent Her Life Fighting for Equity for Women in Sports
- Novak Djokovic Is Refused Entry Into Australia Over Vaccine Exemption
- N.F.L. Week 18 Predictions: Our Picks Against the Spread
- This Is the N.F.L. Season That Ran Too Long
- Why Novak Djokovic Was Blocked From Entering Australia
- Kyrie Irving returns to the court after refusing to be vaccinated.
- ‘The N.F.L. Is Another No-Good Entity’
- Washington Football Team Plans Name Unveil Even as Bad News Mounts
Washington Post
- ‘Rules are rules’: Australia cancels Novak Djokovic’s visa amid vaccine exemption uproar
- Novak Djokovic thought he’d aced Australian immigration. It now looks like a fault.
- Kyrie Irving’s return was tantalizing but also a reminder of what Nets will miss
- Becky Hammon is a coaching trailblazer, but the NBA’s glass ceiling wouldn’t break
- Take note of the PGA golfers who play in Saudi Arabia. They’re accepting blood money.
- For both U.S. national soccer teams, it’s a massive year
- Wizards fall in closing seconds again, this time to lowly Rockets
- Antonio Brown put his pain on display for all to see. Instead of helping, the Bucs cut bait.
- Kyrie Irving will help the Nets win, but this desperate compromise won’t cut it
- Taylor Heinicke belongs in the NFL, but he’s not Washington’s QB of the future
- Sam Jones, a core member of the great 1960s Celtics, was a great shooter. And a lot more.
Atlanta Journal Constitution
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