East Carolina Faces Off Against No. 10 Houston … Godwin Announces Blackmon Hire And Staff Changes … Indoor Track Opens Season At South Carolina … Snead, McMillian declare for 2022 NFL draft … Bombers sign All-Star OT Bryant

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

ecupirates.com

• East Carolina Faces Off Against No. 10 Houston
• Indoor Track Opens Season At South Carolina
• Godwin Announces Blackmon Hire And Staff Changes

East Carolinian

• Snead, McMillian declare for 2022 NFL draft
• ECU races toward South Carolina to begin track & field season
• Pirate Basketball to face No. 10 Houston

Weekend of sports should keep you entertained through winter weather WNCT 9

WITN 7

• Georgia wide receiver Johnson transfers to ECU
• Godwin announces Blackmon as Director of Player Development

What to expect as ECU heads to No. 10 Houston 247 Sports

Blue Bombers extend contract of CFL’s Most Outstanding Lineman Stanley Bryant Winnipeg Blue Bombers

Pillar in Place: Bombers extend OL Stanley Bryant Canadian Football League

Bombers sign All-Star OT Bryant TSN

The Birmingham Stallions names Skip Holtz as new head coach Bham Now

Mike Gottfried on Ron Franklin: ‘He loved college football’ al.com

Around the American Athletic Conference

Former USF coach Skip Holtz to coach in USFL Tampa Bay Times

American Athletic Conference

• Cincinnati-Houston Men’s Basketball Game Rescheduled for March 1
• Cincinnati, SMU Earn Thursday Night Wins
• Temple-SMU Women’s Basketball Game Rescheduled For February 28 In Dallas
• Temple-South Florida Men’s Basketball Game Scheduled for Jan. 22 Postponed

Cincinnati Enquirer

•  Bearcats are taking a trip back in time
•  Bearcats basketball to play rescheduled Houston game in March
• UC Bearcats, Wes Miller rout Tulsa for third straight win in AAC play

UCF can’t lose sight of bigger picture with Tulane on tap Orlando Sentinel

UCF hoping to stay on right track Saturday vs. Tulane Sun Sentinel

PREVIEW: Tulane Men’s Basketball Heads South to Take on UCF  WGNO

Owls’ game against Bulls postponed  The Temple News

NOLA.com

• Prolific scoring Tulane point guard Jalen Cook becoming more well-rounded
• Longtime Tulane statistician/historian Gayle Letulle dies at age 74

Memphis Commercial Appeal

•  Penny Hardaway issues apology to players, fans, University of Memphis
•  How to watch Memphis men’s basketball vs. Tulsa on TV, live stream
•  Penny Hardaway’s frustration boils over after Memphis loss to SMU

Dallas Morning News

• Check out the photos from SMU’s announcement of its Ford Stadium expansion project
• As SMU announces plans for stadium expansion, Rhett Lashlee sees it as a boon for recruiting

Tulsa World

• TU men lose in Cincinnati as Bearcats hit 16 3-pointers
• Photos: Tulsa men fall on road at Cincinnati
• A look at OU, OSU and TU football transfers announced during the 2022 offseason

The UH star in waiting: freshman center Ja’Vier Francis Houston Chronicle

Navy LB Diego Fagot, Maryland QB Taulia Tagovailoa selected as Touchdown Club of Annapolis collegiate award winners Annapolis Capital

Wichita Eagle

• Clarity emerges on when Wichita State basketball team will return from COVID-19 pause
• ‘No lead is safe’: Wichita State basketball can’t close out Cincinnati in another AAC loss

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Early Ranking of the 10 Best Games of Week 1 of the 2022 College Football Season Athlon Sports

Raleigh News & Observer

• UNC basketball at Wake Forest will feature battle of former Oklahoma Sooner teammates
• Duke basketball provides updates on Trevor Keels’ status, Cameron Indoor food policy
• UNC’s Anthony Harris done for season. Hubert Davis ‘disappointed’ for the guard, team
• Duke’s basketball schedule, altered by COVID, is complete once again
• NC State football is the only ACC program that will return its entire staff in 2022

Winston Salem Journal

• Preview: Wake Forest to host North Carolina on Saturday night
• Alondes Williams, ‘ManMan,’ has been good-good for Wake Forest’s basketball team
• Bob Goalby, the 1958 GGO champion, dies at age 92
• NCAA adopts new sport-by-sport policy for transgender athletes

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• Molinaro: Losing playoff coaches often take more flak than also-rans’ leaders
• The new staffs at Virginia and Virginia Tech are hitting the recruiting trail. Some of their first stops were in the 757.
• Rice scores final 16 points to hand Old Dominion a Conference USA loss
• Old Dominion coach DeLisha Milton-Jones named a finalist for Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame

Columbia The State

• Clemson hosts Pitt this weekend. Here are three keys to the game
• ‘We’re gonna figure this out.’ Gamecocks remain positive despite losing streak

Charleston Post and Courier

• Gamecocks’ veteran newcomer blends into leadership role on and off the court
• Clemson’s Brad Brownell on team’s struggles: ‘We’re physically a little weak’
• CAA surprise team Towson hands College of Charleston road loss
• Sapakoff: Dee Delaney’s breakthrough, Deebo Samuel’s ‘wide back’ sport-changing role
• WWE sending signal with release of NXT staff, respected vets
• Coastal Carolina’s McCall, Stewart, Ivy to miss spring football practice