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GREG VACEK'S WEB ROUNDUPFriday, August 4, 2023

August 4, 2023 By Greg Vacek Leave a Comment

Pirates Unveil 2023-24 Women’s Basketball Non-Conference Slate… Like father, like son: Ravens rookie Keaton Mitchell is a long shot trying to make his mark … ECU not being hesitant with Harris in return from injury

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

ecupirates.com

  • Pirates Unveil 2023-24 Women’s Basketball Non-Conference Slate
  • Pirates Officially Open ’23 Preseason Camp
Like father, like son: Ravens rookie Keaton Mitchell is a long shot trying to make his mark The Baltimore Sun

Pirates unveil 2023-24 women’s basketball non-conference …  WNCT 9

ECU football opens fall training camp determined to prove themselves WITN 7

247 Sports

  • ECU Countdown to Kickoff: No. 30 Javious Bond
  • ECU not being hesitant with Harris in return from injury
  • PHOTOS: Pirates return for second day of preseason practice

ECU football: Pirates open competition-filled preseason camp Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

USFL Champion Head Coach Now Has Two Jobs Athlon Sports

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

  • Five All-Around Standouts From The American Named to Hornung Award Watch List
  • Thirteen From The American Honored for Community Service on Weurffel Trophy Watch List

Memphis Commercial Appeal

  • Memphis-Tennessee women’s basketball to feature at FedExForum in 2024-25
  •  Why Tigers feel ‘overwhelmingly positive’ after one exhibition game

TU football notebook: Kevin Wilson on Day 1 of fall camp: ‘I need the guys who throw and catch footballs to do a lot better’ Tulsa World

NOLA.com

  • Representing Team USA, Tulane loses World University Games men’s hoops semifinal to Brazil
  • Tulane defensive end Keith Cooper on verge of fulfilling his massive potential

247 Sports

  • Langsdorf talks QB depth chart, developing freshman receivers
  • Withers assesses first two days of practice, lauds LB depth

Dallas Morning News

  • SMU WR Jordan Hudson joins from TCU with goal to compete: ‘Kid is different’
  • UNT opens fall practice with less-than-ideal execution

Commentary: Big 12/Pac-12 ‘dance’ has massive implications, right down to Fort Worth and Dallas The Spokesman-Review

Navy’s Xavier McDonald: A leader both on the football field & in the community WBAL

Returning starters Will Harbour, Colin Ramos lead inside Navy football’s linebacker corps Annapolis Capital

Wichita State basketball adds last-minute transfer, and he’s going to Greece with team Wichita Eagle

See who’s playing Mean Green Live, UNT’s new pregame concert series Denton Record Chronicle

UTSA shows off improved running back depth as fall practice opens San Antonio Express News

AL.com

  • ‘Put it all together’: UAB’s Luke Jones laying early claim to vacant LG position
  • Former UAB, Stallions receiver scores winning touchdown in Hall of Fame Game
Five things to watch for as the Charlotte 49ers open fall football practice Charlotte Observer

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Forty Observations About the 2023 College Football Schedule Sports Illustrated

Raleigh News & Observer

  • Takeaways from UNC football’s first day of practice: ’This is what we do’
  • NC State football opens fall practices with ‘enjoyable’ day as Pack preps for 2023 season
  • Where does NC State quarterback MJ Morris fit after Wolfpack added Brennan Armstrong?

Winston Salem Journal

  • Mac Engel: Is the next football coach at Texas or Texas A&M right down the road?
  • Pac-12 being pushed to brink as Big Ten joins Big 12 in honing in on West Coast schools
  • Racist watermelon-eating contest alleged as Northwestern football hazing lawsuits mount
  • Mark Story: The 10 coaches and players under the most pressure in Kentucky college football in 2023

Columbia The State

  • Why these new faces at running back could help South Carolina’s rushing attack in 2023
  • Nyck Harbor raves about early USC time: ‘I can’t wait to spend my college career here’
  • The three biggest depth-chart questions Clemson football needs to answer in August
  • Shane Beamer identifies key lineup decisions South Carolina is facing for new season

Charleston Post & Courier

  • Citadel tight-lipped about new offense, QB battle as camp opens
  • For Gamecocks, 5 lingering questions as fall camp opens
  • As Florida State makes noise about an ACC exit, Clemson remains quiet

Region/state roundup: William & Mary rising freshman wins VSGA Junior Stroke Play championship  Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

Atlanta Journal Constitution

  • College football countdown – 22 days: LSU more transparent with injury report
  • Georgia’s receiver riches crucial to three-peat bid
  • Observations from Georgia’s first preseason practice
  • Georgia’s Jamon Dumas-Johnson ‘disappointed in myself’ for reckless driving
  • Sugiura: Buster Faulkner begins at Georgia Tech at the right time
  • Georgia Tech’s Andrew Thacker expects defense to continue upward trajectory

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

The Associated Press

  • Underwhelming U.S. team slumps into Women’s World Cup knockout game against familiar foe
  • Pac-12 being pushed to brink as Big Ten joins Big 12 in honing in on West Coast schools
  • They’re not the same old Jets with Aaron Rodgers on board
  • Diana Taurasi becomes first WNBA player to reach 10,000 points, scoring season-high 42 for Mercury
  • Scherzer settles in to win his debut for Rangers. Semien has go-ahead HR in 5-3 win over White Sox
  • South Korea looks to 16-year-old Casey Phair to lead rebuild after Women’s World Cup elimination
  • Matildas prepare for second must-win match of the tournament in round of 16 against Denmark
  • Germany, Brazil & Canada are out. Here’s why this is the most open Women’s World Cup ever
  • Knockout round opens at Women’s World Cup with Japanese vs Norway, unproven Swiss faces Spain
  • Freeman has 3 hits to lead Dodgers to 8-2 victory and 3-game sweep of Athletics
  • Wilson solid as a backup as Jets begin Rodgers Era with 21-16 loss to Browns in Hall of Fame game
  • Lights go out during second half of Jets-Browns Hall of Fame game
  • Russell Henley’s strong finish gives him a 62 and a 1-shot lead at Wyndham

Charlotte Observer

  • New owners of the Charlotte Hornets: Basketball junkies, crazy money and GameStop
  • Exclusive: Hornets’ owners on roster, arena renovations, building ‘something special’
  • Panthers’ WR Derek Wright works to make full-time roster, with his family by his side

Washington Post

  • Winners and losers of the MLB trade deadline
  • Unpacking Nationals infielder Luis García’s demotion to the minors
  • Jessica Pegula, fresh off a deep Wimbledon run, wins opener at DC Open
  • Physicality and trash talk take center stage at Commanders’ training camp
  • Tash & Slim: Mystics try to stay afloat behind rambunctious duo

Atlanta Journal Constitution

  • Braves are great, but postseason foes could exploit their few flaws
  • Braves Nation: Acuña or Freeman for NL MVP? Look at the numbers

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