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GREG VACEK'S WEB ROUNDUPMonday, August 21, 2023

August 21, 2023 By Greg Vacek Leave a Comment

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Opponent Preview: Rice

Pirates Compete to 0-0 Soccer Draw with North Florida ecupirates.com

Pirates compete to scoreless draw with North Florida WNCT 9

ECU soccer drops season opener at Florida WITN 7

XFL Arlington Renegades OT Garrett McGhin signing with the Buffalo Bills xflboard

Bills Re-Sign Former Offensive Tackle, XFL Title Winner Heavy

247 Sports

  • Patience, hard work for Jhari Patterson pay off with emotional scholarship
  • ECU Countdown to Kickoff: No. 13 Eric Doctor

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

  • ECU football: Pirates finish camp with final scrimmage, eye season opener
  • ECU roundup: Soccer battles North Florida to draw

Big Ten football: Michigan aiming for 1st national title since 1997 behind QB J.J. McCarthy and RB Blake Corum Chicago Tribune

Michigan OL Karsen Barnhart: ‘I want to be out there’ playing at tackle MLive

Around the American Athletic Conference

Tulane breaks preseason camp with positive outlook NOLA.com

Temple suffers 1-0 loss thanks to late goal Temple News

‘He’s a hooper’: Why David Jones can bring an infectious energy to Tigers Daily Memphian

UNT soccer team dominates defensively again in second straight shutout Denton Record Chronicle

UTSA’s Joshua Cephus reflects on rollover crash, DWI charge San Antonio Express News

Running back Shadrick Byrd looks to build on second successful season at UNC Charlotte Charlotte Observer

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

WRAL

  • Duke football still carries big chip on its shoulder as Clemson game approaches
  • NC State officials aren’t worried about losing parking with PNC development. Here’s why.

Raleigh News & Observer

  • NC State turns to the mad scientists whose offense lit up the ACC two years ago
  • Most eyes are on N.C. State’s offense, but don’t overlook the defense
  • A ‘limitless’ talent: Why Duke football’s Jordan Moore is primed for a breakout season

Teel: Football scheduling a challenge like no other for JMU Richmond.com

The Associated Press

  • Pick Six: Marquee games abound from coast to coast, with must-win showdowns late in the season
  • With super conferences and CFP expansion on horizon, 2023 is the end of an era in college football
  • As college football season arrives, schools pay monitors to stop players and staff from gambling

Winston Salem Journal

  • After an 85-0 drubbing by Michigan in 1939, the University of Chicago decided football and academia were not a good mix
  • Bill Plaschke: 12-0? Believe it. USC should sweep through its regular season.

Columbia The State

  • South Carolina football lands transfer portal defensive end from AAC
  • New contract approved for South Carolina’s Mark Kingston. Here are the details

Charleston Post & Courier

  • Clemson football camp produces more buzz-worthy freshmen
  • Gamecocks nab transfer defensive end in time for season

Roanoke Times

  • The ACC: Nonconference games to watch
  • In the region: Hokies women’s soccer team plays to draw at Indiana
  • Scouting the ACC: Defensive Players to Watch
  • Scouting the ACC: Offensive Players To Watch

Atlanta Journal Constitution

  • Patience pays off for Carson Beck on long road to become Georgia’s QB1
  • Georgia Tech and College Football Hall of Famer Baughan dead at 85
  • Georgia Tech closes preseason camp, will turn focus to Louisville next week

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

The Associated Press

  • Hovland sets Olympia Fields record with 61 to win BMW Championship
  • Djokovic outlasts Alcaraz in nearly 4 hours for title in Cincinnati; Coco Gauff wins women’s title
  • Sophia Smith scores go-ahead goal as Portland edges North Carolina 2-1, takes over top spot in NWSL
  • She scored the game winner for Spain in the Women’s World Cup final. Then learned her father had died
  • Mary Earps makes huge save in Women’s World Cup but it’s not enough to give England its first win
  • Women’s World Cup teams head home to different futures
  • Women’s World Cup champion Spain poised for long run among soccer elite with talented young team
  • Patriots’ Isaiah Bolden evaluated, released from hospital after being carted off late vs. Packers
  • Yankees lose 8 in a row for first time in 28 years, fall 6-5 to Red Sox
  • Trevor Williams sharp for Nationals in 4-3 win over Phillies in MLB Little League Classic
  • Orioles hit 3 HRs, ride Bradish gem to 12-1 win over A’s
  • Saints and Texans call off joint practices that were scheduled for this week in New Orleans
  • Blank to have Atlanta team in TGL high-tech golf league founded by Woods, McIlroy
  • Ben Foster quits Hollywood-owned Wrexham and heads back into retirement
  • Ronaldo and big-spending Saudi clubs primed to dominate Asian Champions League

William Byron puts on clinic for fifth win of season at Watkins Glen Cup Series race  Charlotte Observer

Washington Post

Atlanta Journal Constitution

  • Max Fried’s sharpness, Kirby Yates’ command and other takeaways as Braves fall to Giants…
  • Arthur Blank will own team in new golf league
  • Giakoumakis’ two goals take Atlanta United past Seattle
  • Matthew Bergeron learns the language – on and off the field – quickly

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