Longtime ECU Defensive Mentor Rick Smith Announces Retirement…ECU Rolls In The Second Half To Beat Presbyterian…12 Plays of Christmas: East Carolina Walk Off…The Voyage of the Voice: Jeff Charles’s Battle Against Cancer…Navy Meets Louisiana Tech in the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl…Latest NCAA allegations against UNC broaden the scope of potential penalties

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

Pirates pull away from Presbyterian Bonesville.net

ecupirates.com

• ECU Rolls In The Second Half To Beat Presbyterian
• Longtime ECU Defensive Mentor Rick Smith Announces Retirement

ECU gets back on winning track Greenville Daily Reflector

ECU drops Presbyterian ahead of league opener Washington Daily News

East Carolina rolls in 2nd half, beats Presbyterian 76-56 USA Today

12 Plays of Christmas: East Carolina Walk Off theamerican.org

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Around the American Athletic Conference

‘History on the line’ for Navy, Louisiana Tech Annapolis Capital

theamerican.org

• Navy Meets Louisiana Tech in the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl
• Unbeaten Thursday in #AmericanHoops
• UCF’s Catotti Lives Manager’s Dream

Bleak forecast ahead for AAC hoops fanragsports.com

UC rallies past Marshall, 93-91 in OT, moves to 10-2 Cincinnati Enquirer

Tulsa wins opener in Diamond Head Classic Tulsa World

Major Applewhite hires UH football assistants Houston Chronicle

Alani Moore scores 26 points as Temple beats Yale Philly.com

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

8 ACC teams, ECU ranked in Collegiate Baseball’s preseason polls; UNCP, Methodist get votes Fayetteville Observer

Raleigh News and Observer

• UNC’s challenge to the NCAA’s authority provoked a stronger response – DeCock
• Latest NCAA allegations against UNC broaden the scope of potential penalties
• Williams on NCAA’s latest NOA: ‘My reaction is that I’m tired of this junk.’
• Wolfpack handles McNeese State with ease for fifth straight win
• Krzyzewski: Grayson Allen’s pro future depends on how he responds
• Wake Forest routs LSU 110-76 on Mitoglou’s career night
• UNC’s Elijah Hood out for Sun Bowl, back for senior year
• Old Dominion’s first bowl trip a memorable one for Raleigh’s David Washington

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• For ODU’s seniors, Bahamas Bowl is their one shot at a postseason victory
• Virginia Beach couple gambles on one-day trip to follow ODU to the Bahamas Bowl
• Here’s how ODU stacks up against Eastern Michigan in the Monarchs’ 1st bowl game
• ODU report | Monarchs could play before their largest audience

NC State hopes a bowl win over Vanderbilt leads to offseason momentum ESPN

The Associated Press

• Suspended guard Grayson Allen trips up Duke with antics
• Column: Big-time college sports keeps falling on its face