East Carolina Sweeps Weekly Baseball Awards…Kiper weighs in on Jones…Gregory Earns NFF University Scholar-Athlete Honors…Purple-Gold game leaves Pirates feeling optimistic…Elijah Hughes to transfer from ECU…If there is a road back to Omaha for USC, it just got longer…NASCAR: Jimmie Johnson grabs rare Bristol win after Kyle Larson mishap

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

From the Anchor Desk: Solid outing springs Pirates toward fall Bonesville.net

ecupirates.com

• ECU Falls To Ninth At The American Championships
• Gregory Earns NFF University Scholar-Athlete Honors
• Kruczynski And Yorgen Sweep American Weekly Honors

Kiper weighs in on Jones Greenville Daily Reflector

The East Carolinian

• Purple-Gold game leaves Pirates feeling optimistic
• ECU baseball’s final leg of season
• Men’s tennis falls in AAC Quarterfinal Match

• Elijah Hughes to transfer from ECU
• Berry joins the ship

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• East Carolina Sweeps Weekly Baseball Awards
• USF Builds Nine Stroke Lead at American Men’s Golf Championship
• Tulsa’s Julia Hollingsworth and Emily Watson earn weekly accolades
• Outdoor Track and Field: Weekend Recap – April 21-22

Bearcats add another local name Cincinnati Enquirer

Tampa Bay Times

• Dismissed Duke football players headed to USF
• USF lands 7-foot-2 Serbian Nikola Scekic

For UCF standout Shaquill Griffin, NFL dream is all about family Orlando Sentinel

Temple’s Haason Reddick receives ‘key to the city’ of Camden Philly.com

Tulane tries to make it four in a row vs. LSU … for the first time in a long time New Orleans Advocate

Guerin Emig: Dane Evans ready to celebrate NFL draft weekend. All it takes is one call Tulsa World

UH basketball adds Providence to schedule at Mohegan Sun Houston Chronicle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

• UNC’s Joel Berry, Tony Bradley and Theo Pinson declare for NBA draft without agents
• 8-year-old ‘drafted’ to UNC cross-country team
• When it comes to Boston College, the struggle is real for NC State
• ICYMI: Why Mitch Trubisky didn’t start until his junior year at UNC

If there is a road back to Omaha for USC, it just got longer Columbia The State

Charleston Post and Courier

• Clemson drops to No. 6 in Baseball America poll
• ‘Challenging’ week ahead for Clemson with games against College of Charleston and UNC