Greg Vacek's Daily Web Roundup
Friday, April 28, 2017

Pirates, Tulane to tangle…ECU Wraps Softball Regular Season With Home Series Against Tulsa……Kruczynski Named a Finalist for Senior CLASS Award…Compher: Keep grinding and keep working..ECU offers 2018 guard…Receiver, right tackle, linebacker top list of Bills’ Day Two needs…Temple’s Reddick Chosen In First Round of 2017 NFL Draft…US judge sends former UNC athletes’ lawsuit back to North Carolina courts…Redskins select Alabama’s Jonathan Allen with No. 17 pick in NFL draft…Carolina Panthers select Christian McCaffrey with the No. 8 pick…Twitter surprised by Chicago Bears trade to pick UNC QB Mitchell Trubisky in NFL draft…Houston Texans trade up for Deshaun Watson

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

View from the East: Adler shines after Fenway failure Bonesville.net

ecupirates.com

• Gameday: ECU Hosts Tulane In AAC Action
• Gameday: ECU Wraps Softball Regular Season With Home Series Against Tulsa
• Kruczynski Named Finalist For Senior CLASS Award

Greenville Daily Reflector

• ECU runs away with HR lead
• Pirates, Tulane to tangle
• Compher: Keep grinding and keep working
• Lisa Pettersson Selected To Play In Athens Regional
• Swimming & Diving Announces Team Award Winners

247 Sports

• ECU offers 2018 guard
• POLL: When will Zay Jones get drafted?
• Zay Jones: The Path to The Draft
• Notable East Carolina NFL Draft Picks

Tulane treks to East Carolina in need of key conference wins SportsNOLA

East Carolina Ends Season With Awards Ceremony swimswam.com

Receiver, right tackle, linebacker top list of Bills’ Day Two needs Buffalo News

Rams feel good about their second-round options ESPN

Rams are ready to make their first pick of draft after sitting out opening round Los Angeles Times

The Top Options For The Dallas Cowboys On Day 2 Of The 2017 NFL Draft SB Nation

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• Temple’s Reddick Chosen In First Round of 2017 NFL Draft
• East Carolina’s Evan Kruczynski Named a Finalist for Senior CLASS Award
• Three Women’s Golf Teams Selected for NCAA Regionals
• Men’s Basketball Signing Day Central
• Campus Connect – Temple Football Spring Game
• Three Teams Lose in Midweek Baseball Games

Temple’s Haason Reddick goes to Cardinals with 13th pick Philly.com

Can Jamir Tillman continue Navy’s run of NFL Draft picks? Annapolis Capital

Fickell to meet, greet UC fans this weekend Cincinnati Enquirer

Toronto guard Shakwon Barrett commits to Tulane men’s basketball team New Orleans Advocate

Memphis president David Rudd breaks silence on men’s basketball transfers Memphis Commercial Appeal

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

• Bears trade up to pick UNC’s Trubisky at No. 2
• US judge sends former UNC athletes’ lawsuit back to North Carolina courts
• NC State’s Doeren talks Wolfpack football
• NC State’s Keatts: It has been an unbelievable thing for me

UNC’s Trubisky surprised to wind up as second pick with the Chicago Bears Fayetteville Observer

Columbia The State

• From Clemson to Houston: Deshaun Watson drafted by Texans
• Clemson’s Mike Williams drafted by LA Chargers
  

From an App State lens, four questions about NCAA football’s new early signing Winston Salem Journal

Could the SEC be planning to use the city of Dallas to troll the Big 12? Dallas News

Washington Post

• Troll Tide: Man shows up to Alabama’s spring game in Clemson shirt
• Jim Harbaugh gives Pope Francis a Michigan helmet and Jordan sneakers

Charleston Post and Courier

• NFL Draft Day: Mike Williams selected by Los Angeles Chargers, Houston Texans trade up for Deshaun Watson
• Clemson vs. UNC in battle of ACC baseball heavyweights
• A ‘devastating’ blow: Struggling Gamecocks try to move on without ace Schmidt