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Greg Vacek's Daily Web RoundupThursday, June 15, 2017

June 15, 2017 By Greg Vacek Leave a Comment

Ruffin McNeill to reunite with Lincoln Riley at Oklahoma…Travis Watkins Named Third-Team All-America By NCBWA…Father, friends join Kruczynski on draft day…Williams set for one more year…Erik Bakich says he’s staying with UM baseball …How the College World Series, other openings affect Gamecocks coach search…Summer of hype: Mayweather, McGregor know how to sell a show…Panthers bank on veteran defense to carry them to Super Bowl

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

Football Recruiting: Legacy of ECU receivers entices Pegues Bonesville.net

Travis Watkins Named Third-Team All-America By NCBWA ecupirates.com

Father, friends join Kruczynski on draft day Greenville Daily Reflector

Williams set for one more year Washington Daily News

Former ECU coach Ruffin McNeill joins staff of his ex-OC at Oklahoma Fayetteville Observer

247 Sports

  • Riley hires Ruffin McNeill as D-line coach
  • ECU signee Gavin Williams taken in 30th round of MLB Draft
  • ECU signee Spencer Smith taken in 37th round of MLB Draft
  • Travis Watkins earns All-American honor
  • Ranking ECU’s best wide receivers since 2000
  • Trevon Brown making progress this offseason for East Carolina
  • Behind Enemy Lines: Temple Insider Q&A

WNCT 9

  • Former ECU coach McNeill to join Lincoln Riley at Oklahoma
  • Watkins named 3rd team All-America by NCBWA

WITN 7

  • Ruffin McNeill to reunite with Lincoln Riley at Oklahoma
  • Travis Watkins named third-team All-American by NCBWA

Oklahoma’s Riley hires Ruffin McNeill as assistant coach WCTI 12

Former East Carolina coach Ruffin McNeill hired by Lincoln Riley at Oklahoma Raleigh News and Observer

OU hires Riley mentor Ruffin McNeill to coach defensive tackles Norman Transcript

Sooners hire former East Carolina head coach Ruffin McNeil as defensive line coach Oklahoma News

Oklahoma confirms hiring of Ruffin McNeill as DT coach CollegeFootballTalk – NBC Sports

Oklahoma hires Lumberton native Ruffin McNeill as defensive line coach The Robesonian

Ruffin McNeill leaving U.Va. to join football staff at Oklahoma Richmond.com

Ruffin McNeill departing U.Va. football to take post at Oklahoma Norfolk Virginian Pilot

Erik Bakich says he’s staying with UM baseball The Detroit News

 

Around the American Athletic Conference

Orlando Sentinel

  • UCF kicker should make a YouTube video of how lucky he is to be getting a free education
  • Former Bishop Moore OL Parker Boudreaux transferring from Notre Dame to UCF

Mets draft USF’s Joe Cavallaro in 24th round Tampa Bay Times

Blue Jays draft UC slugger Cincinnati Enquirer

Houston Chronicle

  • UH pitching coach Frank Anderson to take job at Tennessee
  • Astros draft UH pitcher Trey Cumbie in 38th round
  • Heisman winner Lamar Jackson praises Ed Oliver, UH defense

Tulane pitchers Ted Andrews, Corey Merrill selected in 37th round of MLB Draft New Orleans Times Picayune

Tigers in the NFL: The first few Memphis Commercial Appeal

West Texas OL Jaylon Thomas gives SMU verbal commitment  Dallas News

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

  • NCSU standout Dennis Smith Jr. ties record for highest vertical ever in NBA
  • He sat behind Duke’s bench at Cameron for 37 years – and Coach K shook his hand before each game

How the College World Series, other openings affect Gamecocks coach search Columbia The State

Winston Salem Journal

  • Wake Forest baseball experiences a season of a lifetime
  • CIAA football title game staying in Va.

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

The Associated Press

  • Mayweather coming back to fight UFC star McGregor Aug. 26
  • Summer of hype: Mayweather, McGregor know how to sell a show
  • Column: Mayweather-McGregor should be fun up to opening bell
  • The US Open is closed to amateurs winning
  • Johnson hopes timing is right for another US Open title
  • Boomer Sooner: Dalke looking for US Open success
  • Russia making progress on racism before World Cup – report
  • Cowboys’ Elliott looked the part as rookie, wants an encore
  • LEADING OFF: Sale goes for No. 9; Hoffman tries for 5th
  • Curry, Durant committed to keeping Golden State on top

Panthers bank on veteran defense to carry them to Super Bowl Greensboro News-Record

Triangle’s MLS bid moving right along, quietly – DeCock Raleigh News and Observer

Charlotte Observer

  • Next for Panthers’ Kawann Short after huge deal? ‘Work like I’m … trying to earn one’
  • Dale Earnhardt on Danica Patrick’s ‘moment:’ Fans can pull you through rough times
  • NASCAR FireKeepers Casino 400 at Michigan: What you need to know

Washington Post

  • Capitals make a trade, mainly to keep Lars Eller out of expansion draft
  • Nationals draft Dusty’s son Darren Baker in 27th round
  • Redskins’ Kirk Cousins played a round of golf with President Trump
  • The NBA embraces players standing up for their beliefs. That’s what makes it stand out.

 

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