Brickhouse Earns Second Freshman All-America Honor…Millbrook’s Donovan Noel commits to ECU…Lebo: Transfer craze could heighten…Raleigh Police expanding search for new information in Lennon case…PFF sees a Zay Jones Opportunity…UH hires Terry Rooney as pitching coach…More questions for UNC about academic freedom and cancellation of sports history course…Florida edges LSU in CWS championship series opener; Gators one win away from first title…New Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley inherits plenty of talent, big expectations…Ray Tanner expects USC baseball coaching search to end ‘In the next few days…Baylor confirms NCAA investigation after sex abuse scandal…Russell Westbrook wins NBA MVP; Rockets, Bucks take 2 awards…NFL Shop thinks the Redskins play in … Washington state?…On first day in town, Dwight Howard has a message for those who have written him off

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

ecupirates.com

• Boys Of Summer Report (June 26, 2017)
• ECU Announces Return Of Three-Game Football Mini-Plan
• “Monday Minute” Episode II (June 26, 2017)
• Brickhouse Earns Second Freshman All-America Honor

Lebo: Transfer craze could heighten Greenville Daily Reflector

WNCT 9

• ECU’s Spencer Brickhouse earns second-team All-American honor
• 911 call: Witness sees 2 men fighting before fatal shooting of former ECU football player

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• Tulane’s Ona Embo to Compete for French Basketball U20 National Team
• Brimah, Caupain, Moore, Williams Join NBA Squads

UH hires Terry Rooney as pitching coach Houston Chronicle

Vance Jackson Last Of UConn Transfers To Find A Home, Will Attend New Mexico Hartford Courant

McKinley wide receiver Josh Quiett commits to Tulane New Orleans Advocate

Speedy Miss. athlete picks Memphis Memphis Commercial Appeal

Wichita State basketball schedule adds two home games Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

• More questions for UNC about academic freedom and cancellation of sports history course
• NC State makes it official, signs NC A&T basketball transfer Sam Hunt
• UNC still has a chance at top running back as recruit gets set to announce school decision
• How UNC transfer from Pitt exposed another NCAA flaw
• Watch NCCU coach LeVelle Moton relive the ‘80s with flawless New Edition dance moves

Columbia The State

• Ray Tanner expects USC baseball coaching search to end ‘In the next few days’
• SEC vs. SEC in World Series: Gamecocks set the standard

Omaha World-Herald

• Florida edges LSU in CWS championship series opener; Gators one win away from first title
• Dalton Guthrie continues dirty work for Gators, highlighted by headfirst dive down third-base line
• In hindsight, LSU coach says he may have stuck with starter too long in CWS title series opener

The Associated Press

• UNC’s Cunningham focused on $100 million facility project
• Baylor confirms NCAA investigation after sex abuse scandal
• Style vs safety: Do too many football helmets pose a risk?

New Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley inherits plenty of talent, big expectations USA Today

Winston Salem Journal

• ESPN’s Linda Cohn headlines 2017 Sports Media Hall of Fame class
• Cohn, Lupica, Gifford and Lacy honored at National Sports Media Association awards ceremony in Winston-Salem