ECU Trio Named Valley League All-Stars…Former legislator who helped bring back ECU versus UNC and NC State football dies at 72…Stepping Up: How ECU AD Compher earned his extension…ECU gets new athletics gear from adidas for 2017-18…Gordon Hayward chooses Celtics over Jazz, Heat…Powerful Astros pound Newcomb early in 16-4 rout of Braves…Hurricanes acquire Marcus Kruger from Golden Knights

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

ECU Trio Named Valley League All-Stars ecupirates.com

Former legislator who helped bring back ECU versus UNC and NC State football dies at 72 Raleigh News and Observer

Stepping Up: How ECU AD Compher earned his extension Washington Daily News

ECU trio on All-Star roster Greenville Daily Reflector

3 ECU players named Valley Baseball League All-Stars WNCT 9

Around the American Athletic Conference

SMU LB outlook for 2017: Improving tackling key for Mustangs  Dallas News

Breaking down the Tigers: RBs Memphis Commercial Appeal

Breaking down Tulsa’s schedule: SMU Tulsa World

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Columbia The State

• Which was the best team: Gamecocks? Tigers? Cubs?
• Mom knows best: The woman who recruited Jabari Ellis harder than Will Muschamp

UNC NCAA National Championship billboard goes up on I-40 Raleigh News and Observer

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• The best player on ODU’s best football team ever didn’t get so much as a sniff from the NFL
• Hokies pick up two more commitments