Jharel Cotton placed on 10-Day Disabled List…Orlando success boosts ECJVC’s profile…ECU mentioned in Sports Illustrated “Perfect Pairing” article…Carden, Brigade upend Soul, hand defending AFL champ first setback of season…N.C. State’s Debbie Yow busy with coaching hires, top-25 pursuit…For new USC baseball coach Mark Kingston, taking the Gamecocks back to Omaha is part of the career plan…Truex makes it look easy in dominant Kentucky Speedway win…It’s all wrong from the start in the Nationals’ loss to the Braves…Harden signs extension, giving him richest NBA deal ever…Sixers No. 1 overall pick Fultz injures left ankle…

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

Jharel Cotton placed on 10-Day Disabled List WITN 7

Around the American Athletic Conference

Orlando Sentinel

• College football rankings: UCF Knights
• Former UCF standout Matt Williams works to impress Miami Heat

Guerin Emig: TU quarterback Seth Boomer gets to be a Collinsville High School kid one last night Tulsa World

Dallas News

• SMU WR/TE outlook for 2017: Do Mustangs have AAC’s best receiving duo?
• Ojeleye’s three-point stroke lifts Celtics over Ball, Lakers in NBA Summer League

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

N.C. State’s Debbie Yow busy with coaching hires, top-25 pursuit Fayetteville Observer

U.S. title helps Quanera Hayes go from Wilkes County to world championships Winston Salem Journal

Raleigh News and Observer

• The N&O 2016-17 High School Players of the Year, by sport
• A complete list of N&O players of the year from 2000-2017, in all sports

The question is: Can anyone in SEC catch Alabama? Columbia The State

For new USC baseball coach Mark Kingston, taking the Gamecocks back to Omaha is part of the career plan Charleston Post and Courier