Montgomery, Sirk as tight-knit as they come…Ruiz and Hofbauer Claim ITA Summer Circuit Title at Furman University …Pirates host Boys & Girls Club of the Coastal Plain…Gastonia’s Harold Varner III has sights on PGA Championship, so what’s the problem?…Executive In Studio: Rookie Outlook For Bills’ Zay Jones…American Earns Six Spots On AVCA Team Academic Award List…WVU football season ticket sales slightly down…North Carolina State looks to turn close losses into wins…Sun Belt commissioner says there’s no Group of Five ‘appetite’ for playoff…Meyer has Ohio State running like Fortune 500 juggernaut…Why you still can’t watch the Orioles or Nationals on cable in the Triangle…Panthers GM Marty Hurney fires longtime pro scouting director, sources say

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

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• Ruiz and Hofbauer Claim ITA Summer Circuit Title at Furman University 
• Summer Sessions: Kentrell Barkley
• “Monday Minute” Episode VI (July 24, 2017)

Montgomery, Sirk as tight-knit as they come Washington Daily News

Pirates host Boys & Girls Club of the Coastal Plain WNCT 9

Around the American Athletic Conference

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• American Earns Six Spots On AVCA Team Academic Award List
• Ona Embo, Yetna Help Lead France to Bronze at FIBA U20 European Championships
• UCF’s Williams Signs with Miami Heat

Tampa Bay Times

• USF journal: Bulls healthy as camp commences
• USF opens preseason workouts with defensive improvement a priority

SMU’s 2016 recruiting review: There are no disappointments…yet Dallas News

Former TU football standout Willie Townes dies at age 74 Tulsa World

Houston Chronicle

• Kevin Sumlin expects good things from Kyle Allen at UH
• Todd Orlando expects Major Applewhite to do “unbelievable job”

Eventful summer has Niumatalolo in reflective mood Annapolis Capital

Tennessee’s Rodgerick Brown on track to join Wichita State in August Wichita Eagle

Preseason AAC Conference Poll theinscribermag.com

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

WVU football season ticket sales slightly down Charleston Gazette Mail

ACC football 2017: North Carolina State looks to turn close losses into wins GoDanRiver

Raleigh News and Observer

• Can UNC football win a national title? If everyone practices like MJ Stewart, says Larry Fedora.
• In college football, you can’t have too many assistant coaches

The highest paid coaches in South Carolina Columbia The State

Expectations high again for App. State WCTI 12

Winston Salem Journal

• Media day: Added attention accompanies App State’s arrival as Sun Belt’s preseason favorite
• App State’s Howard motivated as unsung senior leader
• Sun Belt commissioner says there’s no Group of Five ‘appetite’ for playoff

Charleston Post and Courier

• At Sun Belt Media Day, Jamey Chadwell says Coastal Carolina expects wins in new conference
• With three different quarterbacks, Clemson could have three different game plans that cater to their strengths

Meyer has Ohio State running like Fortune 500 juggernaut Associated Press

Big Ten’s Delany lauds Penn State’s progress since sanctions Philly.com

Maryland football keeps an eye on the future as it gears up for season Washington Post