Williams Earns Fourth American Rookie-Of-The-Week Award…Tate McClellan Named AAC Softball Player of the Week…ECU football holds first spring practice…ECU QBs begin spring battle…Pirate roster reflects recruiting…UH No. 23 in AP Top 25 poll; ranked for first time since 2005…Virginia stays at No. 1 in AP Top 25; Duke jumps to 5th…Kevin Keatts says NC State not involved in FBI probe of college basketball…The Jets are reportedly ‘willing to pay whatever it takes’ to land Kirk Cousins…American Brita Sigourney earns bronze on final run of freestyle skiing halfpipe…US beats Slovakia 5-1, will play Czechs in Olympic quarters…Hurricanes, with some help, back in playoff position

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

From the Anchor Desk: Opening weekend sweep set stage for big week Bonesville.net

ecupirates.com

• Spring Football Notebook No. 1
• GAMEDAY: ECU Travels to Tulsa in Search of Season Sweep
• Tate McClellan Named AAC Softball Player of the Week
• Williams Earns Fourth American Rookie-Of-The-Week Award

Greenville Daily Reflector

• Pirate roster reflects recruiting
• ECU QBs begin spring battle
• Lacrosse win makes history

Pirate bullpen dismantles Western Carolina Washington Daily News

WNCT 9

• Pirates hold first spring practice of 2018
• Williams named American Rookie-of-the-week for 4th time
• ECU’s McClellan named American Softball Player of the Week
• Descendant of Robert E. Lee speaks at ECU

WITN 7

• ECU football holds first spring practice
• Shawn Williams earns fourth Rookie-Of-The-Week Award
• Tate McClellan Named AAC Softball Player of the Week

WCTI 12

• Feb. 19 11 p.m. sports: ECU baseball feeling good after weekend sweep
• Feb. 19 6 p.m. sports: ECU begins earliest-ever spring practices
• ECU spring football notebook: Feb. 19

The East Carolinian

• Cincinnati ends the ECU men’s swim and dive three-year reign atop conference
• Pirates Sweep Catamounts on Opening Weekend
• Turnovers cost ECU loss against UConn
• ECU lacrosse picks up program’s first ever victory
• ECU shows big progress over the last month of AAC play.
• Pirates split games in last day of Pirate Clash

247 Sports

• LOOK: ECU kicks off spring practice
• Sights and Sounds: ECU’s first spring practice
• The waiting game is over for 2019 three-star QB Bryan Gagg

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• Wichita State’s Morris, ECU’s Williams Collect Weekly Honors
• UConn’s Samuelson, Temple’s Mayo Earn Weekly Accolades
• USF & Wichita State take home first weekly baseball honors
• ECU’s McClellan, Houston’s Melancon Earn Weekly Softball Honors
• UCF Wins Second Straight With 1-0 Edge Over Hostra

Bracketology: UC falls to No. 3 seed Cincinnati Enquirer

 

UConn Men Playing Faster, Shooting Better: Takeaways From The Win At ECU Hartford Courant

Temple beaten to the ball and a crucial game Philly.com

The secret to Tulane baseball’s opening weekend success? It’s all about the pitching New Orleans Advocate

Dallas News

• SMU football announces 2024 game against Houston Baptist
• New SMU OL coach Jamal Powell takes his position group out to dinner at a Dallas favorite
• After staff overhaul and losing top playmakers to NFL, what’s a good measure of success for SMU in 2018?

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• Manager’s death hits Memphis players, staff hard
• Tubby Smith and the Tigers find their zone

Houston Chronicle

• UH No. 23 in AP Top 25 poll; ranked for first time since 2005
• National ranking nets UH coach Kelvin Sampson hefty bonus,…

Annapolis Capital

Tulsa World

• AAC Insider: Cincinnati loses twice, tightening conference race
• AAC men’s basketball standings: Tulsa three games back of first-place Cincinnati
• AAC women’s standings: All teams chasing undefeated UConn

Wichita Eagle

• Landry Shamet explains why he likes playing on the road
• Baseline View: See photos from Wichita State’s win over Cincinnati

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

• Kevin Keatts says NC State not involved in FBI probe of college basketball
• UNC championship signs encroach on Wolfpack territory

Winston Salem Journal

• Duke students challenge Kryzyzewskiville policies, allege discrimination
• App Trail: Appalachian State wrestling holds pace with the football program
• WSSU baseball team trying to find its groove this season
• Inside game day: A look at the process for a win by the Wake Forest women’s basketball team

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• Norfolk State’s Battle of the Bay football game with Hampton won’t be played next season
• Hampton University is leaving the MEAC, joining the Big South
• MEAC basketball tournament will stay in Norfolk at least three more years, sources say

Columbia The State

• Record-setting hometown QB to join Gamecocks
• NCAA women’s committee projects South Carolina as a No. 2 seed — but in a brutal region
• ESPN: Duce Staley to interview for NFL coordinator job

The Associated Press

• Virginia stays at No. 1 in AP Top 25; Duke jumps to 5th
• TOP 25 THIS WEEK: Blue Raiders play with 1st AP ranking
• Graham leads No. 8 Kansas to 104-74 rout of Oklahoma
• Pearl, Auburn entering stretch run without another big man
• Idaho State’s Sam Dowd beats the odds to become DI player
• Delaware State ends Division I’s 2nd-longest losing streak
• Deep SEC set to get most NCAA tourney bids in league history