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Greg Vacek's Daily Web RoundupWednesday, May 9, 2018

May 9, 2018 By Greg Vacek Leave a Comment

No. 10 ECU Cruises Past Norfolk State, 9-1…Team Illness ends Pirate’s run at NCAA Austin Regionals in golf…AAC Baseball goes 5-2 to start the week…Reports: Alabama’s Blake Barnett transferring to USF…Sonny Dykes: ‘Ultimate goal’ at SMU is to join the Big 12 …Hurricanes name Brind’Amour head coach, Waddell as GM…Hornets got James Borrego from Spurs. At his best, he brings 4 great habits with him.

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

Baseball
Pirates turn back Norfolk State
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ecupirates.com

  • No. 10 ECU Cruises Past Norfolk State, 9-1
  • ECU Continues NCAA Second Round Play
  • Illness Sidelines ECU Golfers At NCAA Regional

Greenville Daily Reflector

  • ECU shuts down Spartans
  • Illness invades ECU golf team

 

WNCT 9

  • Pirates cruise past Norfolk St.
  • Update: Team Illness ends Pirate’s run at NCAA Austin Regionals in golf

WITN 7

  • No. 10 ECU cruises past Norfolk State, 9-1
  • ECU Adds Fourth Signee For 2018-19

May 8 11 p.m. sports: ECU ends losing streak at home against Norfolk State WCTI 12

247 Sports

  • ECU cruises past Norfolk State to start five-game week
  • Caleb Colvin is Another DT Prospect Out of JC Ranks and Owasso

ECU Pounds Norfolk State 9-1 Rivals.com

Mysterious virus afflicts golfers, coaches at NCAA Austin Regional Golfweek

East Carolina too much for Spartans Norfolk Virginian Pilot

 

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

  • Baseball goes 5-2 to start the week
  • Houston’s Thothong, SMU’s Dunne Within Striking Distance at NCAA Regionals
  • Cincinnati, Houston, Tulane and Wichita State collect final outdoor track and field honors
  • Memphis’ Lomax to Take Part in USA Basketball U18 National Team Training Camp

Could UC land OSU transfer Burrow? Cincinnati Enquirer

Reports: Blake Barnett transferring to USF Tampa Tribune

UCF starting OG Sam Jackson out indefinitely due to torn ACL Orlando Sentinel

Rick Brunson, former Temple star, resigns from NBA assistant job after allegations surface Philly.com

 

Dallas News

  • Sonny Dykes: ‘Ultimate goal’ at SMU is to join the Big 12
  • Why AD Rick Hart is excited about Dykes’ first season at SMU: ‘He’s been who we thought he was and more’
  • SMU picks up commitment of Chattanooga grad transfer Nat Dixon

Memphis Commercial Appeal

  • Memphis Tigers Football Mailbag: How many wins for 2018?
  • Memphis sophomore Joseph Dorceus awarded scholarship
  • ‘Best day of my life’ as 63 Memphis Tigers graduate

Balancing act: TU hurdler Kiarra Reed juggles school, track and family Tulsa World

UH football adds graduate transfer Raelon Singleton Houston Chronicle

Wichita Eagle

  • Wichita State completes 2018-19 roster with transfer known as “Teddy Buckets”
  • Reports: Assistant Kyle Lindsted leaving Wichita State for Minnesota

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

How the transfer game could hurt N.C. State coach Kevin Keatts  Raleigh News and Observer

Rebuff from U.Va. shows the obstacles ODU basketball faces in building a strong schedule Norfolk Virginian Pilot

Columbia The State

  • ‘Mixed emotions’ in play as Chad Holbrook faces his former team in Columbia
  • Gamecocks basketball picks up grad transfer from Big East program

New Charlotte 49ers coach Ron Sanchez loses a player to transfer Charlotte Observer

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

Raleigh News and Observer

  • Hurricanes name Brind’Amour head coach, Waddell as GM
  • Future of the Hurricanes taking shape, and it’s not what anyone expected
  • Underestimate Hurricanes’ Rod Brind’Amour at your peril
  • NHL teams thinking outside the box to find coaches
  • Chris Hine: Why Knights are most successful expansion franchise in sports history

WRAL SportsFan

  • From captain to coach: Hurricanes to introduce Brind’Amour Wednesday
  • Hurricanes hire former captain Rod Brind’Amour as next head coach
  • Gravley: Brind’Amour deserves a shot to lead the Canes
  • Adam & Joe: Might as well give Brind’Amour a chance
  • Fans see risk and possible reward as Canes hire legend Brind’Amour

Charlotte Observer

  • Hornets got James Borrego from Spurs. At his best, he brings 4 great habits with him.
  • Are Panthers done with major moves before training camp? 3 possibilities to consider
  • Carolina Panthers’ waiver claim gives former UNC star a homecoming
  • Kevin Acee: Tyson Ross is a stock Padres need to maintain high value
  • Jerry Stackhouse has emerged as viable head coach candidate
  • Bruins Pastrnak, Krejci to join Czechs at ice hockey worlds
  • No-Canada! Mariners’ Paxton pitches no-hitter in Toronto
  • Jets’ Darnold using high-tech training that could help QBs
  • Fowler back at Players, still looking to catapult career

Winston Salem Journal

  • AP source: NASCAR memo: France family ‘dedicated’ to sport
  • AP sources: Hornets finalize deal with Borrego to coach team
  • NOT REAL NEWS: Report claims NASCAR driver Kyle Busch dead

Time to concede: LeBron is Jordan’s peer Norfolk Virginian Pilot

Washington Post

  • An early look at the Capitals-Lightning Eastern Conference finals clash
  • The other twp times the Caps advanced to the conference finals
  • The Capitals finally beat the Penguins. They don’t want to stop there.
  • Lightning gives Caps a foe even more daunting than Pens
  • Boswell: ‘Last night was a big step … for D.C. teams and fans’
  • The stupidest streak in sports is dead, thanks to the Caps.
  • Kuznetsov’s OT goal: Watch it, listen to it, never forget it
  • Kuzy’s goal was eerily similar to Dale Hunter’s 30 years ago
  • Svrluga: Ovechkin, Caps exorcise decades of D.C. demons
  • Nats settle for 4-0 win after Jeremy Hellickson flirts with perfection
  • NBA playoffs: The Warriors and Rockets advance to a collision of juggernauts in the Western Conference finals

New York Times

  • Yankees Tie for A.L. East Lead With Win Over Red Sox
  • James Paxton Allows No Hits. Dylan Bundy Gets No Outs
  • Mets Trade Matt Harvey to Reds for Devin Mesoraco
  • A Relative Wages Jack Johnson’s Biggest Fight: To Clear His Name
  • ‘Clean Baseball’ as Dominant Red Sox Clash With Streaking Yankees
  • Yankees-Red Sox Games in London Next June Could Be Home Run Derbies
  • This Was Supposed to Be the Raptors’ Year. What Now?
  • John Skipper, Who Abruptly Left ESPN, Has a New Job
  • N.B.A. Playoffs: Rockets and Warriors Both Head to Conference Finals
  • North American World Cup Bid Projects $11 Billion Profit for FIFA

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