UConn Holds On, Knocks Off No. 9 East Carolina, 3-2…Packard Named Semifinalist For Dick Howser Trophy; Packard sets ECU record with 30-game hitting streak…Johnson commits to ECU over UNC…Track And Field Qualifies Nine For NCAA East Preliminary…Tae Hardy joins the Pirate ship…New Jaguars OT Brandon Smith describes the ‘underdog’ mindset of a tryout player…ECU Alum Jeff Barber named Athletic Director at Charleston Southern…How did Sandra Bullock earn money at ECU? Drag queens …Pirates? ECU archaeologists may have discovered the truth about a mysterious shipwreck….Cincinnati, UConn open final conference series with wins; Houston clinches outright regular season title on Thursday…Late, great SEC Commissioner Mike Slive stood up for UCF and USF, too…Wolfpack beaten on Seminoles’ homer in 11th…South Carolina rallies, then stumbles to drop series opener against Texas A&M…Even at $2.275 billion, new Panthers owner David Tepper still might have bought low…Lightning, Andrei Vasilevskiy withstand Capitals’ barrage to tie Eastern Conference finals
Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines
Baseball: Huskies take series opener, 3-2 Bonesville.net
ecupirates.com
- Packard Named Semifinalist For Dick Howser Trophy
- No. 9 ECU Falls At No. 22 UCONN, 3-2
- Track And Field Qualifies Nine For NCAA East Preliminary
- ECU-UCONN Series Revised; Doubleheader Friday
- Washer Named Semifinalist For Bench Award
Greenville Daily Reflector
UConn Holds On, Knocks Off No. 9 East Carolina, 3-2 Hartford Courant
No. 9 ECU falls in opener at UConn; Packard sets school record with 30 game hitting streak WNCT 9
WITN 7
May 17 6 p.m. sports: Conley’s C.J. Johnson chooses ECU over UNC WCTI 12
247 Sports
- Johnson achieves his dream with ECU commitment
- 2019 WR C.J. Johnson chooses the hometown Pirates
- Tae Hardy joins the Pirate ship
- ECU comes up short in series opener at UConn
- Bryant Packard sets ECU record with 30-game hitting streak
Rivals.com
New Jaguars OT Brandon Smith describes the ‘underdog’ mindset of a tryout player WTLV
Pirates? ECU archaeologists may have discovered the truth about a mysterious shipwreck. Raleigh News and Observer
How did Sandra Bullock earn money at ECU? Drag queens Charlotte Observer
Former USC, ECU assistant AD Jeff Barber named Athletic Director at Charleston Southern ABC Columbia
Around the American Athletic Conference
theamerican.org
- Cincinnati, UConn open final conference series with wins; Houston clinches outright regular season title on Thursday
- Tulsa Falls to Florida State In NCAA Round of 16
- Alec Bohm and Bryant Packard Named NBCWA Dick Howser Trophy Semifinalists
- Baseball plays final regular season series this weekend
- Commissioner Mike Aresco on the Passing of Former SEC Commissioner Mike Slive
USF softball hoping to create a little May madness in Gainesville Tampa Tribune
Orlando Sentinel
- Late, great SEC Commissioner Mike Slive stood up for UCF and USF, too
- Former UCF coach Scott Frost fires back at Nick Saban, says some Tide titles are self-proclaimed
Temple’s Rose still undecided on whether to stay in NBA draft Philly.com
Dallas News
- Five reasons to be pessimistic about SMU football heading into the fall
- SMU offensive lineman Matthew Huhn announces retirement from football due to medical concerns
Memphis Commercial Appeal
- Will local AAU scene change with Hardaway at Memphis?
- Vols AD says no plans to resume Memphis football series
TU headed back to Norman for softball regional Tulsa World
Houston Chronicle
- UH softball player Sarah Barker receives Astros World Series ring
- Former UH lineman Marcus Oliver signs with CFL team
Why winning Friday is a ‘dealbreaker’ for Wichita State softball in NCAA Regional Wichita Eagle
Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond
CSU Announces new Athletic Director WCBD
Raleigh News and Observer
- ACC wants to expand NCAA tournament by four teams
- What Larry Fedora learned from the ‘toughest’ season of his career
- ACC announces championship sites and dates for the upcoming academic year
- How a baseball can cause a serious groin injury – even while a player is wearing a cup
- Blue Devils lose at Georgia Tech despite four homers
- Wolfpack beaten on Seminoles’ homer in 11th
North Carolina A&T routs NSU in winners’ bracket at MEAC baseball tournament Norfolk Virginian Pilot
Columbia The State
- South Carolina rallies, then stumbles to drop series opener against Texas A&M
- Clemson baseball pounds Pitt, moves closer to ACC title
- What Ray Tanner thinks of a potential USC-Clemson regional matchup
- The University of South Carolina built for this. Now they’ll come
NCAA will allow championships in states with sports gambling. It had no choice. Washington Post
Nuggets and Briefs: National and Professional articles of interest
Charlotte Observer
- Even at $2.275 billion, new Panthers owner David Tepper still might have bought low
- Duke’s Grayson Allen has plan to keep key question from NBA execs from tripping him up
- European soccer weekend: What to watch in main competitions
- WORLD CUP: Captain’s strike caps glorious Brazil in 1970
- Michigan State star on Hornets’ radar says he’s already a different player
Norfolk Virginian Pilot
- Quintet of golfers share first-round lead at Kingsmill Championship
- You gotta love Verlander’s approach as a gritty grinder … and that 1.05 ERA
Washington Post
- Lightning, Andrei Vasilevskiy withstand Capitals’ barrage to tie Eastern Conference finals
- Fans can’t get enough of Ovechkin’s favorite dish
- Stamkos healthy, confident and ready to lead a Lightning comeback
- After being blamed for Game 3 loss, Caps fans destroy broom signed by Nicklas Backstrom
- For whatever reason, the Capitals are not at home in their own building
- At just 22, Tampa Bay’s Brayden Point is playing beyond his years
- Even in yet another unbelievable pitching year, Max Scherzer’s hitting hasn’t gone unnoticed
- Nats likely to shop for a catcher
- Mailbag: Do the Nats lie about injuries?
- With states free to legalize sports betting, do pro leagues deserve a cut?
New York Times
- Don’t Arrive Late to the Game. You’ll Miss the Show.
- The Eagles Will Visit the White House After All
- Preakness 2018: Odds, Contenders and Experts’ Picks
- In Alaska, Watching Moose Commercials and the Rockets Stomp the Warriors
- Rockets vs. Warriors: The Dead Live Again in Houston
- Inside the Hamptons House Where Kevin Durant Hosted N.B.A. Suitors in 2016
- Winless Cleveland Browns to Get the ‘Hard Knocks’ Treatment
- A New Atlanta, United by Soccer
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