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Greg Vacek's Daily Web RoundupThursday, May 24, 2018

May 24, 2018 By Greg Vacek Leave a Comment

No. 15 ECU Comes From Behind To Defeat Tulane, 6-5…Top-Seeded Houston Survives Elimination Game With 6-2 win over UCF…UConn Reaches Semifinals For Fourth Straight Year With Win Against Wichita State…With loss to Pitt, UNC won’t advance to semifinals of the ACC Baseball Championship…Washington Capitals are heading to Stanley Cup finals, extinguish Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 7

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

Bonesville.net

  • The Bradsher Beat
    LeClair Lunatics invade Florida
  • Baseball: AAC Championships
    Big 8th enables ECU win
  • Postgame Audio Feature
    Pirates discuss comeback

ecupirates.com

  • No. 15 ECU Comes From Behind To Defeat Tulane, 6-5
  • Track And Field Set For NCAA East Preliminary
  • Macy To Speak At True North Sports And USA Basketball Events

Greenville Daily Reflector

  • Macy to be featured speaker
  • Pirate comeback to clinch?

Tulane loses lead against East Carolina, sets up rematch with Houston at AAC tournament New Orleans Advocate

Tulane squanders late lead in conference tournament loss to East Carolina New Orleans Times Picayune

ECU baseball rallies in the eighth to win second AAC tournament game Washington Daily News

ECU rallies past Tulane The East Carolinian

Pirates advance to AAC semifinals after downing Tulane WNCT 9

ECU comes from behind to beat Tulane, 6-5 WITN 7

May 23 6 p.m. sports: Big inning helps ECU advance in AAC tourney WCTI 12

ECU rallies to earn spot in AAC semifinals 247 Sports

Pirates Score Five Runs In The Eighth Inning to Beat Tulane 6-5 Rivals.com

Former East Surry pitcher Tyler Smith named All-AAC second team Winston Salem Journal

College basketball coaching carousel: After more than two months, three schools still searching for a coach CBS Sports

 

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

  • Villar and Genord Lead USF Past Cincinnati, 9-4, in Elimination Game
  • UConn Reaches Semifinals For Fourth Straight Year With Win Against Wichita State
  • Late rally powers ECU past Tulane
  • Woodworth’s Homer Helps Lift UConn Past Cincinnati
  • Top-Seeded Houston Survives Elimination Game With 6-2 win over UCF
  • Shockers Advance Past USF on Wednesday Morning

UC basketball to play George Mason in Florida Cincinnati Enquirer

Tampa Tribune

  • No. 2-seeded USF falls to Wichita State in AAC tourney opener
  • USF posts (mostly) solid APR marks
  • Gators, USF announce 3-game football series
  • Now that we’ve got Gators-Bulls, what about the Willie Bowl?

Orlando Sentinel

  • UCF athletes set record with highest APR score in school history
  • UCF baseball falls to Houston, Knights eliminated from AAC Tournament

UConn Advances To Semis After Winning First Two In AAC Tournament Hartford Courant

No. 22 UConn Baseball Tops Wichita State in AAC Tournament theuconnblog.com

Memphis Commercial Appeal

  • Mitchell is top candidate to be Memphis assistant
  • 13 Memphis Tigers earn preseason All-AAC honors
  • Memphis basketball APR worst in AAC; Vols, Vandy OK

Joe Davis matches HR record as Cougars remain alive in AAC… Houston Chronicle

Wichita State baseball splits on Wednesday to stay alive in AAC tournament Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

  • UNC hoops legend Phil Ford diagnosed with prostate cancer, recovering from surgery
  • With loss to Pitt, UNC won’t advance to semifinals of the ACC Baseball Championship
  • You have questions about the ACC tournament. Here are the answers

Winston Salem Journal

  • Mental battle: Wake Forest players fight euphoria of winning national championship Tuesday night versus playing individually
  • NCAA notebook: Oakes says don’t count Wake Forest out to play host to another NCAA Tournament
  • ‘Old heads’ thrilled with hiring of Cleo Hill Jr. at WSSU

Old Dominion lands big transfer in 7-foot-1 LSU center Norfolk Virginian Pilot

ACC’s proposal to expand NCAA tournament a tough sell Hampton Roads Daily Press

Columbia The State

  • Gamecocks show fight but fall to Arkansas in second round of SEC tourney
  • Clemson opens ACC tournament with record-setting win against Notre Dame
  • Ray Tanner ‘pessimistic’ about Brian Bowen receiving timely NCAA decision
  • USC baseball recruits pleased with progress in Mark Kingston’s first season

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

Washington Post

  • Washington Capitals are heading to Stanley Cup finals, extinguish Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 7
  • These Capitals are loose and dealing as they head to Vegas
  • Game 7 swung on the unlikely stick of Andre Burakovsky
  • After Lightning takes a 3-2 series lead, the power simply goes out
  • Caps fans storm social media with outpouring of emotions
  • Who are these guys in the Capitals sweaters? Surely not those of so many playoff heartbreaks.
  • Capitals fans unleash the joy: ‘I want to high-five everyone in here right now’
  • The NFL, in seeking the middle of the road, has set itself up to be flattened
  • NFL owners approve new national anthem policy with hope of ending protests

Charlotte Observer

  • Who could win the Coca-Cola 600? Here are 3 favorites … and 3 sleeper picks, too
  • Why NFL commissioner says investigation of Panthers’ Jerry Richardson isn’t a ‘farce’
  • What makes new Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper, Charlotte such a good fit
  • Who could win the Coca-Cola 600? Here are 3 favorites … and 3 sleeper picks, too
  • Ovechkin, Holtby shine in Game 7, Caps beat Lightning 4-0
  • Gambling on sports is risky. So is everyday life. Here are a few tips to think about.
  • Why Fox is smart to pay $1 billion to air WWE’s slightly less popular wrestling brand
  • AP Interview: Halep hoping for 1st Grand Slam title in Paris

Winston Salem Journal

  • Jeff Gordon calls NASCAR Hall of Fame selection ‘surreal’
  • NFL owners adopt new policy to address anthem protests
  • NFL makes clumsy attempt to hide protesters during national anthem

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