West Forsyth DB Ja’Quan McMillian commits to play football at East Carolina…Nice guy Varner says economics are biggest barrier…For 1st time 80-plus years, LSU, Tulane not scheduled to face off in baseball next season …Take a look at the custom adidas shoes NC State’s Kevin Keatts wore at the Nike Peach Jam…Greensboro native John Isner loses marathon match in Wimbledon semifinals
Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines
West Forsyth DB Ja’Quan McMillian commits to play football at East Carolina Winston Salem Journal
Nice guy Varner says economics are biggest barrier Quad-City Times
ECU’s Top 25 Most Important Players for 2018: No. 16 247 Sports
ECU stadium ceremony tops off Pirate hopes Greenville Daily Reflector
Around the American Athletic Conference
Oklahoma State and Memphis to Clash at Advocare Invitational BCSNN
For 1st time 80-plus years, LSU, Tulane not scheduled to face off in baseball next season New Orleans Advocate
LSU and Tulane baseball will not play in 2019, likely to resume in 2020 New Orleans Times Picayune
Defending champ and ex-SMU star Bryson DeChambeau pulls out of John Deere Classic with shoulder injury Dallas News
Walker wows at Peach Jam, earns Memphis offer Memphis Commercial Appeal
TU basketball to host OSU, Kansas State next season Tulsa World
Fred VanVleet’s basketball camp is returning to Wichita. Here are the details Wichita Eagle
Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond
Raleigh News and Observer
- Take a look at the custom adidas shoes NC State’s Kevin Keatts wore at the Nike Peach Jam
- Duke athletic director Kevin White will head the NCAA basketball selection committee
- College? UNC, Duke target Cole Anthony still has to figure out where he’s playing high school
- NC’s top two basketball prospects, Jalen Lecque and Wendell Moore Jr., meet at Peach Jam
Winston Salem Journal
- Wake Forest and ACC basketball legend Len Chappell dead at age 77
- Cole Anthony has a choice to make before his college choice
- Wendell Moore, elite basketball recruit, plays recruiting game at his pace
VA General Assembly could see efforts to allow sports gambling, official says Norfolk Virginian Pilot
Former Hokies LB Mook Reynolds was arrested on felony marijuana charge before dismissal Hampton Roads Daily Press
Reports: Former Clemson athlete killed in Mexico City while celebrating anniversary Columbia The State
End of the Peach Jam? NCAA changes might alter landscape for recruiting elite players Charlotte Observer
Nuggets and Briefs: National and Professional articles of interest
Greensboro native John Isner loses marathon match in Wimbledon semifinals Winston Salem Journal
Charlotte Observer
- Greensboro’s John Isner: A regular guy had an extraordinary week at Wimbledon
- 10 questions (and answers) about the future of the Carolina Panthers under David Tepper
- Why All-Star Kemba Walker’s New York ties should worry Charlotte Hornets
- Coach in LaVar Ball’s pro league verbally, physically abuses teen player.
- Chelsea hires Sarri as manager, replacing fired Conte
- From Tarkenton’s cleats to leather helmet dear to Grant, Vikings’ history showcased in new museum
- Todd Gurley has M.A.D.E. difference on field with Rams and kids at football camps
- After mentoring Michael Vick, new Ravens QB coach James Urban getting Lamar Jackson up to speed
- LEADING OFF: Utley retirement tour, Gray back from minors
Washington Post
- Kevin Anderson edges John Isner in exhausting Wimbledon semifinal
- Lasting memories made even before finals
- Not your grandparents’ baseball cards: Open your pack
- As MLB All-Star Game nears, a brief respite from the game’s ills and an ode to its thrills
- How D.C.’s All-Star Game logo came together: ‘It very much tells the story of the city’
- Everything you need to know about the weekend
- Bryce Harper is playing All-Star Game host
- Mix of silly and seriousness at celebrity softball game
- Tanner Roark shows progress after early woes, but Nationals go quietly against Mets
- Herrera adjusts to life as a National
- John Wall asked for help, and the Wizards provided it. Now he needs to return the favor.
- Howard: ‘I would never try to destroy a team’
New York Times
- Why Kobe Bryant Fans Don’t Like LeBron James
- Syndergaard Returns for Five Innings in Mets’ Win Over Nationals
- Yankees, With No Lead to Protect Against the Indians, Get to Rest Aroldis Chapman
- Wimbledon: After Many, Many Hours, Kevin Anderson Beats John Isner in the Semifinals
- To Know Mixed Doubles’ Place in Tennis, Look at the Prize Money
- The World Cup Final’s Unconventional Start Time
- Was Russia 2018 the Greatest of All World Cups?
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