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