“Meet The Pirates” Event Scheduled For August 18…Pirates Host VCU In Preseason Scrimmage Tuesday…ECU Baseball To Hold Walk-On Tryouts In Late August…Pirates preaching communication, aggressiveness…Northeastern’s Traveon Freshwater commits to East Carolina football program…ECU retakes AAC’s top spot with Freshwater commitment…UNC suspends 13 football players, including QB Chazz Surratt, for selling sneakers…UNC shoe mess another compliance black eye for a university that has had too many…NASCAR chairman France takes leave after DWI, drug arrest…Good Redskins tickets available. So who’s interested?
Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines
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Pirates pushing hard for big turnaround Bonesville.net
ecupirates.com
- Pirates Host VCU In Preseason Scrimmage Tuesday
- “Meet The Pirates” Event Scheduled For August 18
- ECU Baseball To Hold Walk-On Tryouts In Late August
Greenville Daily Reflector
Northeastern’s Traveon Freshwater commits to East Carolina football program Daily Advance
247 Sports
- ECU retakes AAC’s top spot with Freshwater commitment
- Freshwater is a Pirate
- Kingsley Ifedi not being discounted in QB competition
- One on One with Colby Gore
- One on One with Shannon Moore
- ECU Football Opponent Preview: Temple Owls
Around the American Athletic Conference
2018 American Football Previews: Tulsa Golden Hurricane theamerican.org
Cincinnati Enquirer
- Cincinnati Bearcats Hayden Moore tops QB chart, but several youngsters could push for time
- Carleton Ravens down Cincinnati Bearcats by 19 in Canadian exhibition
USF football practice notes: August 6th 247 Sports
UCF looks to develop a backup to quarterback McKenzie Milton Orlando Sentinel
UCF keeping expectations high after an offseason filled with change Fox Sports
UCF seeks to deliver encore performance with new coach Tampa Bay Times
Temple receiver Ventell Bryant ready to make the most of second chance Philly.com
Not so fast: Tulane’s returning defensive linemen holding off talented freshmen New Orleans Advocate
Darius Bradwell’s experience powers talented Tulane backfield New Orleans Times Picayune
Dallas News
- 10 key players every SMU fan must know in 2018, featuring a mix of old and new leadership
- SMU scores big recruiting win in D-FW, lands Richland WR Rashee Rice
White has apparent edge in Tigers QB battle Action News 5
Memphis football sees leaders start to emerge in practice Memphis Commercial Appeal
TU football: Offensive lineman Willie Wright ‘brings energy every day’ Tulsa World
Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond
UNC: 13 football players suspended for selling school-issued shoes Fayetteville Observer
Raleigh News and Observer
- UNC suspends 13 football players, including QB Chazz Surratt, for selling sneakers
- UNC shoe mess another compliance black eye for a university that has had too many
- ‘There’s nothing to joke about.’ Duke-UNC football rivalry is a big deal, too.
- Duke’s perennially strong defensive backfield has a few twists this season
- For his team, and his family, NC State running back Reggie Gallaspy hopes hard work pays off
- Marquette forward Tori McCoy seeks kidney transplant
Winston Salem Journal
- 13 Carolina football players to miss games because of NCAA violations
- Deacons Notes: Wake Forest welcomes work before first off day
- Wake Forest’s Jennifer Kupcho in position to advance in U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship
- WSSU’s first practice cut short by bad weather but Boulware is pleased
- Kathy Bullock named WSSU volleyball coach
Norfolk Virginian Pilot
- ODU gets things up and running with first practice of August
- Visit from Navy will tip off ODU men’s basketball season
- On an emotional day, Laycock says opting to retire after 2018 “just felt right”
- Transfer WR learned from Hokies’ best, and a friend named OBJ
Hampton Roads Daily Press
- Retiring W&M coach Jimmye Laycock authentic, poignant, content
- Tribe players absorb the news of Jimmye Laycock’s retirement
- Large senior class leads first fall football practice for ODU
- Hokies receiver Damon Hazelton ready to get back on the field
Columbia The State
- Javon Kinlaw is smaller but much stronger. USC ‘looking for that to pay dividends’
- ‘He’s a freak.’ Clemson freshman D-lineman already receiving high praise
- ‘He cleaned up his life.’ Now USC is ready for Shameik Blackshear to break out
ESPN names nation’s top 5 college football players. 3 played high school in North Carolina Charlotte Observer
Nuggets and Briefs: National and Professional articles of interest
Ed Hardin: France arrest caps NASCAR day to remember Winston Salem Journal
Charlotte Observer
- Arrest should signal the beginning of the end for NASCAR chairman Brian France
- NASCAR chairman France takes leave after DWI, drug arrest
- Carolina Panthers linebacker corps has juice, and not just the veterans
- Can Damiere Byrd stay healthy long enough to take wing? He’s out to prove he can
Washington Post
- Good Redskins tickets available. So who’s interested?
- With no more waiting list, Redskins selling single-game tickets
- Wild weather not derailing Redskins plans — until afternoon
- Jordan Reed thinks Josh Doctson is ready to break out
- Redskins hoping for a steal in LB Shaun Dion Hamilton
- It’s August but the Nationals might not be done making moves
- Boswell: A weight has been lifted off Harper
- Why Doolittle felt compelled to speak out
- A 2016 salary cap spike helped the Warriors and hurt the NBA. Worse, nobody saw that coming.
- For young QBs, private training is now seen as essential: ‘There are coaches everywhere’
New York Times
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