Pirates open ‘early’ practice schedule as game week nears…Reid Herring to start ECU’s season opener…UCF Knights cash in on ‘national title’…AAC preview: SMU and UCF continue conference trend of head coaching changes, which school could be next?…A&T begins final week of prep for season opener against Jacksonville State…Shoe-selling scandal: UNC offers no public records that it disciplined football coaches…Maryland football tragedy prompts introspection at ODU, U.Va., Virginia Tech…‘USC’ mix-up an honest mistake for Columbia businessman. Clemson fans are snickering…D.J. Moore drove his car 113 mph. What should Carolina Panthers do about it?…The Nationals Give Up on 2018 and Trade Daniel Murphy to the Cubs

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

ECU volleyball resets for new season Greenville Daily Reflector

WNCT 9

• Pirates open ‘early’ practice schedule as game week nears
• Brown eyes big final year

247 Sports

• Young the Pirates’ latest transfer punter
• ECU starts ‘mock game week’ as season opener nears
• Reid Herring to start ECU’s season opener
• Scottie Montgomery gives latest on RB competition

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• Six Former American Players Set for WNBA Playoffs
• Women’s Soccer: Week 2 Preview
• 2018 American Football Previews: USF Bulls

ESPN

• UCF Knights cash in on ‘national title’
• Brady White wins Memphis’ QB competition; David Moore leaves team

AAC preview: SMU and UCF continue conference trend of head coaching changes, which school could be next? Dallas News

Cincinnati Bearcats: Wide receiver Kahlil Lewis is No. 1, in more ways than one Cincinnati Enquirer

Down the Drive

• Opponent Preview: SMU Mustangs
• The Three Best Cornerbacks the Cincinnati Bearcats Will Face in 2018

Randy Edsall, UConn Break Camp, Now Turn Attention To Opener Vs. UCF Hartford Courant

UConn football’s ’18 concession menu upgraded; brewhouse added Hartford Business Journal

Pindell more at ease in second year at helm of UConn offense New Haven Register

Tulane football notebook: Wave buys 18-wheel equipment truck to keep up with the times New Orleans Advocate

Tulane secondary looks to tap ‘unlimited’ potential New Orleans Times Picayune

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• Memphis names Brady White starting quarterback; his competition, David Moore, leaves team
• Memphis football: How Tigers alumni are faring in NFL preseason

David Moore Leaving Memphis Tigers Program, Brady White to Start as QB Memphis Daily News

TU basketball distributes book bags to area Boys & Girls Club members Tulsa World

Houston’s Ed Oliver named to AP preseason All-America team Houston Chronicle

Navy football’s new crop of strikers ready to take on new-look version of hybrid position Annapolis Capital

Why every volleyball team Wichita State plays will try to stop this outside hitter Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

A&T begins final week of prep for season opener against Jacksonville State Greensboro News and Record

The best, worst and sleeper team in each college football conference USA Today

Raleigh News and Observer

• NCAA grants NC State’s Blake Harris a waiver to play right away
• Shoe-selling scandal: UNC offers no public records that it disciplined football coaches
• There’s nothing new about college athletes selling sneakers for extra cash
• Who’s hurt and who’s back at practice for NC State football
• Will NC State football win more than seven games in 2018?
• AP Playoff Predictions: Tide, Tigers, Huskies and Wolverines

Winston Salem Journal

• Natrone Means means business as WSSU’s new offensive coordinator
• Sam Hartman appears to be in line to be Wake Forest’s starting QB
• Wake Forest’s depth chart comes Thursday afternoon, with one unresolved question
• Michael Jackson and food trucks mark end of Wake Forest’s fall camp
• App Trail: App State’s slimmed-down Collin Reed excited for what could be a resounding semester

Hard work or mistreatment? State’s college football coaches aim to set their priorities right Norfolk Virginian Pilot

Hampton Roads Daily Press

• Freshmen vying for big roles for Hokies on offense, defense and special teams
• Maryland football tragedy prompts introspection at ODU, U.Va., Virginia Tech

Columbia The State

• How going fast could make South Carolina more explosive on the ground
• Clemson QB decision is imminent. Kelly Bryant likes his chances
• The one area where Will Muschamp allows Gamecocks to be selfish
• Former coach, national voice: ‘How South Carolina is not ranked, I have no idea’

‘USC’ mix-up an honest mistake for Columbia businessman. Clemson fans are snickering Charlotte Observer