ECU Soccer Bounces Back With 2-0 Win…Pirates Sweep Eastern Washington In VB Home Opener…Parros Named To Team USA Fall Lacrosse Classic Roster…ECU still working to solve budget deficit…Pirates gearing up for rivalry match up with UNC…The UNC game is a challenge to ECU receiver Blake Proehl in so many ways …Fedora says he ‘doesn’t remember a thing’ about UNC’s blowout loss to ECU in 2014. Smart strategy! …Navy Hosts Memphis In West Division Showdown…USF Hosts Georgia Tech Saturday In ABC Matinee…Houston Welcomes Arizona For Home Opener…UConn to put No. 20 Boise State to the test …Charlotte game means something to App State football players from the Queen City. …Tribe’s Jimmye Laycock, Hokies’ Bud Foster meet one final time in illustrious careers…The NFL is back. And it hasn’t learned a single thing….Foles shows off catching skills, Eagles beat Falcons 18-12

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

VIEW FROM THE EAST: ECU waits on gratification Bonesville.net

ecupirates.com

• Gameday: ECU Hosts UNC Saturday Afternoon
• ECU Soccer Bounces Back With 2-0 Win
• Pirates Sweep Eastern Washington In VB Home Opener
• Parros Named To Team USA Fall Lacrosse Classic Roster
• Pirates Announce 2018 Fall Softball Competition Schedule
• Courtney Cash Named August Student-Athlete of the Month

Greenville Daily Reflector

• Pirates shut down Camels
• Quartet of sweeps on the court
• Pirates brace for more budget challenges
• ECU trustees get discouraging student enrollment report from provost

WNCT 9

• Pirates gearing up for rivalry match up with UNC
• Pirates bounce back by blanking Campbell
• ECU opens Pirate Invitational with sweep of Eastern Washington

247 Sports

• ECU hoops to host three official visits this weekend
• ECU vs. North Carolina: Players to Watch
• ECU still working to solve budget deficit
• Question of the Week: A must-win for Montgomery?
• ECU Chancellor: There’s no pressure to rush AD hire
• Oklahoma vs. UCLA: Kelly, Riley set for clash of innovation

College volleyball: Host East Carolina sweeps Eastern Washington at Pirate Invitational The Spokesman-Review

Preview: UNC and ECU football both seeking to redeem season-opening losses The Daily Tar Heel

Leach honored at ECU’s opener The Robensonian

 

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• Volleyball splits on Thursday
• Navy Hosts Memphis In West Division Showdown
• Temple Hosts Buffalo In Nonconference Matchup
• ECU Looks For Third Straight Series Win Against North Carolina
• USF Hosts Georgia Tech Saturday In ABC Matinee
• Houston Welcomes Arizona For Home Opener
• American Stories: New Coach, Same Result For UCF

University of Cincinnati Bearcats land in upper tier of AAC football power rankings Cincinnati Enquirer

Georgia Tech Football vs USF: Five Storylines to watch on Saturday yellowjackedup

Lelo Prado returning to USF Tampa Bay Times

5 things worth knowing about Georgia Tech-South Florida Atlanta Journal-Constitution

UCF offers tasty tribute to its 1st mascot: Citronaut drink goes on sale Saturday Orlando Sentinel

UConn to put No. 20 Boise State to the test ESPN

UConn football set for long trip to Boise State Republican-American

Hartford Courant

• East Hartford’s Kevon Jones Catches UConn Coaches’ Attention At Middle Linebacker
• The 10 Moments That Defined Ray Allen’s UConn Basketball Career

Philly.com

• Temple gets to deal with Buffalo QB Tyree Jackson and his deep throws 
• Buffalo at Temple: Predicting the Owls’ chance to bounce back

Temple coach readies for ‘big game’ after opening loss Philladelphia Tribune

New Orleans Advocate

• Tulane’s Willie Fritz holds perfect team of 1998 as example of what Wave can become
• The Advocate breaks down the Nicholls State at Tulane football game — and predicts the score
• Tulane football notebook: Corey Dauphine happy with first game in nearly two years

Why a loss to TCU would be historic for SMU in the Battle for the Iron Skillet Dallas News

Memphis Tigers basketball legend Larry Finch to be honored with park, statue on campus Memphis Commercial Appeal

Tigers AAC opener could have championship implications Action News 5

College football preview: UH vs. Arizona Houston Chronicle

Former Navy football player Jesse Iwuji on NASCAR circuit Annapolis Capital

Here’s how Wichita State is changing its season-opening basketball event Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

GIFs: ACC-B1G Challenge, and the saddest in-state rivalry game WRALSportsFan

Raleigh News and Observer

• ACC tournament headed back to Brooklyn and Washington, DC
• Is less more? UNC will find out after cutting Kenan Stadium football seating capacity

Winston Salem Journal

• What the Charlotte game means to App State football players from the Queen City.
• ACC Today: Previewing Clemson-Texas A&M and Penn State-Pitt
• 5 things to know about Wake Forest’s opponent: Towson

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• Tribe’s Jimmye Laycock, Hokies’ Bud Foster meet one final time in illustrious careers
• ODU coach Jeff Jones: “I’m going to go on and keep doing the stuff I’m doing” despite cancer’s return
• Going into Hall of Fame together, Norfolk’s Lefty Driesell and Charlie Scott share long history

Fuente defends players after FSU’s Taggart agrees Hokies faked injuries Hampton Roads Daily Press

Columbia The State

• Kendall’s USC-Georgia prediction: Gamecocks have right attitude for showdown
• South Carolina reveals uniform combination, season long plans for ‘Carolina’ script logo
• When did South Carolina start planning for Georgia? Not this week
• Clemson has won 14 of 15 road games. Texas A&M presents a unique challenge

Charlotte Observer

• How Charlotte 49ers QB Chris Reynolds went from overlooked to grateful for ‘hard road’
• Charlotte 49ers sign reclassified guard Tyler Bertam to men’s basketball team

The Associated Press

• Big 12’s older QBs include a 5th-year, 1st-time starter
• College football teams get creative to reward big plays
• Tennessee-ETSU game features matchup of ex-FSU assistants
• Michigan, Illinois to be on guard against in-state opponents
• No. 17 USC at No. 10 Stanford highlights week in Pac-12
• No. 3 Georgia, No. 24 S. Carolina meet in SEC East showdown