Greg Vacek's Daily Web Roundup
Thursday, May 2, 2019

Gameday: Pirates Conclude SB Regular Season At Houston…Cap, gown, bat, ball…ultiple Pirate Teams Recognized For High Academic Performance Rate…Taylor Named To The American All-Conference MGolf Team…Panthers unveil new campaign at Dowdy-Ficklen…New Orioles pitcher Shawn Armstrong, good friend Mike Wright ‘switch places’ as he reports to Baltimore …Student sportswriter and football video assistant among injured in UNC Charlotte shooting…ECU students & staff reminded about LiveSafe app…AAC leader Mike Aresco touts new media rights deal, addresses ESPN+ criticism…A USF bowl game in Boston? Don’t hold your breath…Clemson, South Carolina baseball panic? Their 45-year NCAA tournament streak in jeopardy…By air or by ice, Hurricanes move to edge of sweep

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

The Bradsher Beat
Pirate Nation rallies for one of its own Bonesville.net

ecupirates.com

• Gameday: Pirates Conclude SB Regular Season At Houston
• Taylor Named To The American All-Conference MGolf Team
• Multiple Pirate Teams Recognized For High Academic Performance Rate
• Stanton Named Second-Team LAX All-Conference

Greenville Daily Reflector

• Cap, gown, bat, ball
• Panthers unveil new campaign at Dowdy-Ficklen

247 Sports

• ECU in the College Baseball Projected Field of 64: May 1st
• 10 Bold Predictions for ECU’s 2019 Season
• True Freshman Report: Patrick Nations

New Orioles pitcher Shawn Armstrong, good friend Mike Wright ‘switch places’ as he reports to Baltimore Baltimore Sun

ECU students & staff reminded about LiveSafe app WITN 7

 

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• Baseball: Houston rallies past Rice 8-2 in extra innings
• UCF, UConn & Houston Help Close American’s Midweek Slate with Wins
• UCF Campus Connect – Men’s Tennis Freshman Tandem
• Women’s Lacrosse Championship Set to Begin Thursday in Cincinnati
• American Athletic Conference Announces Men’s Golf Postseason Awards and All-Conference Team

A USF bowl game in Boston? Don’t hold your breath Tampa Bay Times

AAC leader Mike Aresco touts new media rights deal, addresses ESPN+ criticism Orlando Sentinel

Orlando City Stadium to host Cure Bowl Baltimore Sun

Memphis basketball strength coach Randy Flores will not return next season Memphis Commercial Appeal

Houston takes advantage of Rice’s wildness to win 8-2 in 10 innings Houston Chronicle

‘Small but mighty:’ How WSU softball turned a weakness into a top-10 national defense  Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Student sportswriter and football video assistant among injured in UNC Charlotte shooting USA Today

Charlotte Observer

• ‘Our family, our friends, our sons.’ Honoring the UNCC students killed on campus
• Student tackled campus gunman, slain while saving lives
• 3 shot at UNC Charlotte remain hospitalized; fourth has been released
• What we know about the shooting at UNC Charlotte
• A calm classroom, then chaos. ‘The only thought in my mind was, ‘Don’t die here.’
• Map: See where people have been killed on college campuses

Robert Massey, the interim head coach at WSSU, is ready for challenge in front of him Winston Salem Journal

Columbia The State

• Let’s face it: USC’s ‘absolutely brutal’ schedule is THE topic of the offseason
• As NCAA chances fade, what Mark Kingston is looking for in Gamecocks’ last few series
• Williams-Brice upgrades include feature like Dallas Cowboys have. More changes to come
• Clemson target, nation’s top QB sets commitment date

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• Virginia Tech’s Jalen Holston is finally healthy, hoping to seize more time in the backfield
• Old Dominion signs two guards for next season

Clemson, South Carolina baseball panic? Their 45-year NCAA tournament streak in jeopardy Charleston Post and Courier