ECU loses finale, but celebrates title …With postseason at stake, WSU baseball keeps rolling with ninth-inning rally at USF…UH to open AAC baseball tournament against UConn…Kyle Larson captures NASCAR’s All-Star Race, $1 million prize …War of Will wins 144th Preakness two weeks after treacherous run at Kentucky Derby; Riderless horse becomes people’s champion of the Preakness…Brooks Koepka pulls away to 7-shot lead at PGA Championship
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Memphis avoids sweep by ECU Bonesville.net
No. 6 ECU Drops Series Finale Against Memphis, 10-9 ecupirates.com
ECU loses finale, but celebrates title Greenville Daily Reflector
Pirates fall to Memphis, finish record setting 20-4 in AAC WNCT 9
No. 6 ECU Baseball drops series finale against Memphis, 10-9 WITN 7
May 18, 11 p.m. sports: Pirates fall but still celebrate AAC title WCTI 12
247 Sports
- AAC Baseball Tournament Bracket Set
- ACC announces seeds, pools for baseball championship
- ECU’s comeback falls short to close regular season
- What Cliff Godwin, players said after ECU’s 10-9 loss to Memphis
- Memphis 10, ECU 9: How it looked from the dugouts
- ECU outfielder Lane Hoover to miss time after injury
- ECU baseball commits after round four of the NC HS playoffs
ECU Falls 10-9 to Memphis to Close Out the Regular Season Rivals
Tigers capture ranked win in record-setting day Memphis Tigers
Around the American Athletic Conference
theamerican.org
With postseason at stake, WSU baseball keeps rolling with ninth-inning rally at USF Wichita Eagle
WSU takes down USF to stay alive for AAC Tournament KWCH
USF baseball season ends with loss to Shockers Tampa Bay Times
UCF AD Danny White on USF’s 2-for-1s against Gators, ’Canes: ‘Precedent I don’t like being set’ | Commentary Orlando Sentinel
UH to open AAC baseball tournament against UConn Houston Chronicle
UConn closes out regular season with 8-6 loss at Tulane Hartford Courant
Tulane salvages finale against UConn, jumps back up to No. 3 seed in AAC tourney New Orleans Advocate
New Orleans Times Picayune
- Why Tulane believes ‘no one is unbeatable’ as it leaves for conference tournament
- Tulane wins finale against UConn, awaits conference tournament seeding
Hardaway signs Precious Achiuwa to Memphis’ packed class USA Today
Former Memphis Tigers star Tyreke Evans banned from the NBA Memphis Commercial Appeal
Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond
Raleigh News and Observer
- NC State takes series from UNC and No. 3 seed in ACC tournament
- Clemson will head into ACC Tournament with NCAA fate in limbo
- South Carolina locks in SEC tournament spot. Here’s the full Hoover schedule
- Duke needed overtime but the Blue Devils return to lacrosse final four
After a close win in the semis, Wake Forest men’s tennis is going back to the championship match. Winston Salem Journal
Charleston Post and Courier
- Cougars cap sweep of Delaware; Bulldogs win 2nd straight; Clemson routed by Wake Forest
- Sapakoff: Clemson, Alabama and Georgia aren’t Gamecocks’ biggest schedule problems for 2019
Nuggets and Briefs: National and Professional articles of interest
Charlotte Observer
- Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch unhappy after NASCAR All-Star Race
- Never seen NASCAR? That’s what All-Star Race, punches and crashes included, is for.
- Kyle Larson sneaks into NASCAR All-Star Race, wins with savvy survival instincts
- ‘Doesn’t have to make sense to anybody but you’: How Cam Newton operates as a mentor
Kyle Larson captures NASCAR’s All-Star Race, $1 million prize Norfolk Virginian Pilot
Baltimore Sun
- War of Will wins 144th Preakness two weeks after treacherous run at Kentucky Derby
- Preakness 2019: Bodexpress throws jockey, then luckily stays out of the way
- Schmuck: Despite another strange day at Pimlico, the Preakness delivers a happy ending
- Preakness 2019: Dread about Pimlico’s future hangs over race marked by condemned seats, closed bathrooms
- Orioles on deck: Pitching matchups and how to watch Sunday’s game at Indians
New York Times
- 2019 Preakness: War of Will Wins in Dramatic Rebound From Kentucky Derby Loss
- Running Away With the P.G.A. Championship Is All in a Day’s Work for Brooks Koepka
- At P.G.A. Championship, It’s Thumbs-Up for Phil Mickelson Despite Struggles
- At P.G.A. Championship, Thailand Meets Farmingdale
- Rafael Nadal Gets Revenge, and Will Face Novak Djokovic in Rome Final
Washington Post
- Horse racing is a sport without a rider
- War of Will wins Preakness Stakes, which runs smoothly after alarming start
- Riderless horse becomes people’s champion of the Preakness
- Brooks Koepka has found golf’s mountaintop by stopping at a lot of places in between
- At PGA Championship, Brooks Koepka is booming past the field and toward history
- Stephen Strasburg beats Cubs, saves Nationals’ bullpen from itself
- D.C. United can’t hold lead, falls at Houston
- Draymond Green keys Game 3 comeback, carrying Warriors to cusp of fifth straight Finals
- Sean Doolittle on Joe Maddon’s protest: ‘Sometimes he has to remind people how smart he is’
Five pressing questions for the Canes looking to next season Raleigh News and Observer
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