AAC players, coaches and commish set to talk the talk; Football, seafood mix at AAC event…Versatile Turner helps coordinate Pirates…Randy Edsall, UConn football players to bid AAC goodbye at conference media day …Josh Heupel: UCF QB Darriel Mack Jr.’s injury not season-ending, others will compete…Kelly Bryant: Gone from Clemson, in limbo at Mizzou …Lawmakers pass bill to legalize sports betting at NC tribal casinos…Gambling, mental health among topics of discussion at SEC Media Days; As ACC Kickoff looms, Clemson stands alone as conference’s top team…Link Jarrett Steps Down At UNCG, Named Head Coach At Notre Dame …Former world champion boxer Pernell “Sweetpea” Whitaker struck, killed by vehicle in Virginia Beach…Redskins’ Alex Smith has external fixator removed, nearly eight months after leg injury…Former Carolina Panthers offensive line coach dies after long NFL career
Pirate Press: ECU Headlines
Bonesville.net
- Media Kickoff Day 1: The Clambake
Annual AAC event may continue in Newport - Special Photo Feature
Media Kickoff Gallery #1
Greenville Daily Reflector
- Football, seafood mix at AAC event
- Versatile Turner helps coordinate Pirates
- ECU expects fewer credit hours and reduced state funding
Aresco, Houston kick-off 9 on your side’s AAC Media Day coverage WNCT 9
ECU Police prepares for Trump visit WITN 7
ECU, among other N.C. Universities to sell alcohol at venues Washington Daily News
Touchdown Wire ranks former Titans RB Chris Johnson’s 2009 season No. 6 overall MSN
Ranking the 100 best Bears players ever: No. 52, Wally Chambers Chicago Tribune
New Irish baseball coach Link Jarrett talks philosophy, Kmet in introductory press conference Notre Dame Insider
Around the American Athletic Conference
AAC Preview Rotoworld
AAC players, coaches and commish set to talk the talk Tampa Bay Times
Josh Heupel: UCF QB Darriel Mack Jr.’s injury not season-ending, others will compete Orlando Sentinel
Hartford Courant
- Randy Edsall, UConn football players to bid AAC goodbye at conference media day
- Ray Allen asks judge to void UConn subpoena for records related to phone call with recruit
Ray Allen seeking protective order against UConn to prevent having to turn over phone records, etc. New Haven Register
Temple QB Anthony Russo had soft-tissue injury, expected to be ready for start of season Philly.com
Jay Uhlman hired as Tulane baseball assistant coach NOLA.com
Memphis Commercial Appeal
- Memphis football: Mike Norvell assesses team before AAC Media Day
- What Memphis coach Mike Norvell, players said at AAC Media Day
- Which Memphis football players appeared on national award watch lists?
- Memphis basketball: Dalen Terry being sought after
AAC Media Days: 5 Takeaways from Day 1 Houston Chronicle
Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond
Raleigh News and Observer
- The ACC has a depth problem in football
- This UNC basketball target is the No. 1 player in NC. But will he move to Florida?
As ACC Kickoff looms, Clemson stands alone as conference’s top team Norfolk Virginian Pilot
Sapakoff: The biggest ACC Football Kickoff questions for each team Charleston Post and Courier
Atlanta Journal Constitution
- Gambling, mental health among topics of discussion at SEC Media Days
- Kelly Bryant: Gone from Clemson, in limbo at Mizzou
Charlotte Observer
- Young football fan does one-arm pushups with Charlotte 49ers — and gets a surprise
- Lawmakers pass bill to legalize sports betting at NC tribal casinos
- Charlotte 49ers’ Cruz named Conference USA preseason special teams player of the year
- The ACC has a depth problem in football
- Atlantic Division preview: Clemson and then what?
- Clemson sets preseason depth chart. Here it is, with 3 takeaways
- Clemson legacy, son of 12-year NFL veteran hoping Tigers offer comes his way
- It’s time for Jake Bentley to take ‘step up,’ SEC analyst and national champion says
- Which players were USC coaches watching at Peach Jam? Here’s a new name to remember
Link Jarrett Steps Down At UNCG, Named Head Coach At Notre Dame WFMY 2
ACC Stock Watch Baseball America
Big 12 is a 10: Bowlsby says no talk of expanding league CBS 42
Nuggets and Briefs: National and Professional articles of interest
Norfolk Virginian Pilot
- Former world champion boxer Pernell “Sweetpea” Whitaker struck, killed by vehicle in Virginia Beach
- Whitaker, an Olympic and world champion boxer, remembered across social media
- In his prime, Pernell Whitaker was Hampton Roads’ own professional franchise
- Looking back at Pernell “Sweetpea” Whitaker
Canes sign Clark Bishop to one-year contract Raleigh News and Observer
Former Carolina Panthers offensive line coach dies after long NFL career Charlotte Observer
Winston Salem Journal
New York Times
- LeBron James Jr. Is 14. He Already Draws Curious Crowds.
- Iranian Soccer Star’s Sister Wants Women to Be Allowed at His Matches
- An Epic Wimbledon Final Gives Way to Plans for a Grand Future
- Pernell Whitaker, Champion in Four Boxing Classes, Dies at 55
- England’s World Cup Nail-Biter Might Have Been the Greatest Cricket Match Ever
- Rays Defeat the Yankees With 3 Homers From Travis d’Arnaud
Washington Post
- Lucas Giolito is an all-star and the Nationals need a pitcher, but trading him wasn’t a mistake
- The Nationals, baseball’s oldest team, believe there are benefits to bucking a trend
- With a rotation decision to make, Baltimore series is more dangerous than it appears
- Redskins’ Alex Smith has external fixator removed, nearly eight months after leg injury
- British Open best bets include Rory McIlroy and Brooks Koepka (but not Tiger Woods)
- James Conner says doctors gave him ‘about a week left’ if cancer went untreated
- Women are more common in the NBA. Now they want their presence to feel normal.
- Shey Peddy, a Mystics rookie at age 30, is finally making her WNBA dreams come true
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