Jeff Palumbo promoted to associate head baseball coach…Four Pirates Named To 2018-19 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team…Body of ECU student found near Wrightsville Beach…Taji Hudson commits to East Carolina…New coach still writing ECU starting lineup…Penny Hardaway not happy UConn is leaving AAC: “It’s gonna really hurt us”…Clemson overwhelming choice to win another ACC football title…No Charges for Cristiano Ronaldo in Las Vegas Sexual Assault Case…As NFL teams hunt for the next Sean McVay, the Redskins may have one in Kevin O’Connell…Braves plan to keep Sean Newcomb in bullpen

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

ecupirates.com

• Four Pirates Named To 2018-19 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
• Jeff Palumbo Promoted To Associate Head Baseball Coach

WITN 7

• Jeff Palumbo promoted to associate head baseball coach
• Body of ECU student found near Wrightsville Beach

Hudson announces commitment to East Carolina Rome News-Tribune

247 Sports

• Taji Hudson commits to East Carolina
• Know The Foe: Navy Midshipmen
• ECU Football Burning Questions: Secondary
• ECU’s Top 25 Most Important Players for 2019: Cortez Herrin

ECU asserts itself as a ‘welcoming, accepting campus’ after Trump rally, ‘Send her back!’ chant The Progressive Pulse

New coach still writing ECU starting lineup shanahan.report

Jeff Palumbo Elevated to ECU Associate Head Baseball Coach Rivals

Around the American Athletic Conference

Jay Scrubb, junior college standout, reportedly schedules Cincinnati Bearcats visit Cincinnati Enquirer

Battery case dropped against former UCF basketball player Orlando Sentinel

UConn should preserve its football program The Day

Penny Hardaway not happy UConn is leaving AAC: “It’s gonna really hurt us” The Middletown Press

Top 50 teams of 2019: No. 11 UCF News-Gazette

Former Tulane star Melvin Frazier to host Hoops for Homeless Charity event on August 3 NOLA.com

247 Sports

• Carey’s unusual path to Temple not so unusual, after all
• SMU football’s 2019 opponents at a glance: Houston

Three TU tennis players earn ITA scholar-athlete honors Tulsa World

‘Shocker brotherhood’: Why Toure’ Murry couldn’t pass up another chance to play at WSU  Wichita Eagle

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

• Clemson overwhelming choice to win another ACC football title
• Clemson picked to win ACC, but not by everyone
• Welcome to the ACC, Geoff Collins. Now go face Clemson in Game 1
• What is South Carolina getting in Nick Muse? His brother, a Clemson safety, weighs in
• How close AJ Lawson came to leaving South Carolina, what he learned from Chris Paul
• SEC pundits weigh in: How will South Carolina do this year?
• Penn State cornerback John Reid puts a lot of time into his studies, but don’t call it a sacrifice

Wake Forest picked to finish sixth in ACC’s Atlantic Division by league vote Winston Salem Journal

Fayetteville Observer

• Jack Britt alum Eric Mac Lain will star on ACC Network
• No surprise; Clemson heads preseason ACC football poll

Clemson’s football dominance is good for business in the ACC Norfolk Virginian Pilot

Citadel coach: ‘Flat-out joke’ that Bulldogs are picked 7th in SoCon football Charleston Post and Courier