ECU Completes Prep For First Scrimmage; Scrimmage storylines: QBs, RBs in focus…Player leadership still developing for ECU as 2019 season nears…Tides honor four, including David Wright…Staff changes used to irk UC football coach Luke Fickell. Not anymore…Saban: Bama working toward 10 Power 5 games…Laird Veatch named University of Memphis Director of Athletics…How brothers Thayer and Drake Thomas took different roads to NC State football…NFL hopeful talked his way into a tryout. In his debut, he scored a touchdown…Simone Biles Takes Gymnastics to a New Level. Again….The Braves are good, but can they close gap with Dodgers?
Pirate Press: ECU Headlines
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Scrimmage storylines: QBs, RBs in focus Greenville Daily Reflector
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- ECU football completes prep for first scrimmage
- South Central’s Kendall Futrell a leader on ECU defense
- ECU names new Alumni Association President
- Brody School of Medicine has White Coat Ceremony
247 Sports
- Player leadership still developing for ECU as 2019 season nears
- Pirates conclude final practice before first August scrimmage
- Know The Foe: UCF Knights
- Know The Foe: USF Bulls
- Catching up with the Coordinators: ST coordinator Roy Tesh
Tides honor four, including David Wright Norfolk Virginian Pilot
Around the American Athletic Conference
Staff changes used to irk UC football coach Luke Fickell. Not anymore Cincinnati Enquirer
Saban: Bama working toward 10 Power 5 games ESPN
UConn receivers and tight ends preview: New-look group has much production to replace Hartford Courant
Lawmaker wants donors to pay for UConn’s exit from AAC Chicago Tribune
Dominant duo: bookends Patrick Johnson, Patrick Johnson key to Tulane’s rise NOLA.com
TV-radio notes: Tulane hires Virginia Tech’s Andrew Allegretta Roanoke Times
Memphis among top 25 teams in KenPom’s program rankings 247 Sports
Laird Veatch named University of Memphis Director of Athletics Memphis Tigers
Underdog Pawdcast: 2019 Memphis Tigers Football Preview with Evan Barnes SB Nation
Memphis Commercial Appeal
- 3 things to know about new Memphis AD Laird Veatch
- Former Memphis quarterback Riley Ferguson returns to Tigers practice
Patrick Carr ready for his role in UH backfield Houston Chronicle
Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond
Raleigh News and Observer
- How brothers Thayer and Drake Thomas took different roads to NC State football
- NCAA drops proposed academic fraud reform
- Everyone is chasing Clemson and Alabama as college football begins a new season
- Duke loses promising wide receiver Jake Bobo to injury
- This Clemson senior considered a transfer. A renewed commitment is paying off
- No championship rings yet for Clemson players suspended for playoff. Here’s why
- ‘Blessed with another year’ at USC, JT Ibe is preaching the importance of health
- Does your cable company carry the ACC Network? What you need to know
Winston Salem Journal
- Wake Forest’s last original Beef Boys are entering their final seasons, but their legacies will remain for years to come
- WSSU opens preseason football practice with plenty of running as conditioning is order of the day
For Gamecocks veteran Rico Dowdle, newcomer Tavien Feaster is just another challenge Charleston Post and Courier
Looking at Georgia’s 2019 opponents: Notre Dame Atlanta Journal Constitution
Nuggets and Briefs: National and Professional articles of interest
Charlotte Observer
New York Times
- Simone Biles Takes Gymnastics to a New Level. Again.
- As Wins Pile Up, Mets and Their Fans Soak in the Moment
- Clint Frazier Knows Why He’s in Scranton, but Longs for New York
- Figure Skater Files Lawsuit Claiming Sexual Abuse by Prominent Coach
- Jordan Spieth Finds Youthful Inspiration at the Northern Trust
- Country House’s Trainer Can’t Quite Embrace His Kentucky Derby Win
- N.F.L. Preseason Opens With Young Stars and Veteran Absences
- Whispers of Sexual Abuse Tailed an Equestrian Legend for Decades. At 81, He Was Barred for Life.
- Serena Williams Dominates a Rematch With Naomi Osaka
- Tiger Woods Withdraws From Northern Trust
- Paul George’s Injury Was a Bad Break With No Permanent Damage
- Daniel Jones Puts on a Show in Giants’ Rain-Delayed Victory
- Manchester City Looks Unbeatable. These Coaches Know It’s Not.
Washington Post
- NFL hopeful talked his way into a tryout. In his debut, he scored a touchdown.
- Redskins’ Moreland, ‘The People’s Corner,’ stood tall in debut
- Critics questioned Jurgensen’s addition to radio booth. It worked out okay.
- Nationals revert to painful ways of May, blow three-run lead in ninth for 7-6 loss to Mets
- Nats’ long wait for Max Scherzer’s return continues
- The Nats spent years testing pitching coach Paul Menhart
- In the dog days of summer, the Cleveland Browns’ puppy adoption drive is thriving
- Trump says he would ‘love’ to see Colin Kaepernick return to the NFL. The QB says he’s ready.
- Stills: Stephen Ross wants to ‘play both sides’ on Trump and social justice
- Simone Biles is pushing herself — and gymnastics — to the limit at the U.S. championships
- Sam Mikulak, seeking a sixth U.S. men’s title, is eager to take on the world
- Gregg Popovich and the United Spurs of America
- ‘Rich Paul Rule’ seems to target agents, but some say college players will be hurt most
- Anthony Rendon really might be headed for free agency
- The Zlatan Show: It’s loud, it’s spectacular, and it might soon move on from MLS
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