Pirates Named IWLCA Academic Honor Squad…ECU Getting Better as Scrimmage Approaches; Pirates Fight Through Hot Morning, Point To Saturday…UCLA transfer receiver joins Pirates; ECU lands three-star defensive tackle from South Carolina…Now, Blake Barnett has the ingredients to lead USF…Florida State latest to open up beer/wine sales for football games…Court documents allege Nike executives were willing to pay Zion Williamson and others…Aaron Rodgers has an idea to make Packers fans louder: Cheaper beer…Nats are riding a wave. Whether it breaks in playoffs comes down to a pair of arms

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

From the Anchor Desk
Pirates push towards Saturday scrimmage Bonesville.net

ecupirates.com

• Pirates Named IWLCA Academic Honor Squad
• Pirates Fight Through Hot Morning, Point To Saturday

Greenville Daily Reflector

• Pirate offense takes big stride
• UCLA transfer receiver joins Pirates

Brian Bailey Show Replay Guest AAC commissioner Mike Aresco – Pirate Radio

247 Sports

• ECU lands three-star defensive tackle from South Carolina
• Smith making presence known at inside linebacker
• What Mike Houston said after ECU’s Wednesday practice

Rivals.com

• 2020 Recruiting Class Nearing Completion for East Carolina
• ECU Getting Better as Scrimmage Approaches

PIO notes: Brickhouse rebuilding his swing Minor League Baseball

Around the American Athletic Conference

Fertile ground for turnarounds, who is next to surge in AAC? Washington Post

theamerican.org

• 2019 Temple Football Summer Preview
• 2019 SMU Football Summer Preview
• USF Tabbed American Favorite in Women’s Soccer Preseason Coaches’ Poll

Now, Blake Barnett has the ingredients to lead USF Tampa Bay Times

Longtime UCF football radio broadcaster Jerry O’Neill retiring Orlando Sentinel

5 UConn football players to watch for in 2019 Hartford Courant

USA Today

UConn looks to end losing habits during final year in AAC

Memphis starting out eager to produce better finish

Memphis president celebrates Tigers as top football team ranked in the state of Tennessee Tennessean

Zack Mesday is a Temple poster child for grit and resilience | Mike Jensen Philadelphia Inquirer

NOLA.com

• Tulane football: why Jalen McCleskey, Sincere Haynesworth and Sterling Stockwell have turned heads
• Better practices: Tulane football team staying away from the brutal heat all week

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Florida State latest to open up beer/wine sales for football games NBC Sports

Raleigh News and Observer

• Court documents allege Nike executives were willing to pay Zion Williamson and others
• These 5-star players landed at UNC and NC State. How did they fare after high school?
• How Mack Brown’s UNC football program is different than Larry Fedora’s
• For UNC football’s Chazz Surratt, a new position has brought some new ‘friends’
• Dabo Swinney’s final words for Tavien Feaster before he graduated Clemson, went to USC
• Tavien Feaster speaks: ‘I like the opportunity’ at South Carolina

What was quarterback Zac Thomas’s first request to his new Appalachian State coach?  Charlotte Observer

Winston Salem Journal

• App Trial: App State to dedicate plaza, statue to former head coach Jerry Moore.
• My Take On Wake: 10 Deacons with the most to gain in the final week of fall camp

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