Trade Club Unveiled as TowneBank Tower Completion Nears…Gameday: Pirate Soccer Hosts VCU In Exhibition; Back in purple and gold after Jamaican summer…Seize The Day: Defense Bounces Back; Balancing act for louder Bivens…West Brunswick’s J’vian McCray ready for final year before heading to ECU…Lincoln Riley’s lucky break …Leary in Wolfpack’s QB battle… ODU opens the doors to reconstructed S.B. Ballard Stadium….Experienced Bearcats try to build on breakout season…Memphis starting out eager to produce better finish…Navy installing run-and-shoot passing schemes…Eagles lose another backup QB, beat Jags; former ECU QB has better outing…Dwayne Haskins makes one great throw and a few mistakes in Redskins’ loss to Bengals…Big crowds will find out if Braves have closed gap on Dodgers…Dale Earnhardt Jr., family survive fiery plane crash in Tennessee, no injuries reported

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

The Bradsher Beat on ECU Volleyball
Pirates mesh on, off court Bonesville.net

ecupirates.com

• Gameday: Pirate Soccer Hosts VCU In Exhibition
• Trade Club Unveiled as TowneBank Tower Completion Nears
• Seize The Day: Defense Bounces Back

Greenville Daily Reflector

• Back in purple and gold after Jamaican summer
• Balancing act for louder Bivens
• Audie acclimates, Kirkpatrick gives updates

TowneBank Tower set to open at ECU WITN 7

247 Sports

• Kirkpatrick updates progress of quarterback room
• What Mike Houston said after ECU’s Thursday Practice

Renovations in Dowdy-Ficklen nearing end The East Carolinian

West Brunswick’s J’vian McCray ready for final year before heading to ECU GoUpstate

Lincoln Riley’s lucky break ESPN

Eagles lose another backup QB, beat Jags; former ECU QB has better outing WRAL SportsFan

 

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• 2019 Tulane Football Summer Preview
• American Stories: Turnaround At Tulane Makes Green Wave Contenders

Associated Press

• Experienced Bearcats try to build on breakout season
• Memphis starting out eager to produce better finish

UC basketball: Dates for 2019-2020 non-conference games set Cincinnati Enquirer

Michael Kelly pitches indoor facility at USF luncheon Tampa Bay Times

UCF linemen Noah Hancock, Landon Woodson eager to play after setbacks Orlando Sentinel

2019 Preview: Will New Quarterback Keep UCF Atop the AAC? Sports Illustrated

Mike Anthony: UConn football team might have a weapon in freshman Matt Drayton, one of many with an opportunity to lead the Huskies’ depleted receivers group Hartford Courant

Temple coach Rod Carey throws out the first pitch at the Phillies game Philadelphia Inquirer

NOLA.com

• Walker: Tulane’s new uptempo offense shows desire to put the pedal to the metal
• Defense dominates Tulane scrimmage, but players, coaches see all-around positives

SMU lands Auburn LB Richard McBryde as graduate transfer Dallas News

247 Sports

• Tigers in 20 – Off the Boards: Memphis vs. NPBA Select recap
• Tigers in 20 – Off the Boards: Interview with Mady Sissoko

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• Penny Hardaway sees growth, development from Alex Lomax, Tyler Harris in Bahamas
• Live updates: Memphis vs. Bahamas National B Team

Bill Haisten: The next step for an already good TU defense – striving to become special Tulsa World

Annapolis Capital

• Navy installing run-and-shoot passing schemes
• Navy’s slotback family is maturing
• Navy auditioning three candidates for kicking job

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

• NC State’s Willy Brown gets some good news from Coach Doeren
• Leary in Wolfpack’s QB battle
• How NC State’s Tabari Hines has made an awkward transition look easy
• NC State’s Seth Williams is called out by Coach Doeren – for the best of reasons
• #SpursUp season: Gamecocks nab dynamic tight end Eric Shaw out of Alabama
• Feaster settles in with fresh start at USC. Now he’s making his case for big role

Time to Boogie: Wake Forest defensive end primed to shine as Deacons try to solve pass-rush issues Winston Salem Journal

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• ODU’s shocker was left off magazine’s list of biggest upsets. How is that possible?
• Hokies’ Bud Foster doesn’t plan to change in his final season

“It’s been an undertaking.” ODU opens the doors to reconstructed S.B. Ballard Stadium. Hampton Roads Daily Press

Charleston Post and Courier

• Sapakoff: Brandon Streeter, Clemson’s underrated quarterback whisperer
• Four takeaways from Clemson’s second scrimmage
• Gamecocks get commitments from top defensive lineman, tight end prospects

WVU football: Defensive lineman Taijh Alston glad to get second chance with Mountaineers Charleston Gazette-Mail

Associated Press

• Ohio’s Frank Solich on pace to become MAC’s winningest coach
• Analysis: Arizona’s Tate darkhorse contender for Heisman
• AP Top 25 Podcast: Can Pac-12 break its playoff drought?