Gilbert: Every budget reduction option is on the table …ECU’s Jordan Williams could be on the cusp of draft history …ECU offensive front making strides physically, mentally…First Flight’s Dylan Blake to join ECU basketball as preferred walk-on…ECU student sues UNC System over switch to online classes…Bengals Announce Signing Of Futrell…Temple Football Program Looking To Continue Building Brand Following Record-Setting NFL Draft …North Carolina college football ticket deposits are due on time — even if the season isn’t…Darlington Raceway to host two races in May, report says …NASCAR gets OK to race at Charlotte from Gov. Roy Cooper…Chiefs corner, Clemson product Bashaud Breeland arrested in SC on multiple charges…Chase Young is excited, and Redskins fans should be, too

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Flashback to History: The Battle for East Carolina
Leo’s Field General Tells All Bonesville.net

ecupirates.com

• Bengals Announce Signing Of Futrell
• An Update From AD Jon Gilbert

The East Carolinian

• 2004 ECU baseball team etched its name in the record books
• Noah Farrakhan commits to ECU basketball

Kendall Futrell Discusses Signing with Cincinnati  WNCT 9

First Flight’s Dylan Blake to join ECU basketball as preferred walk-on WITN 7

247 Sports

• ECU Football 2020 Player Expectations: LB Teylor Jackson
• ECU offensive front making strides physically, mentally
• ECU AD Jon Gilbert addresses financial challenges in letter

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

• Gilbert: Every budget reduction option is on the table
• ECU to resume classes in fall, pre-records graduation ceremony

O’Leary: ECU’s Jordan Williams could be on the cusp of draft history Canadian Football League

ECU student sues UNC System over switch to online classes WRAL

Around the American Athletic Conference

USF’s Greg Reaves, Mitch Wilcox face long odds in quest to make NFL rosters Tampa Bay Times

Temple Football Program Looking To Continue Building Brand Following Record-Setting NFL Draft CBS Boston / WBZ

Temple’s success in the NFL draft an obvious recruiting pitch for coach Rod Carey Philadelphia Inquirer

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• NCAA’s proposed transfer rule is right thing to do, and not just because of Landers Nolley
• Who are the most likely Memphis Tigers to be picked in the 2021 NFL Draft?

Academic issue results in TU basketball signee Rodgerick Brown not joining Hurricane Tulsa World

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

• North Carolina college football ticket deposits are due on time — even if the season isn’t
• ACC owed Greensboro another chance to host a tournament. In 2023, we’ll see if it belongs

When will Gamecocks settle on offensive identity? Hint: It’s going to be a while  Columbia The State

Winston Salem Journal

• Two of the 14 Group-of-Five schools with multiple NFL Draft picks came from this state
• ACC Tournament to return to Greensboro in 2023
• Jahcobi Neath enters transfer portal, leaves open possibility to return to Wake Forest
• Basketball championships, summer schedule getting NCHSAA’s attention this week

A look at Georgia QB Jamie Newman’s high school recruitment, highlights USA Today

Guerin Emig: What’s it like for a college AD with a pandemic but without football? ORU’s Mike Carter explains Tulsa World

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• Norfolk State football hosting virtual coaching clinics as quarantine continues
• East Coast Surfing Championships still on for August, for now

Kansas City Chiefs’ Bashaud Breeland, former Clemson great, arrested Charleston Post and Courier