Coveted big play receiver picks Pirates  … Carson Qualifies For U.S. Women’s Amateur … ECU Duo Earns D1Baseball All-America Honors … ECU pitching coach takes over as head coach at Cal State Fullerton …Pirates testing some, waiting on exact fall protocols; COVID example from N.C. State, CWS could impact college football season …Mississippi St. routs Vanderbilt, sends CWS to decisive Game 3 …NC is so far behind on NIL reform, it may end up in front with NCAA bare-bones rules

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Football Recruiting Report
Coveted big play receiver picks Pirates Bonesville.net

ecupirates.com

• Weaver Named Clinician For 73rd NCCA Clinic
• Carson Qualifies For U.S. Women’s Amateur
• ECU Duo Earns D1Baseball All-America Honors
• Young Among NFF University Scholar-Athletes

The East Carolinian

• Gilbert explains new AAC positions, reveals responsibilities
• University undecided on controversial building renaming process

WNCT 9

• ECU pitching coach takes over as head coach at Cal State Fullerton
• ECU senior qualifies for U.S. Women’s Amateur
• Online Originals: ECU researchers test using recycled face masks as way to improve roads

ECU Grabs Commitment From Georgia WR Kaleb Webb  Rivals.com

247 Sports

• ECU pitching coach Jason Dietrich reportedly lands Cal State Fullerton job
• Countdown to Kickoff: No. 65 Trent Holler
• Countdown to Kickoff: No. 66 Fernando Frye

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

• Pirates testing some, waiting on exact fall protocols
• ECU team eyes recycled masks as a way to improve roads

Cal State Fullerton Set To Hire ECU’s Dietrich D1Baseball.com

Cal State Fullerton baseball tabs Jason Dietrich as new coach Los Angeles Daily News

Burleson powers his way to a promotion in Cardinals’ minor-league system St Louis Post-Dispatch

Around the American Athletic Conference

YAHOO! News

• College Football News Preseason All-American Conference Football Team: Preview 2021
• 13 UCF players make Phil Steele’s preseason All-AAC team

Former UC guard Williams reverses course, enters transfer portal Cincinnati Enquirer

Why college sports are in the middle of a transformative two-week stretch Tampa Bay Times

Orlando Sentinel

• 13 UCF players make Phil Steele’s preseason All-AAC team
• Embattled Nebraska coach Scott Frost should have taken Gators job or stayed at UCF | Commentary

BREAKING: Philly edge defender Khalif Kemp picks Temple 247 Sports

Bennett Lee, Collin Burns, Keagan Gillies on Louisiana Sports Writers Association college baseball team NOLA.com

Memphis Commercial Appeal

•  Reports: Hardaway to hire Larry Brown as Memphis assistant coach
•  3 things to know about Larry Brown, reported Memphis assistant
• Tigers add commitment from unranked OL McKenzie

Tulsa World

• Tulsa in review: Memorable year includes Zaven Collins’ emergence, Patrick Dever’s national championship
• On Thursday, important leadership changes at OSU, TPS and the University of Tulsa
• TU adds Tennessee cornerback Kenney Solomon as transfer

UH renews contracts of 3 football assistants Houston Chronicle

How Wichita State’s Tyson Etienne is improving his NBA Draft stock in team workouts Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• What do the NCAA’s name, images and likeness rules mean for NC State, UNC and Duke?
• From Ed O’Bannon to a pared-down NCAA proposal: A timeline of name, image and likeness
• NC is so far behind on NIL reform, it may end up in front with NCAA bare-bones rules
• With NCAA set to allow athlete endorsement deals, Republican plans to push for NC law

Good to Great – Wake Forest Football 2021 Comprehensive Preview  247 Sports

Q-and-A with Winston-Salem native, new Rice head coach Lindsay EdmondsWinston Salem Journal

He was one of North Carolina’s breakout 2022 recruits. Now, it’s time for Donovan Spellman to choose a college Fayetteville Observer

Old Dominion lands first-team All-MEAC guard C.J. Keyser from N.C. Central Norfolk Virginian Pilot

COVID example from N.C. State, CWS could impact college football season Charleston Post Courier

Columbia The State

• How a year away from football brought Luke Day and Chip Morton to South Carolina
• Gamecock baseball starting infielder enters transfer portal

Column: After Court Ruling, Let’s Rethink The Reason for College Athletics The Pilot

LSU coach Jay Johnson ‘knows how to build championship programs and bring them to Omaha’ Shreveport Times

Mississippi State defeats Vanderbilt, forcing third game of CWS championship series Omaha.com

Houston Chronicle

• Mississippi St. routs Vanderbilt, sends CWS to decisive Game 3
• Star struck: Jimbo Fisher piling up the recruits at A&M

The Associated Press

• Nebraska athletic director Bill Moos retiring after 3 years
• Gophers football home gets new name: Huntington Bank Stadium
• Miami Hurricanes’ guard McGusty to return for another season
• NCAA’s NIL era arrives, some athletes are ready to cash in
• Maryland adding transfer Pavlo Dziuba from Arizona State
• NCAA puts TCU basketball on probation, punishes ex-assistant
• Darius Days returning to LSU basketball for senior season