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Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

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Pirates excelled despite complicated season
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ecupirates.com

  • Moylan Earns Third All-America Accolade
  • ECU Earns Sixth-Straight AAC Academic Excellence Award
  • ECU Student-Athletes Lauded For Academic Success
  • Hamilton Qualifies For U.S. Women’s Amateur
  • ECU Mourns The Passing Of Coach Eddie Payne
  • Knight To Take Over ECU Pitching Duties

The East Carolinian

  • ECU athletics kick-starts SABRE program
  • ECU Director of Athletics Jon Gilbert announces sports update

Eddie Payne, former Upstate and ECU basketball coach, has died Charlotte Observer

Greensboro News & Record

  • Eddie Payne, former Wake Forest basketball player and Greensboro College coach, dies at 69
  • East Forsyth alum Connor Norby’s journey to MLB draft wasn’t always smooth

WNCT 9

  • Williams, Norby could hear their names called early in MLB Draft
  • Ahlers talks about ‘Built When Broken,’ why he decided to create it
  • ECU’s Moylan earns Baseball America Freshman All-American Team honor
  • ECU student-athletes lauded for academic success
  • Pirates’ Hamilton qualifies for U.S. Women’s Amateur
  • ECU’s Carson Whisenhunt shines for Stars in Collegiate National competition on Wednesday
  • Pirates QB Ahlers signs with Barstool Sports, is first endorsement deal as part of NIL
  • ECU mourns passing of former men’s basketball coach Eddie Payne
  • Former ECU, USC Upstate basketball coach Eddie Payne dies, according to family friend
  • ECU’s Forbrigd named AAC Women’s Golf Scholar-Athlete
  • Knight takes over role as ECU pitching coach
  • Five ECU golfers named WGCA All-American Scholars

WITN 7

  • ECU QB Holton Ahlers already reaping impacts of NIL
  • Former ECU standout Butts-Townsend qualifies for Tokyo Olympics
  • ECU mourns passing of Eddie Payne
  • ECU baseball names Knight new pitching coach

Nine Pirates On This Year’s Phil Steele Preseason All-AAC Squad  Rivals.com

247 Sports

  • What Phil Steele thinks of ECU heading into the 2021 season
  • Ranking the quarterbacks ECU will face in 2021
  • ECU’s Carson Whisenhunt posts strong start for Collegiate National Team
  • New additions to ECU roster get uniform numbers
  • Countdown to Kickoff: No. 56 D’Anta Johnson

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

  • ECU NOTEBOOK: Former Pirate bound for Olympics in high jump
  • Hornets recognize ECU club sports

Marshall football opponents, Game 3: Defense key for East Carolina turnaround Charleston (WV) Gazette Mail

ECU’s Gavin Williams projected as 1st-round pick in 2021 MLB Draft Fayetteville Observer

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

  • American Announces All-Academic Team and Team Academic Excellence Awards
  • Houston Volleyball Player Alexis Cheatum Earns The American’s 2021 Community Impact Award
  • Patrick Dever of Tulsa, Georgina Corrick of South Florida Named American Scholar-Athletes of the Year

Caisja Chandler becomes first UC student-athlete to pocket NIL dealCincinnati Enquirer

247 Sports

  • UCF sees ‘major adjustment’ in updated ESPN FPI, up to No. 34 in ranking
  • Owls rated ninth in American’s all-sports rankings in 2020-21

Kendric Davis withdraws from NBA draft pool to return to SMU Dallas Morning News

Memphis Commercial Appeal

  •  Former Memphis assistant accused of sexual harassment, but case closed
  •  Hardaway gets his man Larry Brown and has Memphis in the spotlight
Bill Haisten: ‘50-50’ possibility at TU – another year of fund-raising champion Rick Dickson Tulsa World

He’s coming back: Tyson Etienne exits NBA Draft to return to Wichita State basketball  Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

  • In death of basketball coach Eddie Payne, the Carolinas lose an institution
  • Hubert Davis lands his first 5-star recruit. Meet UNC’s newest commitment

W&M, opening at UVA, adds grad-transfer QB from Arizona to compete with Hollis Mathis Richmond.com

Charleston Post Courier

  • CCU baseball’s Gary Gilmore to be inducted into ABCA Hall of Fame
  • Beamer’s early recruiting success bringing back hope to Gamecock football

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

Winston Salem Journal

  • No fans? No problem! A look back at substitutes for sports during the pandemic
  • Hendricks wins 9th straight, Wisdom HR, Cubs beat Cards 10-5
  • Trevor Bauer paid leave extended through July 15 by MLB

Charlotte Observer

  • 2 Charlotte Hornets pulled from Team USA training camp due to COVID protocol
  • ‘Shut up and take my money’: Charlotte FC fans clamor for release of team kit designs

New York Times

  • At the All-Star Game, a Dimmer Stage for Black Players
  • It’s Novak Djokovic vs. Matteo Berrettini in Wimbledon Final
  • Science Doesn’t Support Idea That Marijuana Aids Athletes’ Performance
  • Chiellini, Bonucci and the Joys of Pushing Back
  • After 45 Years, a Cop Still Looks After His Favorite (Base) Thief
  • Suns Find the Open Man: It’s Usually Devin Booker
  • Lionel Messi Tries to Slay His Ghosts
  • It’s Ashleigh Barty vs. Karolina Pliskova in Wimbledon Final
  • Spectators Will Be Barred at Tokyo Olympics Amid New Covid Emergency

Washington Post

  • To negotiate an Olympics in a pandemic, Team USA needed a plan and then several more
  • Giannis Antetokounmpo has been great. The Bucks need greater.
  • Rachel Nichols is back on the air, but the fallout at ESPN is just beginning
  • U.S. swimmer Michael Andrew on why he will go to Tokyo without coronavirus vaccine
  • Nats’ Josh Harrison endeared himself to Padres fans by giving them ‘taste of their own medicine’

Atlanta Journal Constitution

  • Georgia’s Aaron Murray thinks about what might’ve been under NIL
  • In-person workouts prove beneficial for Georgia Tech, prospects
  • Mixing ‘new school’ with ‘old school’ helps McMillan thrive with Hawks

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