Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Football Recruiting Report
Norcross star on track for early enrollment Bonesville.net

ecupirates.com

• Pirate Creative, External Leadership Formed
• Volleyball Earns USMC/AVCA Team Academic Award
• Gilbert Announces Pirate Club Leadership

The East Carolinian

• ECU baseball sophomore earns fourth postseason honor
• Francisco, Caddell join teammates in MLB

WNCT 9

• ECU creates integrated creative services department for athletics
• ECU volleyball program earns USMC/AVCA team academic award

ECU Athletics announce new creative services unit to create content for all 18 sports programs WITN 7

247 Sports

• ECU 2021 Opponent Preview: Tulane
• ECU 2021 Opponent Preview: Charleston Southern
• Handful of 2022 ECU commitments receive 247Sports Composite scores
• Countdown to Kickoff: No. 44 Eric Doctor
• PODCAST: ECU 2021 Running Back Position Preview

Cleveland Indians expected to sign No. 1 pick Gavin Williams by Friday Cleveland.com

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• American Athletic Conference at the 2020 Olympics
• Cincinnati’s Ridder, UCF’s Gabriel on Davey O’Brien Award Watch List
• Seven American Athletic Conference Players on Bednarik Award Watch List
• Five From The American on Maxwell Award Watch List

Vanessa Gilles rode work ethic learned at UC to Tokyo Olympics Cincinnati Enquirer

Tampa Bay Times

• USF softball coach Ken Eriksen grateful as gold-medal quest begins
• We ranked all 78 Florida college football games from worst to first

Orlando Sentinel

• UCF’s Dillon Gabriel named to Maxwell Award watch list
• UCF’s Dillon Gabriel named to Davey O’Brien preseason watch list
• Will Josh Heupel, like Scott Frost, regret leaving UCF? | Commentary
• UCF should be ecstatic about playing Gators even on their terms | Commentary

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• Here’s what Larry Brown will be paid as Memphis assistant coach
• Memphis basketball has never won an AAC championship. Will that change this season?
• Tigers LB Russell wants defense to improve from 2020 season
• Memphis lineman Parham has experience, now he must become a leader

Tulsa World

• TU copes with departures to transfer portal while using it to find their replacements
• Guerin Emig: Leave jealousy, resentment out of complications from name, image and likeness

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

ESPN’s College GameDay returning to Charlotte WCNC

In the Heisman race, the Tar Heels will let Sam Howell’s play speak for itself  Raleigh News & Observer

Appalachian State picked as co-favorite in its division; nine projected for All-Sun Belt Winston Salem Journal

Which transfers will have the biggest impact on ACC football in 2021? Fayetteville Observer

Hokies coach Justin Fuente on former Cox High star’s arrest on murder charge: ‘Worst day of over 20 years of coaching.’ Norfolk Virginian Pilot

Charleston Post Courier

• Sapakoff: Dabo, aka ACC spokesperson, on NIL, transfer portal, 12-team playoff
• SEC football coaches discuss adding 9th conference game to schedule
• 11 Chants receive Sun Belt preseason nods; McCall named preseason offensive player of year

Columbia The State

• Finebaum’s forecast: What success looks like for Beamer at USC in Year 1 and beyond
• Gamecocks add accomplished Big Ten pitching coach to staff
• No, Dabo Swinney doesn’t want to expand the playoffs. Here’s why
• Winthrop athletic director leaving for new job at Power 5 school. Here’s what we know

Atlanta Journal Constitution

• Georgia’s JT Daniels standing out among QB peers
• 5 things we learned about Georgia at SEC Media Days

The Associated Press

• Group licensing: A new way for college athletes to cash in
• Deion Sanders: “Treat me like Nick” Saban
• Ball State the preseason favorite to win MAC football title
• Daniels, Corral, Young make trek from California to SEC QBs
• Alabama, Georgia among SEC powers scoring in transfer portal
• Mullen, Gators adapting to life with new QB, playmakers