Pirate Press: ECU Headlines
Football Recruiting Report
Lineman built his future during COVID layoff Bonesville.net
A Letter From The Pirate Club ecupirates.com
The East Carolinian
- Pirate Club adds five more members to staff
- ECU baseball sophomore earns fourth postseason honor
- Whisenhunt takes the field with National Collegiate Stars team
North Carolina coaches have some fun at annual Pigskin Preview in Cary WNCT 9
ECU football almost fully vaccinated, Marlins win, Wood Ducks fall WITN 7
247 Sports
- Lineup revealed for ECU in the upcoming AAC media days
- Where ECU ranks in Baseball America’s ‘Never Too Early Top 25’ for 2022
- ECU 2021 Opponent Preview: UCF
- Countdown to Kickoff: No. 40 Chad Stephens
- Gavin Williams makes it official, signs with Cleveland
Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)
- More prep as season getting closer for all teams
- PHOTOS: Dooley Chapter Pigskin Preview event
- COVID not a major concern for some rising ECU freshmen
Jags’ Gardner Minshew says No. 2 role ‘is not an option’ for him in battle with Trevor Lawrence YAHOO!
Around the American Athletic Conference
American Athletic Conference
- Football Media Days to be Held Virtually August 3-4; Live Coverage on ESPN+
- Biletnikoff Award Watch List Includes Five Players From The American
A Jersey Guy: AAC ready to pounce Sports Illustrated
A Longhorns and Sooners near an SEC deal could mean USF and UCF gain as AAC would move to add the 8 schools left in the Big 12 Sports Talk Florida
Cincinnati Bearcats cornerbacks Gardner, Bryant named to watch list for Jim Thorpe Award Cincinnati Enquirer
What might Texas, Oklahoma to SEC mean for Florida’s schools? Tampa Bay Times
Orlando Sentinel
- Beleaguered Big 12 needs UCF more than UCF needs Big 12 | Commentary
- UCF receiver Jaylon Robinson lands on Biletnikoff Award preseason watch list
247 Sports
- Cameron Ruiz brings Chicago fire to Philly, literally
- Preston Brown: ‘I want to be the first Black coach to win the National Championship’
- ‘Hectic’ 48 hours for Rick Hart, SMU begins latest round of college football realignment conversations, rumors
- Mountain West keeping pulse on conference realignment
Episode 7: American Athletic Conference 2021-22 Deep Dive Audible
Join the Big 12? Keep the American rising? SMU AD Rick Hart says Mustangs must be ready for anything Dallas Morning News
Tigers TE Dykes has unfinished business in final season Memphis Commercial Appeal
Navy Athletics notes: Football wide receiver Mychal Cooper named ‘Captain of Captains’ at academy Baltimore Sun
Report: AAC program has been active in conference realignment discussions Saturday Down South
Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond
Winston Salem Journal
- Tigers again: Clemson is favorite for 7th straight ACC title
- ACC Preseason Poll: Wake Forest picked fifth in Atlantic Division
- Texas, Oklahoma’s departure for SEC appears imminent, no matter what Big 12 offers
- John Clay: Can the SEC really afford to say no to Texas and Oklahoma?
- Scott Satterfield, Dave Clawson harken back to FCS days, bowl success when talking potential CFP expansion
- MEAC’s silence on questions about COVID-19 testing leave N.C. A&T AD wishing he’d gone ‘scorched earth’
Fayetteville Observer
- Media: Clemson picked to win ACC. N.C. State, UNC top challengers
- Former NC State coach gets ‘chance to say goodbye’ to Bobby Bowden
- Chuck Amato and Bobby Bowden over the years
Charleston Post Courier
- Sapakoff: Gamecocks best play is an ACC move or major SEC realignment
- After a COVID-troubled spring season, SoCon tries to get back to normal
- Shane Beamer adds defensive backs from same place Gamecocks lost them
- USC president: Texas, Oklahoma ‘worthy to be considered’ by SEC though some fans worried
- College football recruits scrambling to squeeze in visits before practice begins
- Clemson picked to win seventh straight title in ACC preseason poll
Columbia The State
- How tough is Clemson’s schedule — and who wins the Georgia game? ACC pundits weigh in
- USC coaches Shane Beamer, Frank Martin give first thoughts on potential SEC expansion
- Amid Texas and Oklahoma’s likely move to SEC, what are the ACC’s options?
- Clemson favored to win seventh straight ACC title
- First look: New banner goes up at Gamecocks’ Williams-Brice Stadium
SEC leadership calls a meeting for Thursday, could an OU and Texas’ move become official? USA Today
Trevino: Texas, OU make correct decision, shake up college football landscape Laredo Morning Times
Houston Chronicle
- Texas, Oklahoma formally begin process of leaving Big 12
- Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick calls for committee to study impact of Texas…
- SEC expansion breathes new life into UT-A&M rivalry
Waiting game for how conference realignment impacts Aztecs, Mountain West San Diego Union-Tribune
KU, K-State, remaining Big 12 schools face this decision about their athletic futures Kansas City Star
As Ken Halpin departs to Purdue, the to-do list for next Winthrop AD comes into focus Charlotte Observer
The Associated Press
- With eye on SEC, Oklahoma, Texas move toward leaving Big 12
- SEC takeover: Expansion would just mean more power, wealth
- Missouri AD Jim Sterk to step down after 5 years in position
- Tigers again: Clemson is favorite for 7th straight ACC title
Nuggets and Briefs: National and Professional articles of interest
Winston Salem Journal
- Today in sports history: July 27
- Simone Biles out of Olympic team finals with apparent injury
- ‘A bit much’: Naomi Osaka cites pressure in Olympic loss
- Olympics Latest: Estonia wins gold in women’s epee fencing
- Tokyo reports record virus cases days after Olympics begin
The Hurricanes extended qualifying offers to five players Monday. Here’s who they are Raleigh News and Observer
Taylor Heinicke had a blue-collar offseason. Now he aims to prove he belongs in the NFL. Norfolk Virginian Pilot
Charlotte Observer
- Which Panthers players have breakout potential during training camp? Here are five.
- From story lines to schedules, a guide for fans attending Carolina Panthers training camp
- What the Hornets are planning to do in the draft, and how they hope to find a center
New York Times
- Simone Biles is out of the team final.
- Naomi Osaka’s Olympics Exit Dashes Her Hopes of Gold on Home Turf
- U.S. Women’s Soccer Team Ties Australia, and That’s Good Enough
- Carissa Moore and Italo Ferreira Win the First Olympic Gold Medals in Surfing
- Russia Is Banned, Yet It’s Everywhere at the Games
- Alberto Salazar Is Permanently Barred From Track for Sexual and Emotional Misconduct
- When the Olympics Delay Gets You to the Games
- Eyeing the SEC, Oklahoma and Texas Plan to Leave the Big 12
- A Runner’s Olympic Dream Was in Doubt Because of His DACA Status
Washington Post
- Live updates: Simone Biles misses rotation in women’s gymnastics team final, U.S. trails ROC
- Olympics live updates: Naomi Osaka upset in third round; American wins first surfing gold
- This is what peak performance looks like. Who cares how it’s clothed?
- U.S. women’s soccer team plays to a scoreless draw vs. Australia
- Lydia Jacoby, 17, puts a tiny Alaska town on map with stunning upset of Lilly King in 100 breaststroke
- Nationals are walked off again — and the chances of a deadline fire sale grow
- Washington signs defensive tackle Jonathan Allen to a new four-year, $72 million contract
Atlanta Journal Constitution
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