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- ECU Earns NABC Team Academic Excellence Award
- ECU Adds Two More To 2022 Softball Roster
- ECU Draws Oklahoma At Myrtle Beach Invitational
- Young Named To Ray Guy Watch List
- Four Pirates Named To NABC Honors Court
- Pirates Named IWLCA Academic Honor Squad
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- ECU draws Oklahoma at Myrtle Beach Invitational
- ECU earns NABC Team Academic Excellence award
- ECU punter named to Ray Guy Watch List
- ECU adds two more players to 2022 roster
- Big 12 accuses ESPN of trying to ‘destabilize’ conference
- ECU police arrest man for setting police SUV on fire
Man accused of torching ECU police cruiser WITN 7
Man accused of setting police SUV on fire at ECU WRAL
OU, East Carolina to Play in Opening Round of Myrtle Beach Invitational Oklahoma Sooners
East Carolina Punter Jonn Young Named to Ray Guy Watch List Rivals.com
247 Sports
- Sooners to open Myrtle Beach Invitational against East Carolina, bracket unveiled
- Countdown to Kickoff: No. 35 Dre Terry
- From Fitz: Bowlsby lashes out in defense of his conference
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Around the American Athletic Conference
Football Media Days to be Held Virtually August 3-4; Live Coverage on ESPN+ American Athletic Conference
Top 50 AAC College Football Players for 2021: 30-21 Underdog Dynasty
CBSSports.com
- Big 12 believes American is attempting to grab eight remaining members with Texas, Oklahoma leaving for SEC
- Big 12 commissioner alleges ESPN conspired with SEC, American to lure teams from conference
ESPN Sends Blunt Response Back To Big 12’s Cease & Desist Letter Total Pro Sports
Cincinnati Bearcats CB Gardner, DE Sanders named to watch list for Bronko Nagurski Trophy Cincinnati Enquirer
College Football Mathematical Preview: Independents and the Group of Five The Only Colors
As conference realignment begins, USF picked a bad time to be bad at football Tampa Bay Times
UCF, Maryland agree to home-and-home football series beginning in 2025 Orlando Sentinel
Big 12 accuses ESPN network of shenanigans Temple Daily Telegram
‘A complete articulation of deception’: Bowlsby says ESPN trying to break up Big 12 Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Big 12 Sends A ‘Cease And Desist’ Letter To ESPN. That’s Only Half The Story. Forbes
Big 12 sends ESPN a cease-and-desist, says ESPN’s been talking with at least one conference beyond SEC on adding Big 12 members Awful Announcing
Dallas Morning News
- Cole Beasley makes vaccination statement: ‘I’m not anti- or pro-vax. I’m pro choice’
- SMU football unveils new ‘Dallas’ uniforms ahead of 2021 season
- Join the Big 12? Keep the American rising? SMU AD Rick Hart says Mustangs must be ready for anything
Memphis Commercial Appeal
- Hardaway closing in on filling coaching staff vacancies
- Who steps up as Tigers No. 1 RB after disappointing season?
Big 12 accuses ESPN of trying to ‘destabilize’ conference Houston Chronicle
Former Navy football fullback Jamale Carothers transfers to Western Kentucky, located in his hometown Annapolis Capital
Commissioner Bob Bowlsby says ESPN trying to break up Big 12 Wichita Eagle
Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond
Raleigh News & Observer
- NBA draft expected to be thin on UNC, Duke, NCSU players
- Duke coach David Cutcliffe brought his players an unwanted, legless surprise
- Duke coach, former UNC women’s basketball player make history in Tokyo Olympics
WSSU to play in new Chris Paul HBCU Tip-Off tournament at Naismith Hall of Fame Winston Salem Journal
NC State Unveils Design for the Season Opener Football Helmet, But Is It Good? BCSNN
Fayetteville Observer
- UNC opposes plan for College Football Playoff expansion to 12 teams
- UNC QB Sam Howell named Preseason Player of the Year for ACC football by wide margin
Old Dominion will play in Myrtle Beach basketball tourney Norfolk Virginian Pilot
Gilbert says Marshall is taking ‘wait and see’ approach on conference realignment West Virginia MetroNews
N.C. A&T and Hampton look forward to playing each other as Big South Conference competitors The Undefeated
CCU’s kicker, punter named to preseason watch lists for national awards Charleston Post Courier
Columbia The State
- Got a hunch how Doty, Harris and the Gamecocks will do in 2021? Place your bets
- Perfect regular season the benchmark for Clemson? This oddsmaker thinks so
- What SEC expansion might mean for South Carolina’s bottom line
- SLED has ‘active investigation’ involving former Clemson player
A&M board of regents in favor of adding Texas, OU to SEC Houston Chronicle
Now with the stage set, league presidents expected to vote Texas, Oklahoma into SEC Austin American-Statesman
The Associated Press
- Big 12 accuses ESPN of trying to ‘destabilize’ conference
- NCAA won’t re-evaluate penalties for Bush, other cases
- Regents approve naming Iowa’s football field for Duke Slater
- Pac-12 players, coaches still trying to get handle on NIL
- Rolovich laments distraction created by his vaccine decision
- 12-team CFP: Why can’t Irish earn a bye and other questions
What the Big 12 can learn from the Sun Belt as conference realignment looms The Daily Advertiser
Nuggets and Briefs: National and Professional articles of interest
Winston Salem Journal
- Today in sports history: July 29
- Sports events on the air for Thursday, July 29
- Olympics Latest: Russian fencers win gold in team foil
- Simone Biles makes mental health the talk of the Tokyo Games
- Sneaking a peek: Fans find creative ways to glimpse Olympics
- LEADING OFF: Gallo preps for Yanks, Nats dealing with COVID
- Baseball organizer ran out of balls at Olympic qualifying
Charlotte Observer
- The Hornets’ 5 best options to select at No. 11 in the NBA draft
- Now that Sam Darnold got the shot, it’s time to see if the new Panthers QB can play
- What we learned at Panthers training camp: Brian Burns beefed up, and watch for this CB
Raleigh News and Observer
- Tony DeAngelo says he’s a changed man. Canes are giving him a chance to prove it
- Best and worst moves made by the Hurricanes to open NHL free agency
New York Times
- Olympic Gymnastics Live: Sunisa Lee Wins All-Around Gold
- Door Slams and Idle Chatter Fill Out Games’ New Soundtrack
- The Chinese Sports Machine’s Single Goal: The Most Golds, at Any Cost
- Tick, Tick, Tick: Athletes’ Grueling Wait for an Olympic Moment
- Olympics Live Updates: U.S. Pole Vaulter Tests Positive
- Olympic Swimming Highlights: U.S. Men Capture 2 Freestyle Golds; China Surprises in Relay
- Simone Biles and the Power of ‘No’
- Not ‘Bad Boys’ Anymore, the Pistons Just Want to Be Good Again
- 5 N.B.A. Draft Prospects to Know
- Deshaun Watson and the Texans Opened Camp With Business as Unusual
Mike Preston: QB Lamar Jackson’s poor decision-making again puts himself and the Ravens in a difficult spot | COMMENTARY Baltimore Sun
Washington Post
- Sunisa Lee wins gold medal for United States in women’s gymnastics all-around competition
- Simone Biles was abandoned by American Olympic officials, and the torment hasn’t stopped
- With an epic final length, Bobby Finke wins unexpected gold in the 800 meters
- USA Swimming didn’t need a hero. It just needed Caeleb Dressel.
- Katie Ledecky ‘let it go’ in anchor leg of 4×200 relay, securing silver
- Olympics live updates: Katie Ledecky wins another medal; gymnastics goes on without Simone Biles
- Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama opens Olympic golf to silence, not a roar
- Texas and Oklahoma pursue realignment — of their bank accounts
- First finals in the Olympic pool feel like Round 1 of a U.S.-Australia brawl
- Nationals-Phillies game postponed as Nats deal with a second coronavirus outbreak
- Trea Turner? Trevor Story? Nats? Giants? Players, teams to watch at the MLB trade deadline.
- Aaron Rodgers, back in Green Bay, details issues with team and uncertainty about his future
- Deshaun Watson eligible to practice with Texans with NFL for now opting against paid leave
- Vikings, citing vaccination protocols, move an assistant coach into a new role
- As Washington begins training camp, Ron Rivera preaches maturity and consistency
Atlanta Journal Constitution
- Mark Bradley: Braves celebrate Hank Aaron and we still marvel at his life, career
- Michael Cunningham: Hawks eye cheap talent with raises coming for Young and Co.
- Draft night could play out fortuitously for Jose Alvarado, Moses Wright
- Trade-deadline decisions loom for Braves
- Braves lose to Mets on close play at plate, again fail to reach .500
- SEC presidents to meet to discuss Oklahoma, Texas additions
- Hawks stick with plan to draft best player available
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