Pirate Press: ECU Headlines
VIEW FROM THE EAST
Pirates ready for preseason camp Bonesville.net
ecupirates.com
- Foursome Of Golfers Earn GCAA Academic Honors
- Baseball Earns Sixth ABCA Academic Award
- AAC WBB Announces Schedule Pairings
- Bridges Earns Academic All-America Honors
- Snead Named To Paul Hornung Watch List
- The American Announces MBB Opponent Assignments
- Ahlers Chosen To Wuerffel Trophy Watch List
- ECU Earns NABC Team Academic Excellence Award
Rivals.com
- Ahlers and Snead On Wuerffel and Hornung Watch Lists
- East Carolina Punter Jonn Young Named to Ray Guy Watch List
247 Sports
- Five second-year ECU players who could see a bigger role this season
- ECU 2021 Opponent Preview: Houston
- AAC updates testing protocol for vaccinated vs. unvaccinated
- Countdown to Kickoff: No. 34 Myles Berry
- Countdown to Kickoff: No. 35 Dre Terry
- Jonn Young named to Ray Guy Award Watch List
- ECU to open Myrtle Beach Invitational against Oklahoma
Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)
Around the American Athletic Conference
American Athletic Conference
- Houston’s Grimes Selected No. 25 Overall in 2021 NBA Draft
- East Carolina’s Bridges Named CoSIDA Academic All-American
- South Florida Softball’s Corrick Tabbed To CoSIDA Academic All-America Third Team
- American Athletic Conference Announces 2021-22 Women’s Basketball Schedule Pairings
- American Athletic Conference Releases 2021-22 Men’s Basketball Schedule Pairings
- Football Media Days to be Held Virtually August 3-4; Live Coverage on ESPN+
Cincinnati Enquirer
- Cincinnati’s Gardner, Sanders named to Nagurski Trophy watch list
- Conference realignment: What is the future of the Cincinnati Bearcats?
- UC cornerbacks Gardner, Bryant named to Jim Thorpe Award watch list
Tampa Bay Times
- As conference realignment begins, USF picked a bad time to be bad at football
- USF players capitalize on NIL law with special teams camp
Orlando Sentinel
- UCF coach Gus Malzahn talks conference realignment, fall camp and scheduling Florida
- UCF fans should applaud AAC’s Aresco for trying to ruin Big 12 | Commentary
Building momentum: Tulane’s early football recruiting class loaded with 3-star prospects NOLA.com
Dallas Morning News
- SMU, DeSoto product Feron Hunt among multiple undrafted free agents signed by Mavericks
- College football mock realignment: DMN columnists, writers create four 16-team mega conferences
While conference realignment swirls, let’s make college football about the football again | Giannotto Memphis Commercial Appeal
Thrive Academy hires former Donaldsonville, Tulane standout Devon Breaux as ihead football coach The Advocate
UH’s DeJon Jarreau to sign with Miami Heat Houston Chronicle
Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond
Raleigh News & Observer
- Cary’s Claire Curzan had one last shot at an Olympic medal. Here’s how she did
- Randolph Ross, a Garner native and NC A&T track star, gets his shot on the Olympic stage
Winston Salem Journal
- ‘We all feel disrespected.’ WSSU selected ninth overall in CIAA in preseason coaches poll and fourth in Southern Division.
- Commissioner Bob Bowlsby says ESPN trying to break up Big 12
- WSSU to play in new Chris Paul HBCU Tip-Off tournament at Naismith Hall of Fame
The Associated Press
- SEC welcomes Texas, Oklahoma after boards accept invitations
- SEC invites Oklahoma and Texas to join conference — in 2025
- The Southeastern Conference has voted to invite Texas and Oklahoma to join the league, effective July 1, 2025
- Huskers open practice out to end streak of 4 losing seasons
- AP Top 25 Podcast: Big Ten preview and realignment is back
- Big 12 accuses ESPN of trying to ‘destabilize’ conference
EDITORIAL: College athletics a tsunami of change for BU, Big 12 Waco Tribune
Houston Chronicle
- Texas looking out for No. 1 in move to SEC
- Joining SEC ‘just means more’ than football for newcomers
The Oklahoman
- Tramel: How will OU fare in the SEC? The playoff plan will matter
- Carlson: OU fans are all in on moving to SEC — except for this one thing
- Tramel: Will OU and Texas be lame ducks long in the Big 12?
In new playoff landscape, conferences should think smaller Saturday Blitz
College football realignment: What should CU Buffs, CSU Rams do now? Denver Post
Steven M. Sipple: If college football’s muck gets to be too much for you, there’s always Netflix Lincoln Star-Journal
Sports column: SEC expansion will leave lots of unintended casualties The Vicksburg Post
Nuggets and Briefs: National and Professional articles of interest
Winston Salem Journal
- Olympics roundup: US women win medals in vault, uneven bars; new world’s fastest man; US golf gold
- Olympics Latest: Chen wins badminton gold in women’s singles
- Italian Jacobs takes surprising gold in Olympic 100
- Rays prospect Shane Baz to start for US vs Japan at Olympics
- Israel gets 1st Olympic baseball win; Mexico eliminated
- Olympic champion Sunisa Lee adds bronze on uneven bars
Raleigh News and Observer
- Without defenseman Dougie Hamilton, the Canes take a defense-by-committee approach
- Hurricanes sign veteran forward Derek Stepan to one-year contract
Charlotte Observer
- Robby Anderson’s big catch, team’s aggressiveness highlight Panthers camp practice
- Carolina Panthers apologize to fans. Here’s why they sent a late-night ‘we’re sorry.’
- The Hornets got more vertical in the NBA draft and are going to create must-see TV
- Getting Bouknight, Jones in NBA draft puts Hornets in position to end playoff drought
- Meet James Bouknight after he was selected 11th overall by the Charlotte Hornets
- Hornets ‘very surprised’ James Bouknight fell to them in NBA draft
Washington Post
- Olympics live updates: Sprinter Lamont Marcell Jacobs of Italy wins gold in men’s 100 meters
- After a stiff Aussie challenge, Caeleb Dressel keeps U.S. swimming on top
- Simone Biles withdraws from floor exercise final, has one more chance to compete in Tokyo
- As athletes open up on mental health, Japan’s Olympians tell harrowing tales
- Japan has put on a diverse face for the Olympics. Some ‘hafu’ say that’s not reality.
- Katie Ledecky’s greatest triumph isn’t all the gold. It’s the fun she found in pursuit.
- ‘Look good, feel good, run good.’ The hair and nails at track and field provide plenty of flash.
Atlanta Journal Constitution
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