Pirates lure a star from DB factory … Harrell on quest for unanimous effort … “Meet The Pirates” Set For August 21 … ECU opens season with 2-1 loss to Old Dominion … Pirates announce 2021-22 non-conference men’s basketball schedule

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Bonesville.net

• Football Recruiting Report
  Pirates lure a star from DB factory
• VIEW FROM THE EAST
  Harrell on quest for unanimous effort

ecupirates.com

• “Meet The Pirates” Set For August 21
• Pirates Host VMI In Home Opener
• ECU Falls In Overtime At Old Dominion
• ECU Announces 2021-22 Non-Conference Schedule
• ECU Faces UNC Greensboro In Exhibition Match
• Latham Named Track And Field Assistant Coach
• Wood Tabbed To All-AAC Preseason Team

The East Carolinian

• Pirate football looks toward 2021 season
• Marching Pirates eager to return to Dowdy-Ficklen

WNCT 9

• ECU opens season with 2-1 loss to Old Dominion
• Pirates announce 2021-22 non-conference men’s basketball schedule
• Latham named ECU track and field assistant coach
• ECU’s Wood tabbed to all-AAC preseason volleyball team

ECU Wraps Up Solid Fall Camp With Scrimmage Set for Saturday  Rivals.com

247 Sports

• Young enjoying best offseason yet entering bonus year
• Countdown to Kickoff: No. 12 Holton Ahlers
• Here’s what Mike Houston is looking for in Saturday’s final preseason scrimmage
• Countdown to Kickoff: No. 13 Ryan Jones
• ECU releases 2021-22 non-conference schedule
• Matured, ‘slim and trim’ CJ Johnson seems poised for bounce-back year
• Jeremy Lewis glad to be on defense: ‘Everything feels natural’
• PODCAST: ECU 2021 Defensive Line Position Preview
• Countdown to Kickoff: No. 14 Jayden Chalmers

Harold Varner III putts well in round two of the NORTHERN TRUST PGA Tour

A major attitude adjustment, plus two Saturday night beers, help Harold Varner start strong at Liberty National Golf Digest

Why Harold Varner’s attitude adjustment is a golden lesson for all golfers Golf.com

Golf Channel

• ‘Positive attitude’ has Varner in contention
• Harold Varner III ditches ‘terrible attitude’ from last week, fires 66 at Northern Trust

Harold Varner III hopes Tiger Woods, Jordan Spieth advice helps lead him to first win New York Post

Golfer Harold Varner III breaks down his Waffle House order and what it’s like to beat Michael Jordan on his own course YAHOO!

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

• ‘Super seniors’ thankful for extra ECU season
• Travel roster part of Pirate preparations
• Young weighs in on freshmen kickers
• ECU coach sees passion, athleticism at World Series games

Around the American Athletic Conference

The Associated Press

• Ridder and No. 8 Cincinnati hope to crash playoff party
• Navy hopes to bounce back after offense sputtered in 2020

American Athletic Conference

• The American Opens 2021 Season with Five Wins
• UCF The Unanimous 2021 American Volleyball Favorite In Preseason Coaches’ Poll

Cincinnati Enquirer

•  UC’s Bryan Cook relishes opportunity to finally be team’s No. 1 safety
•  Former UC star Thompson reflects on winning gold at Tokyo Olympics

Owls will return to The Bronx for preseason camp in 2022 247 Sports

Orlando Sentinel

• UCF AD Terry Mohajir: Proposed upgrades are paramount for where program is and needs to be
• UCF wraps up the second preseason scrimmage as Knights begin the process of setting a depth chart

One more go-around: Tulane’s super seniors talk about why they returned for COVID-granted year NOLA.com

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• Wells: Wallace was supposed to be LeMoyne-Owen coach, but Penny hired him
•  Alabama highlights Memphis basketball’s home nonconference schedule

Tulsa World

• TU basketball adds Southern Miss sharpshooter LaDavius Draine
• TU athletic director Rick Dickson agrees to three-year contract
• Former TU cornerback Reggie Robinson II placed on IR by Dallas Cowboys

Mulbah Car still running for UH as he heads into sixth season Houston Chronicle

Report: Navy inside linebacker Tama Tuitele enters transfer portal Annapolis Capital

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Coach K alters Duke’s preseason schedule to include a big-time closed scrimmage  Raleigh News & Observer

Winston Salem Journal

• App State’s Doug Gillin on finances after COVID-19 and facility plans
• WSSU to rely on leadership, ability of linebackers Ta’Shaun Taylor and Kalen Allen
• Wake Forest coach Steve Forbes on the Deacons: ‘I love our roster’
• AP Top 25 recap: How to take advantage of LSU?
• Big 12 faces difficult realignment questions as ACC, Big Ten and Pac-12 talk alliance

ACC teams unable to play due to COVID issues must forfeit games this fall Fayetteville Observer

Football for women and girls! W&M coach Mike London and his daughter will host a camp on Sunday. Norfolk Virginian Pilot

Charleston Post Courier

• Gamecocks’ Aaron Sterling shining on and off the field as he enters fifth season
• With Luke Doty injured, spotlight is on Gamecocks’ backup quarterbacks
• What we learned from Clemson football’s fall camp

Dakereon Joyner emerges as go-to leader, versatile option for Gamecocks  Columbia The State

Steve Hummer: Bulldogs must run before they can walk past Clemson Atlanta Journal Constitution

The Associated Press

• Oregon, Oregon State to require vaccination proof to attend
• Avalos next in line to try to continue Boise State tradition
• Auburn coach Bryan Harsin tests positive for COVID-19
• Late AD McGee, NFL’s Abraham named to SC athletic hall
• 6 Kentucky players plead not guilty to burglary charges