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GREG VACEK'S WEB ROUNDUPThursday, May 26, 2022

May 26, 2022 By Greg Vacek Leave a Comment

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

ECU To Face Cincinnati Thursday at 1 P.M. ecupirates.com

Pirates to face Cincinnati on Thursday WNCT 9

Three impact transfers to watch at East Carolina CBS Sports

247 Sports

  • How to watch, what to expect as ECU battles Cincinnati in winner’s bracket
  • 10 seniors ECU will be counting on in 2022
  • Where ECU sits in the latest projected fields of 64

ECU baseball: Four Pirates land on AAC first team, Spivey named pitcher of year Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

  • American Athletic Conference Baseball Chanpionship Schedule (theamerican.org)
  • No. 2 UCF Defeats No. 6 Wichita State, 12-4, in an Elimination Game at 2022 TicketSmarter American Baseball Championship
  • No. 5 Tulane Defeats No. 8 South Florida, 9-6, in an Elimination Game at 2022 TicketSmarter American Baseball Championship
  • No. 3 Houston Wins Shootout with No. 6 Wichita State, 10-7, in Fourth Game of 2022 TicketSmarter American Baseball Championship

Bearcats Beat Tulane 8-1, Face ECU in 2nd AAC Tourney Game SB Nation

Former USF star Deadrin Senat trying to extend new lease on NFL career with Bucs The Tampa Times

Staying alive: Six-run fourth inning helps Tulane to AAC tourney win against South Florida NOLA.com

Orlando Sentinel

  • Brother with Down syndrome to join sister, UCF softball for Super Regionals
  • Will viewers really boycott Fox Sports if Urban Meyer is hired? | Commentary

Houston basketball gets commitment from Cypress Falls’ JoJo Tugler Houston Chronicle

Wichita State baseball concludes disappointing season with early AAC tournament exit  Wichita Eagle

Ravens linebacker Diego Fagot among 4 Naval Academy athletes granted permission to pursue professional sports Annapolis Capital

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

WRAL

  • White hits 3 HRs, NC State tops Miami, advances to ACC semis
  • Coach K: ’30 of these shootings in our country in one year is unacceptable’

Raleigh News & Observer

  • Entering next season, NC State basketball coach Kevin Keatts expects to have critics
  • Duke softball is on verge of Women’s College World Series. How Blue Devils got there

Virginia Tech’s opener at Old Dominion complicates relationship for coaches Brent Pry, Ricky Rahne Richmond.com

Ram Ramblings: Tonia Walker, former WSSU AD, heading back to work for the CIAA as a senior associate commissioner Winston Salem Journal

Columbia The State

  • Gamecocks one and done in Hoover, clinch first losing season since 1996
  • Why adding Freddie Kitchens is a no-brainer for South Carolina and the offense

Charleston Post & Courier

  • Sapakoff: Pesky College of Charleston baseball running game is a boost
  • The Citadel goes 1-1 on first day of SoCon baseball tournament
  • Clemson softball hopes to make Oklahoma home for a while
  • Kingston’s future in question after Gamecocks post 1st losing season in baseball since 1996
  • Clemson’s Swinney mum on Saban-Fisher, Brownell expects more NIL trouble

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

  • Defense describes ex-Virginia Tech football player charged with murder as victim during opening statements
  • Intensity, work ethic have helped former Ocean Lakes star excel as a freshman in Virginia Tech’s potent lineup
  • New rules for providing housing for minor leaguers keep Norfolk Tides players off air mattresses
  • Hickory High grads Bailey Roberts and Caroline Helmer lead Christopher Newport into the NCAA Division III softball nationals
  • College baseball roundup: Chris Dengler sparks homer barrage as ODU rolls in C-USA tourney opener
  • Washington Commanders buy 200 acres of land in Virginia for possible stadium site, source says

Atlanta Journal Constitution

  • $68.5M Sanford Stadium project to highlight UGA board meeting
  • Game time, TV information announced for Georgia-Florida football
  • Former Georgia teammates have front-row views of NIL chaos
  • Kirby Smart: Georgia ‘not done yet’ after dedicating $80M football facility

The Associated Press

  • Alabama upends Arkansas in SEC second round
  • Bring the heat: Pac-12 adds postseason baseball tournament
  • Carter sparks Texas Tech past K-State 5-3 in Big 12 tourney

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

The Associated Press

  • AP sources: Colin Kaepernick to work out for Raiders
  • Watson on field with Browns as legal storm swirls around QB
  • NFL to appeal ruling in Gruden lawsuit over leaked emails
  • Shadoff tops defending champ Ewing in LPGA Match-Play opener
  • Oakland continues Seattle’s slide with 4-2 win over Mariners
  • Longoria, Giants tee off on Mets rookie Szapucki in 9-3 rout
  • Nationals end skid against Dodgers, win 1-0 in series finale

WRAL

  • Hurricanes counting on home success to offset road troubles
  • ‘Brief History of Triangle Sports’: Highs and lows of the Carolina Hurricanes with John Forslund
  • Brind’Amour: ‘Everybody’s frustrated’
  • Pesce: “We’ve been in this position before’
  • Hintz: Hurricanes set dubious franchise record with another playoff road loss
  • Haley goes yard vs Charlotte to give Bulls 2-0 series lead
  • Red Bulls eliminate Charlotte FC from US Open Cup
  • With Indianapolis 500 at full throttle, business is booming

Raleigh News & Observer

  • Hurricanes’ Lorentz makes bad decision against the Rangers, for all the right reasons
  • Frustration abounds as Hurricanes’ offense grinds away at nothing against the Rangers

Washington Post

  • Beneath Steve Kerr’s self-control is a life’s worth of outrage and grief
  • ‘Sorry to turn it back to basketball:’ Our complicated American refrain
  • Who’s afraid of Daniel Snyder? NFL owners, apparently.
  • For pair of fifth-year Terps, whirlwind careers will end at Final Four
  • Capitals’ Tom Wilson will miss six to eight months after ACL surgery
  • As Matt Cronin thrives in Harrisburg, the Nats won’t rush the process
  • ‘Professional’ players, ‘owner’ donors: Lane Kiffin gets candid on NIL

Atlanta Journal Constitution

  • Dansby Swanson has four hits as Braves’ offense comes alive in win over Phillies
  • Braves use powerful bats, Phillies’ miscues to secure win
  • Falcons move deeper into their offseason program
  • Braves’ Ronald Acuña has Grade 1 right quad strain
  • Braves starting pitcher Mike Soroka on joining TV broadcast, his rehab
  • Falcons sign two more draft picks
  • Colts owner Jim Irsay elated with his new quarterback Matt Ryan
  • As Eddie Rosario continues recovery, eye injuries a major concern for pro athletes

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