Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Men’s Golf Earns GCAA Academic Team Honor ecupirates.com

The East Carolinian

• Pirate football season analysis
• Analysis: Predictions for the 2022 ECU volleyball season

WNCT 9

• Incoming ECU freshman injured in boating accident in Bath
• ECU men’s golf earns GCAA Academic Team honor
• Mayhue latest ECU baseball player to move on to majors

WITN 7

• Incoming ECU baseball player seriously injured in Beaufort County boating accident
• Sports Spotlight: ECU quarterback Holton Ahlers hosts youth football camp

Incoming ECU baseball player seriously injured in boating accident WTVD

247 Sports

• PODCAST: ECU AD Jon Gilbert sits down for a discussion on conference realignment, plus much more
• ECU adds lefty pitcher Jonathan Childress from transfer portal
• ECU reportedly set to renew series with UNCW, and take on South Carolina this season
• ECU incoming freshman infielder hospitalized after serious boating injury
• ECU Summer Baseball Update: Several Pirates continue strong offseasons
• ECU Countdown to Kickoff: No. 41 Owen Daffer
• ECU lefty CJ Mayhue to sign with Angels as undrafted free agent

Incoming ECU baseball player in Bath boating accident Washington Daily News

Future East Carolina baseball player seriously hurt in boating accident, NC officials say Raleigh News & Observer

ECU baseball: Mayhue, Worrell agree to MLB deals Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Around the American Athletic Conference

Defensive Standouts on Butkus Award, Thorpe Award Watch Lists American Athletic Conference

Jeff Scott says USF’s starting quarterback will be determined in preseason The Tampa Times

Memphis Commercial Appeal

•  How to watch AAC Football Media Day 2022 on live stream
•  AD Laird Veatch: Memphis Tigers athletics recovering after staff cuts
•  Memphis to face Seton Hall in ESPN Invitational Events opener
•  Memphis, MTSU agree home-and-home football series

Bill Haisten: 25 years ago – Bill Self’s unexpected and life-changing move from ORU to Tulsa Tulsa World

Temple baseball coaching legend Skip Wilson passes away 247 Sports

Cincinnati Enquirer

•  UC’s Pace brothers grab spots on watch list for Bronko Nagurski Trophy
•  UC O-linemen O’Quinn, Renfro named to Outland Trophy watch list

Orlando Sentinel

• UCF football’s Divaad Wilson, Lokahi Pauole join preseason watchlists
• UCF football expecting key visitors at Tuesday’s Knight Splash

UCF Men’s Basketball Playing in Orange Bowl Classic Sports Illustrated

How much Kelvin Sampson, Dana Holgorsen and other top UH coaches make Houston Chronicle

Conference USA media days arrive at a time of change in the league, college football Denton Record-Chronicle

UTSA picked to finish first in C-USA preseason media poll San Antionio Express News

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• NC State vs UNC for more than bragging rights … and then a rematch for ACC title?
• Duke basketball GM Rachel Baker helped recruit at Peach Jam. Why NCAA rules allow that
• Duke basketball assistant cited with 3 misdemeanor charges during Durham traffic stop
• Clemson, Miami selected to finish atop ACC divisions. NC State, UNC, Wake vote totals
• It’s ‘critically important’ Duke football improves in changing college sports landscape
• ACC Now podcast: UNC’s Mack Brown, Josh Downs on QBs, NIL, college sports landscape

For CAA Football media day, two anniversaries worth celebrating in Richmond Richmond

Kansas’ Bill Self on the transfer portal: ‘I think it’s a terrible rule’ Tulsa World

Winston Salem Journal

• Bold, aggressive Big Ten leaves door open for more expansion
• Wake Forest predicted to finish third in ACC’s Atlantic Division
• Conference realignment, NIL and scheduling format among storylines to watch during 2022 Big Ten Media Days
• Conference football coaches predict another big season for Appalachian State

Columbia The State

• A ‘revolutionary moment’ for Gamecocks basketball: English, Boston react to GG news
• USC men’s basketball’s schedule is coming together. What we know so far
• Preseason poll: Clemson football still projected to win ACC, but gap is closing

Charleston Post & Courier

• Coastal Carolina’s McCall, Stewart named SBC preseason offensive, defensive players of year
• Charleston Southern picked third in Big South, which will ally with Ohio Valley in 2023
• Sapakoff: The 10 craziest things from SEC Media Days, ACC Kickoff
• Commitment dates loom for USC and Clemson targets

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

• ‘We have higher expectations.’ Old Dominion shrugs off preseason prediction of last-place finish in Sun Belt’s East Division.
• Sun Belt commissioner says conference is ‘exploring all opportunities,’ not ruling out further expansion as ODU, three others join.
• U.Va. picked third, Hokies fourth in Coastal Division as Clemson gains media’s nod for overall ACC football champion
• Old Dominion to face Virginia Tech in basketball for first time since 2007
• Old Dominion football team picked to finish last in Sun Belt Conference’s East Division
• Former Virginia Tech player from Virginia Beach acquitted in beating death of Tinder match

Atlanta Journal Constitution

• Georgia State’s success means elevated expectations in Sun Belt Conference
• Should Georgia continue to play Florida in Jacksonville? Do the math.
• Georgia Tech football picked to finish sixth in ACC’s Coastal Division