Pirates Fight to 1-0 Loss to No. 2 Duke in Front of Record Crowd…ECU releases swimming and diving schedule…Parker Byrd’s second amputation pushed to Friday…Larsen set to take over punting duties for Pirates…These puffy helmet caps are the next big thing in NFL player safety…Browns’ Deshaun Watson suspended 11 games, fined $5 million

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

ecupirates.com

• Pirates Fight to 1-0 Loss to No. 2 Duke in Front of Record Crowd
• ECU Reveals Swimming & Diving Schedule

WNCT 9

• Pirates hang tough but fall to No. 2 Duke, 1-0
• ECU releases swimming and diving schedule
• Uncle Kracker to headline first Freeboot Friday
• Parker Byrd’s second amputation pushed to Friday

Parker Byrd’s second amputation pushed to Friday WAVY

247 Sports

• ECU Countdown to Kickoff: No. 15 Rick D’Abreu
• Larsen set to take over punting duties for Pirates
• PODCAST: What to expect from ECU’s defense in 2022
• SIGHTS AND SOUNDS: ECU enters final days of preseason camp
• ECU WR C.J. Johnson focused and ‘trending in the right direction’ as opener nears

North Carolina college baseball player, 18, smiles as he prepares to have SECOND amputation on his right leg after horrific boating accident MailOnline

When Was Mark Richt Diagnosed With Parkinson’s Disease? lakecountyfloridanews

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• Five American Woman’s Soccer Squads Win on Opening Night
• Memphis Named American Athletic Conference Women’s Soccer Favorite

Memphis Commercial Appeal

•  Giannotto: New LB Tyler Murray brought ‘free agency’ to Memphis football
•  Tigers football brings fun, games back to Memphis children’s hospital

Luther Richesson, UC Bearcats freshman quarterback, enters transfer portal YAHOO!

After exodus of stars, No. 23 Cincinnati tries to reload The Associated Press

UCF moves closer to naming a starting quarterback for 2022 season Orlando Sentinel

UH partners with Shipley Do-Nuts Houston Chronicle

‘We would have cleaned up’: Past Wichita State basketball greats weigh in on NIL era  Wichita Eagle

Navy football notebook: Backup quarterback battle ongoing between Xavier Arline, Maasai Maynor Annapolis Capital

Seth Littrell, North Texas players excited as fall camp gives way to game week  Dallas Morning News

Littrell, UNT players excited about where they stand as fall camp gives way to game week Denton Record-Chronicle

UTSA secondary boasts improved talent, depth San Antionio Express News

You have questions about Charlotte 49ers football, and The Observer has the answers  Charlotte Observer

‘I’m not scared’: A.J. Gates packs a punch in compact size AL.com

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• UNC cornerback Storm Duck enters football season with renewed health, restored confidence
• As part of NIL opportunity, UNC basketball team will scrimmage ahead of football opener
• With holes to fill, NC State football enters season looking to improve its run game
• Defense is early focus for Duke basketball, freshmen Dariq Whitehead, Dereck Lively say

Winston Salem Journal

• Quarterback Mitch Griffis continues to improve daily as Wake Forest works toward opener with VMI
• N.C. A&T fires men’s basketball coach Will Jones
• Former Wake Forest women’s basketball coach Charlene Curtis dies; ‘She loved her athletes and would do anything for them,’ former AD Ron Wellman says
• Wake Forest’s men’s basketball team has “trip of a lifetime” with 10-day tour of Europe

Columbia The State

• How Monte Lee addition can help South Carolina baseball team
• Former Clemson head coach Monte Lee joins South Carolina baseball staff
• Darius Rucker a fan of USC football players’ talent show performance
• South Carolina practice report: Injured Gamecocks work back; switch-ups on offense

Charleston Post & Courier

• Sapakoff: Expectations for Gamecocks’ Satterfield match his own
• Former Clemson coach Monte Lee joins Gamecocks’ baseball staff
• Gamecocks’ ‘Lil Turbo’ brings his speed from Columbia U to USC run game
• Former Clemson QB Deshaun Watson suspended for 11 games, fined $5M by NFL

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

• Linebacker Dax Hollifield stayed away from chicken parm, returned to Hokies leaner and faster this season
• Virginia Tech starting quarterback Grant Wells has been a life-long Hokies fan
• Former Indian River star Ben Smiley III, after overcoming scary asthma attack and injuries, is ready to make an impact at Virginia
• Norfolk Admirals renew affiliations with NHL’s Carolina Hurricanes, AHL champion Chicago Wolves for 2022-23 season
• Molinaro: Deshaun Watson deserved a full-season suspension, but 11 games and $5M fine is better than initial penalty