Pirates Conduct Initial Full-Pad Practice… Pirates Come Back, Defeat Elon in Soccer Preseason Opener… Harrell Fifth at Pan American U20 Track & Field Championships… ACC leaders mull adding Cal, Stanford from Pac-12 with SMU also under consideration; ACC’s desperate California dreaming would be a perpetual nightmare
Pirate Press: ECU Headlines
ecupirates.com
- Pirates Conduct Initial Full-Pad Practice
- Pirates Come Back, Defeat Elon in Preseason Opener
- Harrell Fifth at Pan American U20 Track & Field Championships
Pirates conduct first full-pad practice WNCT 9
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- ECU Head Football Coach Mike Houston pleased with Pirates first day in full pads
- VIDEO: Former ECU football player sues Greenville police for excessive force during 2022 traffic stop
- Sports Spotlight: Continued pursuit of golf goals leads Greenville’s Brown to spot at US Amateur Championship
247 Sports
- 2024 EDGE Samuel Riddy commits to ECU
- ECU Countdown to Kickoff: No. 25 Kingston McKinstry
- Everything Mike Houston said after ECU’s Tuesday practice
- PHOTOS: Pirates put on full pads for first time this preseason
ECU football: Coaches, players tour new football exhibit Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)
Sports Illustrated
- Ex-HBCU Coach Serving As Head Coach In Titans’ Preseason Opener
- Cleveland Guardians Rookie Gavin Williams on Wrong Side of Unfortunate Baseball History on Monday
National title or bust for Michigan? Depends on who you ask M Live
The 10 most intriguing figures of the 2023 college football season YAHOO!
Meet the 2023 Elite 8, the WNC’s top college football recruits for the Class of 2024 Asheville Citizen Times
Around the American Athletic Conference
American Athletic Conference
- Four American Quarterbacks on Davey O’Brien Watch List
- Tulane Ranked No. 23 In Preseason Coaches’ Poll
- USA Claims Bronze in 2023 World University Games
ACC leaders mull adding Cal, Stanford from Pac-12 with SMU also under consideration Washington Times
Report: ACC Considering Adding SMU Sports Illustrated
Report: ACC Considering SMU Along with Cal, Stanford Amid Expansion Rumors Bleacher Report
SMU on ACC’s short list of candidates if conference looks to expand Dallas Morning News
SDSU denies report it tried to organize breakaway conference with Mountain West, AAC and Pac-12 San Diego Union-Tribune
Why ‘finish’ is the name of the game for Memphis football Memphis Commercial Appeal
Three-star athlete Elijah Green chooses TU over Missouri; becomes eighth pledge in ’24 class Tulsa World
NOLA.com
- Caesars Superdome practice galvanizes Green Wave more than top-25 preseason ranking
- Making more history, Tulane football ranked in preseason coaches poll for first time ever
Six takeaways from coach Paul Mills on Wichita State basketball’s second win in Greece Wichita Eagle
San Antonio Express News
- UTSA’s Oscar Cardenas continues to build on highlight moments
- UTSA finds new season opener for 2024, adding Kennesaw State
AL.com
- Goodman: How the Big Ten can raid the Heart of Dixie
- EA Sports College Football coming summer of 2024: ‘We’re incredibly excited’
Charlotte 49ers football: QB Jalon Jones finding rhythm with new program Charlotte Observer
Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond
Raleigh News & Observer
- ACC’s desperate California dreaming would be a perpetual nightmare
- ‘Everybody can run the ball’ but can NC State run it well enough this season?
- NCAA says Tez Walker can’t play football for UNC. What are the Tar Heels doing about it?
- UNC basketball secures another high-profile nonconference game as schedule fills out
- He’s still here: Wake Forest’s veteran RB Justice Ellison is poised to make a difference
- UNC basketball paired up with reigning NCAA champion UConn at Jimmy V Classic
ACC leaders mull adding Cal and Stanford as Pac-12 schools search for new conference NBC Sports
How might new schools make sense for ACC? Richmond.com
Winston Salem Journal
- Today in sports history: Aug. 9
- AP sources: ACC leaders mull adding Cal, Stanford from Pac-12; SMU from AAC
- Junior Snow, a former college baseball star, hitting it out of the park at Bowman Gray Stadium
- 2023 Missouri futures odds: Tigers win totals and SEC odds
- Mike Jensen: College sports realignment gives way to complete chaos
- Matt Baker: Conference realignment: The super-league era is here, for better and worse
- Greg Sankey: SEC not ‘reaching’ for any more schools
- Oregon St., Washington St. ponder next moves in realignment
Columbia The State
- Why Steve Spurrier is planning to attend Clemson football’s season opener against Duke
- What USC’s Dakereon Joyner has seen, and liked, through the first camp practices
Charleston Post & Courier
- ACC exploring westward expansion with Cal, Stanford
- Sapakoff: ‘Without Dabo, Clemson is West Virginia’ in realignment talk
- Clemson’s Xavier Thomas lighter, faster and wiser in 6th season
- Gamecocks restock tight end room with transfers, freshmen
Norfolk Virginian-Pilot
- ACC leaders mull adding Cal and Stanford; SMU also under consideration
- Region/state roundup: William & Mary ranked 4th in Stats Perform preseason football poll
Atlanta Journal Constitution
- College football countdown – 17 days: Toomer’s Corner ready to be rolled again
- Bear Alexander talks decision to leave Georgia for USC: ‘It’s just more snaps’
Nuggets and Briefs: National and Professional articles of interest
The Associated Press
- Rays All-Star pitcher McClanahan is likely to miss the rest of the season
- Round of 8: Women’s World Cup is wide open after so many heavyweights eliminated
- Much-needed payout grows to life-altering levels for tiny teams that advance in Women’s World Cup
- Georgia fires football staffer who survived fatal crash, less than a month after lawsuit
- Kyle Tucker’s 9th-inning grand slam off Félix Bautista lifts Astros to 7-6 victory over Orioles
- France coach sends a spoiler alert ahead of the Women’s World Cup quarterfinal against Australia
- From upsets to record attendance, these are the trends that have emerged at the Women’s World Cup
- Colombia wakes up to momentous victory at Women’s World Cup
- Freeman stays hot and so do the Dodgers, who beat the Diamondbacks 5-4
- Logan Gilbert shuts down Padres, gets help from Julio Rodríguez catch in center as Mariners win 2-0
- PGA Tour commissioner Monahan meets with players with low attendance, few details on Saudi deal
- Column: New PGA Tour model caters to big performances, not just big names
- The NBA has been playing to a hip-hop beat for nearly 50 years
Charlotte Observer
NHL drops full preseason schedule. Here’s who the Hurricanes will play, and when Raleigh News & Observer
Washington Post
- Realignment bulldozed the Pac-12. Sadness and pain are all that’s left.
- ESPN, Penn strike $2 billion deal to rebrand sportsbooks as ESPN Bet
- The Commanders are adjusting to Eric Bieniemy’s ‘hard-nosed’ intensity
- The young Orioles are stress-free and thriving after the MLB trade deadline
- Orioles ridiculed for taking MASN’s Kevin Brown off the air
- The college sports shuffle is a con, and the athletes always lose
Atlanta Journal Constitution
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