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GREG VACEK'S WEB ROUNDUPThursday, July 25, 2024

July 25, 2024 By Greg Vacek Leave a Comment

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Portal, pros and history

ecupirates.com

  • Pirates Nab IWLCA Academic Honors
  • East Carolina Claims Ninth-Straight ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award
  • East Carolina Garners ITA All-Academic Team Award

Former ECU football player Julius Wood hoping to make roster for the Dallas Cowboys WNCT 9

247 Sports

  • New names emerge at NCAA College Basketball Academy
  • ECU basketball gearing up for offseason trip to Bahamas
  • Four ECU baseball MLB draft picks ink pro contracts

ECU football: Houston excited about new direction of offense, team Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Connor Norby Could Join Orioles In Miami RotoBaller

757 Olympians: LaShawn Merritt blazed a path from Portsmouth to gold in Beijing  Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

Around the American Athletic Conference

Memphis tabbed as American Athletic Conference favorite ahead of UTSA and Tulane The Associated Press

Tigers are the AAC favorite, but which top team has the easier schedule? dailymemphian

Charlotte 49ers mailbag: Standouts in summer workouts and what’s up at the QB position Charlotte Observer

With college football playoff berth accessible, is AAC on the decline? NOLA.com

Tulane Baseball earns ABCA Team Academic Excellent Award for 8th consecutive season Crescent City Sports

‘We’ve Got A Lot Of Work To Do In A Challenging League’: Kevin Wilson At AAC Media Days News on 6

Navy football picked 11th out of 14 teams in American Athletic Conference preseason poll: ‘Extra motivation moving forward’ Annapolis Capital

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

  • ‘Great leaders listen’: How new Duke football coach Manny Diaz is rebuilding trust
  • ‘We hit it off.’ Duke’s top quarterbacks lean on each other going into 2024 season
  • Wake Forest uses last year’s 4-8 season as a lesson as it ramps up preparations for 2024

WRAL

  • NC State’s Julius Hodge named head coach at Lincoln University
  • Duke’s Diaz, BC’s O’Brien make quick push to connect with players after taking new jobs
  • Duke’s Manny Diaz wears cleats to practice. Why he’s been doing it for nearly 20 years.
  • Duke freshman Khaman Maluach makes South Sudan’s Olympic roster

Former Marshall athletic director Bob Marcum passes away at 87 West Virginia MetroNews

Lincoln Riley says College Football Hall of Fame ‘not complete’ without Mike Leach: ‘He changed the game’ CBS Sports

Sun Belt, JMU Preparing For Future With Revenue Sharing Daily News Record

Winston Salem Journal

  • Wake Forest Football: Dave Clawson happy rivalry game with N.C. State will continue
  • Mike Bianchi: Financially strained college programs may soon snuff out Olympic torch
  • Are four Big Ten newcomers ready for the ‘NFL of college football?’

Columbia The State

  • Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin trolls South Carolina with Juice Wells tweet
  • Former South Carolina athletic director Bob Marcum dies at 87
  • What is the perception of South Carolina and Shane Beamer? National media figures weigh in
  • Why this South Carolina football recruit could be ‘special’ as a running back

Coastal Carolina football set to begin 2024 campaign with 66 new players on roster Charleston Post & Courier

ACC’s Phillips touts financial gains, intent to fight lawsuits in assertive stance for the future The Associated Press

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

The Associated Press

  • NBA says it has signed new 11-year media rights deal with Disney, NBC and Amazon
  • IOC awards 2034 Winter Games to Utah and pushes state officials to help end FBI investigation
  • Argentina coach slams chaotic ‘scandal’ at Olympic soccer match vs Morocco
  • Aaron Rodgers says Jets’ goal is to end up in New Orleans for the Super Bowl
  • With big goals and gambles, Paris aims to reset the Olympics with audacious Games and a wow opening
  • Hurts, Sirianni say all is peaceful between QB and Coach at Eagles’ training camp
  • France beats US 3-0 and Morocco gets a win against Argentina in a wild start to Olympic soccer
  • Israel’s national anthem loudly jeered before Olympic soccer match against Mali
  • Palestinian Olympic team greeted with cheers and gifts in Paris
  • Mike Trout leaving rehab assignment, returning to Southern California to be re-evaluated
  • Subway Series: Mets northbound and Yankees heading south
  • Ray pitches 5 hitless innings in first start since Tommy John surgery, Giants beat Dodgers 8-3
  • White Sox fall 50 games under .500 and are on pace to match most losses in modern era
  • Ugochukwu scores in 82nd, Chelsea salvages 2-2 tie with Wrexham in friendly at Levi’s Stadium.
  • WNBA announces landmark 11-year media rights deal with Disney, Amazon Prime and NBC
  • “Roundball Rock” is back in the NBA’s new TV deal. And there’s lots more for viewers to know
  • Saquon Barkley wants to move on from ‘Hard Knocks’ Giants life to fresh start with Eagles
  • Tiger Woods’ son, Charlie, misses cut at US Junior Amateur after shooting 82-80 at Oakland Hills
  • Andy Murray withdraws from Olympic tennis singles and will only play doubles at the Paris Games

WRAL

  • Panthers, Canales break a sweat on first day of training camp
  • Andy Murray withdraws from Olympic tennis singles and will only play doubles at the Paris Games
  • USMNT blanked 3-0 by France in Olympic opener

Charlotte Observer

  • Xavier Legette’s 1st day of NFL training camp for Carolina Panthers got one bad review
  • ‘A reunion, a celebration.’ Why Carolina Panthers fans love training camp in Charlotte
  • Carolina Panthers training camp recap: Bryce Young, Diontae Johnson connect on Day 1
  • Longtime Charlotte Hornets public address announcer ‘Big Pat’ dead at 55

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