Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Pirates lure Baltimore ‘ball hawk’

Sowa Sends Pirates Past NC State, 1-0 ecupirates.com

ECU soccer wins first match at NC State since 2001 in season opener 1-0 WCTI 12

Pirates plunder senior night, down NC State women’s soccer 1-0 The Technician

ECU volleyball opponents revealed for 2024 The East Carolinian

Jake Garcia named ECU’s starting quarterback 247 Sports

ECU football: Garcia named starting quarterback Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Broncos Coaches Give Progress Report on the Battle for No. 2 CB Sports Illustrated

Around the American Athletic Conference

Army football making progress through two scrimmages, heads into final prep for opener Times Herald-Record

Temple drops second game of season to Villanova Temple News

UTSA squeezes past UIW in soccer showcase at Toyota Field San Antonio Express News

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• Who will start at QB for UNC football? 5 things to know entering the 2024 season
• Can Duke football keep winning with Manny Diaz? 5 things to know entering 2024 season

WRAL

• Murphy: College football looks quite different, except for top playoff hopefuls
• UNC will not announce a starting quarterback before the season opener against Minnesota

Ranking 134 college football teams entering 2024, from Ohio State to Kennesaw State New York Times

Two Wake Forest tennis players added to Winston-Salem Open field; Defending champ Baez is top seed Winston Salem Journal

Why are Clemson and Georgia playing so early? Organizer explains noon kickoff Columbia The State

Charleston Post & Courier

• Hamilton: Seeking answers from the Magic 8-Ball, including on sports betting in SC
• Gamecocks’ Rocket Sanders scrimmages as renovation of run game nears debut

Roanoke Times

• Virginia Tech challenged veterans to come back better players
• Schlee eager to ‘take full advantage’ of playing with Hokies

The Associated Press

• Ranking the top 25 changes coming this fall in college football
• The college football season is packed with mouthwatering games from coast to coast
• Coast-to-coast conferences and expanded playoff mark a season of change in college football
• Georgia Tech on the upswing under Brent Key after one of darkest periods in program history
• No. 24 NC State keeps posting 8- and 9-win years. Coach Dave Doeren is chasing a breakthrough moment
• The Tar Heels faded in past 2 years with QB Drake Maye. Now they must fix that issue without him
• Duke rose quickly under Mike Elko. Now Manny Diaz is aiming to keep that upward trajectory
• Wake Forest stumbled in ’23. Dave Clawson hopes changes get the Demon Deacons back on course
• Clemson looks to regain championship form after last season’s struggles, early schedule is stacked
• Quarterback decision is crucial as Virginia and coach Tony Elliott face early tests
• Fran Brown’s arrival lifts expectations in Syracuse for a brighter Orange future
• No. 7 Notre Dame leaning heavily on new QB Riley Leonard to make expanded playoff field
• Cristobal enters Year 3 of the Miami rebuild, still driven by the pursuit of a return to prominence
• Louisville seeks return to ACC title game could face steeper climb in expanded conference