Pirates Secure First Ever Unbeaten Road Record, Defeat Florida Atlantic 2-0… Rice fires seventh-year coach Mike Bloomgren as program heads toward 10th straight losing season…Jayden Daniels’ Hail Mary TD to Noah Brown gives Commanders 18-15 win over Bears… Facundo Torres, Martin Ojeda, Pedro Gallese lead Orlando City past Charlotte 2-0 in playoff opener
Pirate Press: ECU Headlines
ecupirates.com
- Nathan O’Neal Finishes Tied For 10th At Steelwood Collegiate Invitational
- Pirates Secure First Ever Unbeaten Road Record, Defeat Florida Atlantic 2-0
ECU football coaching search 2024: Candidates, hot board, names to watch by Pirates insiders CBS Sports
ECU tops Temple in AAC action, 56-34 WNCT 9
ECU downs Temple 56-34 in Harrell’s 1st game as Interim HC WITN 7
247 Sports
- Pirates come through in Blake Harrell’s first game as interim head coach
- ECU 56, Temple 34: How it looked from the sidelines
ECU football: Pirates smash Temple, end two-game skid in Harrell’s first game as interim coach Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)
As college football’s hot-seat season gets hotter, understand this uncomfortable truth Charlotte Observer
Around the American Athletic Conference
American Athletic Conference
- Memphis Clinches No. 1 Seed for American Women’s Soccer Championship
- Rice, Tulsa Players Take Singles Titles; Tulsa, Charlotte Tandems Win Doubles Crowns At American Tennis Championships
- Memphis, Tulsa Earn Saturday Wins
AAC Football Power Rankings for Week 10 Salisbury Post
Rice fires seventh-year coach Mike Bloomgren as program heads toward 10th straight losing season The Associated Press
Rice fires coach Mike Bloomgren Reuters
Rice has let go Mike Bloomgren footballscoop
BREAKING: Rice fires football head coach Mike Bloomgren The Rice Thresher
Rice fires football coach Mike Bloomgren Houston Chronicle
Rice football coaching job profile: Pluses, minuses and candidates to replace Mike Bloomgren The New York Times
Rice fires football coach Mike Bloomgren after 24-52 record ABC Sports
Charlotte football stands tough but falls in final minute to the Memphis Tigers niner times
Celebrations of life set for USF coach Amir Abdur-Rahim Tampa Tribune
Memphis vs Alabama scouting report for exhibition vs Crimson Tide Memphis Commercial Appeal
Sports Illustrated
- Green Wave Star Running Back Focused on Team Effort Following Career Game
- Forde-Yard Dash: College Football Playoff Hopefuls Starting to Separate
No time to relax: Tulane faces quick turnaround for Thursday game at Charlotte NOLA.com
5 big questions about Big 5 men’s basketball teams this season The Philadelphia Inquirer
AAC Week 9 2024 college football games: live stream and TV channel info For the Win
North Texas football update: UNT-Tulane highlights, AAC standings, stats and more Denton Record Chronicle
Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond
Raleigh News & Observer
- Homecoming, and then a beatdown: Inside Duke basketball’s dismantling of Arizona State
- Final tuneup: 3 takeaways from UNC basketball’s exhibition win over Johnson C. Smith
- A triumphant day for App State was a reminder to Western NC residents: ‘This is home’
- First look: NC State football looks for second ACC win in first meeting with Stanford
- First look: After its first ACC win at Virginia, UNC football headed to Florida State
- First Look: Duke football plays No. 6 Miami as Manny Diaz returns to face Hurricanes
WRAL
- Hurley’s return to Duke ends in an exhibition blowout loss — but with plenty of love, too
- No. 9 UNC cruises in final exhibition game vs. Johnson C. Smith
- No. 22 SMU beats Duke 28-27 in overtime after Blue Devils fail to convert winning 2-point conversion
- UNC wins first game since Tylee Craft’s passing 41-14 at Virginia
The New York Times
- How the 12-team College Football Playoff will affect the timing of the coaching carousel
- College Football Playoff Bubble Watch: Could ACC tiebreaker leave SMU out in the cold?
Winston Salem Journal
- No. 2 Wake Forest women lose 2-0 to top-ranked Duke at Spry Stadium
- Shakeia Taylor: Big Ten football teams are making the case for College Football Playoff rankings in Week 9
- Miami running back honors father with emotional TD in rivalry game with Florida State
- Wake Forest tames Stanford winning another close road game
- PHOTOS: Appalachian State beats Georgia State, 33-26
Charleston Post & Courier
- Revenue-sharing awaits Clemson, NCAA schools. But will collective bargaining follow?
- No. 1 Gamecocks ready for second and final exhibition
- Clemson’s kickoff time with Louisville announced
- Hamilton: Gamecocks men bucking their own sad history
ACC announces kickoff time, network designation for Hokies’ matchup at Syracuse Roanoke Times
The Associated Press
- AP Top 25 Extra Points: Washington State’s season debut in poll at No. 22 point of pride for Pac-12
- Mountain West reprimands Wyoming coach Jay Sawvel for profane remarks about officiating
- CFP Bracket Watch: BYU claims No. 4 seed with top 3 the same; A&M at Texas penciled in for 1st round
Nuggets and Briefs: National and Professional articles of interest
The Associated Press
- Jayden Daniels’ Hail Mary TD to Noah Brown gives Commanders 18-15 win over Bears
- Anatomy of a Hail Mary: How Jayden Daniels and the Commanders beat the buzzer
- Analysis: Eagles, Bills, Commanders make big statements in Week 8
- Shohei Ohtani set to play for Dodgers in Game 3 of World Series following shoulder injury
- Slumping star Aaron Judge and Yankees hope to break out when World Series shifts to NY for Game 3
- World Series off to best viewership start since 2017, averaging 14.55 million viewers
- Man United fires manager Erik ten Hag after troubled start to the season
- Facundo Torres, Martin Ojeda, Pedro Gallese lead Orlando City past Charlotte 2-0 in playoff opener
- In wartime Ukraine, soccer fans bury rivalries and find a moment of calm at matches
- USWNT comes from behind for 3-1 win over Iceland
- Heat unveil statue of Dwyane Wade outside the front of team’s arena
- Jags WR Christian Kirk is out for the season after breaking his collarbone, AP source says
- Brock Purdy helps the 49ers bounce back with a 30-24 victory over the Cowboys
- Stephen Curry sprains left ankle in Warriors’ loss
- Gilgeous-Alexander’s 35 points help Thunder pull away for 128-104 win over Hawks
- Suzuki and Gallagher lead the Canadiens to a 4-3 win over the Flyers
- Aleksei Kolosov makes his Flyers debut, becoming first Belarusian goalie in NHL history
- Capitals visit the Lightning after McMichael’s 2-goal game
Charlotte Observer
- Charlotte FC falls in MLS Cup playoff opener, setting up must-win match at home
- Another dud in Denver: Grading Panthers QB Bryce Young’s day in blowout loss vs. Broncos
- Bryce Young still isn’t ready, and Panthers’ QB plight remains a hot mess after Denver loss
WRAL
Raleigh News & Observer
Washington Post
- Inside the miraculous play the Commanders may never forget
- This team, this quarterback, this finish — it can’t be real
- The NFC East’s true contenders are leaving the Cowboys behind
- What to know from NFL Week 8: The Jets are broken, and the Bears had their guts ripped out
- Shohei Ohtani is expected to play in World Series Game 3 on Monday
- As Emma Hayes keeps experimenting, USWNT rallies past Iceland again
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