Former ECU player Zach Agnos called up to the Colorado Rockies… Stankoven strikes twice in playoff debut with Carolina as Hurricanes beat Devils… Justin Thomas ends 3-year drought with playoff victory in RBC Heritage… Pope Francis was a card-carrying soccer fan. And a promoter of the values in sports

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Former ECU player Zach Agnos called up to the Colorado Rockies 247 Sports

Ex-pro pitcher, now on hospice care, shares joy of grandson’s callup to Rox Major League Baseball

Toronto Blue Jays Top Prospect, Top Draft Pick Fans 10, Continuing Solid Start to Pro Career Sports Illustrated

ECU baseball: Pirates lose Saturday, win road series at UAB Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• Memphis Claims American Women’s Tennis Championship With 4-2 Win Against Tulsa
• Rice Tops Memphis To Win American Men’s Tennis Championship
• 2025 American Men’s Golf Championship Set for Debut at Ritz-Carlton Golf Club in Sarasota

USF gambling expert weighs in on rise of college student sports betting The USF Oracle

Sixth-seeded Memphis women win AAC Tournament title Daily Memphian

Denton Record-Chronicle

• UNT lands JC wide receiver Shandon King, who was a hot commodity on the transfer market
• UNT to open play in AAC men’s golf tournament Monday

Sports Illustrated

• Tulane Football Star Safety Talks Value of Culture in Age of Transfer Portal
• Tulane Green Wave Baseball Nearly Matches Program Record in Blowout Loss

FOX 8

• Tulane suffers blowout loss at UTSA, 25-7
• Tulane will search for a QB in the transfer portal

Welcome back, Cooz: Shocker basketball to hire PJ Couisnard as assistant Wichita Eagle

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• Why the Hurricanes’ Logan Stankoven fits in so well with captain Jordan Staal
• Hurricanes’ playoff savvy, hard lessons learned on display in thumping of Devils
• Hurricanes bruise, batter, beat Devils to take 1-0 first-round series lead
• Even Jackson Blake can’t believe where Jackson Blake is now with the Hurricanes
• Seth Jarvis wins MVP from Carolina PHWA; Aho wins Vasicek Award for media cooperation

Columbia The State

• On Luke Doty’s role, plus final thoughts from South Carolina’s spring game
• Raven Johnson, Ta’Niya Latson primed for ‘special’ reunion with Gamecocks
• Looking for sweep, South Carolina baseball gets run-ruled by Ole Miss

Charleston Post & Courier

• Clemson baseball heads into top-25 matchup far from perfect, but far from panicked
• Gamecocks take series but fail to improve postseason status
• Hamilton: A PGA Tour win the only thing missing from the best season of Novak’s career

The Associated Press

• Former Tennessee QB Nico Iamaleava announces he has committed to UCLA
• Long journey to the NFL draft is only the beginning for college prospects aiming to make the pros
• Duke’s Tyrese Proctor to skip senior season and jump to NBA draft