Doeren on playing ECU in opener: ‘We have a lot to prove in that football game’… Memphis’ Ryan Silverfield fires back at UTSA coach Jeff Traylor after NIL comparison… US Open underway with high expectations for Scheffler and a tough test for all… Game 3: Pacers rally in the 4th, beat Thunder 116-107 to take 2-1 lead in NBA Finals

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Doeren on playing ECU in opener: ‘We have a lot to prove in that football game’ WRAL

247 Sports

• East Carolina adds speedy OF Jeff Sabater via the portal
• East Carolina lands pledge from Division II closer

ECU roundup: Zayac enters transfer portal after memorable finish to season Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

ECU campus construction projects challenge summer students’ navigation WCTI 12

Pirate Football GOATs The East Carolinian

Appalachian State and East Carolina Announce Men’s Basketball Contests WHKY

HBCU championship coach finds new program Ft Worth Star Telegram

Around the American Athletic Conference

1-On-1: Tulsa Head Coach Tre Lamb American Athletic Conference

Everything to know about UNC football coming to Charlotte to play 49ers, and more Charlotte Observer

USF braced for revenue-sharing era in college sports, leaders say  Tampa Bay Times

Memphis’ Ryan Silverfield fires back at UTSA coach Jeff Traylor after NIL comparison Memphis Commercial Appeal

Martin: Change is coming to Memphis athletics. Just how much? Daily Memphian

Feeling the love: Tulane football commitment from Shaw is excited about program NOLA.com

Whitlock leads 7 Tigers to All-AAC preseason honors WREG-TV

Standout WR/DB Justin Weatherall makes verbal commitment to FAU Pensacola News Journal

Tulane Football Will Face Tough In-Conference Test Against UTSA Sports Illustrated

UNT football player rankings: Two athletes in QB battle come in as a combined No. 1 Denton Record-Chronicle

Appeal to NCAA settlement to challenge how $2 billion in damages will be paid to athletes USA Today

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• Why House settlement with NCAA, now final, effectively changes nothing — yet
• UNC football needs a starting quarterback. Who will Bill Belichick choose?
• Prominent Clemson basketball staff member leaving for new job at Duke
• What UNC’s Bill Belichick said about building his program, and ‘noise’ around it
• What is Jordon Hudson’s role with UNC football? What Bill Belichick said

WRAL

• Who will start at quarterback in Belichick’s first season? Here are UNC’s options
• ‘Easy sell for me’: Tar Heels say chance to play for, learn from Belichick is why they’re here
• Baseball coach Chris Pollard leaving Duke for Virginia after historic run

Columbia The State

• Wendale Farrow’s first impressions of Dawn Staley, South Carolina WBB
• Kickoff time set for 2025 Clemson vs. South Carolina football rivalry game
• Kickoff times announced for 2025 SEC schedule. When will South Carolina play?
• Gamecocks land commitment from Colorado running back transfer

Charleston Post & Courier

• House settlement allows college baseball to move past decades-long scholarship restrictions
• College of Charleston baseball coach gets early Father’s Day present
• Clemson baseball stays on transfer portal heater with SoCon slugger and WKU All-American
• Kickoff windows announced for Gamecocks’ 2025 football schedule

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

• UVA, Virginia Tech opponents revealed for ACC/SEC Challenge
• Former UVA quarterback Bryce Perkins named UFL’s Offensive Player of Year
• UVA hires accomplished Duke coach Chris Pollard to lead baseball program

The Associated Press

• Tar Heels players embrace new world as part of coach Bill Belichick’s first college team
• Deion Sanders says ‘everything is OKAY’ after not attending football camps in Boulder, Colorado
• Lee Corso’s final ‘College GameDay’ show will be Aug. 30 at Ohio State
• Female athletes appeal landmark NCAA settlement, saying it violates federal antidiscrimination law