Parker Byrd continues to inspire in year two of ONSL baseball… Pirates in the pros: Position battles headline NFL camps; Ahlers announces retirement from football… UNT Athletics cuts jobs to ensure big pay days for athletes… Memphis basketball, softball committed violations, NCAA says, but Tigers avoid major penalties

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Preseason camp around the corner — time for AAC picks

Parker Byrd continues to inspire in year two of ONSL baseball WCTI 12

247 Sports

• ECU Football: Three must-win games for the Pirates in 2025
• ECU Countdown to Kickoff: No. 42 Julien Davis

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

• Pirates in the pros: Position battles headline NFL camps
• Former Pirate great Ahlers announces retirement from football

Five top MLB prospects ready to make an impact in the second half USA Today

Elijah Hughes is back in Syracuse, playing for Boeheim’s Army. He hates how his SU career ended Syracuse.com

Five biggest questions going into training camp: Will Micah Parsons participate? Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Full breakdown of Canadian Football League talent TSN

Around the American Athletic Conference

1-On-1: Temple Head Coach K.C. Keeler American Athletic Conference

If USF’s Bryce Archie opts for baseball, who backs up Byrum Brown? Tampa Bay Times

Buckley: What the Memphis NCAA academic cheating scandal really means Daily Memphian

Sports Illustrated

• Tulane Football Lands Top Prospect in Three-Star Receiver Brayden Allen
• Tulane Green Wave Standout Pitcher Tayler Montiel’s Road to the Draft
• Former Tulane Baseball Star Named MLB Draft Sleeper to Watch

Meet FAU’s New Quarterback, Caden Veltkamp Boca Raton Magazine

UNT Athletics cuts jobs to ensure big pay days for athletes NBC DFW

UNT reducing athletic department staff to help free up funds to pay athletes KERA

We Are Bleed Green officials leave door open for return Denton Record-Chronicle

UTSA’s Zach Royse drafted by Atlanta Braves in 7th round of MLB Draft KSAT

USA Today

• Memphis basketball, softball committed violations, NCAA says, but Tigers avoid major penalties
• Former Memphis basketball center Malcolm Dandridge signs with pro team in Germany

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Here’s who Duke basketball will play exhibition games against in 2025 Raleigh News & Observer

WRAL

• Panthers Playbook: Carolina starts training camp with one major concern
• Duke to host Johnny Dawkins and UCF in ‘Brotherhood Run’ exhibition game Oct. 21
• Key dates for 2025-26 Carolina Hurricanes’ schedule

3 Reasons to Be Confident (and Cautious) for UNC Football in 2025 Chapelboro

Who will be UNC football’s toughest opponent on 2025 schedule? Ranking all 12 teams Fayetteville Observer

Colorado opponent preview: West Virginia starts over with Rich Rodriguez in second stint The Gazette

Dribble Handoff: USC, Virginia expected to be among college basketball’s most-improved teams for 2025-26 CBS Sports

Alabama’s football scheduling strategy changed forever after ’44 AL.com

College football QB rankings: The most fascinating players to watch in our tiers New York Times

Columbia The State

• Is this South Carolina’s easiest schedule in the Beamer era?
• Versatile in-state recruit commits to South Carolina for 2026 class
• Poll: Who are the greatest South Carolina football players of all time?
• Clemson softball coach gets raise, contract extension. Here are the details
• Why didn’t Clemson add a transfer portal punter? Dabo defends decision
• Paul Mainieri assesses overhaul of South Carolina baseball roster