Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

ecupirates.com

• Pirates Announce Addition Of Eight Transfers To 2026 Roster
• Damar Forbes Joins Pirate Track & Field Staff
• Anthony Smith Named To Biletnikoff Award Preseason Watch List

Mike Houston sounds off on what went wrong at ECU, new role at Clemson Charlotte Observer

Pirate Football heads to Elm Street to watch the LLSBWS WNCT 9

247 Sports

• ECU Countdown to Kickoff: No. 20 Kamaurri McKinley
• Anthony Smith, Jimarion McCrimon named to SIS Preseason All-Conference squad
• ECU Baseball Recruiting: Newbern continues Conley pipeline
• ECU Countdown to Kickoff: No. 21 Marlon Gunn
• ECU Countdown to Kickoff: No. 22 Jonathan Jean
• ECU WR Anthony Smith named to Biletnikoff Watch List
• Center competition taking shape for ECU football
• Coordinator Check-In: Josh Aldridge eager to see how his unit tackles as season draws closer

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

• Here’s ECU’s plan to compete in the revenue-sharing era
• ECU trustees approve 50-year lease with City of Greenville for North Recreational Complex

ECU sets plans to compete in the revenue-sharing era Rocky Mount Telegram

Around the American Athletic Conference

Key Games to Watch in Week 1 American Athletic Conference

USF Seeks “CEO Of Athletics” For New Era In College Sports Tampa Free Press

Everything Penny Hardaway said about Sincere Parker arrest, Memphis’ Big 12 proposal Memphis Commercial Appeal

Hardaway says Tigers’ roster, staff still not finalized as season nears Daily Memphian

See which Tulane redshirt offensive lineman has made a huge impression on coach Jon Sumrall NOLA.com

‘There’s going to be some boo-boos’: UAB hitting more in practice to get past tackling woes AL.com

Defending American champ Army football slated for No. 35 in preseason coaches polling Times Herald-Record

Best-case, worst-case scenarios for UNT heading into the 2025 season Denton Record-Chronicle

Memphis basketball coach Penny Hardaway targeting multiple late roster additions USA Today

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

NC State football game lines based on SP+ YAHOO!

Quarterback Making Noise In Practice For Wolfpack Sports Illustrated

Raleigh News & Observer

• Mystery surrounds firing of NC Courage head coach Sean Nahas
• SAS Championship director confident Prestonwood flooding won’t be an issue
• NC judge approves NCAA’s dismissal request in ‘Cardiac Pack’ NIL lawsuit
• What players say NC State fans should expect from the defense in 2025
• Even coaching at UNC under his dad, Steve Belichick wants to chart his own path

WRAL

• WRAL’s Pat Welter breaks down the Panthers’ preseason schedule
• Panthers take on Browns, Shedeur Sanders in preseason opener
• UNC, NC State commits headline Saturday’s HighSchoolOT Jamboree
• ‘Multitude of factors’: NC Courage tight-lipped about coach’s sudden exit
• UNC to launch ‘Chapel Thrill’ experience before home football games
• Steve Belichick tries to carve his own path while coaching alongside his famous father at UNC

Columbia The State

• How did South Carolina land a standalone season-opening game? Here’s the story
• Luke Doty the ‘geezer’? How he’s embracing old-man role in final season at USC

The AP Top 25 has been around since 1936. Who votes and how does it work? The Associated Press