ECU Basketball begins preseason practice… ECU faces short turnaround to start conference play; Black Knights up in the air about quarterback… Bill Belichick is only embarrassing himself. UNC is embarrassing all of us… Burleson hits go-ahead single in 9th, Donovan adds career-best 4 doubles, Cardinals beat Giants 9-8 

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Short week, tall challenge for ECU in AC opener

ecupirates.com

• Bondestad Claims Individual Title At Temple Invitational
• Pirates Hold First Official Practice of 2025-26 Season
• An Update From AD Jon Gilbert
• ESPN’s SportsCenter Comes To Greenville Ahead Of Army Game

WNCT 9

• Pirate Football to host Army just five days after …
• Blake Harrell previews Army matchup on Thursday night
• ECU Basketball begins preseason practice
• ESPN’s SportsCenter to air live from Greenville

ECU faces short turnaround to start conference play by hosting Army Thursday WCTI 12

247 Sports

• What Army coach Jeff Monken said about ECU
• Tracking the odds for ECU’s Thursday night home game against Army

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

• Pirates back on the hardwood with retooled roster
• SportsCenter, Army football game bringing excitement Thursday night

2025 Week 5 Preview: Army Black Knights @ East Carolina Pirates Underdog Dynasty

Burleson hits go-ahead single in 9th, Donovan adds career-best 4 doubles, Cardinals beat Giants 9-8 The Associated Press

Army football: Black Knights up in the air about quarterback Times Record-Herald

Tulane-East Carolina Game on ESPN Sports Illustrated

Around the American Athletic Conference

Sports Illustrated

• Scouting the Tulsa Golden Hurricane, This Weekend’s Tulane Opponent
• Tulane’s Jon Sumrall Takes a Look at Tulsa

What we learned in the Charlotte 49ers’ home loss to the Rice Owls Charlotte Observer

USF favorite son Rob Higgins was born to lead Bulls athletics  Tampa Bay Times

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• Memphis basketball’s Daniel Vieira-Tuck leaves; Tariq Ingraham signs
•  How Memphis coach Ryan Silverfield reacted to appearing on job hot boards

Tulane begins hoops practice while still processing Gregg Glenn’s tragic drowning NOLA.com

UNT focused on avoiding distractions as milestones stack up in fast start Denton Record-Chronicle

Lamb tries to turn TU’s attention from OSU to Tulane Tulsa World

Annapolis Captial

• Press box or sideline? Navy’s coordinators split on preferred coaching locale.
• Navy football looks to avenge last season’s loss to Rice

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• Bill Belichick is only embarrassing himself. UNC is embarrassing all of us
• A third player has left the UNC football roster this month. Here are the details
• NC State men go on off-court retreat with Navy SEAL training. It’s about bonding
• NC Army football player remains a humble hero in wake of viral fiery rescue
• ACC moves to adjusted football schedule with nine conference games
• NC State men’s basketball begins practice, and Will Wade is confident as ever
• Hurricanes’ Skyler Brind’Amour, after first taste of NHL, wants more

WRAL

• A ‘powerful group’: Kara Lawson humbled to join the ranks of legendary Team USA Basketball coaches
• Duke’s Kara Lawson named head coach of USA Basketball women’s national team
• Cardinal Gibbons junior DE Griffin Cockerham commits to NC State
• ACC moves to play 9 conference football games each year

Columbia The State

• First look at South Carolina’s SEC opponents for next four years
• He’s a top football prospect in the state. His teammates want him to go to USC
• Shane Beamer isn’t happy with USC football’s record. How he says he’ll fix it
• Will Dabo consider staff changes after 1-3 start? What Clemson’s coach said
• ACC moving to nine conference games. What it means for Clemson football
• Kickoff time, TV channel announced for Clemson vs. UNC ACC football game

Charleston Post & Courier

• Clemson’s offense has been miserable but Tigers’ OC finds ‘joy’ fighting through hard times
• Hamilton: Giltner’s love of Wofford the only positive in basketball debacle
• SEC finalizes Gamecocks’ conference foes for each of next four football seasons
• Gamecock women’s basketball team opens another season with eyes on another prize
• Gamecocks desperately seeking solution to rushing woes … if there’s one to be found
• Clemson gives offer to 2027 defensive end from North Carolina
• Despite being ‘little kid on the block’ The Citadel needs to stand up to bullies

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

• ODU follows signature win over Virginia Tech with relative silence
• Kam Robinson’s return from injury boosts UVA’s defense as Florida State looms

The Associated Press

• Oklahoma State fires football coach Mike Gundy after 20-plus years
• SEC unveils league matchups for the next four seasons and keeps most rivalries intact
• List of SEC schedules through 2029
• No. 17 Alabama seeks road redemption at No. 5 Georgia after a string of losses away from home
• No. 6 Oregon at No. 3 Penn State is the main event on an attractive Top 25 schedule in Week 5