Pirates Set off to Dick Taylor Challenge Friday and Saturday…Former Farmville Central player, 2024 ECU basketball game named in sprawling federal sports betting indictment… LaMelo Ball hits 9 3-pointers to lead Hornets to surprising 135-117 win over Luka’s Lakers…Carson Beck’s college career set to end when Miami faces Indiana in College Football Playoff finale

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Prominent DB transfers to Pirates [update 5]

Pirates Set off to Dick Taylor Challenge Friday and Saturday ecupirates.com

Former Farmville Central player, 2024 ECU basketball game named in sprawling federal sports betting indictment WITN 7

Four NC men among 26 charged in college basketball gambling scheme Raleigh News & Observer

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

• ECU roundup: Ufodiama ready for UNC following record opener
• Pirates in the pros: Winstead leads former ECU stars picked in UFL draft

ECU transfer tight end Desirrio Riles signs with FSU Tomahawk Nation

Around the American Athletic Conference

Chuck Sullivan to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award Posthumously from College Sports Communicators  American Conference

Former Tulane hoops star Kevin Cross, others indicted in point-shaving investigation NOLA.com

CJ Hines named in NCAA gambling indictments  Temple News

FAU game vs. Tulane is in college basketball points-shaving indictment Palm Beach Post

How Tulsa football won transfer portal by outside-the-box move into ‘Portal House’ The Oklahoman

Florida Atlantic wins 85-67 against Wichita State FOX Sports

USF makes Brian Hartline the highest-paid coach in Bulls history Tampa Bay Times

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• Tigers show ‘who they are’ in Temple win. Can they do it again vs. UTSA?
• Memphis football signs home and home with UNLV for games in 2026, 2029

Denton Record-Chronicle

• Veteran linebacker Cedric Roberts excited to jump up to UNT after thriving at Alcorn State
• UNT guard Cole Franklin returning to form after broken hand sent him on detour
• UNT lands DT Christian Lorenzo, thanks to connection with new assistant Ben Black

Tulsa football transfer portal tracker: Auburn RB, Oregon State, Tulane WRs sign; Kirk Francis commits Tulsa World

Alex Mortensen will not name OC in first season as UAB’s head coach AL.com

Army football: Daryl Dixon promoted to defensive coordinator Times Record-Herald

Wichita State basketball takeaways: Shockers have no answers in FAU blowout loss Wichita Eagle

Wichita State travels to South Florida for conference showdown The Associated Press

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• The transfer portal closed on Friday. How NC State did in its recruiting efforts
• The transfer portal closes Friday. How UNC did in its recruiting efforts
• Football transfer portal closes Friday. How Duke has done restocking its roster
• Renovated Lenovo Center will be able to seat more fans
• Four NC men among 26 charged in college basketball gambling scheme
• Where Duke, UNC, NC State, Wake Forest stand in the improved ACC basketball scene
• Defensive lapses haunt No. 14 UNC again in upset loss to Stanford

Charlotte Observer

• ‘It’s about opening it and staying in there’: Will win over Lakers spur Hornets?
• Chris Berman charms Charlotte crowd with Panthers praise and ESPN tales
• Panthers GM Dan Morgan still has a long way to climb. But consider where he began
• Dell Curry’s jersey to be retired by the Hornets. ‘I can’t put it into words.’

WRAL

• Lenovo Center to add capacity for fall 2026
• Career-High night from Kelly Lifts UNC over Miami
• 15 former NCAA players among those charged in alleged scheme to rig basketball games
• College football transfer portal tracker: UNC adds Arkansas offensive lineman
• Fernando Mendoza hopes to cap an incredible journey with Indiana’s 1st national title

Charleston Post & Courier

• Another slow start dooms College of Charleston and ends 7-game win streak
• The Citadel goes to overtime for second straight game, but comes up short to UNC Greensboro
• Gamecocks survive slugfest over No. 4 Texas, improve to 5-0 in SEC
• SC lawmakers vote to stop Clemson and USC contracts with athletes from being disclosed

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

• David Teel: Former Penn State teammates set to be QB1s for UVA, Virginia Tech
• Liberty improves winning streak to 8, gets 3rd active 1,000-point scorer
• William & Mary men outlast NC A&T to end slide at 3
• Late Georgia Southern 3-pointer dooms ODU men to another defeat

The Associated Press

• NCAA basketball players and gamblers are charged for allegedly rigging games
• Key facts in the latest NCAA basketball betting investigation
• A scheme to rig college basketball games has been uncovered. Here’s what we know
• Fernando Mendoza hopes to cap an incredible journey with Indiana’s 1st national title
• Carson Beck’s college career set to end when Miami faces Indiana in College Football Playoff finale
• Federal judge denies injunction for college football players seeking to play a 5th year
• VaTech drops meeting with JMU, top nonconference foe in Franklin’s 1st season, to fit in 9 ACC games
• Washington coach Jedd Fisch downplays fallout over QB Demond Williams Jr.’s return to Huskies
• Jason Semore is reunited with coach Brent Key as Georgia Tech’s defensive coordinator
• Bully ball: Top-ranked Arizona manhandling opponents during undefeated start
• Dybantsa scores 25 as No. 11 BYU rallies in 2nd half for 76-70 win over TCU