Pirate Press: ECU Headlines
ecupirates.com
- Pirates Fall to NC State
- Bell Selected In Third Round Of CFL Draft
- Pirates Fall In Five Innings At NC State SB, 10-2
Around the American Athletic Conference
American Conference
- Memphis Takes Lead After Day Two of American Men’s Golf Championship
- North Texas, South Florida and Rice Earn Weekly Track & Field Honors
- Rice’s Petro Kuzmenok Named 2026 American Men’s Tennis Player Of The Year
- Wichita State’s Wang Named American Women’s Tennis Player of the Year
Sports Illustrated
- UAB Softball Coach Taylor Smartt Taking ‘Step Back’ From Program
- Tulane Baseball Rallies to Knock off #12 Southern Miss, 7-6
Memphis basketball adds Jayden Reid, Northwestern point guard, per source Memphis Commercial Appeal
Wichita State softball bracketology: Is KU game a must-win for bubble Shockers? Wichita Eagle
Tulane baseball team ends long drought against Southern Miss with huge comeback victory NOLA.com
Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond
Raleigh News & Observer
- UNC tennis player settles lawsuit, forces NCAA to relax prize money rules
- How will Duke basketball’s rebuilt roster look next season without Cam Boozer?
- How Hurricanes’ emphatic NHL playoff sweep proved they can handle the rough stuff
- NCAA is pushing new 5-in-5 rules. Will it help seniors like UNC’s Seth Trimble?
WRAL
- NCAA agrees to change prize money rules, pay $2M settlement with UNC tennis star
- Judge sides with UNC tennis player suing NCAA over prize money
- NCAA remains on track to expand to a 76-team March Madness bracket for next season
- NCAA pushes new five years of eligibility, age-based rules, but it won’t impact current seniors
- Off sweep of Senators, Hurricanes hope rest helps, doesn’t slow down playoff push
- Cooper Flagg edges former Duke teammate Kon Knueppel for NBA Rookie of the Year
Columbia The State
- Shane Beamer talks 5-in-5 eligibility, updates Peak and Stewart injuries
- The Citadel beats South Carolina for the second time this year; Charleston Southern falls
Norfolk Virginian-Pilot
- David Teel: 757, UVA honorees highlight Virginia Sports Hall of Fame ceremony
- Contract extension gives UVA football coach Tony Elliott $1 million raise
- ODU rallies in ninth to edge VCU in baseball
- William & Mary, ODU players earn NFL opportunities
Big Ten takes the top spot for 1st rounders, while SEC sets record for total players drafted The Associated Press
Nuggets and Briefs: National and Professional articles of interest
The Associated Press
- Spurned by Alex Cora, Phillies turn to Don Mattingly in the interim after Rob Thomson is fired
- Goals galore as PSG beats Bayern Munich 5-4 in record-setting Champions League semifinal 1st leg
- Ex-NBA player Damon Jones is 1st to plead guilty in gambling sweep that led to over 30 arrests
- This year’s World Cup games could be sizzling. Here’s what’s being done to prepare for extreme heat
- Don Mattingly thought he was done with baseball. The Phillies instead pinned playoff hopes on him.
- Wembanyama’s double-double powers Spurs past Trail Blazers and into Western Conference semifinals
- Joel Embiid scores 33 as 76ers beat Celtics 113-97 in Game 5 to keep their season alive
- How ‘scalpel’ changes to F1 will change the racing at the Miami Grand Prix
- Sorsby gambling addiction casts light on issue that could affect thousands of college athletes
- Stir well, slap lightly. Tips for making a mint julep worthy of the Kentucky Derby
- Spurs lack of postseason experience has little impact as they advance in first playoffs since 2019
- Jalen Brunson breaks out with 39 points, with some credit for Towns and even some for mom
- Celtics’ disastrous 4th quarter helps Sixers close series gap to 3-2
- Jalen Brunson scores 39 points and the Knicks rout the Hawks 126-97 for a 3-2 series lead
- Former MLB player Alexei Ramírez tested positive for 4 steroids at World Baseball Classic
- Bobby Witt Jr. hits 3-run homer in 10th to lift Royals over Athletics 4-1 for 4th straight win
- Janson Junk shuts down Dodgers and outduels Shohei Ohtani as Marlins snap 3-game skid with 2-1 win
- Pete Crow-Armstrong hits 3-run homer and Cubs beat Padres 8-3 to stop 3-game slide
- Heisman runner-up Pavia agrees to sign with the Ravens as an undrafted free agent, an AP source says
- Tennessee Titans president of football operations Chad Brinker steps down
- Wild going home against Stars with chance to advance in NHL playoffs for 1st time since 2015
- Draisaitl’s 2 goals lift the Oilers past the Ducks 4-1 to stave off elimination
- Matt Boldy and Wild go home with chance to clinch series after beating Stars 4-2 in Game 5
- Bruce Cassidy surprised by Golden Knights’ firing and sounds ready to return to coaching
- Nelly Korda is back in her bubble and a big year could await
- Women’s British Open gets another bump in prize money to $10 million
- PGA Tour heads to Doral for the first time in 10 years and PGA Tour Champions has another major
- FIFA in talks about requiring soccer clubs to field at least one homegrown young player in games
- England, Chelsea defender Millie Bright retires from soccer because of injuries
- FIFA to pay out $100M in extra cash to help cover World Cup teams’ costs in North America
- Why the workouts of Formula 1 drivers might help computer users with ‘tech neck’
- Indianapolis 500 testing takes flight as Romain Grosjean inadvertently hits bird during early run
- NASCAR’s Carson Hocevar earns first Cup win and F1 returns with Antonelli on top
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