Fast start, bad finish, too many mistakes for Canes in Stanley Cup Final Game 1 loss…Prolific state of Florida QB James Perrone commits to East Carolina… ECU’s Michael Kalinich and Matt Lashley enter transfer portal… ECU roundup: Multiple Pirates qualify for track and field nationals
Pirate Press: ECU Headlines
Parker Byrd bids farewell to ECU Baseball after returning to the sport following boating accident WITN 7
Around the American Athletic Conference
Projecting all 14 American starting QBs for 2026 SB Nation
Top-ranked basketball player in SC signs with Charlotte 49ers. What we know Charlotte Observer
USF baseball: players are departing and a new coach has arrived YAHOO!
Where Memphis athletics struggled in 2025-26, and where they can improve AOL
The season opener at Indiana gives UNT a stage few Mean Green teams have seen Denton Record-Chronicle
Navy athletics ‘full speed ahead’ on construction, including indoor football facility Annapolis Capital
Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond
Raleigh News & Observer
- Hurricanes squander fast start, fall to Vegas in Game 1 of Stanley Cup Final
- Gostisbehere takes blame for late goal in Hurricanes’ Stanley Cup Game 1 loss
- Carolina Hurricanes fall to Golden Knights in Stanley Cup Final. A look at Game 1
- How early Hurricanes goal in Game 1 nearly made NHL history — and a Vegas goal did
- Is time running out for the Carolina Hurricanes’ top line in these NHL playoffs?
- How a ‘blast from the past’ is driving the Hurricanes’ most successful line
- How NC State legend Jimmy V’s timeless message inspired Hurricanes hype video
- The Canes’ Staal is just too tough
- Remember the RBC Center? $7 parking? Much has changed since 2006 Stanley Cup run
WRAL
- North Carolina had a shot to buy part of the Carolina Hurricanes. It passed.
- Fast start, bad finish, too many mistakes for Canes in Stanley Cup Final Game 1 loss
NCAA baseball tournament winners and losers: No. 4 seeds thrive, UCLA knocked out USA Today
Charleston Post & Courier
- Gamecocks have 16 in baseball transfer portal as coaching search continues
- Despite slow start, Clemson recruiting hitting stride at perfect time
- The Citadel’s season comes to an end after loss to Oklahoma in Atlanta Regional
Citing ‘critical issues,’ SEC, Big Ten withhold support for bipartisan college sports bill The Associated Press
Nuggets and Briefs: National and Professional articles of interest
The Associated Press
- Tomas Hertl’s late goal lifts Golden Knights past Hurricanes 5-4 to open Stanley Cup Final
- Vegas and Carolina put on a show to get the Stanley Cup Final off to a terrific start
- Tomas Hertl is the hero for the Golden Knights just in time in the Stanley Cup Final
- The NBA Finals, which start Wednesday, will be a whole new world for many Knicks and Spurs
- The basketball-crazed Philippines will have a champion when these NBA Finals are over
- Jalen Brunson is playing for an NBA championship and maybe for the title of best Knick ever
- Britell, Nas help tell the story of the NBA Finals with spot debuting Wednesday
- Bettors split as Knicks open NBA Finals versus Spurs as slight underdogs
- England turns to a German coach to end a 60-year World Cup title drought
- 5 up-and-coming teenagers who could emerge at the World Cup
- Same stadium, new name: Why World Cup venues are getting rebranded for the tournament
- Argentina’s Messi, Portugal’s Ronaldo and Mexico’s Ochoa highlight final FIFA World Cup rosters
- US grants visa to Haitian soccer player to join team for World Cup
- Ahead of World Cup, Mexico soccer body loses appeals against FIFA fines for fans’ anti-gay chant
- Josh Jacobs practicing with Packers while prosecutors consider whether to file charges
- Myles Garrett is the Rams’ latest prize in a decade of aggressive moves by Snead and McVay
- Angels outfielder Jo Adell misplays flyball into home run off his head, much like Canseco in 1993
- Matt Olson, baseball’s iron man, stars for the Braves on Lou Gehrig Day
- Falcons agree to $141 million, 4-year contract extension with top receiver Drake London
- Nicklaus created a special event at the Memorial. It no longer stands out in big-money era of golf
Kalinich entering the portal is a significant blow; I feared that.
I know that I shouldn’t even say it, but I REALLY fear Lenehan being pilfered.