Francisco and Packard Promoted to Assistant Coaching Roles… East Carolina Football Preview 2026: Why the Pirates Could Win Big Again… Michigan State athletic director J Batt leaves to take Kentucky AD job… Fit to be tied: The big upsets at the World Cup so far have been matches ending at 0-0, 1-1 and 2-2
Pirate Press: ECU Headlines
Francisco and Packard Promoted to Assistant Coaching Roles ecupirates.com
East Carolina Football Preview 2026: Why the Pirates Could Win Big Again YAHOO!
Michigan State athletic director J Batt leaves to take Kentucky AD job CBS News
J Batt says UK is his destination job: “This is where our boys will graduate high school” SB Nation
What J Batt’s Move From Michigan State to Kentucky Means for Both Athletic Departments Sports Illustrated
J Batt named new Kentucky athletics director, replacing Mitch Barnhart Louisville Courier Journal
COMMIT: All-around athlete Ja’Quez Johnson joins ECU’s 2027 class as cornerback 247 Sports
Around the American Athletic Conference
NCAA First, Tulane Football Commitments, & the 2026 Receivers Sports Illustrated
USF Men’s Basketball to Take on St. Joe’s in Veterans Classic at U.S. Naval Academy USF Athletics
Where Memphis football’s 2027 recruiting class stands for Charles Huff Memphis Commercial Appeal
UNT football player rankings: WR Baron Tipton, newcomers highlight spots 15 to 11 Denton Record-Chronicle
Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond
Raleigh News & Observer
- In a new role, with the same joy, Rod Brind’Amour celebrates another Canes title
- Hurricanes won the Stanley Cup, and their championship window is still wide open
- What’s next for Hurricanes’ owner? ‘Our expectations will be a little like this’
- At long last, Hurricanes’ core group’s effort is validated with a Stanley Cup
WRAL
- A big trade swing, then a bold reset that powered the Hurricanes to the Stanley Cup
- Hurricanes win Stanley Cup, ultimate prize after eight years of sustained success under Brind’Amour
- Stanley Cup back in Raleigh, with ‘Carolina Hurricanes Day’ parade planned for Saturday
- North Carolina gains inside track to College World Series finals with 5-2 win over W.Va.
Charlotte Observer
- Hornets Mock Draft 2.0: What one NBA evaluator thinks Charlotte should do
- Projecting Carolina Panthers’ initial 53-man roster ahead of 2026 training camp
Police records reveal new details in arrest of USC football player Columbia The State
Charleston Post & Courier
- Merritt visited Clemson plenty in high school. As a transfer, he saw his move as fate.
- Summer sit-down, Part 1: Clayton White talks Gamecocks’ defense
4-star linebacker flips commitment from Notre Dame to Hokies Norfolk Virginian-Pilot
Sorsby won’t play for Texas Tech after unprecedented legal fight over his eligibility for gambling The Associated Press
Nuggets and Briefs: National and Professional articles of interest
The Associated Press
- Serena and Venus Williams to play doubles together at Wimbledon
- Iran coach says team ordered out of US right after 2-2 draw with New Zealand in World Cup opener
- Cape Verde holds Spain to a surprising 0-0 draw in the country’s World Cup debut
- As Iran chases the World Cup, its US diaspora is divided between protesting and cheering
- Shinnecock Hills study starts before US Open practice rounds to avoid long waits
- Norway embraces Viking theme for World Cup return and provokes some debate
- Scaloni: ‘The whole planet’ awaits Messi’s 200th cap as Argentina opens World Cup against Algeria
- US drug czar blasts WADA, saying proposed changes could undermine clean sport at Olympics
- Cubs outfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong becomes 1st MLB player to hit for cycle this season
- Here comes Hervé again. Shock World Cup call for Renard to coach Tunisia in turmoil
- Mixed emotions ahead of Haiti vs. Brazil for dually aligned fans headed to the World Cup game
- Tunisia fires coach Lamouchi after heavy opening World Cup loss and appoints Renard
- Fans in Cape Verde party into the night after historic World Cup debut
- The Knicks made a championship run that will be remembered in New York and in NBA history
- Tigers’ Colt Keith rediscovers power stroke with 3-homer game in Houston
- Nick Kurtz and Jeff McNeil power the A’s to an 11-2 victory over the struggling Pirates
- Miguel Rojas’ pinch-hit home run in the 7th lifts the Dodgers to a 4-3 victory over the Rays
- Cardinals’ Dustin May continues to put health woes behind him with 1-hit shutout against Padres
- Uruguay’s Maxi Araújo scores equalizer in 1-1 World Cup draw with Saudi Arabia
- US women’s flag football team receives youthful infusion ahead of world championships
- 49ers mourn the sudden death of former All-Pro linebacker Aldon Smith at 36
- PWHL expansion team in Las Vegas hires former AHL assistant Kim Weiss to be its coach
- Vekic wins Queen’s Club final in straight sets to deny dream title for Raducanu
- Shelton beats Fritz 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 in Stuttgart for first title on grass
- J.J. Spaun doesn’t need to be a ‘perfect golfer’ to validate his US Open triumph
- Jackson Koivun is back in the US Open in his last tournament as an amateur
- Fit to be tied: The big upsets at the World Cup so far have been matches ending at 0-0, 1-1 and 2-2
Leave a Reply