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GREG VACEK'S WEB ROUNDUPSaturday, June 20, 2026

June 20, 2026 By Greg Vacek Leave a Comment

ECU picks up Auburn RHP transfer Saxon Roberts… East Carolina adds D-III All-American transfer Brayden Davis… Carolina Hurricanes Day: Thousands pack streets of downtown Raleigh, parade, rally to begin at 11…US reaches World Cup knockout round and wins its group with 2nd straight victory, 2-0 over Australia…North Carolina going for 1st national title in baseball in CWS finals against surging Sooners 

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

247 Sports

  • ECU picks up Auburn RHP transfer Saxon Roberts
  • East Carolina adds D-III All-American transfer Brayden Davis

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

  • ECU names Wright Auditorium Green Room in Rudy Alexander’s honor
  • ECU Notes: Business trip to Germany sets students up for success

Around the American Athletic Conference

Next up on the look-ahead at USF’s American Conference 2026 opponents: Temple Green Gold & Bold

OPINION: USF football needs a perfect season to make the CFP The USF Oracle

Courtney Deifel’s coaching tree grows with Jordan Clark, Mary Haff joining forces at FAU Arkansas Democrat Gazette

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

  • Burlington boy, leukemia survivor will cheer on UNC baseball in CWS title series
  • Hurricanes Stanley Cup could fuel youth hockey’s rise just like 2006 did
  • ‘It was our time’: Hurricanes answer every challenge in Stanley Cup win | Commentary
  • When Canes return to Lenovo Center, arena will have a new look. What’s changing

WRAL

  • Carolina Hurricanes Day: Thousands pack streets of downtown Raleigh, parade, rally to begin at 11
  • Tar Heels to face Oklahoma in CWS Final, on the doorstep of winning first title

North Carolina going for 1st national title in baseball in CWS finals against surging Sooners The Associated Press

SEC seemed like curse to OU baseball, but Sooners have thrived | Berry Tramel’s ScissorTales Tulsa World

Odds Released for WVU’s Season Opener vs. Coastal Carolina Sports Illustrated

Charleston Post & Courier

  • Brownell: Injured Clemson basketball players making progress
  • Gamecocks’ BOT approves contracts, talks construction projects
  • Clemson adds to recruiting haul with linebacker from Virginia

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

The Associated Press

  • US reaches World Cup knockout round and wins its group with 2nd straight victory, 2-0 over Australia
  • Paraguay beats Turkey 1-0 at the World Cup despite being down a man to clinch Group D for US
  • Matheus Cunha scores 2 goals as Brazil eliminates Haiti from World Cup with 3-0 win
  • Iran says it’s being treated unfairly. Its World Cup travel schedule isn’t unique
  • A classic Scottie Scheffler round puts the 4-time major champ in contention at the US Open
  • Wyndham Clark builds 4-shot lead at US Open with lowest 36-hole score at Shinnecock
  • A year after smashing a locker, Wyndham Clark finds himself leading at another US Open
  • DeChambeau sputters and leads parade of former champions to miss cut at US Open
  • Jing Yan shoots 66 at breezy Blythefield to take Meijer LPGA Classic lead
  • Heim’s pinch-hit HR in 9th helps A’s complete huge comeback for 12-11 win over Angels in 10 innings
  • A ninth-inning throwing error lifts the Dodgers past the Orioles 6-5
  • Carroll has a 3-run triple in the 8th to help the Diamondbacks beat the Twins 9-5
  • Ranger Suarez takes no-hitter into 7th inning as Red Sox top Mariners 6-2
  • Jeffery Simmons cashes in on big season by signing record-setting, 3-year deal with Titans
  • Alex Freeman, 21-year-old son of NFL standout Antonio Freeman, scores for US in World Cup win
  • Toronto Marlies win the American Hockey League’s Calder Cup, beating Chicago 4-3 in Game 5
  • 3-time Stanley Cup winner Jonathan Toews announces his retirement
  • French tennis player Moutet fined $40,000 for expletives in interview at Queen’s Club

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