Thursday, July 17

by | Jul 17, 2025 | Quick Hits

  • The Bash at the Beach Football Jamboree is scheduled at West Brunswick for August 14-15.
  • UNC Wilmington rising senior golfer Gray Mitchum has qualified for the U.S. Amateur at the Lake Course of the Olympic Club in San Francisco, August 11-17.
  • Coastal Carolina has added men’s basketball transfer Reggie Hill, who averaged 7.8 points and 6.6 rebounds the last two seasons at Midwestern State in Texas.
  • Memphis has been put on probation for two years and fined $30,000 by the NCAA after an academic counselor paid two softball players to help a men’s basketball player with schoolwork.
  • East Carolina has put two former Pirate baseball standouts on staff including Thomas Francisco as director of operations and Bryant Packard as director of player development.
  • The 153rd British Open gets underway today at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland (USA Network, 4 a.m.).
  • A pair of 3-0 teams, Charlotte and San Antonio, meet in the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas tonight (ESPN, 7 p.m.).
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