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East Carolina basketball coach Joe Dooley said Monday that Tyrie Jackson and Tremont Robinson-White were ECU’s best two defenders in a 66-57 win at Charlotte on Friday, even though neither player started.

After throwing four touchdown passes against SMU on Saturday, which all came in the first half, East Carolina quarterback Holton Ahlers was named the American Athletic Conference football offensive player of the week Monday.

These three questions were asked as part of preview coverage for the East Carolina-SMU football game at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium. ECU recorded one of its most impressive victories in a handful of years, defeating SMU 52-38 to finish with a 3-5 American Athletic Conference record for its best le…

The signature win East Carolina’s football team and coach Mike Houston have been seeking for 16 months was accomplished and enjoyed Saturday.

East Carolina’s basketball team won a game and had a game canceled at the 49er Tip-Off Classic at Charlotte.

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A win for East Carolina over SMU will give the Pirates a 3-5 American Athletic Conference record to match the 2015 season. ECU-SMU kicks off at noon Saturday on ESPN-Plus.

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East Carolina will complete coach Mike Houston’s second season with the Pirates on Saturday against SMU at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium, where ECU is 0-3 this year.

Working as a behavior specialist at a level five behavior school in his hometown of Hyattsville, Md., Tony Parham sometimes felt like a hypocrite when talking to his students or his own children about finishing a task that has been started.

Appalachian State was good for three-plus quarters last Saturday afternoon at Coastal Carolina, but that wasn’t good enough. Unbeaten Coastal scored two touchdowns inside the final 3 minutes for a 34-23 victory in a Sun Belt showdown.

A second-half comeback attempt by the East Carolina women’s basketball team Wednesday fell short in an 89-81 loss at Towson to begin the Pirates’ season.

East Carolina coach Mike Houston said he did not lay out specific rules when asked how his football team will handle any players who might want to attend a family meal this week. He said his advice to all his players is to be smart and protect each other in order to participate in scheduled …

This is East Carolina football's final home game of the 2020 season. Check out beat writer Ronnie Woodward's three questions to know for the ECU-SMU game.

Stemming from a 28-3 victory at Temple, East Carolina’s football team had a focused and positive start to its preparations for the SMU game.