East Carolina athletics director Jon Gilbert said during ECU Board of Trustees meetings last week that three Pirate student-athletes were allowed to stay in their residence halls, as part of nearly 100 total who are in Greenville and living off campus while sports are on hold amid the COVID-…
Monday, April 06, 2020
In-state college basketball recruit JaDun Michael tweeted Monday, “I’m staying home,” while making a verbal commitment to his hometown school Elon.
Saturday, April 04, 2020
It was difficult last preseason for East Carolina first-year women’s basketball coach Kim McNeill to envision the Pirates rolling to a 20-plus win season, but also to not reach double digits in victories.
Kids can go through phases with their appetites.
Thursday, April 02, 2020
J.H. Rose sophomore Michael Allen already took an unofficial visit to Tennessee, checking out the Knoxville area and specifically the Volunteers’ facilities in football and baseball.
East Carolina athletics director Jon Gilbert and the Pirates’ coaches are working toward having more clarity early next week on important team roster management decisions.
Pittsburgh graduate transfer Ryan Murphy announced Thursday on Twitter that he will play his final college basketball season at Tulane, picking the Green Wave reportedly over East Carolina, BYU and UC Santa Barbara.
Tuesday, March 31, 2020
Coaches are always focused on the next game.
Monday, March 30, 2020
The NCAA decided Monday night that not only seniors deserve eligibility relief for this season being cut short, but spring sports athletes in all classes are eligible for an extra year of eligibility because of COVID-19 bringing competition to a sudden halt in mid-March.
The NCAA decided Monday night that not only seniors deserve eligibility relief for this season being cut short, but spring sports athletes in all classes are eligible for an extra year of eligibility because of COVID-19 bringing competition to a sudden halt in mid-March.
Sunday, March 29, 2020
East Carolina football players left for spring break early in March on the heels of what Pirate second-year coach Mike Houston described as a stellar offseason to that point in terms of player strength and other areas.
Saturday, March 28, 2020
Heading into the weekend of March 14, the Pitt Community College softball team was scorching hot.
East Carolina baseball coach Cliff Godwin is planning on three seniors — pitchers Tyler Smith, Matt Bridges and Cam Colmore — to be seniors again next year, pending an NCAA ruling that would allow seniors, at least in spring sports, to be eligible for one more season.
Thursday, March 26, 2020
East Carolina athletics director Jon Gilbert announced Thursday the contract of head volleyball coach Julie Torbett will not be renewed.
Wednesday, March 25, 2020
Distance learning started Monday at East Carolina University with almost all of the Pirates’ 450 student-athletes living off campus or home, working out on their own and trying to stay on track with their academics.
East Carolina sixth-year baseball coach Cliff Godwin had his cell phone in his back pocket for his team’s pregame batting practice session on March 11 at UNC Wilmington, which he had never done before, because the Ivy League had just canceled all spring sports and that meant Columbia was not…
Tuesday, March 24, 2020
Some college football teams have an abundance of returning proven veteran players for this year or a coaching staff that didn’t experience much turnover, if any at all.
With coaches out of their comfort zone and most of East Carolina’s players not in Greenville, the ECU football program is thinking technology-first and functioning as best as possible with challenges and distances amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
Sunday, March 22, 2020
The hustle and challenge for groundskeepers to properly prepare fields every day for spring sports practices and games is a rite of passage.
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