Natural disasters like hurricanes might strike every socioeconomic class equally, but it’s a fact that those with more resources are better equipped to weather the wind and rain and recover from their effects. The same was true for intercollegiate athletic teams that found themselves in the path of Hurricane Florence last week. Consider a team… [ Continue Reading ]
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Football Recruiting
Strother opts for chance to be a ‘hometown hero’
Corey Robinson was one of North Carolina’s top blocking prospects back in 2009 at Havelock High School. The 6-foot-7, 315-pounder earned a spot on the Shrine Bowl all-star squad, spent three years as a starter at South Carolina and is now entering his fourth season in the NFL, having just last week been traded by… [ Continue Reading ]
From the Anchor Desk
Pirates in tune with situation back home
Hurricane Florence put the brakes on the sports schedule in Eastern North Carolina in a big way. The southern counties in WNCT-TV’s viewing area were hit the hardest. There is no telling when some of those counties will get back in school and back to playing games. Greenville and East Carolina dodged a real bullet… [ Continue Reading ]
Insights from Brett
Tech’s tin ear hard to explain
Instead of traveling to Blacksburg for its scheduled game against Virginia Tech on Saturday, the East Carolina football team headed south to ride out Hurricane Florence in the safe harbor of Orlando, FL. It was a logical move given the severity of the storm and the experience school officials gained from previous natural disasters, including… [ Continue Reading ]
From the Anchor Desk
Pirates bounced back in a big way
This just didn’t look like the same team on the field at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium. The same team that never got things cranked up against North Carolina A&T dominated play against North Carolina from the ACC in a 41-19 win. It was East Carolina’s third straight win over UNC-Chapel Hill. “I love beating the Tar Heels,”… [ Continue Reading ]
Audio Feature
Coach Mo Weekly Presser
East Carolina football coach Scottie Montgomery met with the news media on campus for his weekly press conference on Monday, Sept. 10, 2018. He reviewed the Pirates’ victory over North Carolina and looked ahead to their Saturday road game with a more formidable Atlantic Coast Conference foe, Virginia Tech. (Audio via Brian Bailey courtesy of… [ Continue Reading ]
Insights from Brett
There’s a lesson in ECU’s domination of Heels, Pack
East Carolina was a 16½-point underdog against North Carolina on Saturday, so technically its 41-19 drubbing of the Tar Heels at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium was an upset. But anyone familiar with the dynamic of the rivalry between the Pirates and either of its UNC System cousins from the Triangle knows that the result was anything but… [ Continue Reading ]
Special Coverage
Fired up Pirates rallied for fallen teammate
GREENVILLE — Colby Gore watched the second half of Saturday’s East Carolina-North Carolina football game from a hospital bed at Vidant Medical Center. But his contribution to holding the Tar Heels scoreless over those final 30 minutes was just as significant as those of his Pirate teammates still on the field at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium. Gore’s… [ Continue Reading ]
Inside Game Day
Pirates adjust and atone
GREENVILLE — Dave Hart stood on the East Carolina sideline in the final moments of a 41-19 win over North Carolina at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium on Saturday afternoon, well aware that the Pirates had made a 180-degree turnaround from a stunning 28-23 loss to North Carolina A&T six days earlier. “That’s the nature of college football,”… [ Continue Reading ]
Special Photo Feature
Game Day Gallery
Bonesville’s Al Myatt roamed the Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium sidelines with his camera during East Carolina’s 41-19 victory over North Carolina on Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018. Myatt captured this curated collection of action shots and other candid photos. (Click any image for expanded view, caption & slide show.)
Audio Feature
Coach Mo Postgame
East Carolina coach Scottie Montgomery spoke with reporters after the Pirates’ 41-19 victory over North Carolina on Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018, at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium. (Recorded by Al Myatt)
Al Myatt & Kevin Monroe Audio Feature
Bonesville Pregame
Join Al Myatt and Kevin Monroe for the Bonesville Pregame Podcast as East Carolina prepares for a 3:30 p.m. kickoff at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium against North Carolina. With decades of experience as a sports journalist, Myatt has been an anchor columnist for Bonesville since the site’s founding in 2001. Monroe, color analyst for the Pirate IMG Sports Network… [ Continue Reading ]
Special Feature
Game Day Weather
East Carolina is scheduled for a 3:30 p.m. kickoff today against in-state rival North Carolina at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium. The forecast is calling for a temperature of 89 degrees at the outset with 55 percent humidity, a 30 percent chance of precipitation and wind out of the East at six miles per hour. The mercury is… [ Continue Reading ]