The 2023 football season at East Carolina was one that begged for improvement. Jim Szoke described the 2-10 struggle in his first year as radio voice of the Pirates. Szoke is among those who are optimistic for 2024. Jeff Charles’ successor is a broadcast veteran, who made a quick entry into his profession decades ago.… [ More… ]
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GREG VACEK'S WEB ROUNDUPFriday, July 26, 2024
Quartet Of ECU Golfers Earn Cobalt Academic Honors… Pirates Nab IWLCA Academic Honors… East Carolina Claims Ninth-Straight ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award… Mike Schwartz shares his early thoughts on ECU’s transfer haul; ECU basketball gearing up for offseason trip to Bahamas… Orioles place Jorge Mateo on IL, recall Connor Norby
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JUNGLE TALESPortal, pros and history
Bubba Rosenbaum zeroes in on a potpourri of baseball content in this the second episode of the Jungle Tales Podcast. In the first segments, Rosenbaum talks about ECU players taken in the recent Major League Baseball draft and discusses the new talents coming to the Pirates through the NCAA portal. The second half relives some… [ More… ]
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CLASS OF 2025 RECRUITING FEATUREQueen City LB Davis aims for January enrollment
Kendric Davis was plotting a career in basketball until success on the football field prompted a change of direction as a high school sophomore. Two years later, the 6-foot-2, 200-pounder is regarded as one of the best linebacker prospects in the state of North Carolina. A rising senior at Palisades High School in Charlotte, Davis… [ More… ]
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VIEW FROM THE EASTGilbert sees calm before pending storm
Summer is a time of relative calm on the East Carolina campus as athletic director Jon Gilbert noted Wednesday. “We don’t have as many sports teams that are here,” Gilbert said. “Football, men’s and women’s basketball. We’ve got some volleyball student athletes and soccer student athletes here, but not the entire student body population or… [ More… ]
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JUNGLE TALESAuthor Bethany Bradsher joins Bubba Rosenbaum
Author and former longtime Bonesville columnist Bethany Bradsher joins Bubba Rosenbaum for this episode of the Jungle Tales Podcast‘s inaugural episode. They discuss Bradsher’s new book “NEVER TAKE THIS FOR GRANTED: Around the Diamond with College Baseball’s Most Devoted Fan Base.” Bradsher’s book is a deep dive into the super fans that populate “The Jungle”… [ More… ]
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VIEW FROM THE EASTThe first step: A look at Norfolk State
East Carolina opens the 2024 football season at home against Norfolk State on Saturday, Aug. 31, at 6 p.m. (ESPN+). It will be the first gridiron meeting between the two programs, located approximately two hours apart. There was a matchup scheduled as the third contest for ECU in 2020 but it was scrapped due to… [ More… ]
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CLASS OF 2025 RECRUITING FEATUREPedigreed safety Speer plans early enrollment
Durante Speer has spent most of his life on the football field and around football players. Speer’s grandfather, Eddie Sheats, played defensive line for Kansas in the early 1970s and was selected by the Washington Redskins in the 1973 NFL Draft. His father, Terrence, was a cornerback at Alabama A&M and cousin DeMario Minter is… [ More… ]
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CLASS OF 2025 RECRUITING FEATURELesson on ECU football culture swayed Cooley
Zion Cooley wasn’t very familiar with East Carolina football when the Pirates extended a scholarship offer on January 23, 2024. “I really didn’t know anything other than their team color is purple,” said Cooley, who would receive an accelerated course on ECU football over the next four-and-a-half months. The knowledge he gained convinced the 6-foot-4,… [ More… ]
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VIEW FROM THE EASTMemphis favored in AAC football
Preseason publications and oddsmakers have established Memphis as the favorite in American Athletic Conference football. In a landmark year in college football with expanded playoffs, there will be a new AAC champion as Southern Methodist has moved to the ACC. A $100 wager on the Tigers will pay $230 if they win the AAC championship… [ More… ]