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06.08.06: MLB
Draft: Smith selected by A's, Mathews by Giants ... ECU's
Hunt, Krug take Scholar Athlete honors ... NCAA nixes course
credits from 'diploma mills' |
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06.07.06: ECU's
track elite at NCAA meet in Sacramento ... Super region
pairings pit Rice against Sooners ... Cleared USC
quarterback says he's rejoined team |
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06.06.06: NCAA
change on grad transfers gets reaction ... Duke reinstates
men's lacrosse with conditions ... Cardieri resigns as
baseball coach at USF |
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06.05.06: Owls
carry C-USA banner against Bears ... Laval steps down as LSU
baseball coach ... Date of "Civil War" changed for TV |
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06.04.06: C-USA
players reap All-America honors ... "Flesh- eating" germ
claims Tulsa gridder ... Blazers baseball coach hangs up
cleats |
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06.03.06: ECU's
Jake Smith named 2nd-team All-America ... Pirates get first
signee in McPhaul golfing era ... Duke men's lacrosse
program to be reinstated |
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06.02.06: Bucs'
new pitching coach has LeClair pedigree ... Three gridders
depart WVU program ... ECU announces blue chip tennis
signees |
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06.01.06: Pirates
announce kickoff times, TV games ... ECU excels among
C-USA's academic elite ... Rice's Degerman makes Academic
All-America |
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05.31.06: Owls,
Herd, Pirates pace C-USA academics ... ECU's Witter inks
baseball deal with Giants ... Hamrick discusses NCAA
baseball selections |
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05.30.06: Rice
leads four CUSA teams into NCAA playoffs ... ECU's Cotto
hurdles to NCAA title meet ... 'Horns' title ring goes on,
then off eBay |
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05.29.06: Rice
rolls in Conference USA baseball finale ... ECU 4x100 relay
qualifies for NCAA title dash ... Huggins takes disciplinary
action at K-State |
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05.28.06: O'Leary
gets lengthy deal at Central Florida ... City rivals set for
C-USA baseball showdown ... Duke women golfers defend NCAA
title |
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05.27.06: Alumnus
Wharton returns to lead Pirate Club ... Sampson subjected to
NCAA sanctions ... C-USA athletes selected for leadership
forum |
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05.26.06: SMU's
Turner to co-chair Knight Commission ... Blazers golf
recruit wins national juco title ... Former ECU player
Kilgore inks with UTEP |
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05.25.06: Large
Houston recruiting class becomes larger ... Duke women's
lacrosse supports men's team ... Wolfpack hands Heels ACC
Tournament loss |
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05.24.06: Jake
Smith headlines ECU's all-league picks ... ECU softball's
Krista Jessup inks pro deal ... SMU football gains award for
100% grad rate |
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05.23.06: Hart
may nix FSU recruit's grant after arrest ... Memphis, Rice
players take weekly awards ... Lady Vols coach rewarded with
fat new deal |
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05.22.06: Rice
hosting C-USA baseball; ECU starts early ... Inman gets
two-game suspension at UGa ... Tide linebacker booked on
multiple charges |
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05.21.06: 'Ride
with The Voice' fundraiser set for June ... Ga. Tech to host
Irish and ESPN Game Day ... Smith, Bowden, Paterno headed for
I-A Hall |
05.20.06: 'Big
House' set for $226 million makeover ...
C-USA lands seven on preseason football list ...
Decades-long coaching career ends for Sutton |
05.19.06: Holland
heads up hoops scheduling task force ... Houston, Rice
hurlers on
10-man Clemens list ... Tucker turns away from Texas,
retains agent |
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05.18.06: Navy,
NCSU limit tickets for ECU fans ... C-USA trio invited to
USA Baseball tryouts ... Wolfpack's Brackman to sit out rest
of season |
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05.17.06: Houston
hurler gets national pitching honor ... Former UVa grid
coach Blackburn dies at 93 ... Three players leaving Ole
Miss hoops program |
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05.16.06: Former
ECU slugger Tracy inks mega-deal ... C-USA announces weekly
baseball awards ... Third Duke lacrosse player indicted |
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05.15.06: Frasure,
Cotto pace ECU in C-USA track & field ... Tulsa headed to
Fresno softball regional ... Texas RB nabbed with pot-filled
backpack |
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05.14.06: Southern
Cal cager shot and killed ... ECU's Hewett moves into C-USA
sprint finals ... Tulsa wins softball crown on walkoff homer
... Black college football pioneer Robinson dies |
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05.13.06: ECU's
Eric Frasure wins C-USA hammer throw ... ECU's Jake Smith in
running for Bench Award ... Houston boots Pirates from
softball tourney ... Illini plan major renovations of
football stadium |
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05.12.06: Pirates
still alive in C-USA softball tournament ... ECU women tied
for 20th in golf regional ... St. John's receives ruling on
infractions |
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05.11.06: Harrell
makes first team All C-USA ... Danger of spearing in
football cited ... Prep star says dream led him to Jayhawks |
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05.10.06: Vols
sign multi-sport standout Mattingly ... 2006 College
Football Hall class announced ... Ducks tab Casey Martin to
guide golf team |
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05.09.06: ECU's
Harrell honored on eve of tournament ... Washington's Romar
to guide USA under-18's ... Cavs, Terps take aim on NCAA
lacrosse title |
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05.08.06: Mountaineers
to be recognized in Raleigh ... Towe to join Lowe at NCSU
... 'Noles edge Deacs in record setter |
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05.07.06: N.C.
State's long hunt officially over ... ECU gains berth in
C-USA Softball Tourney |
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05.06.06: Hoops
rule committee looks at 3-point distance ... Blue chipper
makes late commitment to Duke ... Colorado cage coach faces
season in limbo |
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05.05.06: Lowe
and behold, Pack fills its vacancy ... Horns, Sooners extend
deal with Cotton Bowl ... Mascot lands 7th-seeded Illini on
the road |
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05.04.06: ECU's
Harrell snares another C-USA award ... 'Bama okays hefty new
contract for Shula ... Downey heading from Bearcats to
Gamecocks |
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05.03.06: ECU's
Chris Moore signs deal with Saints ... NCSU represented on
World Cup team ... Politics: Shuler projected to face Rep.
Taylor |
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05.02.06: ECU's
Baker inks free agent pact with Steelers ... ECU women
golfers headed for East regional ... UAB's Hackney signs
with Browns |
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05.01.06: Giants
take ECU's Whimper in fourth round ... Memphis back Williams
selected by Panthers ... More names popping up in N.C. State
search |
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News Nuggets, 06.09.06
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NOTES FROM ECU AND BEYOND...
Previous Day Nuggets...
Next Day Nuggets...
Compiled from staff reports
and electronic dispatches
ECU's
"Voice" revving up for benefit "Ride"
The third annual "Ride With The Voice"
motorcycle excursion benefiting the Eastern North Carolina School for the
Deaf is ready to roll this Saturday. Registration begins at 9 a.m. at J&E
Harley Davidson in Greenville with the ride, led by "Voice of the Pirates"
Jeff Charles, commencing at 10 a.m. The ride will conclude at approximately
11:30 a.m. at Ron Ayer Motorsports.
The cost of the ride is $10 per
motorcycle, according to a release on
ecupirates.com.
All riders will received complimentary
breakfast from Krispy Kreme and lunch provided by Domino's and Logan's
Roadhouse. The first 200 riders will each receive official "Ride With The
Voice" t-shirts.
Over the past two years, 200
motorcyclists have joined Charles, East Carolina's play-by-play announcer,
in support of the athletic programs at the the Eastern North Carolina School
for the Deaf. The school is one of only two deaf schools in the state of
North Carolina and serves the entire region of eastern North Carolina.
Interested patrons should contact Ron
Ayer Motorsports at 758-3084 for more information.
Pirates bow out at NCAA track & field meet
A release from the university's
athletics media relations reported that East Carolina's track and field
season came to an end as hurdler Hector Cotto, thrower Eric Frasure and the
Pirates' 4x100 relay team did not advance during first day action at the
2006 NCAA Men's Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Sacramento.
Cotto, who earned qualification to the
championships by recording a time of 13.66 during a third-place finish at
the NCAA East Regionals in Greensboro two weeks ago, stood ninth in one of
three preliminary heats and 26th overall with a time of 14.57. A total of 18
athletes advanced to the semis after besting the cut-off mark of 14.19.
Frasure missed the cut by one spot,
finishing 13th of 26 competitors in the hammer throw after an effort of
62.46 meters. The junior Charlotte native posted a 62.40 mark during his
second attempt and fouled on this third try, coming just 0.81 meters short
of the 12th and last qualifying spot held by Montana State's Josh Henigman
(63.27).
ECU's 4x100 relay squad also turned in
a 13th-place standing during preliminary competition, five slots behind
final qualifier and eighth-place overall finisher Houston. The unit, which
consisted of senior DeAndre Hyman and freshmen Jerek Hewett, David Rucker
and Kevin Thompson, recorded a time of 39.86 to earn a third-place heat
finish — ahead of Florida (40.00), Alabama (41.03) and Florida State (DQ),
but behind Texas-El Paso (39.21) and Oregon (39.45).
ODU makes plans to add Division I-AA football
Old Dominion University officials have
announced the school will start a Division I-AA football program, with the
first team taking the field in 2009, according to a release on the Monarchs'
athletics web site.
The announcement culminated months of
analysis and deliberation that began last summer when ODU president Roseann
Runte and the Board of Visitors first tackled the issue of reviving football
after a more than six-decade absence of the sport from the campus.
The board agreed to the possibility,
provided three criteria were met: a consultant's report indicating community
support for a program, the acquisition of land to meet practice and other
athletic needs, and pledges of at least $8 million for a football endowment.
The first criterion was met in
December when consultant PricewaterhouseCoopers released a market assessment
report indicating a wide and strong base of support for football,
particularly among alumni.
The report also indicated that the
university would meet its financial goals, and development officials have
already raised more than $5 million prior to the start of an official
campaign. Projected donations in the amount of $1.5 million a year, student
fees, ticket sales and concessions will also help sustain the new program.
In April, an agreement was announced
between the university and the city providing land to ODU for two football
practice fields and additional women's sports teams.
According to athletic director Jim
Jarrett, the university will hire an assistant athletic director for
football this fall and a head coach during the 2007-08 school year. Also,
six full-time and one part-time assistant coaches will be hired. The first
group of recruits, mostly freshmen and junior college students, will enter
the university in fall 2008.
Jarrett also noted that as many as 33
support people in ticketing, marketing, athletic training and other areas
will be added over the next three years.
ODU's football program will be a
member of the school's current sports conference, the Colonial Athletic
Association.
The 20,000-seat Foreman Field, which
was built in 1936, will be refurbished as the home stadium for the new
football program. Bleacher seating will be replaced with stadium-style
individual seats, suites will be added at the south end of the field, and a
new building housing locker rooms will be constructed, among other
renovations.
Currently, ODU's women's field hockey
and lacrosse teams play at Foreman Field. Under the agreement with the city,
the university will build a new field hockey/lacrosse stadium on city land
near 38th Street and Powhatan Avenue. Old Dominion will lease the area,
which will also be the site for two football practice fields, football
locker rooms and training facilities, and a softball stadium.
To comply with Title IX requirements,
Old Dominion will add women's crew in 2007-08, women's softball in 2010-11
and women's volleyball in 2014-15. There are also plans to add a marching
band program.
News Nuggets are
compiled periodically based on material supplied by staff members; data
published by ECU, Conference USA and its member
schools; and reports from other sources. Copyright 2006
Bonesville.net and other publishers. All rights reserved. This material may not be
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