If the East Carolina basketball team was trying to see how dramatically it could set the stage for another improbable Minges comeback, Wednesday night against Temple marked a major miscalculation. Despite heroics to close a seismic gap that formed in the game’s early minutes, the Pirates couldn’t sustain their comeback effort against a relaxed, efficient 14-3 Temple squad … [Read more...]

By the time he was 21, Seth LeDay was in his fourth state on a basketball odyssey that included a stellar high school career in Dallas, two junior college stops and a redshirt year at Virginia Tech. He opted to leave Blacksburg for East Carolina, only to learn that the NCAA was making him sit out another year. Last year at this time LeDay was frustrated, forced to resign … [Read more...]

From the outside, three coaches in ten weeks looks like a recipe for turbulence, especially when the latest leadership change comes less than two weeks before conference play opens. But the East Carolina women’s basketball team, from the acting head coach to the staff of assistants to the players, believe together that their devotion to each other, their work ethic and their … [Read more...]

Until you spend an hour with Lee Workman, you might not understand the thing that has driven him through 34 years in the East Carolina athletic department — his relationships with student-athletes, coworkers, fans and others. You also might not realize that the traditions that have become ubiquitous in the Pirate Nation — the ECU tailgating culture, the Pigskin Pigout and the … [Read more...]

As I see it, the perfect antidote for the post-Christmas letdown during the last week of the calendar year is taking in all of the “Year In Review” articles and specials. I never tire of the retrospectives, lists and highlight reels reviewing the year that was. I like those features so much, in fact, that I’m going to jump the gun a bit on mine. Looking back is healthy, and … [Read more...]