Four years ago, when I had the opportunity to write a book commemorating fifty years of Super Bowls, I interviewed former New York Giants general manager Ernie Accorsi about the unique pain of losing the Super Bowl. I have tremendous respect for Accorsi, and his perspective on that particular sports tribulation has stayed with me. It’s Accorsi’s view that it’s better not to … [Read more...]

Media members and Pirate fans have worried this week about the quick turnaround for East Carolina baseball — just three days rest between the pandemonium of the Greenville Regional and the opening game of the Super Regional in Louisville. But listen to the players who spoke to the media Wednesday morning before boarding a plane bound for Kentucky, and it’s clear that they … [Read more...]

Even from six hundred miles up the Eastern seaboard, Colin Donnelly has heard enough about The Jungle to lob a peremptory shot across the bow this week. Donnelly, the 6-1 Quinnipiac pitcher who won the game that led his team to the MAAC Championship on Sunday, took to Twitter to proclaim, “I AM THE JUNGLE,” complete with a pro wrestler-style pose. In tagging two Jungle … [Read more...]

An up-and-coming PGA golfer hits the jackpot in a major, pulling out enough outstanding shots in the first three rounds to enter the final day sitting in second place and paired with the tournament leader. After two good holes the wheels fall off, and our presumptive hero falls from second place to a tie for 36th on national television on one of the sport’s largest … [Read more...]

For the East Carolina women’s golf team, the difference between being a world-beater and a mild overachiever at the NCAA Auburn Regional was three uncharacteristically difficult holes. The Pirates, who came in seeded 14th out of the 18 teams at the regional, made it clear on the first two days that they weren’t just happy to be there, standing tied for third after the first … [Read more...]