Last week’s column chronicled an East Carolina building project that is in its final stages of completion. This one deals with a building project that is just now getting off the ground. Like the gleaming new TowneBank Tower that will make its debut at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium this fall, coach Joe Dooley is hoping his renovation… [ More… ]
Insights from Brett
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New crown jewel hovers over ECU’s home turf
If athletics are the front porch of a university, as we’re often told, and football is the most visible sport in most schools’ athletic department, then East Carolina’s curb appeal has been sorely lacking in recent years because of the image portrayed by Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium. It’s not that the facility wasn’t functional. It certainly served… [ More… ]
Special Photo Feature
TowneBank Tower Gallery
Bonesville’s Brett Friedlander captured this collection of photographs during a recent ECU-conducted media tour of the under-construction TowneBank Tower and other upgrades on the south side of Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium. (Click any image for expanded view, caption & slide show.)
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Battle-scarred Pirates still on track to big goals
Those that subscribe to the Vince Lombardi philosophy that ‘winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing,’ aren’t going to want to hear this. But there’s just as much truth to the contrary view taken by another legendary coach, basketball hall of famer Morgan Wootten, who said that if you learn something from defeat, you haven’t… [ More… ]
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Houston on the hunt for new talent before fall
Football coaches have a different way of evaluating the performance of their team than those of us watching from the stands and the press box. While fans and the media are creatures of instant analysis and real-time reactions, those whose jobs depend on the outcome tend to take a much more calculated approach. Their standard… [ More… ]
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Houston set to raise curtain on new era
Sixty thousand fans came to Death Valley in Clemson on Saturday for the Tigers’ annual Orange & White spring football game. Not an actual game, mind you. But a meaningless intrasquad scrimmage five full months before the first meaningful snap of the 2019 season. It’s Clemson, mind you, so the level of interest in the… [ More… ]
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Big Three getting plenty of help as Pirates surge
It was only about four weeks ago that East Carolina baseball coach Cliff Godwin exhorted Pirates fans to keep the faith and not panic over his team’s disappointing 8-5 start. For those who heeded the advice, that faith has been rewarded. With this weekend’s impressive sweep at South Florida, Godwin’s veteran squad has now reeled… [ More… ]