This past weekend was truly one to remember at East Carolina. The ECU swimming and diving team took the American Athletic Conference championship for the fourth time. The lacrosse team slipped by Campbell on the road, 12-22 on Saturday. The women's basketball team came from 17 points down to beat Temple. The Pirate ladies have won three in row and five of their last … [Read more...]

Nineteenth-ranked East Carolina got the baseball season off to a great start with a series sweep of William & Mary this past weekend. The Pirates took all three games in the series in very different ways. ECU had to rally late on Friday. William & Mary struck first on opening day when the Tribe’s Brandon Raquet hit a solo home run in the top of the seventh inning … [Read more...]

While most of the world had an eye on the Duke-Carolina game on Saturday night I had a strategic location staked out at one of my favorite sports bars to watch that contest as well as the East Carolina-Tulane matchup in New Orleans. As Duke and Carolina added another crazy chapter to their storied rivalry a few of us watched as ECU basketball finally got over the hump on the … [Read more...]

East Carolina baseball coach Cliff Godwin is a stickler for details. That attention to detail is probably what makes the 2019 American Athletic Conference coach of the year such a success at his job. For the 5th straight year it was a privilege for me to emcee the annual ECU baseball banquet. A sold-out crowd of close to 600 came out for the event, which raised money that … [Read more...]

East Carolina doesn’t have the best team in the American Athletic Conference, but it may have the team that plays the hardest. The shots don’t always fall, but the effort continues to be relentless. On Saturday night against Tulane, the shots did fall. ECU shot 52 percent from the field in its 81-62 win. Pirate coach Joe Dooley said it all started with defense. “I thought … [Read more...]