East Carolina closed out fall camp on Saturday with the team’s second scrimmage. From all accounts, as the media is not allowed to watch the scrimmages, the offense and the running game fared much better than they did in the first scrimmage. “We ran the ball hard downhill and got some great runs from our… [ Continue Reading ]

Make no mistake about it. The average fan and media member has a hard time trying to evaluate a scrimmage. At East Carolina, the media doesn’t get to watch. Pirate Video provides a couple of plays on both sides of the football to area television stations, but that’s pretty much it. I’ve had a chance… [ Continue Reading ]

You would never know that this East Carolina football program was just 6-18 over the last two years at Media Day on Saturday. Optimism poured out of the players and coaches with the cameras and microphones rolling. Over the years I’ve occasionally designated one Pirate as “Captain Soundbite.” It’s kind of a running joke within… [ Continue Reading ]

It is certainly the week to get back to work for this guy! August brings with it the start of football in Eastern North Carolina. There is simply no better time of the year. High school football practice kicked off on Monday. That season begins on August 17th and we at WNCT-TV are all set… [ Continue Reading ]

East Carolina seemed very much in control on Sunday night, leading rival UNC-Wilmington 5-0 heading to the bottom of the fifth inning. The Pirates had come back from a five-hour, nine-minute rain delay and scored a pair of runs to take that 5-0 lead into the frame. That fifth inning rocked ECU to the tune… [ Continue Reading ]

For the first time since 2009 and for only the second time in school history, East Carolina will host an NCAA baseball regional at Clark-LeClair Stadium. All told it is the sixth time that ECU has earned a top seed in a regional, dating back to 1999. Those six top seeds run down like this:… [ Continue Reading ]