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 ]
News & Features
From the Anchor Desk
Insights from Brett
ECU’s season opener takes on uncommon gravity
One of the most hackneyed cliches in all of sports is the coach-speak mantra of “We play ‘em one game at a time.” In the case of the 2018 East Carolina football team, though, it’s actually a sound approach to take. Because while the Pirates will face significantly tougher tests and play games that can… [ Continue Reading ]
VIEW FROM THE EAST
Hart moving, shaking on behalf of Pirates
Dave Hart is a man on the move and the special athletics advisor to Chancellor Cecil Staton is figuring out how to apply resources to boost struggling revenue sports. The former East Carolina, Florida State and Tennessee athletic director works from his home in Knoxville as well as several locations at ECU. “I’ve been in… [ Continue Reading ]
The Bradsher Beat
Hamilton hones in on ‘dirty stats’
As the first new head soccer coach at East Carolina in 20 years, Jason Hamilton has a boatload of tasks as he tries to elevate the program — ramping up conditioning, encouraging leadership on the field, blending transfers in with established Pirate players. But one key emphasis for Hamilton revolves around what he calls “dirty… [ Continue Reading ]
Football Recruiting
Freshwater represents recruiting coup for ECU
Antonio Moore recognized greatness in Traveon Freshwater at an early age. Freshwater was just seven years old when Moore, the head coach at Northeastern High School in Elizabeth City, saw him play for the River City Rampage youth football team. “I taught his mom and I’ve been monitoring him since little league,” Moore said. “Even… [ Continue Reading ]
From the Anchor Desk
Optimism and question marks after scrimmage
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 ]
Insights from Brett
Dooley’s vision: A small town luring big talent
If you repeat something enough times, with enough certainty, it will eventually be perceived as reality. So it is with East Carolina and the widely-held belief that the Pirates can’t truly be successful in basketball because of Greenville’s small size, its off-the-beaten-path location and the fact that it is surrounded by some of the nation’s… [ Continue Reading ]