East Carolina went through fall baseball camp with a focus on building the mental approach that produced a 47-18 record in Cliff Godwin's fifth season as coach at his alma mater in 2019. "It was critical that we got everybody on the same page of our standards, what our culture is and showing up to go to work with an elite mindset every day," Godwin said. "That's the biggest … [Read more...]

In the good old days of sportswriting, when print was king and everyone knew what a catch was, I used to receive a stack of actual glossy football media guides every summer that, when piled on top of one another, could double as an ottoman. These magazines killed many trees, yes, but they also proved to be a fair repository of information and, at times, an above-average … [Read more...]

BOONE — East Carolina was dealt a second straight competitive road loss, 68-62, at Appalachian State on Tuesday night. "We had some spurts and we had some inexperienced mistakes," said Pirates coach Joe Dooley after ECU dropped to 1-2. The Pirates had won three straight in the series but couldn't overcome a 22-point effort from Justin Forrest and 19 more from Adrian Delph … [Read more...]

Last week Pirate quarterback Holton Ahlers became the first East Carolina player in history to throw for over 500 yards in a game. This past week at Southern Methodist he came within two yards of duplicating the feat. One of Yogi Berra’s greatest quotes was thinking something was ‘deja vu all over again.’ Ahlers performance was just that. He threw for 498 yards on a … [Read more...]