East Carolina's 14-1 and 12-0 Super Regional losses at Louisville were surprising. The Pirates spent a lot of energy coming through the losers bracket in the Greenville regional and did not perform on the same level that characterized ECU's 2019 season. The crowd support that helped the Pirates the previous week at Clark-LeClair Stadium was obviously not there as ECU was not … [Read more...]

Four years ago, when I had the opportunity to write a book commemorating fifty years of Super Bowls, I interviewed former New York Giants general manager Ernie Accorsi about the unique pain of losing the Super Bowl. I have tremendous respect for Accorsi, and his perspective on that particular sports tribulation has stayed with me. It’s Accorsi’s view that it’s better not to … [Read more...]

The road to Omaha might have started in Greenville, but somewhere along the way — Louisville, KY, to be specific — East Carolina's anticipated joyride to the College World Series veered off course and ended in a crumpled heap along the side of the highway. The Pirates didn’t just lose their NCAA Super Regional series to Louisville. They did it in such spectacular fashion — … [Read more...]