GREENVILLE — East Carolina hit four home runs and four Pirate pitchers combined for a shutout in a 14-0 American Athletic Conference win over Tulane at Clark-LeClair Stadium on Friday night. ECU, ranked as high as No. 11, improved to 32-10 overall and 12-1 in league play with its seventh straight win. Spencer Brickhouse hit a 2-run homer in the bottom of the first. The … [Read more...]

Joe Dooley played with the hand he was dealt in terms of personnel in his first year back as East Carolina basketball coach. There were some big moments, including a home win over Cincinnati, but the final overall record was 10-21. The Pirates were 3-15 in the American Athletic Conference. Dooley promised to revamp the talent pool and ECU is in the midst of that … [Read more...]

I am all in on the 30th anniversary celebration of the movie “Field of Dreams.” It will forever and always be in my top five of all time, despite a few critics who hate happiness and seem determined to slam it, three decades later, as cheesy and improbable. Last weekend I discovered a deep dive podcast, “The Rewatchables,” about the 1989 film, and I reveled in every bit of … [Read more...]

NORFOLK — East Carolina scored five runs in the eighth inning and withstood a five-run ninth by host Old Dominion for a 10-7 nonconference win on Wednesday night. The 11-ranked Pirates improved to 31-10 while the Monarchs slipped to 24-16. ECU went ahead to stay on an RBI double by Dusty Baker in the third inning and subsequently added a run in the frame on an ODU … [Read more...]