Join Al Myatt and Kevin Monroe for the Bonesville Pregame Podcast as East Carolina prepares for a noon kickoff against American Athletic Conference foe Connecticut at Pratt & Whitney Stadium in East Hartford. With decades of experience as a sports journalist, Myatt has been an anchor columnist for Bonesville since the site's founding in 2001. Monroe, color analyst for the … [Read more...]
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Special FeatureGame Day Weather
East Carolina was originally scheduled to play at Connecticut on Nov. 4, but the game was moved to today at noon to allow South Florida and the Huskies to make up a game that was not played due to Hurricane Irma. Conditions for this late September matchup will be significantly warmer than the typical November afternoon in New England would have been. The temperature is … [Read more...]
View from the EastStrength of schedule at No. 15
East Carolina's 0-3 start has come against three nationally-ranked teams, a factor that has the Pirates ranked No. 15 in the country for strength of schedule thus far in 2017. That's according to computer stats guru Jeff Sagarin of USA Today. James Madison continued its top position in the Football Championship Subdivision coaches' poll with a 75-14 win over Norfolk State … [Read more...]
The Bradsher BeatTorbett reshaping culture of ECU volleyball program
It’s likely that Julie Torbett would have made it to 400 wins faster if she had remained at Winthrop University, but the journey to the milestone wouldn’t have been nearly as satisfying. Between Winthrop and her first head coaching post at UNC-Asheville, Torbett collected three Big South titles and two conference coach-of-the-year honors. Her previous stops had established … [Read more...]
Football RecruitingWeight room transforms versatile Richardson
Austin Richardson was just a fifth grader when he first encountered Michael Hertz, then an assistant football coach at Porter Ridge High School. Hertz had already coached two of Richardson's older brothers and was looking forward to Austin joining the Porter Ridge program as a freshman in 2014. But instead, Hertz and Richardson would go their separate ways, only to be … [Read more...]