East Carolina wrapped up its record-setting regular season on a down note, falling to Memphis 10-9 on Saturday at Clark-LeClair Stadium. While the final game didn’t go the Pirates' way, most of the rest of the season most certainly did. The Pirates set a new American Athletic Conference regular season record by going 20-4 in league play. “Lots of people have asked me to … [Read more...]

If athletics are the front porch of a university, as we’re often told, and football is the most visible sport in most schools’ athletic department, then East Carolina's curb appeal has been sorely lacking in recent years because of the image portrayed by Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium. It’s not that the facility wasn’t functional. It certainly served a purpose when the Pirates were … [Read more...]

Bonesville’s Brett Friedlander captured this collection of photographs during a recent ECU-conducted media tour of the under-construction TowneBank Tower and other upgrades on the south side of Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium. (Click any image for expanded view, caption & slide show.) … [Read more...]

Purple Division winner Paul Gainey of The Bonesville Pig Cooking Crew and Gold Division winner Mark Copeland of the Pocosin Boys were among the trophy recipients in the 36th Annual Pigskin Pigout pig cooking contest. Below this list of the top finishers in the Purple (amateur), Gold (professional) and Showmanship divisions of the competition is a sample collection of snapshots … [Read more...]

Bonesville’s Al Myatt captured this collection of action shots and other candid photos during ECU's Purple-Gold Spring Game Saturday afternoon at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium. (Click any image for expanded view, caption & slide show.) … [Read more...]