College athletics are in a state of flux. Programs are coming out of pandemic restrictions. First-time transfers don't have to sit out a year. Players are beginning to generate revenue from their name, image and likeness. East Carolina basketball coach Joe Dooley has been figuring out how to navigate the non-traditional currents as summer school draws to a close Aug. 6 and … [Read more...]
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Norcross star on track for early enrollment
When Zakye Barker would cry as an infant, his father Zach would flip on the TV and try to find a football game. "I'd cry all day, but when he'd turn on the TV and put on football I'd stop crying,'' Barker said. "It was like I knew what was going on. So once I turned four they were like, 'Well, we have to put you in football.' I was all for it even though I couldn't start … [Read more...]
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Pirates pulling from portal
East Carolina has been affected by the ebb and flow of talent in the transfer portal since the NCAA ruled that student-athletes can have immediate eligibility the first time they switch schools. Pirates baseball coach Cliff Godwin said the new regulation is not "real life," allowing athletes to seek greener pastures rather than adjust to circumstances at their first … [Read more...]
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Big man Allen tapping into ‘nasty side’
Greg Greene was strolling through the hallways at Durham's Riverside (NC) High School in the spring of 2018 when he passed a very large freshman. Greene, an assistant coach for Riverside's football team, didn't immediately recognize the student who he'd actually worked with as an eight-year-old. But Greene knew the then-6-foot-4, 285-pounder looked like he belonged on the … [Read more...]
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ECU gets one of NC’s top D-line prospects
Being first paid off for the East Carolina Pirates when it came to recruiting one of North Carolina's top high school defensive line prospects. The Pirates were the first college football program to offer a scholarship to J.D. Lampley from Richmond Senior High School in Rockingham way back in May 2020 while he was just a sophomore. The 6-foot-3, 295-pounder, who has already … [Read more...]