Washington senior pitcher Rebekah Langston is our newest WITN Pepsi Player Of The Week.

John Kasay, who ranks among the NFL all-time leaders in field goals and scoring, is retiring with Carolina.

Six regular season East Carolina football games, four at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium and two on the road, are scheduled for live television coverage in 2013.

The Atlantic Coast Conference has set its bowl lineup for its first season as a 14-team league.

East Carolina junior 1B Chase McDonald has been named the Conference USA Hitter of the Week after his productive performances at the plate led the Pirates to a 3-1 week.

A strange week at Quail Hollow held one more surprise Sunday when 22-year-old rookie Derek Ernst won the Wells Fargo Championship in a playoff.

David Ragan used a sweeping last-lap pass in overtime to pull a huge upset victory Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway.

Chase McDonald’s RBI single scored Jay Cannon in the ninth inning to lift East Carolina to a 3-2 Conference USA series win over Southern Miss Sunday.

LeBron James is the overwhelming choice as the NBA's Most Valuable Player.

Connor Barron’s infield single in the 11th scored Bradley Roney lifting Southern Miss to a 10-9 victory over East Carolina Saturday.

Former ECU Pirate Seth Maness (1-0) picked up his first major league win, working out of a jam in the eighth inning as the St. Louis Cardinals beat Milwaukee 7-6 Saturday.

Orb splashed through the slop to win the Kentucky Derby, giving Hall of Fame trainer Shug McGaughey his first victory in the 3-year-old classic.

Freshman Casey Alcorn had two hits to lead the offensive attack, but East Carolina’s softball team (21-29, 11-11 C-USA) lost its second straight game to UCF on Saturday by a 3-0 margin.

Chase McDonald’s seventh home run of the season highlighted East Carolina’s four-run fourth inning as the Pirates took game one of the three-game Conference USA series 6-3 over Southern Miss Friday night.

Long shot Black Onyx is a late scratch for the Kentucky Derby, leaving 19 horses to vie for the roses.

East Carolina’s Jeff Hoffman has been named to the 60-man midseason Golden Spikes Award Watch List, USA Baseball announced Thursday. Hoffman is one of 10 underclassmen on the watch list for the top amateur baseball player in the country.

The East Carolina doubles team of Joran Vliegen and Colin Roller has been selected as one of 32 pairs to compete in the 2013 NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championships after receiving the automatic bid from Conference USA.

Junior left-hander Hobbs Johnson struck out a season-high nine batters over five scoreless innings of work Wednesday night as No. 1 North Carolina (42-4) downed The Citadel (27-19), 13-0.

Twenty-one horses have been entered for Saturday's Kentucky Derby, one more than the maximum field of 20.

Ben Futz’ RBI double in extra innings scored Jay Cannon lifting East Carolina (24-21) to a 10-inning 9-7 win over Gardner-Webb (22-22-1) Tuesday afternoon at J.H. Moss Stadium.

D.H. Conley senior baseball player Mike Fuller is our newest WITN Pepsi Player Of The Week.

East Carolina junior forward Robert Sampson and redshirt freshman forward Yasin Kolo have decided to transfer from the men’s basketball program Pirate head coach Jeff Lebo announced Tuesday.

Duke is bringing back former basketball player Jon Scheyer as a special assistant.

East Carolina's 2013 regular season finale at Marshall, originally scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 30, has been moved up one day to accommodate a live broadcast by an unspecified Conference USA television partner according to an announcement from the league Monday.

Former East Carolina All-America pitcher Seth Maness has gotten the call to the Major Leagues and will be in the bullpen for the St. Louis Cardinals Monday when they host the Cincinnati Reds.