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Updated: Aug. 7, 2020 at 7:23 PM EDT
|By Tyler Feldman
ECU director of athletics Jon Gilbert and ECU head football coach Mike Houston provided several updates during a Zoom call with the Greenville media Friday afternoon.
Updated: Aug. 7, 2020 at 1:18 PM EDT
|By Tyler Feldman
Mike Fox, the winningest active coach in Division I baseball and the first to lead an Atlantic Coast Conference team to four consecutive College World Series, is retiring after 22 seasons at UNC.
Updated: Aug. 7, 2020 at 12:58 PM EDT
|By Tyler Feldman
Grady-White Boats has committed the largest donation in ECU athletics and Pirate Club history. In recognition of this gift, the ECU athletics complex will be named the Grady-White Boats Athletic Campus.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2020 at 3:10 PM EDT
In football, the plan calls for conference competition to begin Sept. 19 and for each of The American’s teams to play eight conference games on their originally scheduled dates. Nonconference games may be played at the discretion of the individual schools.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2020 at 8:56 AM EDT
"The safety challenges created by COVID-19 place our football student-athletes at an unacceptable level of risk," director of athletics David Benedict said.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2020 at 8:49 AM EDT
|By Associated Press
Sebastian Aho scored twice in the third period while James Reimer was strong in net to help the Carolina Hurricanes beat the New York Rangers 4-1 on Tuesday night and sweep the Stanley Cup qualifier series.
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Updated: Aug. 7, 2020 at 7:22 PM EDT
Updated: Jul. 31, 2020 at 2:48 PM EDT
Updated: Aug. 3, 2020 at 10:25 PM EDT
The Wilson Tobs Baseball Club regrets to announce the cancellation of the remainder of its 2020 game schedule due to team members testing positive for COVID-19.
Updated: Aug. 3, 2020 at 10:14 PM EDT
|By Billy Weaver
The 20-year-old scored three times for the first postseason hat trick in franchise history.
Updated: Aug. 1, 2020 at 10:35 PM EDT
Petr Mrazek stopped 24 shots, and the sixth-seeded Hurricanes defeated the 11th-seeded Rangers for just the seventh time in 38 meetings.
Updated: Jul. 31, 2020 at 4:07 PM EDT
“Practice one is in the books,” Houston said. “It’s the first time we have been on the field together since last December in a football setting, and it looked like it."
Updated: Jul. 30, 2020 at 11:23 PM EDT
New Orleans nearly pulled out the victory as time expired when Brandon Ingram’s 3-point attempt rimmed out in a bitter end to his 23-point night.
Updated: Jul. 30, 2020 at 5:54 PM EDT
The Wilson Tobs Baseball Club is announcing the suspension of its 2020 Coastal Plain League schedule due to team members testing positive for COVID-19.
Updated: Jul. 30, 2020 at 5:43 PM EDT
The SEC’s university presidents agreed on a 10-game schedule that eliminates all nonconference opponents and is set to begin Sept. 26. The SEC championship game, originally scheduled for Dec. 5, will be pushed back to Dec. 19.
Updated: Jul. 30, 2020 at 2:17 PM EDT
The Panthers have decided to keep Joey Slye as their kicker and release veteran Graham Gano, who missed all of last season with a knee injury.
Updated: Jul. 30, 2020 at 12:24 PM EDT
“It’s less than ideal,” said head coach Matt Rhule, who replaced Ron Rivera after three seasons at Baylor.
Updated: Jul. 30, 2020 at 12:06 PM EDT
Ahlers is the third Pirate since the award’s inception in 2004 to earn inclusion on the watch list, following Dominique Davis (2011) and Shane Carden (2014).
Updated: Jul. 29, 2020 at 6:04 PM EDT
The ACC’s 14 university presidents approved a plan for an 11-game schedule, including one nonconference game, and for pushing back the first week to Sept. 7.
Updated: Jul. 29, 2020 at 11:22 AM EDT
Former ECU pitcher and first baseman Alec Burleson has been named the American Athletic Conference Male and Baseball Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
Updated: Jul. 28, 2020 at 3:26 PM EDT
The North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) released an update Tuesday morning.
Updated: Jul. 29, 2020 at 10:58 AM EDT
|By WITN Web Team
Kinston native and NBA all-star Brandon Ingram donates 982 pairs of shoes to local hospital employees.
Updated: Jul. 27, 2020 at 10:10 AM EDT
The Miami Marlins’ home opener Monday night against Baltimore has been postponed as the Marlins deal with a coronavirus outbreak that stranded them in Philadelphia.
Updated: Jul. 27, 2020 at 10:21 AM EDT
|By Tyler Feldman
Former South Central and ECU football standout and current defensive end for the Cincinnati Bengals Kendall Futrell was placed on the COVID-19-reserve list Sunday.
Updated: Jul. 23, 2020 at 11:01 PM EDT
|By Tyler Feldman
ECU junior quarterback Holton Ahlers has been named to the 2020 Wuerffel Trophy watch list, which is "College Football's Premier Award for Community Service."
Updated: Jul. 23, 2020 at 11:00 PM EDT
|By Tyler Feldman
ECU football sophomore receiver and return specialist Tyler Snead is one of 47 players named to the 2020 Paul Hornung award watch list.
Updated: Jul. 23, 2020 at 4:44 PM EDT
The NFL team formerly known as the Redskins will go by the Washington Football Team for at least the 2020 season, giving the organization time to choose a new, full-time name.
Updated: Jul. 23, 2020 at 5:24 PM EDT
After starting with a list of roughly 1,200 names and suggestions, the NHL's 32nd franchise will be known as the Seattle Kraken.
Updated: Jul. 22, 2020 at 9:49 PM EDT
|By Tyler Feldman
ECU AD Jon Gilbert said he will have a good idea on the fall sports season by August 1.
Updated: Jul. 22, 2020 at 3:18 PM EDT
|By Tyler Feldman
The decision allows member institutions additional time to implement protocols for a safe return to competition for student-athletes, coaches, and staff members.