NC College Football Previews: App St. back after bye; ECU, UNCC try to turn...
Appalachian State vs. New Mexico State Kidd Brewer Stadium, Boone | Saturday, 3:30 p.m. | ESPN3 Preview: The Mountaineers (2-2, 1-0 Sun Belt) come off a bye week looking to bounce back from an...
View ArticlePirates defense still looking for answers
Central Florida wide receiver Dredrick Snelson boasted before last week’s game against East Carolina that his team would score 70 points against the Pirates. It wasn’t all that much of a stretch,...
View ArticleCollege Football Previews: Wake, App State, ECU, Charlotte hit the road
Wake Forest at Notre Dame Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, Ind. | Saturday, 3:30 p.m. | NBC Preview: For the second straight week, a state ACC team travels to South Bend to take on the fifth-ranked...
View ArticleECU latest state team to schedule football series with Charlotte
East Carolina is the latest in-state school to add Charlotte to its future college football schedule. The Pirates and 49ers have agreed to a two-year home-and-home series, with ECU traveling to...
View ArticleDuke, UNC lead the way in NC basketball
North Carolina boasts both the NCAA defending champions and the 2017-18 season’s preseason No. 1. It’s no surprise to see the former, UNC, and the latter, Duke at the top of the heap, but each of North...
View ArticleCollege Football Previews: Wake hosts NC State; Duke, ECU, Charlotte look for...
NC State at Wake Forest Grove Stadium, Winston-Salem | Saturday, 7:30 p.m. | ESPNU Preview: State looks to win its sixth ACC game for just the fifth time in school history. Wake is on an offensive...
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Record-setting effort earns weekly honor for ECU’s Trevon Brown
East Carolina has become synonymous with record-setting wide receivers, with Justin Hardy and Zay Jones setting a high standard for others to follow. Saturday, junior Trevon Brown added his name to the...
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ECU suspends punter Barnes after alcohol-related arrest
Saturday’s Senior Day win against Cincinnati wasn’t just the last home game of punter Austin Barnes’ East Carolina football career. It will also turn out to be his last game, period. Austin Barnes The...
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No. 20 Memphis blows out East Carolina
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Senior quarterback Riley Ferguson passed for 299 yards and three touchdowns as No. 20 Memphis rolled to a 70-13 victory over East Carolina Saturday afternoon at Liberty Bowl Memorial...
View ArticleUNC’s Williams on former ECU coach Lebo: ‘He’s just worn out’
CHAPEL HILL — Roy Williams is usually locked in and focused exclusively on the task at hand in the moments leading up to his team’s games. On this occasion, though, the Hall of Fame coach was...
View ArticleMontgomery adds another former Pirate to football staff
East Carolina football coach Scottie Montgomery continued the revamping of his staff Friday by announcing the hiring of Kirk Doll as the Pirates’ special teams coordinator. Doll is an ECU graduate who...
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Look Ahead: Nine bold predictions for 2018
The NSJ sports staff decided it would be fun to end the year with a little prognosticating beyond which teams and players we believe will stand out in 2018. Sports editor Cory Lavalette and staff...
View ArticleMinshew’s departure leaves ECU with young options at QB
Of all the concerns Scottie Montgomery has heading into his third season as East Carolina’s football coach, the one area in which he didn’t think he’d have to worry is quarterback. But that changed...
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Bills WR and former ECU star Zay Jones arrested
Buffalo Bills wide receiver Zay Jones — who holds NCAA records for career receptions and catches in a season from his time at East Carolina — was being held at USC Medical Center on Tuesday [...]
View ArticleDefense, QBs impress at ECU spring game
GREENVILLE — With more than half of his playbook yet to be installed and several key players not in uniform, new East Carolina defensive coordinator David Blackwell wasn’t about to make any rash...
View ArticleDooley is the man again at ECU
GREENVILLE — East Carolina’s search for a new basketball coach was a little like a road trip without a GPS or map to guide the way. There were a few extra turns and at least one unexpected roadblock...
View ArticleECU Pirates baseball back on top
GREENVILLE — Baseball has a way of evening things out. For every blistering line drive scorched right at a fielder, there’s a ground ball with eyes that finds a way to sneak through for a base hit. For...
View ArticleYoung Pirates grow during trying inaugural season
DURHAM — Success in sports is usually measured by the numbers on a scoreboard. But Amanda Barnes knew that wouldn’t be the case during this, the inaugural season of her East Carolina women’s lacrosse...
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Road to Omaha runs through NC
This year, the road to the College World Series in Omaha, Neb., will run straight through the state of North Carolina. The NCAA announced Sunday that three of the 16 regionals that make up the opening...
View ArticleFrom ECU club ball to the pros
BUIES CREEK — Everyone knows that in baseball, three strikes means you’re out. But Tanner Duncan isn’t one to take no for an answer. So instead of giving up on his dream of playing professionally, he...
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