The American Athletic Conference is adding UAB, Texas-San Antonio, Rice, North Texas, Charlotte and Florida Atlantic to the league, replacing three schools that are leaving for the Big 12 Conference and growing to 14 teams. […]
East Carolina overcame a delay and played its most complete game of the season, using big plays and a stout defense to snap a six-game losing streak against Temple and win 28-3 at Lincoln Financial […]
No. 7 Cincinnati delivered a message to the College Football Playoff selection committee with a 55-17 blowout of East Carolina in their final home game of the regular season on Friday night. The Bearcats, who […]
East Carolina lost a 34-30 decision at Tulsa on Friday. But according to the American Athletic Conference, it shouldn’t have. The league issued a statement Saturday acknowledging an officiating error that took place on the […]
No college football team in the state — or perhaps even the country — has been more affected by the coronavirus pandemic than East Carolina. The Pirates didn’t play their season opener until Sept. 26 […]
Coach Mike Houston and his East Carolina football team are like a harried commuter chasing after the bus they just missed. It’s taken several blocks, or in this case three weeks, but the Pirates have […]
Lindsay Takkunen’s first reaction to the news that East Carolina was eliminating its swimming and diving teams was sadness. Then her competitive nature set in and she decided to take action. Upset over the decision and […]
Jon Gilbert stepped to the microphone and delivered the bad news at a press conference Thursday. But it was the 12 seconds of silence, as the East Carolina athletic director fought to compose himself as […]
Following the lead of several other Group of Five schools, East Carolina has announced the elimination of four sports in an effort to cut expenses. The men’s and women’s tennis and swimming and diving teams […]
North Carolina has 14 Division I teams that aren’t part of the ACC Tournament, and six of them are still in the running for an automatic bid in their respective conference tournaments. Here’s a roundup […]
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