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March 3, 2021

East Carolina football

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Shorthanded ECU falls just short in loss to Navy

October 17, 2020 Brett Friedlander

GREENVILLE — East Carolina’s defense took a major step forward against an opponent it has traditionally struggled against. But because of an offense depleted by COVID-19 issues and forced to play without starting quarterback Holton […]

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Offensive explosion gets ECU into win column

October 10, 2020 Brett Friedlander

The 2020 season hasn’t gone exactly according to plan for the ECU football team. It took three weeks for the Pirates to get onto the field for the first time because of COVID-19 related cancellations […]

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Five questions to ponder before kickoff

October 10, 2020 Brett Friedlander

It’s mid-October, that time of year when you’ve already eaten the first batch of candy you bought in anticipation of trick-or-treaters, the first Christmas commercials have already begun popping up on television and college football […]

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East Carolina offense struggles in loss at Georgia State

October 3, 2020 Shawn Krest

East Carolina couldn’t have asked for a better start to its game with Georgia State, but things quickly nosedived after that. On the first snap of the game, Pirates safety Warren Saba picked off a […]

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With in-person fandom back Friday, large venues prepare

September 30, 2020 Brett Friedlander

Wake Forest and Duke are usually something of an afterthought on college football Saturdays compared to in-state rivals with larger, more vocal fan bases. This weekend, however, their home games are likely to garner significantly […]

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Testing errors led Georgia State to postpone game vs. Charlotte

September 27, 2020 Cory Lavalette

ATLANTA — Georgia State says the positive COVID-19 tests that caused Saturday’s football game at Charlotte to be postponed were the result of errors in reading the test results. Georgia State said Sunday that student-athletes […]

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ECU opener spoiled by UCF juggernaut

September 26, 2020 Brett Friedlander

East Carolina’s long-awaited 2020 football opener wasn’t worth the wait. After having their first two games either canceled or postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic, the Pirates’ return to action was spoiled by a Central […]

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ECU hosts UCF to finally start 2020 season

September 23, 2020 Brett Friedlander

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 […]

Eamon Queeney—The North State Journal
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ECU postpones football season opener against Marshall

August 27, 2020 Brett Friedlander

For the second time this week, an in-state college football team has been forced to postpone its season-opening game because of the coronavirus. East Carolina athletic director Jon Gilbert announced Thursday that the Pirates’ game […]

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UNC, ECU suspend football practice; NC State, Duke press on

August 21, 2020 Brett Friedlander

Early in the coronavirus pandemic, college administrators — including ACC commissioner John Swofford — were adamant in their assertion that the only way fall sports could take place this year is if students were back […]

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