Former East Carolina player and coach Ruffin McNeill is joining Dave Doeren’s staff as a special assistant, NC State announced Tuesday. “I’ve known Ruffin since the beginning of my coaching career,” Doeren said in a […]
North Carolina might be best known for its college basketball. And for good reason. But it’s also produced its share of top football talent over the years, a fact validated by recent inductions into the […]
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 […]
On Sept. 1, 2007, Appalachian State pulled off what is generally considered the biggest upset in college football history when it went to Michigan and beat the fifth-ranked Wolverines 34-32 in front of 109,208 stunned […]
Appalachian State’s athletic department became the latest to experience collateral damage from the coronavirus pandemic on Friday. Following the lead of a growing number of Group of Five college programs, including in-state cousin East Carolina, […]
The day most college baseball players dream about is almost here. It just doesn’t look or, in many cases, feel the way they dreamed it would. Instead of the usual 40 rounds with a large […]
Former football coach Pat Dye, who parlayed success at East Carolina and Wyoming to revitalize Auburn’s downtrodden football program and turned it into an SEC power, died Monday. He was 80. Lee County Coroner Bill […]
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 […]
It started with a casual conversation, little more than small talk in a car between strangers just getting to know one another. It turned out to be the opportunity of a lifetime for Jordan Williams. […]
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