Preseason football camps opened at most colleges around the state on Friday. But according to new/old North Carolina coach Mack Brown, who’s been around long enough to know about such things, the real preparations for […]
East Carolina fell short of is first ever trip to baseball’s College World Series when it was swept by Louisville in an NCAA Super Regional last month. But that doesn’t mean the Pirates weren’t represented […]
It was three strikes and you’re out for the state’s hopes of sending a team to baseball’s College World Series this year. North Carolina, East Carolina and Duke came up short on the road to […]
College basketball has its one-and-dones. In baseball, many of the top prospects don’t even make it onto campus before leaving to cash their first professional paycheck. It’s a none-and-done system that has been in place […]
The road to the College World Series in Omaha, Neb., runs directly through North Carolina this year, although it took a slight detour to get back on track for one of the three state teams […]
The last time East Carolina and NC State were supposed to play a baseball game, on April 24, 2018, it got rained out and wasn’t made up. It was a cancellation that became a point […]
GREENVILLE — Jon Gilbert had the look of an expectant father last week as he showed off the newest member of his East Carolina “family.” Only instead of revealing a bouncing baby boy or girl, […]
The thing about spring football games is that regardless of the scoring system that’s used, nobody ever loses and everybody walks away saying that they accomplished everything they set out to do. The goals, of […]
If there’s a central theme to college football spring practice in North Carolina this year, it’s “New.” That’s new as in the four first-year coaches that will spend the next few weeks getting to know […]
Pitchers and catchers are starting to trickle into major league spring training camps. But for college baseball, the regular season is already here with opening games scheduled throughout the state on Friday. Seven teams from […]
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