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No. 7 Cincinnati offers ECU chance at breakthrough
At 1-5 and coming off three straight winnable games that got away — at least one through no fault of its own — the East Carolina football team has reached the point in the season […]
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ECU falls behind, can’t catch up against Tulane
East Carolina dropped its third straight game Saturday, losing 38-21 to Tulane at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium in Greenville. Pirates quarterback Holton Ahlers threw for 351 yards and three touchdowns, but ECU managed just seven first-half points […]
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AAC admits refs’ game-changing mistake cost ECU
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 […]
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Five questions to ponder before kickoff
The college football weekend in the Old North State is already underway with East Carolina’s controversial 34-30 loss at Tulsa already in the books. Hopefully, the officiating in today’s games involving North Carolina, Wake Forest, […]
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Key calls go against ECU late in loss to Tulsa
Three key plays all went Tulsa’s way on a last-minute scoring drive that gave the Golden Hurricane a 34-30 home win over East Carolina on Friday night. After ECU took a three-point lead with 4:24 […]
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ECU’s Houston trying to change culture, thinks wins will follow
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 […]
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Five questions to ponder before kickoff
It’s always a special day when rivals get together for their annual reunion on the football field. Even when it’s not the last game of the season. The anticipation for today’s showdown between No. 14 […]
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With a hazy future, college basketball practice gets underway
College basketball begins its new season the way the last one ended — under a cloud of uncertainty. The COVID-19 outbreak went quickly to DEFCON-1 during conference tournaments last season, going from full arenas to […]
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Shorthanded ECU falls just short in loss to Navy
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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Five questions to ponder before kickoff
The coronavirus pandemic has already had a negative effect on East Carolina’s 2020 football season. Not only was its preseason camp temporarily halted because of a COVID-19 outbreak, but it had to wait three weeks […]