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 […]
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 […]
RALEIGH — East Carolina University and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte are moving courses online citing the coronavirus pandemic, the universities announced Sunday. Separately, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill announced […]
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 […]
The seven college football teams in North Carolina have plenty of offensive firepower. The situation on the other side of the ball, however, is in a bit more flux. The teams that were the best […]
East Carolina and Marshall were originally scheduled to play the first college football game of the 2020 season on Aug. 29 to commemorate to the 50th anniversary of the tragic plane crash that killed the […]
Amid growing pessimism that the 2020 college football season is on its last legs, the ACC provided a badly needed ray of hope Monday when its athletic directors decided to continue moving forward in an […]
There’s still plenty of uncertainty about the college football season, but the sport is still proceeding as if it will start sometime in the next month. Players are working out, schedules are being set, and […]
East Carolina has announced that athletic activities, including football practice, will resume on Wednesday. The decision was made after a second round of COVID-19 testing was conducted among the school’s athletes, coaches and staff taking […]
Phase 2 of the NCAA’s approved plan leading up to the 2020 football season went into effect on Monday, allowing players up to eight hours per week of weight training, conditioning and film review under […]
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