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Five questions to ponder before kickoff
The college football season got off to a winning start in the Old North State last week with six of the seven FBS teams picking up opening week victories. And the only team that didn’t […]
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New season, same result for State, ECU
RALEIGH — The names, the faces and many of the coaches on both sides have changed, but the result was a familiar one for the football rematch between NC State and East Carolina on Saturday. […]
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Quarterbacks not one size fits all around the state
No position in any sport has more of an impact on the success of its team than the quarterback has in football. That’s what made preparations for this week’s season-opening college games so interesting for […]
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Houston hits reset button entering first season with ECU
GREENVILLE — Mike Houston had just coached what would be his final game at James Madison last December, a 23-20 loss to Colgate in the second round of the FCS playoffs. On the flight home, […]
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Expectations, new faces mark start of camps
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 […]
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Wolverine coaches honor ECU mentor at College World Series
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 […]
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Season over for state’s NCAA baseball teams
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 […]
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MLB picks must decide on college or pros
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 […]
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ECU, UNC, Duke advance to Super Regionals
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 […]
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ECU advances to Super Regionals, doing it the hard way
GREENVILLE (AP) — Spencer Brickhouse homered and drove in four runs, and East Carolina advanced to the super regionals of the NCAA Tournament by beating Campbell 12-3 Monday night. The top-seeded Pirates (47-16) beat the […]