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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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’s official. There will be no more athletic events in the ACC for the remainder of the 2019-20 academic year. Whatever hope there was that spring sports schedules might eventually be resumed ended Tuesday when […]
East Carolina and Michigan have agreed on a single-game contract for the Pirates and Wolverines to play at Michigan Stadium on Sept. 2, 2023, according to a joint announcement by both institutions Friday. The meeting […]
The celebration inside the East Carolina locker room on Saturday was going to be an emotional one no matter what. The 48-9 victory against Gardner-Webb was the first for the Pirates under new coach Mike […]
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