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Spring football underway
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 […]
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College baseball season underway in NC
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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Colleges finish up football recruiting classes
The early signing period in December once again took much of the drama out of last Wednesday’s National Signing Day. Of the 137 players signed by the seven FBS school in North Carolina, 112 signed […]
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Mid-major report: A look at the postseason hopes for in-state teams
With five and a half weeks to go until Selection Sunday, every team’s latest win and loss will be broken down to determine the impact on the school’s NCAA Tournament resume. To get a head […]
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ECU changing expectations with Dooley, star freshman
GREENVILLE — The East Carolina basketball team was 8-8, 1-3 in the American Athletic Conference heading into Wednesday’s game against Temple. If that record sounds familiar, it should. This marks the fifth straight season in […]
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Look Ahead: Bold predictions for 2019
The NSJ sports staff is again taking some wild guesses — some seemingly possible, others highly unlikely — at what might happen in 2019. Sports editor Cory Lavalette and staff writers Brett Friedlander and Shawn […]
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Look Ahead — 2019 Comeback of the Year: Stars aligned for an East Carolina football revival
There’s a reason East Carolina moved so quickly to fire football coach Scottie Montgomery once it was announced that Mike Houston was about to be hired at Charlotte. There’s also a reason why Houston decided […]
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Football coaching changes aplenty for NC colleges
A week after North Carolina got it spinning with the hiring of Mack Brown, the college football coaching carousel is still spinning at full speed at state schools. Over the past six days, East Carolina […]
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NC State looks to deliver final blow to embattled ECU coach Montgomery
For the second straight week, the NC State football team is about to face an opponent whose coach figures to be fired once the game is over regardless of the outcome. Just as it did […]
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ECU’s Dooley focused on winning culture
GREENVILLE — The first step toward changing the culture of a team or athletic program is to establish a new one. That’s what Joe Dooley has been working on doing since being hired as East […]