PRL Thursday: Back from the snow, talking NFL, ECU, college football, more

Pirates sail past UTSA in conference opener, 10-5

It was a good night for the East Carolina University softball team in its AAC opener on Friday. Emma Jackson hit a grand slam in the seventh inning that blew the game open and allowed the Pirates to take a 10-5 win. Below are more details from ECU Sports Information....

Ethan Norby’s historic 19 Ks, Colby Wallace’s grand slam lift ECU

Ethan Norby had a night everyone was talking about and likely will for a long time. He struck out an unreal 19 batters to break school and AAC records over 7.1 innings in a 7-0 victory over No. 24 Coastal Carolina. Colby Wallace helped out the cause with two home...

Report: Alec Burleson won’t play in the outfield during Spring Training

ECU alum and St. Louis Cardinals star Alec Burleson is not expected to be used in the outfield this spring, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. CBSSports.com reports that reporter Daniel Guerrero reported as such despite an injury to outfielder Jordan Walker,...

PRL Friday: The weekend is here and so is ECU baseball vs. Coastal Carolina

We're cruising into Friday with another edition of "Pirate Radio Live." Clip and Chandler will have a lot of ground to cover, including keeping tabs on the ECU-Coastal Carolina baseball game. We'll also hear from a number of guests, including WCTI-TV's Brian North...

ECU’s Joyner earns AAC first-team honors; Hagemann gets All-Freshman honor

East Carolina junior Amiya Joyner earned first-team All-AAC honors, the league announced on Friday. Freshman Devin Hagemann was also selected to the All-Freshman team. Joyner is a former Farmville Central High School star. It's the first time she's received First-Team...

AAC becomes first league to set ‘minimum standard’ for revenue sharing with athletes

The American Athletic Conference became the first NCAA conference to create a method for revenue sharing with a “minimum standard” for its athletes. Yahoo! Sports’ Ross Dellenger reports the conference will share “at least $10 million in cumulative additional benefits...

Watch: Zach Agnos talks Spring Training, making the Rockies’ team and that ‘stache

ECU alum and Colorado Rockies relief pitcher Zach Agnos mingled with the hosts of a podcast to talk baseball and more. The “Rooftop Mingle” hosts, Evan and Skyler, talked with Agnos about how Spring Training has gone, working his way through the minor leagues and the...

East Carolina hosts No. 24 Coastal Carolina in marquee weekend series

The East Carolina baseball team has another home weekend series, this time with No. 24 Coastal Carolina. WATCH: ECU Baseball’s Dixon Williams @dixonwilliams3 and Colby Wallace @Cwall31_ visited the Pirate Radio studio prior to this weekend’s series vs Coastal...

Harold Varner III tied for 23rd after first round of LIV Hong Kong

ECU alum Harold Varner III is tied for 23rd place after the opening round of the LIV Golf Hong Kong event, which started Friday morning. Varner is tied with six others at 3-under-par. He made birdies on four holes. 4Aces GC, the team he’s on with Dustin Johnson,...

Pirates defeat Tulane in regular season home finale, 73-64

East Carolina's final regular season home game was a good one in large part to the play of RJ Felton. The Pirates beat Tulane, 73-64, on Thursday at Minges Coliseum. They led from start to finish to improve to 18-12 overall, 10-7 in the AAC. Buccaneer Scoreboard -...