Pirates in baseball: Alec Burleson provides all the offense, some of defense in loss to Padres
Alec Burleson was a one-man wrecking crew for the St. Louis Cardinals in Sunday’s 9-2 loss to the San Diego Padres. #Padres 7 @ #Cardinals 2 [B6-0o]: Alec Burleson homers (13): fly ball to CF Hit: 🔥108.1mph, 💣417ft, 24°, 💥.981xBA Pitch: 91.6mph Sinker (RHP...
PRL Monday: Let’s talk ECU football as fall camp begins, game prep for NCSU picks up
ECU's fall football camp is here and "Pirate Radio Live" is there for it all. 🏴☠️🏈 ECU Football fall practice is officially underway 💪 Join us today at 3pm on Pirate Radio LIVE for a full recap of day one. LISTEN, STREAM, WATCH on YouTube ⏰ 3-6pm M-F 📻 92.7FM,...
Carson Whisenhunt to start Monday for Giants vs. Pirates
Four years after being drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the second round of the Major League Baseball Draft, ECU Baseball alum Carson Whisenhunt is getting his first start in the big leagues. The news was first reported by Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports. Carson...
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Pirates in baseball: Good week continues for Jeff Hoffman with another save
East Carolina alum Jeff Hoffman is having a very good week. The Toronto Blue Jays closer picked up his third save this week in a 5-4 win over the Minnesota Twins. Despite giving up a solo homer in the ninth, he recorded a strikeout and two flyouts to end it. Hoffman...
Cornell Powell, DC Defenders play in XFL Conference Championship
J.H. Rose High School grad Cornell Powell and the DC Defenders (6-4) take the field against the St. Louis Battlehawks (8-2) on Sunday in the XFL Conference Championship. Powell leads the league in touchdowns with seven catches. He has had four touchdowns in two games,...
ECU alums DaShaun Amos, Jeremy Lewis play in CFL openers
The last two games of Week 1 of the CFL season saw two East Carolina alums play with different results. The British Columbia Lions beat the Edmonton Elks, 31-14. ECU alum and rookie Jeremy Lewis played at linebacker and registered a tackle. The Hamilton Tiger-Cats...
Harold Varner III’s big day moves him up leaderboard
After a somewhat slow start in the first round of the LIV Golf Virginia tournament on Friday, East Carolina golf alum Harold Varner III made up for it with a big day on Saturday. Varner shot a -5 and is tied for 14th place after the second round. He’s now at -4, seven...
College Football News: Can Pirates pick up where they left off in 2025?
Saturday marks 82 days before East Carolina’s football team takes the field in Raleigh against NC State. This is around the right time when we start seeing college football previews, especially online. Publications like Phil Steele’s famous preseason media guide will...
New York Giants’ defensive coordinator wants team to ‘be a damn pirate’
New York Giants Defensive Coordinator Shane Bowen wants his team to play more like Pirates than Giants this season. Though he’s never been or played as a Pirate, he told members of the media he wants his team to do everything that a Pirate does off the football field...
Pirates in baseball: Trey Yesavage shines again in Vancouver win
With all that East Carolina baseball alum Trey Yesavage has accomplished in his short stint with High-A Vancouver, he can now finally add a win to his resume. Trey Yesavage continues to be a ... savage. The @BlueJays' No. 2 prospect racks up nine strikeouts for the...
Tyler Snead, Montreal top Grey Cup champs Toronto
The Montreal Alouettes opened the 2025 CFL season with a 28-10 win over the Grey Cup champion Toronto Argonauts. East Carolina alum and Montreal receiver Tyler Snead had three catches for 34 yards in the win. His longest was a 19-yard catch in the first quarter....
Harold Varner III at +1 after first round of LIV Golf Virginia tournament
East Carolina golf alum Harold Varner shot a +1 and is six shots off the lead after the first round of the LIV Golf Virginia at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Va. Bryson DeChambeau and Martin Kaymer share the lead at -5. Everyone overcame a...
Federal judge approves $2.8B settlement, paving way for US colleges to pay athletes millions
A major change in college sports is about to happen after a federal judge signed off on allowing schools to begin paying athletes millions as soon as next month. On Monday, an update was posted from ECU AD Jon Gilbert. Click here to read more from him and see the...