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

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 -...

Five former Pirates named to MLB Spring Breakout rosters

On Thursday, Major League Baseball announced its second annual Spring Breakout. East Carolina University also announced five former members of the school's baseball team will be playing. Below is a press release from ECU Sports Information with more on those selected...

Ja’Quan McMillian staying with Broncos after one-year deal

The Denver Broncos have placed a 1-year, $1.03 million tender to ECU alum and cornerback Ja’Quan McMillian. According to USA Today’s Broncos Wire, the team exercised the deal after McMillian’s contract expired. He became a free agent and was given an Exclusive Rights...

Pirate Radio’s Mustache March T-shirts for sale to raise money for ALS research

Pirate Radio is proud to announce a way to support East Carolina University's Mustache March and help raise money for ALS research. We're selling our Mustache March T-shirts at Greenville's The Buccaneer Music Hall, Dirty Dan's and Overtime Tavern. For just $20, you...

PRL Thursday: An update from Rahjai Harris leads a jam-packed show

We have another jam-packed edition of "Pirate Radio Live" for Thursday. Among the guests will be former ECU running back Rahjai Harris, who joins us for an offseason update on his NFL Draft preparation. We'll also hear from WNCT-TV's Ken Watlington, former ECU...

Jeff Hoffman ready to help Blue Jays, craves closer role

Jeff Hoffman came into Monday’s Spring Training game for the Toronto Blue Jays ready to go to work. The ECU alum struck out the three batters he faced on 14 pitches, 10 of them for strikes. That’s what the Blue Jays were hoping they’d get from him each time. The...