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Alec Burleson hit his first home run of the season for the St. Louis Cardinals in a 6-5 win on Sunday over the New York Yankees in Spring Training. Burleson hit a solo homer in the second inning. He finished 1-for-3 to raise his Spring Training batting average to...

The East Carolina men’s basketball team will face UTSA in the last game of Thursday of the second round of the AAC Tournament. The Pirates will play at 9 p.m. on ESPNU. They will look to bounce back after an 81-53 loss at Florida Atlantic on Sunday. Below is a press...

The East Carolina women's basketball team opened play in the AAC Tournament with a 64-45 win over Memphis during the third game of Sunday's play in Forth Worth, Texas. The Pirates, the No. 7 seed, advance to Monday's play against No. 2 seed North Texas. The two teams...

ECU alum Harold Varner III doubled his scores from the first and second rounds and finished tied for 18th at the LIV Golf Hong Kong event on Sunday. Varner shot 2-under par on Friday and Saturday then shot 4-under par on Sunday to finish at 8-under par. He tied for...

The East Carolina softball team wrapped up a sweep of UTSA on the road with Sunday's 8-0 victory. The Pirates (15-7, 3-0 AAC) won their fifth straight game. According to ECU Sports Information, this is the first time ECU has started 3-0 in the league since joining it....

ECU alum Jeff Hoffman didn’t pitch against his former team but did get a win against the Detroit Tigers on Saturday. Hoffman, who signed a three-year free-agent deal in the offseason with the Toronto Blue Jays, pitched the fourth inning against the Tigers. He gave up...

Emma Jackson came through in a big way again as the East Carolina softball team beat UTSA 9-6 in eight innings on Saturday. Jackson hit a three-run homer in the eighth inning to break a 6-all tie. On Friday, Jackson hit a grand slam in the top of the seventh inning to...