East Carolina Pirates

ECU could go 0-4 against its nonconference schedule. With App State, UNC, West Virginia and Virginia Tech there is no guaranteed win on the Pirates' schedule.

East Carolina's nonconference schedule features an in-state opponent nobody wants to play, consecutive road trips to Bowl Championship Series teams and a Thursday night game against the kings of Thursday night.

Even at 31 years old, Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback and Durham native David Garrard can remember one of the biggest influences in his life from eighth grade.

East Carolina senior golfers Markus Leandersson and Andre Thorsen were among 108 players named Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholars Thursday by the Golf Coaches Association of America.

With the start of the Pirates' 2009 football season less than two months away, the East Carolina University Athletics Department has eclipsed the 20,000 mark in season ticket sales for the third-straight year and will now set its sights on reaching sell-out status for the second time in the Skip Holtz era.

The Collegiate Swim Coaches Association of America unveiled its Spring 2009 list of Scholar-Athlete Teams which included both the East Carolina men's and women's teams.

Lacy Coleman, a 6-5, 235-pound defensive end from Sandy Creek (GA) HS, was named the Most Valuable Player at the Scout.com Combine in Atlanta earlier this spring. After making a visit to Louisville last month, Coleman decided to call the Cardinals Thursday morning to deliver some huge news. (EXCLUSIVE VIDEO INCLUDED)

Lacy Coleman picked up several offer this spring, and the Sandy Creek (Ga.) defensive end picked up another offer and made a commitment.

The South Carolina Gamecocks picked up their sixth offensive line commitment of the 2010 class Tuesday when Lincoln HS (Tallahassee, FL) prospect Cody Gibson went public with his decision to be a Gamecock. Read inside as Gibson discusses that decision with GamecockAnthem.com.