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6 days ago | 
wnct.com | Ken Watlington |Brian Bailey |Zach Kaplan |Lauren Beachy
KINSTON, N.C. (WNCT) — The Down East Bird Dawgs had their first-ever regular season baseball game at Grainger Stadium in Kinston Friday, May 9, 2025. The game starts at 7 p.m. and gates opened at 6 p.m. The stadium has come changes since the Down East Wood Ducks played their final game there in the fall of 2024. A new videoboard was installed beyond the outfield wall. Another new addition to the historic stadium is a patio section along the third-base line.
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1 week ago | 
wnct.com | Ken Watlington |Kenneth Roundtree |Elizabeth Pittman
KINSTON, N.C. (WNCT) — On Friday, May 9, 2025, professional baseball returns to historic Grainger Stadium in Kinston with the Down East Bird Dawgs. Crews are already hard at work getting everything ready for not only opening day, but two exhibition games this week, Monday, May 5, and Wednesday, May 7.
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2 months ago | 
wnct.com | Ken Watlington |Brian Bailey |Zach Kaplan |Jordan Honeycutt
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WNCT) — The 2025 Men’s Atlantic Coast Conference Basketball Tournament rolled into the semifinals Friday night with four of the top five seeds taking the court. No. 1 seed Duke met up for a third time with rival No. 5 seed North Carolina and No. 2 Louisville faced off against third-seeded Clemson. The postseason rendition of The Battle of the Blues lived up to tradition as Duke built a 24-point lead before UNC stormed back to cut it to a single point at 72-71 with 32 seconds left.
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2 months ago | 
wnct.com | Brian Bailey |Zach Kaplan |Ken Watlington |Jordan Honeycutt
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WNCT) — The 2025 men’s ACC Basketball Tournament quarterfinal games got underway Thursday in Charlotte with four more games on the slate. To get things started Thursday, No. 1 seed Duke took on No. 8 Georgia Tech with a noon tip. The Blue Devils started ice cold, 0-for-13 from 3-point range and fell behind 26-12. Duke cut the lead to 31-26 at the half but lost two players to injuries, Cooper Flagg to a hurt ankle and Maliq Brown with a hurt shoulder.
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2 months ago | 
wnct.com | Brian Bailey |Ken Watlington |Jordan Honeycutt
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WNCT) — Four more games tipped off in the men’s ACC Basketball Tournament Wednesday, Mar. 12, 2025. In the day’s opener, No. 9 Virginia took on No. 8 Georgia Tech with the winner moving on to take overall top seed Duke Thursday. Isaac McKneely did his best to lead the Cavaliers to victory with 27 points but Georgia Tech, behind 21 from Duncan Powell and 16 from Baye Ndongo, was too much. The Yellow Jackets got the 66-60 win and will move on to take on the Blue Devils.
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Feb 14, 2025 | 
wnct.com | Ken Watlington |Courtney Layton
GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — A time change and some cold weather didn’t keep Pirate nation away from the ballpark for East Carolina University baseball’s season opener. Some fans that WNCT spoke to on Friday morning were tailgating before 9 a.m. Younger fans lined up on the outfield wall about an hour before the game even started, most of them bundled up, trying to stay warm. Even with the early start and cold temperatures, one fan says there’s no way he’d miss first pitch.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
wnct.com | Brian Bailey |Zach Kaplan |Davis Suppes |Ken Watlington
GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — The list of teams still playing is shrinking as several get closer to state championship dreams coming true. Friday, Dec. 6, 2024, was the Eastern and Western Regional Semifinals, three games away from that banner and ring. Several matchups were highlighted Friday including a rematch between conference foes Havelock and Jacksonville, this week’s Game of the Week.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
wnct.com | Brian Bailey |Zach Kaplan |Ken Watlington |Jordan Honeycutt
GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — The high school football playoffs are into the third round and some Eastern N.C. teams are meeting each other for the second time this year. The Game of the Week for round three is James Kenan taking on Wallace-Rose Hill. In the regular season meeting, the Bulldogs toppled the Tigers 17-14 on Nov. 1st. The Backyard Brawl for week three is between Kinston and Ayden-Grifton. The Vikings defeated the Chargers 30-26 back on Sept. 6th.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
myfox8.com | Ken Watlington
by: East Carolina Athletics, Ken Watlington Posted: Nov 29, 2024 / 08:31 AM EST Updated: Nov 29, 2024 / 08:31 AM EST GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) – Blake Harrell has been named the 23rd head football coach at East Carolina University according to an announcement Wednesday by ECU Director of Athletics Jon Gilbert. Harrell, the program’s interim head coach since Oct.
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Nov 28, 2024 | 
cbs17.com | Ken Watlington
by: East Carolina Athletics, Ken Watlington Posted: Nov 28, 2024 / 10:33 AM EST Updated: Nov 28, 2024 / 10:33 AM EST GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) – Blake Harrell has been named the 23rd head football coach at East Carolina University according to an announcement Wednesday by ECU Director of Athletics Jon Gilbert. Harrell, the program’s interim head coach since Oct.
