60 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. www.newsobserver.com/1577433 Take note, ACC teams, ECU announced the game times for its six home football games and the world did not spin off its axis. www.newsobserver.com/1570163 If good pitching beats good hitting in baseball, it's often double the case when that pitching comes in the form of good right-handers throwing against a lineup dominated by right-handed hitters. www.newsobserver.com/1558851 When North Carolina starting pitcher Alex White left the field in the top of the ninth on Saturday at Boshamer Stadium, even folks wearing Pirates purple joined in the standing ovation for the Greenville native. www.newsobserver.com/1558854 The stakes seem clear enough. But to treat the UNC-ECU set as just another NCAA super regional series misses the nature of this simmering rivalry. For ECU, this is a shot at history. www.newsobserver.com/1557902 Twenty years ago, North Carolina baseball coach Mike Fox and East Carolina coach Billy Godwin worked together to win a NCAA Division III national championship at N.C. Wesleyan. This weekend, they will be squaring off with a trip to Omaha at stake. www.newsobserver.com/1557272 North Carolina's home game against East Carolina on Sept. 19 will begin at noon and will be televised by ESPN or ESPN2, according to an ACC schedule for the first three weeks of the football season released Thursday. www.newsobserver.com/1556385 UNC first baseman Dustin Ackley is the Tar Heels' career leader in hits, runs and total bases. The junior from Walnut Cove is also the Tar Heels' first conference player of the year since 1998. And he's the projected No. 2 pick in Tuesday's Major League Baseball draft. www.newsobserver.com/1556388 Much praise has been rightfully lobbed at North Carolina's pitching staff, which has accumulated the sixth-best ERA in the nation (3.66). But East Carolina's pitchers are no slouches, either. www.newsobserver.com/1556384 The Chapel Hill Super Regional will feature one of the nation's top pitching staffs squaring off against one of the top hitting lineups in the country. www.newsobserver.com/1554727 North Carolina's baseball team had just wrapped up the ACC's Coastal Division regular-season title, and redshirt freshman Tarron Robinson couldn't resist sending his dad a good-natured text. www.newsobserver.com/1554739 If it's an athletic contest involving East Carolina and North Carolina, there's no escaping The 'Retha Factor. www.newsobserver.com/1554736 The NCAA Super Regional series between No. 4 national seed North Carolina and East Carolina is sold out, UNC announced this afternoon. www.newsobserver.com/1553901 When the Tar Heels and Pirates begin a best-of-three baseball series Saturday in Chapel Hill, on the line and down the line will be a shot at the national championship. www.newsobserver.com/1553202 East Carolina has had good and bad moments against North Carolina this season, with a loss that started a slump and a win that helped end one. www.newsobserver.com/1553200 East Carolina has the attention of North Carolina's players, and not just because the teams split two games during the regular season. As they prepare for the NCAA baseball super regional that will start at noon Saturday in Chapel Hill, North Carolina's players are raving about the way East Carolina's players swing the bats. www.newsobserver.com/1553217 If the NCAA super regional in Chapel Hill between East Carolina and North Carolina is anything like this past weekend's regional in Greenville, area baseball fans are in for a treat. www.newsobserver.com/1552352 The Pirates first climbed back from a 6-0 deficit after two innings, then made up a three-run deficit in the bottom of the ninth to force an extra inning. The late surge was all driven off the bat of Devin Harris. www.newsobserver.com/1551720 East Carolina's baseball team had to pull off the improbable to remain alive today. www.newsobserver.com/1550319 East Carolina had plenty of winning arguments to ensure it became one of 16 schools to host an NCAA baseball regional this weekend. www.newsobserver.com/1546818