The Sports Objective

Gary Freeman and Brandon Simmons join Bubba and Matt to talk East Carolina Football as we head into the 2023 season. 

"Big Ed" Watkins talks about his childhood, path to East Carolina and how it prepared him for 25 years in NASCAR. Now, Ed owns Ed Watkins Marine on Lake Norman. 

The Pirates scored 44 runs en route to a 4-0 week that featured a mid-week win against NC State and a sweep of UCF.

The great Pirate running back discusses a variety of topics with his former strength coach, Jeff Connors.

We discuss the Pirates 1-3 week and what lies ahead. 

Michelle Clayton talks about growing up a Pirate, her path to and time at ECU and what she is up to now in Alabama. 

Former East Carolina Head Coach Mike Steele talks the craziness of this year's March Madness plus NIL impact and more

After a 2-1 loss to No. 18 Campbell in the mid-week, the Pirates swept George Mason.

After suffering a loss at UNCW on Tuesday, the Pirates responded with a win over William & Mary and a sweep of Missouri State to improve to 16-4 on the season.   East Carolina received three excellent starts from its ever-improving rotation and shut down one of the nation's better offenses. The Pirates will seek to avenge its early season loss against Campbell when they play the Camels on Wedn...

Coach C catches up with fellow native Pennsylvanian Kevin Colbert, the former GM of the Pittsburgh Steelers. 

We preview East Carolina's series with tradition rich Missouri State.

Sports Talk Radio host David Glenn returns to the show on the Eve of the NCAA Tournament's first full day of competition!

Former Chattanooga, VCU and East Carolina Head Coach Mack McCarthy returned to talk March Madness.

The Pirates rallied for a 5-2, 10-inning win against Queens and proceeded to go 5-0 on the week--including a series sweep of Liberty. No. 10 ECU played well in all three phases and Cliff Godwin's club will now face another five-game week with a trip to UNCW on Tuesday before returning home to play William & Mary and Missouri State.

Bob Alejo, who has served in a variety of performance enhancement roles within college athletics and MLB, joined Coach C to discuss his passion for his job, career accomplishments and much more.

The East Carolina Women's Basketball team was picked last but the Pirates have won a school-record 23 games and are headed to the Big Dance after a thrilling 46-44 victory over Houston in The American Championship game on Thursday night in Fort Worth.

Following a 9-0 mid-week loss at Duke, the Pirates bounced back to go 2-1 in the 20th Annual Keith LeClair Classic.  ECU dominated Indiana, 17-4, in their opener and won 11-2 against Georgetown on Sunday, as they responded from a 3-2 loss to Long Beach State on Saturday night. We take a look back, a glance at what awaits the Pirates this week and get a softball update on the latest edition of Extr...

Dr. Pat Ivey, Associate AD of Student Athlete Health & Performance with the University of Louisville, joined his friend Jeff Connors to discuss a variety of topics about strength and conditioning, student athlete welfare and MUCH MORE!

After losing a 6-5, 10-inning game at Campbell on Tuesday, the Pirates rallied twice from three-run deficits in the late innings against No. 12 North Carolina over the weekend. We discuss that, what lies ahead with Duke and the Keith LeClair Classic and more!

Dr. Rick Perea, a Sports Psychologist, author and motivational speaker, joins Coach C to discuss a variety topics. 

UNC Baseball PxP Voice Dave Nathan returns to preview the Tar Heels and Pirates big early season, traveling series.

Eastern NC native Shaun Draughn talks about his time with Coach Connors and in the NFL.

Patrick Mason of The Reflector joins us to talk East Carolina Athletics. 

Campbell's ninth-year Head Coach Justin Haire on his Camels and playing East Carolina. 

The Pirates rallied for a 9-5 win in game one and went on to sweep the George Washington Colonials on opening weekend. We talk about it with PxP Voice Scott Rogers.