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News Nuggets, 06.03.04
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Channel 7 picks up rights to
Regional opener
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GREENVILLE — The NCAA has awarded WITN-TV 7 the
exclusive broadcast rights to the Division I Baseball Championship regional
game featuring East Carolina and Stoney Stoney Brook, the station announced
Wednesday.
The game will air live on Friday, June 4th at 7
p.m., from Grainger Stadium in Kinston.
Jeff Charles, ''Voice of the ECU Pirates, will call
the play-by-play and WITN Sports Director Billy Weaver will provide color
commentary.
With the game expected to be a sell-out, the Channel
7 telecast may be the only way to view the live action for those unable to
obtain tickets.
"(ECU coach) Randy Mazey's conference champion
Pirates are the winningest baseball team in ECU history," said Mike Weeks,
WITN General Manager. "We are pleased to have been awarded the exclusive
broadcast rights for the enjoyment of tens of thousands of Pirate fans who
cannot attend the game."
WITN-TV is a subsidiary of Gray Television, Inc., a
communications company headquartered in Atlanta, and currently operating 15
CBS-affiliated television stations, 7 NBC-affiliated stations and 7
ABC-affiliated stations, along with four daily newspapers.
The Friday night game, as well as susequent ECU
postseason contests, will also be broadcast live by Greenville radio station
WGHB-AM, which bills itself as Pirate Radio 1250, and by WJCV-AM 1290
(Jacksonville), WRMT-AM 1490 (Rocky Mount), WWGP-AM 1050 (Sanford), and WIAM-AM
900 (Williamston).
Bonesville.net, in partnership with Pirate Radio
1250, will carry the live stream of the radio feed for all of the Pirates'
games in the NCAA baseball playoffs.
Jurich
inks pact with Atlanta Braves
LOUISVILLE — University of Louisville senior
outfielder Mark Jurich signed a pro contract today with the Atlanta Braves.
Jurich will report to Orlando, Florida on June 9th before heading to
Danville, VA, where he will play for the Danville Braves of the Appalachian
League.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Drafted last season in the 13th round by the Braves,
Jurich had his rights retained by Atlanta as a fifth-year senior and had the
option of signing, becoming a free-agent or resubmitting his name into the
MLB Draft where he was expected to be tabbed in the top five rounds.
Baseball America placed him as the top prospect
coming out of the state of Kentucky into the 2004 draft.
Jurich was named first-team All-Conference USA in
2002 and 2004 and hit .353 with 47 runs, 19 doubles, three triples, 19 home
runs and 60 RBI in 56 games this season. He posted a .702 slugging
percentage with 165 total bases and committed just a single error this year.
Jurich finished his career at Louisville ninth in
games played (193), seventh in hits (234), seventh in at-bats (714), first
in doubles (58), sixth in triples (12), fourth in home runs (47) and seventh
in RBI (178). His 19 doubles this season is tied for seventh all-time and
his 19 home runs is tied for the eighth highest total in a single season.
Following the 2002 season, Jurich played on the gold
medal-winning USA Baseball National Team and was named third-team
All-American by the NCBWA.
News Nuggets are
compiled periodically from staff, ECU, Conference USA and its member
schools, and from Associated Press and
other reports. Copyright 2004
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