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FAYETTEVILLE (WTVD) -- Colonial Media and Entertainment, which runs 100.1 FM and ESPNFayetteville.com, announced Tuesday that they will not air the East Carolina football game against South Florida on Saturday after the actions of some of the marching band's members. Almost 20 members of the Marching Pirates took a knee during the national anthem before UCF game as a form of protest. Some played their instruments, some did not. Many in the stands booed the band during the anthem and during their halftime performance. Company chairman/CEO Jeff Andrulonis for 100.1 FM said in a statement that the band members "disgraced...

On Saturday, East Carolina produced a big, heart-warming moment. This one was centered around Noah Roberts, an eight-year-old who in 2010 was diagnosed with neurofibromatosis, a genetic disorder that has resulted in the child needing to have two tumors removed from his brain and one from his spinal cord. Roberts, a big Pirates fan, has been out to ECU to watch football practice several times over the past two years. On Saturday morning at 9:15 a.m. on the day of the Pirates' annual Purple-Gold Spring Football Game, Roberts was invited into a meeting with Ruffin McNeill. The Pirates head...