'You can paint this one purple:' Jeff Charles talks 1,000th game, his career and more

Jeff Charles has called East Carolina University play-by-play football and basketball games for as long as many Pirate fans can remember, since 1988 to be exact. He has even been deemed "The Voice of the Pirates."

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