Mitch Vingle: The game within WVU's impressive game
By Mitch Vingle MORGANTOWN - What a crazy, crazy world we live in, eh? Back in mid-October, the Big 12 preseason men's basketball poll came out. West Virginia, despite returning many from a Sweet 16...
View ArticleDoug Smock: Looking back at Marshall's Class of 2011
As you watch the progression - or the lack thereof - of the players who signed last week to play football at Marshall, keep the class of 2011 in mind. By my count, 15 of the players announced on that...
View ArticleNorman Chad: Broncos proved to be Newton's Kryptonite
"Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" opens in theaters next month. This month - in the guise of Super Bowl L - we just had "Sheriff v Superman: Justice at Dusk." Somehow, the aging local lawman/pizza...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: Kanawha Valley gets a peek at WVU signee Bender
If you live in the Kanawha Valley and wish to see WVU signee Maciej "Magic" Bender play hoops, this is the week for you. Bender is coming to a neighborhood near you. Twice. Tonight, Bender and his...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: Dots, Frampton, Cuffee still worth price of admission
Luke Frampton hasn't been feeling well at all.In fact, until Tuesday morning, Poca High basketball coach Allen Osborne didn't know if he'd have his standout for the Scott game. The ol' stomach bug had...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: Civic Center, Huggins and hoops notes
By Mitch Vingle The views from here:When I made my way to the Charleston Civic Center for the Little General Shootout in the Big House, I pulled into the back parking lot on Lee Street. There, one...
View ArticleChuck McGill: Wrestling belts will be a hit at Marshall
By Chuck McGill Marshall football players will be stylin' and profilin' next season. A group of Thundering Herd supporters from Charleston have been working behind the scenes for over a year to fund...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: 'Steamy' WVU press overcomes much
By Mitch Vingle MORGANTOWN - I always thought WVU should be more creative with its catchy basketball nickname of "Press Virginia." For instance, when the opposing team is introduced, those in charge...
View ArticleNorman Chad: Sitting on the couch can be risky business
I waited a week - out of respect to the golden anniversary of the Super Bowl - to address concussionologist and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell's remarks just before The Big Game, when asked whether it...
View ArticleDoug Smock: Extra work paying off for Thompson, Herd
WHEN ARRIVING 30 minutes before a Marshall basketball practice, you see the same thing, day after day, week after week. There's Thundering Herd assistant coach Mark Cline feeding a pass to the same...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: Gillispie, Dolan and the SSAC's plans
By Mitch Vingle If ever there was an organization in need of a public relations firm, it's West Virginia's Secondary School Activities Commission. Throughout the years, the SSAC has been as reviled as...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: WVU hoops recruits, C-USA money and odds
By Mitch Vingle Ye olde notebook:I've been asked what kind of effect WVU's recent basketball success has had on recruiting. Well, rather than judge, I thought I'd let you in on exactly how it's going....
View ArticleMike Casazza: No room for error as WVU tries to stay in title race
By Mike Casazza MORGANTOWN - The silly thing right now would be to count West Virginia out and say it cannot win its first regular-season conference championship since the 1988-89 season. This is,...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: Listen up: Marshall is listening - and winning
HUNTINGTON - We've gone over this before, but it bears repeating. What Marshall is doing within Conference USA this season is a heck of a story. It's what should be a heck of a national story. After...
View ArticleChuck McGill: Kruger's journey features Herd AD, WVU ties
By Chuck McGill Inside the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip, then-UNLV athletic director Mike Hamrick jotted contract details down on a napkin. Years. Salary. Buyout. It was all...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: Dangerous time for WVU; Hot Rod unveiled
By Mitch Vingle MORGANTOWN - Before West Virginia took on Oklahoma Saturday at the Coliseum, a large gathering stood in the sunshine at the Blue Gate plaza for the unveiling of the Hot Rod Hundley...
View ArticleNorman Chad: Sports world would be full of presidential hopefuls
Have you taken a gander at our presidential candidates? We're not talking a hatful of winners here, folks. Frankly, I think we have a better shot of finding the next U.S. president from the sports...
View ArticleDoug Smock: Herd defense doing its part, too
To properly understand Marshall's two victories last week, you have to go back to the week before, when the Thundering Herd ground out an overtime win over Western Kentucky. Two days earlier, WKU...
View ArticleMike Casazza: Uncertain times for WVU football
By Mike Casazza MORGANTOWN - After a little more than a year on the job, West Virginia's athletic director has done something about the football program and its future direction. True, Shane Lyons...
View ArticleChuck McGill: MEC prepares for hoops history, wild tourney
By Chuck McGill Last month, college basketball buzzed because of a Big 12 regular-season matchup between then-No. 1 Oklahoma and then-No. 2 Kansas, a pair of teams from the same conference atop the...
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