Mike Casazza: Mountain Memaw has day in the sun
By Mike Casazza MORGANTOWN - The hospice nurse who works around the clock to manage such things insisted on morphine so Donna Tucker wouldn't feel much pain Wednesday, the day Tucker spent fulfilling...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: A possible Big 12 shift, Baylor, Whiteside and Alexis
By Mitch Vingle Ye olde notebook:n It's always fun to keep an eye on college football recruiting. It sounds like WVU, for instance, made a couple nice pickups of late, landing commitments from...
View ArticleChuck McGill: Bogaczyk's retirement and W.Va. legacy
By Chuck McGill In his first column for the Charleston Daily Mail in 2002, Jack Bogaczyk ended with these words: I'll column like I see 'em. It was his message to readers here and beyond that, while...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: Ka'Raun White's story is looking familiar
By Mitch Vingle We might have seen this movie before.Perhaps.If, that is, the upcoming flick is true to its sneak preview. The reference is to WVU receiver Ka'Raun White. It's to his spring practice...
View ArticleNorman Chad: Gambling's fun, but don't ignore collateral damage
Across America these days, there are pitched battles over the rights of people to gamble. In particular, online poker and daily fantasy sports - two cash cows that plunged into our lives over the past...
View ArticleDoug Smock: Setting examples, both good and bad
The recent philanthropic gesture by former Marshall defensive star Vinny Curry is a reminder of all that is good in college athletics. The recent conviction of another former MU defender, C.J....
View ArticleMitch Vingle: Magazines have love for Orlosky, not so much WVU
By Mitch Vingle More often than not, it's the glamor positions - quarterback, running back, receiver - that claim the cover of preseason football magazines. And, sure enough, the local cover of Athlon...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: A simple, kind gesture; SSAC; NBA Summer League
By Mitch Vingle In the wake of the recent flooding here in West Virginia, there are much-appreciated relief efforts. And then there's just relief.On Wednesday, you could see the latter on the face of...
View ArticleFrank Giardina: Remembering some local boys of summer
By By Frank Giardina For the Gazette-Mail Time moves slower in early July, and I find myself reflecting on some past baseball personalities I have seen in our area. n Bud Bickel: The spring of 1971...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: WVU's Wickline breaks down Mountain men
By Mitch Vingle If you check the official WVU football website, you'll see Joe Wickline's title as Assistant Coach (Offensive Coordinator/Fullbacks-Tight Ends). "Oh, I'm just an overpaid [graduate...
View ArticleDoug Smock: Counting down Marshall's strangest games
By Doug Smock Every so often, covering Marshall football beats the heck out of work. You could do worse than watching repetitive practices that drive you nuts by the 20th of August. Or dealing with...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: WVU hoops targets, redshirts and a loss
By Mitch Vingle Ye olde notebook:We're chugging toward the college football season, but this also happens to be the July recruiting period for college hoops. As one would expect, WVU's Bob Huggins and...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: Wishing Godspeed to Domenick Furfari
By Mitch Vingle It’s Mickey’s fault, you know. The reason, that is, it takes me so daggone long to cobble a column. It’s because I still wake up in a cold sweat from nightmares of Mickey Furfari, who...
View ArticleMike Casazza: Reputation up front bodes well for WVU
By Mike Casazza MORGANTOWN - In the college football summer, we only have indicators. The fall sees reality. The winter, either before or after the bowl game, delivers the consequences. But these days...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: Big 12 head of officials prepares us for season
By Mitch Vingle With all the preseason magazines lining your local supermarket shelves, we have an idea of what to expect from college football teams. But then there's college football itself.Each...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: The state treasure that's Joe Pendry
It was nice to see Florida State's Jimbo Fisher and Rick Trickett visit Clay County High School this past Wednesday. You could see the smiles on the faces of the Panther football players, who have all...
View ArticleNorman Chad: Time to give the Olympics a permanent home
The 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro are almost upon us - assuming they don't get canceled or moved to a safer planet - and is Couch Slouch ever excited. Doping!Bribery!Mosquitoes!However, for...
View ArticleMike Casazza: Tragedies in Dallas felt among Big 12 coaches, players
By Mike Casazza DALLAS - This is a city that still aches, that still deals with stages of grief and disbelief that don't go away just because one day turns into another. This is a city that needs more...
View ArticleMike Casazza: Hit by WVU's Joseph an example for targeting call
By Mike Casazza DALLAS - When he was here in 2013 and college football announced targeting penalties would be accompanied by ejections, Karl Joseph was said to be at risk. Three seasons and 29 games...
View ArticleMike Casazza: Step right up, make your pitch to join Big 12
By Mike Casazza MORGANTOWN - Leave it to the Big 12 to do the contrary, even as it moves away from being the contrarian. For now, this remains the smallest of the Power 5 conferences, and it's still...
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