Mike Casazza: This year's Mountaineers have a familiar feel
MORGANTOWN - His fifth season as West Virginia's football coach begins in an unusual, though promising, position. The situation on offense, where he's made his name, is the best available...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: State recruiting, Capital and Dante's inferno
Capital High football coach Jon Carpenter struggled with a sinus infection on Thursday.In fact, he had to see a doctor. Yet don't sell him short. He can still smell a Division I recruit a mile...
View ArticleChuck McGill: Could running backs get back in Heisman mix?
A pair of seconds for Melvin Gordon portends a gloomy outlook for running backs and the Heisman Trophy.Gordon, who starred at Wisconsin before becoming a first-round NFL draft pick in April, rushed...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: WVU opener very impressive
MORGANTOWN - There were fireworks at halftime outside of Milan Puskar Stadium for WVU's season-opening football game with Georgia Southern.Inside? Up to that point, not so much. The host Mountaineers...
View ArticleNorman Chad: Buccaneers are this year's Team of Destiny
It is time to choose my NFL Team of Destiny, a.k.a. How Stupid Can One Man Be in Public, and I refuse to make an error again.They say you learn from your mistakes; alas, I prefer to learn from other...
View ArticleChuck McGill: With all eyes on Huntington, Herd delivered
HUNTINGTON Â- "That was quicker than a Ronda Rousey fight," longtime Marshall radio voice Steve Cotton said as the Thundering Herd opened scoring just seven seconds into Sunday's game against Purdue,...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: Charleston's Elmores and the dark side of athletics
By Mitch Vingle Gay Elmore Jr. would not comment on this column.It's understandable. It involves the tragic passing of his father, aka his best friend, Gay Sr. And it involves the alma mater he loves,...
View ArticleMitch Vingle column: WVU's Myers, Huggins on recruiting and an Arizona QB
Ye olde notebook:n If all the parts are in place, WVU's upcoming basketball season appears very bright indeed.Despite the season-ending implosion against Kentucky, the Mountaineers were 25-10 in...
View ArticleMike Casazza: WVU's Cajuste filling void on blind side
MORGANTOWN - There's no way to know for sure if this is true, but consider it good news that West Virginia is giving no clues about what's going on with its left tackle. It started Tuesday, when the...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: Checking out the Power - just in case
Walking into Appalachian Power Park on Wednesday evening, no one knew.Not the man working midnight shift who was waiting on the gates to open. Not the kids from Central Elementary in St. Albans that...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: Surprisingly, not many smiles after WVU win
MORGANTOWN — It was a dark and gloomy night. At least in Touchdown City, that is, at the end of WVU’s football game with Liberty. It was cloudy. It was dark and misty. Yet there was a spot one...
View ArticleNorman Chad: Throwing the unauthorized book at Nick Saban
When I was on vacation this summer - I went to the Galapagos Islands to run with the bulls; alas, I was misinformed, so I ended up swimming with the tortoises - my pager went off alerting me to a news...
View ArticleDoug Smock: Herd offense took step back vs. Ohio
ATHENS, Ohio - After Marshall's 21-10 stinker of a loss Saturday to the psyched-up Ohio Bobcats, you've got to restrain yourself from overreaction.But I can't help but think the Thundering Herd's...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: With 'off' week, Beetle, hoops recruiting and notes
By Mitch Vingle The views from here:* We've just gotten started with the college football season and already there's a week off. WVU has a bye it really doesn't need. Meanwhile, Marshall, well, plays...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: Charleston native plugging away as WVU recruiting coordinator
MORGANTOWN - This is a story about a Casey who will not strike out.Because he refuses to.And he's very quietly giving those in southern West Virginia reason to be proud.See, few know this, but Casey...
View ArticleMike Casazza: Teammates glow about WVU QB's dedication
MORGANTOWN - Through two starts in 2014, an offseason that bridges the winter, spring and summer months and now two starts this season, Skyler Howard has become the caretaker of West Virginia's...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: Red-hot MLB coach has West Virginia ties
Pittsburgh Pirates pitching coach Ray Searage is a trivia buff's dream.At 60 years of age, he's the only New York Mets baseball player to have won 100 percent of his games pitched (1-0) and have a...
View ArticleChuck McGill: Women get overdue opportunity in sports
As a child growing up in Attleboro, Massachusetts - about 30 minutes south of Boston - Bren Stevens clutched tightly to her dream of being on the high school hockey team with her older brothers.When...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: Holliday, MU can rest a little easier with Litton at helm
HUNTINGTON - There was one - and only one - reason to check out Marshall's home football game against hapless Norfolk State.His name was Chase Litton.His is a fascinating story that added another...
View ArticleNorman Chad: Daily fantasy sports games consuming America
Turn on your TV right now, and before you can count to 10, you probably will see a daily fantasy sports commercial. Fantasy sports is swallowing America, one daily draft at a time. Your Aunt Bess can...
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