Derek Redd: It's been no cakewalk for No. 1 WVU women's soccer team
By Derek Redd Look at the numbers - just the numbers - and it might look like the West Virginia University women's soccer team's path to this point has been an easy one. Undefeated in Big 12 play. A...
View ArticleDoug Smock: Iran Bennett gives Marshall basketball fans a preview
By Doug Smock SCOTT DEPOT - As Hargrave Military Academy and Huntington Prep flew up and down the court in an exhibition fit for an overcrowded gym, there was one center of attention. Emphasis on...
View ArticleNorman Chad: Major League Soccer flying commercial is bush league
By By Norman Chad For the Gazette-Mail The next time you're on a Southwest Airlines flight, you might look across the aisle and see Landon Donovan in a middle seat. What? Landon Donovan on a Southwest...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: WVU turns Coliseum into Colosseum for a night
By Mitch Vingle MORGANTOWN - On Monday night, it was like Mississippi Valley State was in a different Coliseum. The way, that is, they were fed to the lions.Following Friday night's tongue lashing by...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: Dede Westbrook most dangerous of Oklahoma standouts
By Mitch Vingle MORGANTOWN - If you listen to ESPN, the college football player gaining in the Heisman Trophy race behind Louisville's Lamar Jackson is Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield. And, hey,...
View ArticleMike Casazza: WVU's success hasn't come easily
By Mike Casazza MORGANTOWN - West Virginia might be the best team in the conference and might even get past curiously long odds and find itself with a spot in the College Football Playoff at the end...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: Two WVU corner-stones and Dana's rant
By Mitch Vingle Ye olde notebook:n The other day you read in this space about Oklahoma offensive threat Dede Westbrook, a lethal wide receiver, and WVU's thoughts on stopping him in Saturday's...
View ArticleDerek Redd: Caridi's voice turns to written word for kids
By Derek Redd If you're anything resembling a West Virginia University football or men's basketball fan, you know Tony Caridi's voice. It's the one resonating from your stereo speakers when the...
View ArticleFrank Giardina: Prep football playoffs bring back years of memories
By By Frank Giardina For the Gazette-Mail We are deep into the high school football playoffs, with the semifinal rounds to be played next weekend. Here are some names from past playoff and...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: WVU outmanned against Sooners, but also red-faced
By Mitch Vingle MORGANTOWN - There were two tiny bright spots for WVU fans in the immediate aftermath of their Mountaineers' flop to Oklahoma on ABC in prime time Saturday night. One is at least their...
View ArticleNorman Chad: 'Anthem fatigue' is real in wake of Kaepernick protests
By By Norman Chad For the Gazette-Mail Nobody - including myself - wants to hear me weigh in on this national anthem business. But, during a misspent adolescence and an even more misspent...
View ArticleDoug Smock: Western Kentucky has quickly climbed to the top of Conference USA
By Doug Smock WHEN CONFERENCE USA underwent its membership upheaval earlier this decade, nine new schools were brought on board. The ninth was Western Kentucky University. It probably should have been...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: Early impressions of WVU basketball
By Mitch Vingle Sometimes it's tough to watch the cupcake portion of Division I basketball season. At times opponents are so overmatched it's difficult to take anything away from the games. WVU, for...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: Examining potential Heisman, All-Big 12 votes
By Mitch VingleWithin my world, many things are colliding. There's the joy of Thanksgiving. And then there are the duties of writing and voting. Yes, you read correctly: voting. Election day is over...
View ArticleMike Casazza: Rasul Douglas becoming one of Big 12's top defenders
By Mike Casazza MORGANTOWN - Two of the many players who can use the final weeks of the season to pass Louisville quarterback Lamar Jackson and win the Heisman Trophy play in the Big 12. Oklahoma...
View ArticleDerek Redd: Ex-Capital star making big plays for WVU women's soccer
By Derek Redd Michelle Newhouse knew this point in West Virginia University's women's soccer season would come. She knew there would be a time when Rylee Foster, who spent the majority of this season...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: Examining Marshall's season - with one burning question
By Mitch Vingle HUNTINGTON - Before the season started, one could imagine Western Kentucky's victory over Marshall at Joan C. Edwards Stadium. OK, so not to the 60-6 degree it went down Saturday...
View ArticleDoug Smock: Even Marshall's opponents don't see same fire from Herd
By Doug Smock HUNTINGTON - From the looks of it, Western Kentucky felt a little shortchanged after blasting Marshall 60-6 Saturday night. Really, it took the Hilltoppers 14 seconds to clinch a spot in...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: A close look at WVU's bowl possibilities
By Mitch Vingle Ye olde notebook:As the college football season winds down, the bowl picture becomes clearer and clearer. It's not full HD resolution crystal clear yet, mind you, but we're getting...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: A possible WVU trap, Grier and Noble
By Mitch Vingle MORGANTOWN - One gets an odd feel in Touchdown City as WVU's football team heads toward its regular-season finale against Baylor. Call it a relaxed feel. The Mountaineers bounced back...
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