Doug Smock: Marshall basketball welcomes West Virginia Wesleyan to Huntington
By Doug Smock Arguably, Marshall's basketball team very well could be 9-1. No, I'm not going in the direction you think. I'm not rolling out the "if they had C.J. Burks, Terrence Thompson and Ryan...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: Skipping bowl games becomes the new trend
By Mitch Vingle It was interesting to check out the reaction to Christian McCaffrey's Tuesday announcement. In case you're unaware, McCaffrey has been a star for the Stanford Cardinal football team...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: WVU's 'short nap,' ticket sales and a wish
By Mitch Vingle MORGANTOWN - When you walked into WVU's Coliseum on Tuesday, there was a festive atmosphere among the small - announced as 8,311 - crowd filing in. There was a man in a Santa hat. A...
View ArticleMike Casazza: Russell Athletic Bowl Twitter account taking world by tweet-storm
By Mike Casazza MORGANTOWN - Today it maintains one of the strongest voices in college football Twitter, but the success of the Russell Athletic Bowl account is rooted in a whisper. "The first post...
View ArticleDerek Redd: Team Liberty lacrosse takes GW's Grace Moore to Europe
By Derek Redd Grace Moore is about to take the "travel" part of travel lacrosse very, very seriously. The sport she has adored since sixth grade will take her thousands of miles across the Atlantic...
View ArticleDoug Smock: Ranking C-USA basketball ahead of conference play
By Doug Smock Tell me if you've heard this one: From top to bottom, Conference USA basketball is not very good. Heard that last year, right?You know this league is good enough to throw a Molotov...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: WVU women's basketball mirroring men - with one exception
By Mitch Vingle If you're a WVU basketball fan, it's a fun time for you - whether you follow the Mountaineer men, women or both. Go ahead. Check the Top 25 poll of either gender. West Virginia's men...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: WVU's football season good - just not great
By Mitch Vingle In the aftermath of WVU's Russell Athletic Bowl loss to Miami, social media - as it is wont to do - lit up Mountaineer coach Dana Holgorsen, athletic director Shane Lyons and others....
View ArticleDerek Redd: New Power manager Wyatt Toregas excited for future
By Derek Redd The seeds of becoming a baseball manager were planted for new West Virginia Power skipper Wyatt Toregas when he was coming to a crossroads in his career as a baseball player. "The first...
View ArticleDerek Redd: Best West Virginia sports story of 2016
By Derek Redd The best sports story in West Virginia in 2016 didn't come from one player or coach or team or town. It was born from tragedy. Yet, in the end, it showed the love, compassion and...
View ArticleDoug Smock: D'Antoni, Marshall basketball playing the percentages when it...
ACTUALLY, I had heard Dan D'Antoni say it before: The "post-up" is the worst shot in basketball. Kept that in the back of my mind for later. That "later" came up last week, when he became a hero among...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: Marshall's G5 position; WVU's final ranking
By Mitch Vingle Ye olde notebook:Over the holidays a story broke via ESPN.com that "a growing number of Group of 5 officials" favor adding a playoff specifically for those schools. The premise is it...
View ArticleMike Casazza: Big 12 schedule does WVU basketball no favors
By Mike Casazza MORGANTOWN - Bob Huggins was in a sour mood Tuesday night. He was defeated on the floor and beginning to sound defeated off of it. He's right to be bent out of shape about both. Losing...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: Something a little different, special at MU
By Mitch Vingle HUNTINGTON - There's something a little different, a little special, going on at Marshall University these days. Usually, he's sitting on the basketball team's bench, with assistant...
View ArticleDerek Redd: Grayson Allen's 'indefinite' suspension definitely up for scrutiny
By Derek Redd Well, you can't say Duke men's basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski was fibbing when he said Grayson Allen would be suspended indefinitely following his third tripping incident....
View ArticleMitch Vingle: WVU basketball must cultivate POT
By Mitch Vingle MORGANTOWN - Some folks in West Virginia wish to legalize pot. And then there's WVU's basketball team.It's been using POT - legally, in fact - for the last few years. And not for...
View ArticleDoug Smock: Marshall, Middle Tennessee collide in battle of C-USA unbeatens
AFTER TWO weekends of Conference USA basketball play, there are two unbeaten-in-league teams. One is Marshall, the other Middle Tennessee. The two collide Thursday in Murfreesboro. That's an 8 p.m....
View ArticleDoug Smock: Marshall, Middle Tennessee collide in battle of C-USA unbeatens
AFTER TWO weekends of Conference USA basketball play, there are two unbeaten-in-league teams. One is Marshall, the other Middle Tennessee. The two collide Thursday in Murfreesboro. That's an 8 p.m....
View ArticleMitch Vingle: Checking in on WVU's hoops recruits
There should be quite the electricity inside the Coliseum on Tuesday night. The fans attending the Big 12 matchup between No. 1 Baylor and No. 10 WVU will be treated to a pregame light show via...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: WVU earns respect - and intimidation factor
By Mitch Vingle MORGANTOWN - It wasn't difficult to see how important No. 10 WVU's victory was to the 14,632 crammed into the Coliseum on Tuesday. The aisles swelled as the host Mountaineers put more...
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