Frank Giardina: Chuck Eddy's legacy; updates on Adam Fletcher, Jeff Burkhamer
By By Frank Giardina For the Gazette-Mail Earlier this year, our state lost a former all-state basketball player with the passing of former Parkersburg High star Chuck Eddy. Eddy was an all-state...
View ArticleDoug Smock: A wide open Marshall football spring begins
By Doug Smock Don't ask me or anybody else to predict if Marshall's football team can overcome its 2016 collapse. With five-plus months before the 2017 kickoff, the more pressing question to ask about...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: Bob Huggins, Ronnie Everhart influence South Carolina's Frank...
By Mitch Vingle In case you haven't noticed, the man of the week in college basketball is South Carolina coach Frank Martin. He's taken a Gamecock program that finished last in the SEC the season...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: WVU's Justin Crawford a man after state's heart
By Mitch Vingle MORGANTOWN - When Tuesday afternoon's WVU football media session began, most flocked to Mountaineer defensive coordinator Tony Gibson. It was understandable. Gibson is personable. He's...
View ArticleMike Casazza: David Sills' winding journey leads him back to WVU
By Mike Casazza MORGANTOWN - This depends on how you've chosen to follow the life of David Sills V, but he is either already 20 years old or he is just 20 years old. He's either already entering his...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: Ona's Reese Donahue bearing fruit for WVU football
By Mitch Vingle The Huntington area has been producing highly regarded football players at quite a nice clip lately. With apparently no end in sight.In February, Huntington's Bill Ross signed with...
View ArticleDerek Redd: Kanawha Valley prep lacrosse teams crossing boundaries
By Derek Redd Lacrosse can be an enticing sport, so say those who play it and coach it. It's a growing sport in the state of West Virginia. Three Kanawha County high schools - George Washington,...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: WVU's Jovon Durante, spring football notes; Jim Crutchfield;...
By Mitch Vingle A plentiful Sunday buffet for your consumption:n One of WVU's most interesting spring football positions is receiver. As I've mentioned before, we'll see if Ka'Raun White can fully...
View ArticleDoug Smock: Pair of Marshall football assistants recall memories from playing...
By Doug Smock HUNTINGTON - A couple of old Virginia Tech defensive linemen are side-by-side again, even in their original positions. The only thing missing, a Hokie fan might say, is their maroon and...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: Great expectations for new Fairmont State, West Liberty...
By Mitch Vingle Some new coaches have big shoes to fill.And then there's Fairmont State University's Joe Mazzulla and West Liberty's Ben Howlett. Mazzulla has not two, but four shoes to fill. Howlett,...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: West Virginia natives dot WVU defensive depth chart
By Mitch Vingle MORGANTOWN - If you project WVU's defensive depth chart for the 2017 football season, you can't help but notice one thing. There's a very strong Mountain State presence on defensive...
View ArticleDerek Redd: Power pitching coach Drew Benes carries on family tradition
By Derek Redd New West Virginia Power pitching coach Drew Benes has plenty of experience from which to draw. After all, pitching is kind of the Benes family business. Drew Benes' father, Andy, spent...
View ArticleRick Ryan: MSAC hoops coaches can be more creative in scheduling
By Rick Ryan By the time the next basketball season rolls around, the Mountain State Athletic Conference will be down to 11 teams, as Ripley is scheduled to depart following fall sports. MSAC teams...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: Work continuing on WVU bugaboo - special teams
By Mitch Vingle One encouraging note for West Virginia University football fans was Dana Holgorsen's pre-spring comment on his Mountaineers' special teams. Or, rather, the comment on what lately has...
View ArticleDerek Redd: Late-night tipoffs are ludicrous but inevitable
By Derek Redd The University of North Carolina men's basketball team held aloft its sixth NCAA championship Monday. And if you didn't mind walking bleary-eyed into work Tuesday morning, you could have...
View ArticleFrank Giardina: Memories of the heroes of my childhood
By By Frank Giardina For the Gazette-Mail Our lives can often be marked by some of the sports heroes we have had in our lives. Here's a chronological look at some childhood sports heroes of mine. n...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: TyRhee Pratt; WVU and MU basketball recruits; J.R. House
By Mitch Vingle Ye olde notebook:Sometimes athletes - even high-profile athletes - drop out of the proverbial limelight and slip from our consciousness. But could that happen with former Capital High...
View ArticleDoug Smock: Legg's move from coaching QBs to TEs could work wonders for...
HUNTINGTON - In a way, Bill Legg's coaching career has come full circle. After 15 years, he is coaching Marshall's tight ends. Of course, he wasn't offensive coordinator way back in 2001-2002. Still,...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: Taking a spin around the Big 12
By Mitch Vingle After the College Football Playoff championship, most of us move on to hoops, etc., oblivious to the news of football teams not located near us. It's like we put the sport and other...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: WVU's offensive line now all Joe Wickline's
By Mitch Vingle MORGANTOWN - When WVU coach Dana Holgorsen hired Joe Wickline to his staff, one had to figure there was a forced coexistence with then-offensive line coach Ron Crook. Wickline, though,...
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