Doug Smock: Predictably, Marshall football's TV brand lagging
By Doug Smock Television assignments are not complete for Conference USA's football schedule this fall, but you can sense where teams might stand after the league announced its preliminary schedule...
View ArticleRick Ryan: Some burning sports questions worth asking
By Rick Ryan Some questions that need to be asked:Well, OK, it was mostly me asking them to myself, but they're still worth repeating: n With West Virginia's return to the NCAA baseball regionals...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: Ace Mumford - A state-born legend you might not know
Memphis Grizzlies general manager Chris Wallace is a part of West Virginia's rich athletic history. He's joined the list of successful state natives in the NBA like Mike D'Antoni, Rod Thorn, Hot Rod...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: WVU's Huggins on Culver, Ohio State, UK and more
By Mitch Vingle West Virginia basketball coach Bob Huggins has been making the rounds this week. He and assistant Ron Everhart were at Primanti Brothers sandwich shop in Wheeling for a fundraiser and...
View ArticleMike Casazza: Big 12 putting itself in pretty good position with pocketbooks
By Mike Casazza MORGANTOWN - Last Tuesday, Oklahoma won the national championship in softball for the second straight season. It's the sixth NCAA team championship won by a Big 12 school in 2016-17, a...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: Thornton, WVU scrimmage and Nehlen's tree
By Mitch Vingle Ye olde notebook:What went around apparently is coming around again. Former West Virginia University football captain John Thornton once made his way from Philadelphia to Morgantown,...
View ArticleDerek Redd: Randy Moss' NFL imprint comes into focus
By Derek Redd As the years pass, we get a clearer understanding of the impact Randy Moss made in a 14-year NFL career - as if his career numbers weren't enough already. Second in NFL history in career...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: Huggins, Bilas and the issue of transfers
By Mitch Vingle When it comes to the issue of NCAA transfers, all has been quiet on the Mountain State hoops front. Marshall guard Ky're Allison has moved on, but there hasn't been news to report from...
View ArticleDoug Smock: A.W. Hamilton's ascension, Thomas Frazier and the US Open
By Doug Smock Seeing colleague Mitch Vingle map out Don Nehlen's coaching tree got me to thinking about A.W. Hamilton's ascension to his first full-time Division I basketball job. Earlier this month,...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: Big offers roll in for Spring Valley's Doug Nester
By Mitch Vingle Over the past couple of years we've illustrated how the bar has been raised in regard to Mountain State football recruiting. And around noon on Saturday, it turned into happy hour for...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: Grier Day and WVU basketball targets
By Mitch Vingle Ye olde notebook:Tuesday was a cause for celebration across the Mountain State. Oh, sure. Yes, it was West Virginia's birthday. I'm sure some raised a glass for BD No. 154. But there...
View ArticleMike Casazza: WVU making itself attractive home to transfer QBs
By Mike Casazza MORGANTOWN - If you took a look at West Virginia's football roster Wednesday, which is a perfectly acceptable act for the day we officially stepped into summer and realized the fall...
View ArticleTom Bragg: Take what you see at 7-on-7s with a grain of salt
By Tom Bragg There is only so much you can learn about a football team during 7-on-7 drills. Do you have a quarterback? Can your receivers get open and catch? Can your defensive backs, you know,...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: The Classic that wasn't; the horror that was
By Mitch Vingle The tone of his voice will always haunt.The tone, that is, taken by Gov. Jim Justice a year ago. He wasn't West Virginia's governor at the time. And for that one moment he wasn't...
View ArticleDerek Redd: Daymark residents get a taste of golf
By Derek Redd It only took a few swings during his first golfing experience for Nick to know he wanted a next one. Nick was one of three residents at Daymark, a Charleston area agency that works with...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: WVU's Gary Jennings says receivers can have a ball
By Mitch Vingle If you want to see a wide smile from WVU receiver Gary Jennings, ask him about quarterback Will Grier. "He's great," Jennings said of the Florida transfer. "I can't wait for the...
View ArticleFrank Giardina: Catching up with Steve Brown, Andy Kniceley
By By Frank Giardina For the Gazette-Mail It happens every June. The Major League Baseball draft has come and gone and draft hopefuls who were not selected are left disappointed. When that happens,...
View ArticleRick Ryan: Kanawha Valley coaching changes, West/Frampton and coach Kinder
By Rick RyanStaff writerYou weren't seeing double if you noticed a couple of Kanawha Valley boys basketball coaching positions being filled last week. Yes, it was D.J. Johnson taking over at Riverside...
View ArticleDoug Smock: Golf goes well beyond the stars
By Doug Smock It wasn't my highlight of the sports year by any stretch, but I had to chuckle when Dustin Johnson, Rory McIlroy and Jason Day missed the cut by a combined 16 shots at the U.S. Open....
View ArticleMitch Vingle: WVU's McKivitz, O-line facing challenges
By Mitch Vingle WVU offensive tackle Colton McKivitz gets it.The Mountaineer offensive line will be without Rimington finalist Tyler Orlosky at center. Former guard Adam Pankey is now trying to make...
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