HUNTINGTON — Conference USA announced a complex but versatile bowl lineup for the 2020-25 seasons on Thursday afternoon.
West Virginia University football is on its way back to campus, and the university announced Friday the process necessary for that to happen.
An official green light was given to athletics by Gov. Jim Justice on Friday as he announced prep and youth athletics may resume on June 8.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Quarterbacks Chad Pennington of Marshall and Chris Redman of Louisville battled in the Motor City Bowl in the Silverdome on Dec. 23, 1998. Pennington, who went on to be a Heisman Trophy finalist, won that duel and the Thundering Herd the game, 48-29, to give Marshall its first…
West Virginia University added its ninth football commitment of the 2021 recruiting class on Thursday evening as Hoschton (Ga.) Mill Creek defensive end Brayden Dudley pledged to the Mountaineers over offers from Michigan State, Iowa State and more than a dozen other programs.
When I heard that the North-South football and basketball all-star game organizers would try to hold those events despite the complications of the coronavirus pandemic, I thought it was a noble undertaking.
HUNTINGTON — While NCAA sports teams are looking to slowly get back into workouts and competitions in hopes of a 2020-21 season, coaches looking for athletes beyond that season are still in a holding pattern.
Herbert Hoover softball pitcher Delani Buckner was named Thursday as the Gatorade West Virginia Player of the Year for the second time in her prep career.
The coronavirus pandemic has shut down high school athletic facilities in the Kanawha Valley for more than two months, but progress is being made on another front this summer.
The West Virginia University women’s basketball team will host one of the sport’s most storied programs next season.
Braxton Amos, a three-time state wrestling champion at Parkersburg South and a University of Wisconsin recruit, has been named the national winner of the Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award.
Another event could be off Charleston’s sports calendar.
EDITOR’S NOTE: French diplomat Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord is credited with saying “Revenge is a dish best served cold,” or something to that effect.
The North-South football game, scheduled for noon on Friday, July 10 at South Charleston, was canceled on Wednesday due to concerns about the coronavirus pandemic.
It involved some intense, investigative journalism, but I believe I’ve discovered the most significant loss in sports attributed to the coronavirus pandemic:
HUNTINGTON — Marshall point guard Jarrod West confirmed on Tuesday night that he submitted his paperwork to withdraw from the 2020 NBA draft and will return to the Herd for his senior season.
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first installment of a 12-part series previewing Marshall’s 12 football opponents for the 2020 season. Today we take a look at East Carolina, which the Herd plays on Aug. 29 at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium in Greenville, North Carolina.
As you know by now, I’m a racing guy. If you can drive it fast and turn it left, I’ll watch it.
In recent seasons, Capital has been a bit of an afterthought in terms of prep softball, overshadowed by some of its Class AAA Kanawha Valley contemporaries.
The Greenbrier’s talks with World TeamTennis have turned into a summer residency for the coed professional league at the resort.
Neal Brown believes his coaching of his West Virginia University football team doesn’t stop once the players leave the gridiron.
Welcome to “Second Guess” Tuesday.
Earlier this month, the NCAA extended the ban on in-person recruiting until at least the end of June. That means no evaluation visits for coaches, but also no recruits coming to Morgantown for official or unofficial visits until at least July.