One of the first things I noticed when I moved from sports writing to marketing is, well, I’m still around sports. At Wheelhouse Creative, we have many with serious sports loyalties. Yet that’s not what I mean. Sports, I’ve found, are a centerpiece of marketing for both large and small business accounts. And it may […]

When I peruse the old World Wide Web, I don’t see much love for WVU’s football team regarding the 2022 season. A five-win season projected here. A six-win season projected there. Athlon has the Mountaineers ranked No. 51. On and on it goes – despite excitement around the additions of offensive coordinator Graham Harrell and […]

On Monday night, after a Pete Thamel report said merger talks between the Pac-12 and Big 12 had “officially ended,” I texted a high ranking WVU official. “So, I see the merger idea is dead,” I wrote. “No idea is dead,” came the reply. Thamel, though, a fine reporter, said “officials from the Big 12 […]

We West Virginians will claim any great athlete born here. Even if they don’t grow up here. In baseball, hey, we’ll claim George Brett, who was born in Glen Dale – even if he grew up in El Segundo, Calif. He’s a Hall of Famer. We’ll take him. Same with Bill Mazeroski, who was born […]