Usually, I’m not this blunt. But here goes: Wheeling University’s new head basketball coach is a great story. Also, one way or another, the story of Chris Richardson touches most of West Virginia. He’s from Charleston, where he also served as an assistant for the University of Charleston. He was an assistant at Fairmont State […]

It was the tale of one email in-box over two days. On Tuesday, a release popped in from WVU football. It was a “Mountaineer Training Camp Report” It started with “West Virginia coach Neal Brown said Tuesday that he saw some improvement from his secondary during day two of his split-squad fall training camp.” I […]

As Matt Wells, WVU’s Senior Associate Athletics Director, spoke, you could hear the wear in his voice. On Wednesday, there were seven Zoom meetings. There were multiple other calls, texts and emails. The Mountaineer athletic department, let’s face it, has herculean tasks on its plate. Staging games during the Covid-19 pandemic, addressing health concerns, selling […]

Before my career in marketing with Wheelhouse Creative, I was a sports journalist. Throughout that long career, it hurt to hear folks badmouthing the fine journalists with which I worked. They were trained professionals who cared deeply. They strived to get the facts correct. And they had honor. I once watched a news editor type […]