It’s a hell of a story. It’s more than local boy done good. It’s more than local boy done outstanding. Chad Lavender is a Chesapeake native and Riverside High graduate, former WVU long snapper and current Marshall Health Orthopaedics doctor gone groundbreaking. You’ve heard of Dr. James Andrews, the “athlete-centric” orthopedic surgeon? Dr. Lavender could […]

There are times when I want to simplify things, to quiet the mind. In regard to sports, for instance, I see and hear the news regarding Major League baseball. The owners have proposed a 76-game season that would give players 75 percent of their prorated salary for the 2020 season. They’d only receive 75 percent […]

Last week, I spoke to WVU football assistant coach Travis Trickett. Toward the end of the interview, I tossed a bit of a softball question, yet it was one I truly wanted to ask. It centered on Mountaineer head football coach Neal Brown. Brown is a different cat, right? Not only is he welcoming to […]

WVU football assistant coach Travis Trickett spends most of his weekdays sequestered in his basement, beside his kids’ playroom. His computer sits on a folding TV dinner stand beside a desk. The images project onto the TV. There is where he works through the (hopefully lessening) pandemic. “From 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.,” Trickett said, […]