They made me smile. All the Facebook posts, that is, about the West Virginia Sports Legends Hall of Fame ceremonies at the Beckley-Raleigh County Convention Center this past weekend. Eight-seven folks were inducted. Yes. Eighty-seven. As in 87. “It was wonderful,” South Charleston High athletic director Bryce Casto, one of the 87, told me Monday. […]

It had been a while since I thought about the WVU men’s basketball team. Yet last week I had a chance to talk to Mountaineer coach Bob Huggins. And it opened my eyes to the wheels that have been turning since last season’s disappointing 15-21 record. For instance, I knew the roster had undergone a […]

If you check the Wikipedia page for Marion County, you’ll see an incredible list of notable native athletic names. Listed are Pro Football Hall of Fame members Sam Huff and Frank Gatski, Alabama coach Nick Saban, Olympic gold medal winner Mary Lou Retton and ex-Michigan coaches Fielding Yost and Rich Rodriguez. Yet if you ask […]

The sighting was quite by accident. I’d exhausted Twitter, Facebook, etc., on my phone and took the next step — to the local newspaper sports section. There, I spotted an Associated Press feature on officials written by friend Ralph Russo. In my travels covering WVU, I’d frequently run into Ralph so I thought I’d give […]