If you follow me on social media – even casually – you’ll know I’m a big fan of former WVU women’s basketball player JJ Quinerly. Her determined play was a joy to watch during her Mountaineer career. So, it was heart-warming to see her name called in Monday’s WNBA Draft. She became the 11th player […]

With the NFL Draft fast approaching, a favorite name for sports talking heads and pundits to toss around is former Colorado star Travis Hunter. Many believe the Cleveland Browns, picking No. 2, will select Hunter because of his skill as both a receiver and cornerback. He’s portrayed as the Shohei Otani of football. Of course, […]

The other day, one of those Facebook memories popped up that made me smile. Before I became America’s Public Relations Specialist at Wheelhouse Creative, I was a sports writer. Yet once in a while, I strayed to cover other events and topics. And of all the stories, one that continued to elicit phone calls and […]

As a WVU alum, it hurt watching the Mountaineer women’s basketball season go out with a thud in the NCAA tournament. West Virginia couldn’t score inside. The team couldn’t score outside. Star JJ Quinerly was held to eight points. It was tough to watch after the Mountaineers entered the game with a 25-7 record. Of […]

Growing up in West Virginia I’ve known a lot of Bubbas. I do not, however, know University of North Carolina athletic director and NCAA Selection Committee chair Bubba Cunningham. I don’t know if he’s a good guy. I don’t know if he’s a bad guy. Yet what I do know is by almost every metric […]

Wheeling Park boys basketball coach Micheal Jebbia said the topic surfaces every year when the high school advisory board (eight boys and eight girls coaches) meets. The topic, that is, of a shot clock in West Virginia high school ball. As was pointed out Tuesday by Yahoo! Sports AM, the shot clock transformed the NBA […]