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, […]

Tomorrow, Tuesday, I’ll turn 60 years of age. I’ve seen a lot. As Johnny Cash said, I’ve been everywhere, man. So after watching ESPN’s “The Last Dance,” a series on Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls, I took a moment to reflect. Yes, I shook my head, trying to grasp that 1998, when the Bulls […]

While I write these blogs during the pandemic, ESPN always provides background noise while I tap away from my kitchen table/makeshift office. (And when I say “noise” I mean “deafening noise” when Stephen A. Smith and Max Kellerman are on.) It’s just the way I’m wired. I love sports. I’ll always love sports. I’m not […]

West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission executive director Bernie Dolan has witnessed much in his career. He’s been a teacher. He’s been Wheeling Park’s principal. He’s been director of the Super Six committee. He’s been assistant superintendent in Ohio County. One would think he’s seen it all. Until this Covid-19 pandemic. The well-oiled machine that […]