In the past few months, Wheelhouse Creative helped publicize the recent “Blame My Roots” festival. And today, well, I guess you can blame my roots. See, last weekend, my high school class had a reunion. Not the 30th. Or 40th. The 41st. So forgive me for not holding out until 2020 to reminisce about WVU […]

Since joining Wheelhouse Creative, my eyes have been opened wide to the importance of marketing. It’s not only a good idea for businesses, it’s absolutely vital in this day and age. And perhaps no business understands that more than the WVU athletic department. It not only understands the topic, but, more importantly, it gets how […]

You all know Billy Hahn can’t sit still. Hell, he gave up trying years ago. And if you ever saw him fidgeting as a WVU assistant basketball coach beside Bob Huggins, you know of what I write. “I don’t know how to slow down,” Hahn, now retired, said Monday. So it’s no surprise Hahn is […]

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 […]