As WVU’s football season opener with Penn State edges closer and closer, there might be more hope for the Mountaineers than ever before. It’s just not in the way we’re used to. Yes, there’s excitement around WVU’s team. The Mountaineer Ticket Office announced football season tickets, and the Penn State home game are officially sold […]

The other day on the platform formerly known as Twitter, I asked this question: Is it college football season YET? I’ve caught a little NFL preseason action, but in my marketing gig with Wheelhouse Creative, I’m not knee-deep in WVU or Marshall college football like in my days as a sports columnist. Yet I can […]

I keep hearing the phrase “signature win” when the subject is WVU football coach Neal Brown. As in, fans would like to see him notch one. I’m hoping for one too, as I like the man. (How could you not?) I know of what the fans speak though. Through my long previous sports writing career […]

On my way in to work this morning, I caught a snippet from ESPN radio in which personality Adam Schefter spoke of newspapers. He spoke of the anticipation and excitement of hearing the newspaper thump upon his door each morning. He spoke of how he’d dash to the door and tear through the morning news. […]

If you gave up trying to understand the swirling around NCAA athletics and revenue sharing, I don’t blame you. One, it’s mindblowing. In a settlement of antitrust lawsuits, most notably House v. NCAA, the power conferences approved to pay roughly $2.8 billion to current and former athletes, from back to 2016, for the next 10 […]

Around 3 p.m. on Tuesday, four-time NBA All-Star Kemba Walker announced his retirement from basketball. And it made me smile. Walker had a terrific career. I’m happy for him. But it also brought back some nice memories. Nice memories of the Big East, and West Virginia University’s time in the conference. Of course, WVU made […]