I remember way back when, while working as the sports editor of Morgantown’s Dominion Post, a representative of a sport (American Legion baseball maybe?) asked how to get more people in the stands. The request had been more about coverage, of course, but my response was this: “You must grab folks by the collar with […]

In watching WVU’s basketball programs over the past week, something has become very clear to me. Both Mountaineer programs are or will be benefitting from a fresh start. One, Mark Kellogg’s women’s program, already showed that. The way the Mountaineers battled top-seed Iowa, Caitlin Clark and (many would say) the officials in the NCAA tournament […]

Older, get-off-my-lawn college basketball fans had to give a silent cheer when Tom Crean, the former head coach at Marquette, Indiana and Georgia, cut loose of strong words while serving as an analyst on the NIT bracket reveal on ESPN2. He railed against teams like St. John’s, Ole Miss, Pittsburgh, Oklahoma and Memphis for turning […]

When I first read WVU had extended football coach Neal Brown’s contract an additional year through the 2027 season, I was probably like many. I wondered if it was necessary. Yes, the Mountaineers had a nice season in 2023, but was that enough to warrant an extension? Then I read the details, including decreases in […]

As I sit here, it’s Feb. 27, 2024, and yet the temperature outside is 61 degrees with the sun shining. My office windows here at Wheelhouse Creative LLC are open to allow for the breeze. And it has me awaiting spring and, nostalgically, what used to be called America’s pastime. See, I grew up 20 […]

Like many longtime WVU fans, I’ve often worried about the school’s place among the “big boys” of college athletics. And it hasn’t always been easy. West Virginia was in the Southern Conference. It was independent. It was in the Big East. It’s in the Big 12. Heck, remember the Atlantic 10, and the Eastern Eight […]