Sports Columnists
Dave Hickman
Goofy frosh are truly bursty
MORGANTOWN - There are five new additions to West Virginia's basketball program this season and, following Friday night's Midnight Madness debut of the quintet, it was hard to tell which was most impressive.
WVU Football: Williams' decision anything but simple
MORGANTOWN - When West Virginia plays host to Syracuse Saturday afternoon at Mountaineer Field, Reed Williams will be in a familiar place.
Rick Ryan
Spring break timing is bad break for athletics
SOMEWHERE along the line, someone dropped the ball in the Kanawha County school system.
Doug Smock
Coaches facing test of adversity
STRIP AWAY the stench, the anguish and the second-guessing from Marshall's last two games, and you have an interesting test of Marshall's remodeled coaching staff.
Green a welcome color for WVU
NO LONGER do I want to hear a peep from West Virginia University supporters about how the seven-year series with Marshall was foisted upon the Mountaineers by the governor of this great state.
Mitch Vingle
WVU offense repeatedly falls short -- of the sticks12:00 am
MORGANTOWN - When West Virginia offensive coordinator Jeff Mullen began to sit down in front of the press after his team's 17-6 win over Syracuse, he joked that he was moving into the "Budweiser Hot Seat,'' made famous on ESPN.
SC guard lands major offers; checking WVU recruiting
HIS FULL first name is Pierria'.
VINGLE: Bouquets aplenty for WVU, MU, Power -- and a loose end knotted
There's been so much gloom surrounding our state's major college football teams that I thought I'd use this opportunity to toss out a couple bouquets.
Finding WVU excitement, seeking innovation
MORGANTOWN - If I was in front of a judge, I'd object.
UC QB, negative plays hurt Marshall
HUNTINGTON - Here's a smidge of info about Marshall's Friday night opponent.
Norman Chad
Palin's locked up the Versus vote
These are 23 (more) facts, tried and true, about the widening world of sports television:
Sifting through some early season college football rubbish
Our nation is in crisis: Endless war, economic turmoil and, of course, the Bowl Championship Series. Eventually, with a bit of luck, terrorism will be suppressed and global financial woes will be subdued, but figuring out who's No. 1 in college football remains a puzzling, problematic nightmare.
Dave Weekley
Steelers in prime time again
THE STEELERS will continue working out their offensive issues tonight in Jacksonville in their third national television appearance of the young NFL season.
Frank Giardina
WVU's '70 season, Frattare, New Martinsville's legacy12:00 am
IS THERE a better time of year in sports? We have college football, the NFL, playoff baseball, NASCAR's chase for the championship and a plethora of high school activity.
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