PITTSBURGH — West Virginia’s offense ran out of gas at the most crucial time in Saturday’s 38-34 loss to Pitt. The Mountaineers got their offense moving in […]
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COLUMN: West Virginia’s secondary is a weak enough link to keep them from being competitive
West Virginia simply does not have the secondary to compete this season. There’s no other way to say it. As bad as WVU’s defense has been in […]
Preston can’t keep pace in loss to Fairmont Senior
KINGWOOD — Make no mistake, this was a very rough week for Preston High School. Terroristic threats disrupted and canceled classes and practices and put students and […]
Hayden George’s acrobatic catch highlights Eric Snyder’s first win as UHS football coach
MORGANTOWN — It would be all too easy to tell you the story of Eric Snyder’s first-ever victory as a high school football head coach, one that […]
Mountaineers embracing role of top-ranked team in men’s college soccer
MORGANTOWN — The West Virginia University men’s soccer team and head coach Dan Stratford have made history in recent years, setting the program record for wins and […]
The Backyard Brawl returns to Pittsburgh with the 107th clash between the Mountaineers and Panthers
MORGANTOWN — The biggest game of the year isn’t typically played in the middle of September, but it’s hard to argue that there is ever a bigger […]
COLUMN: Brown and Narduzzi show there’s more than one way to coach a football team
Morgantown and Pittsburgh are close enough that the weather doesn’t drastically change from one place to the other. We’ve had a beautiful week of weather here in […]
Hawks boys’ soccer optimistic despite defeat to Wheeling Park
MORGANTOWN — The University High School boys’ soccer team has enjoyed a positive start to their 2024 campaign with five wins in eight games. Although the momentum […]
Don Ireland, Pitt’s (in)famous ‘E-I-E-I-O’ announcer remembers the 1994 Backyard Brawl
Amid all the cheering in that rickety stadium in the Steel City during an improbably wild Backyard Brawl between WVU and Pitt on Oct. 15, 1994, you […]
COLUMN: The only way to get players to care about the Brawl is to keep playing it
The Backyard Brawl is critically important to the WVU and Pitt football programs and their fans. For the players, not so much. Yet. The players know the […]
