Big 12 players to watch in 2022Video
Some Big 12 Conference players to watch next season: Baylor: Redshirt sophomore Lorando Johnson, a former four-star recruit known as “Snaxx,” is expected to take over the hybrid linebacker-defensive back spot in the Bears defense. Jalen Pitre was the Big 12 defensive player of the year in that role last...
WVU among Big 12 teams with new QBs or coachesVideo
There are three new coaches in the Big 12, and there will be a few new starting quarterbacks when the season kicks off in September. Only Oklahoma has both. More than 75,000 fans showed up over the weekend for Oklahoma’s spring game, less than five months after the sudden departures...
Hobbled Pitt drags WVU through 11 innings at PNC Park before losing
Mike Bell was unhappy when the 2021 NCAA Tournament field was revealed, and his Pitt baseball team was not among the chosen 64. Who could blame him? Pitt won 17 games against the top 50 of the RPI and was 18-12 against teams in the NCAA field. The Panthers were...
Former USC QB JT Daniels transfers to WVU, setting up reunion with Pitt’s Kedon Slovis
There is no public indication that the 2019 USC quarterback competition was anything but cordial. But for a reunion, the two primary participants might meet in a Brawl. Former Trojans quarterback JT Daniels is transferring to West Virginia, and in the Mountaineers’ season opener Sept. 1 he could be matching...
Pitt, West Virginia announce 4 more Backyard Brawls 2029-32
Pitt and West Virginia will be Brawling into the next decade. Four months before the school’s football programs renew their longstanding rivalry, Pitt and WVU jointly announced their teams will play annual games from 2029-32. The “Backyard Brawl” series dates to 1895 and has featured 104 games — but none...
Bob Huggins, George Karl, Swin Cash named to Basketball Hall of Fame’s 2022 class
This year’s class for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame has quite a regional flavor. Among the 13 inductees announced Friday were West Virginia University alum and coach Bob Huggins, Penn Hills native George Karl and former McKeesport star Swin Cash. The trio with local ties will join former...
West Virginia hires South Dakota coach Dawn Plitzuweit to lead women’s basketball
Dawn Plitzuweit, who led South Dakota to within one game of the NCAA Tournament Elite 8, has been named women’s basketball coach at West Virginia. Athletic director Shane Lyons said Plitzuweit received a five-year, $3 million contract, with a starting salary of $550,000, plus incentives. Plitzuweit replaces Mike Carey, who...
How Pitt, Penn State, WVU played a role in the Fox-ESPN trade for Joe Buck
We just spent the better part of two weeks debating Steelers free agent signings and Penguins trades. So why not kick around another big deal that went down recently: sports broadcaster Joe Buck getting traded from Fox to ESPN in exchange for one college football game. Oh, and, yes, Pitt,...
Mike Carey retires as West Virginia women’s basketball coach
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Mike Carey retired Wednesday after 21 seasons as women’s basketball coach at West Virginia. Carey guided the Mountaineers to 11 NCAA Tournaments and is the program’s all-time winningest coach with a 447-239 record. Carey, 63, said he looks forward to spending time with his family, which includes...
Pitt, Duquesne, RMU among local basketball teams stuck in a rut
At a watering hole in Pittsburgh’s Greenfield section over the weekend, Guy Fieri’s “Tournament of Champions” was showing on two TVs. At the head of the room on a main screen, The Players Championship PGA Tour event was in plain view until someone changed the channel to ION, which was...
West Virginia declines invitation to women’s NIT
The West Virginia women’s basketball team declined an invitation to play in the 2022 WNIT, according to director of athletics Shane Lyons. “While we appreciate the invitation for our women’s basketball team to participate in the 2022 WNIT, we have made the difficult decision to decline the invite this year,”...
West Virginia’s Bob Huggins ejected early in Big 12 tourney loss
Kansas coach Bill Self watched West Virginia counterpart Bob Huggins pick up two technical fouls in quick succession, then stalk off to the locker room to watch the final 30 minutes of their Big 12 quarterfinal matchup. Nobody was more upset about the situation than Huggins. Self might have come...
West Virginia beats Kansas State in Big 12 tournament openerVideo
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Sean McNeil scored 21 points, Malik Curry added 17 points and No. 9 seed West Virginia beat eighth-seeded Kansas State, 73-67, on Wednesday night in the opener of the Big 12 Tournament. West Virginia (16-16) advances to play top-seeded Kansas on Thursday. The Mountaineers lost at...
West Virginia beats TCU in regular-season finale to snap 7-game losing streakVideo
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Taz Sherman scored 21 points, and West Virginia’s veterans came through to beat TCU, 70-64, on the Mountaineers’ senior day to snap a seven-game losing streak Saturday. West Virginia coach Bob Huggins said his frustrations over watching his team make the same mistakes boiled over Thursday while...
WVU golfer Mark Goetz collects third college win
With three sub-70 rounds, Greensburg’s Mark Goetz chiseled out a two-shot victory at the Lake Las Vegas Intercollegiate, an event his West Virginia team also won in a runaway. Goetz, a fifth-year senior, shot 65, 67 and 69 to finish at 15-under-par 201 at Reflection Bay Golf Club in Henderson,...
West Virginia’s skid hits 7 after loss to OklahomaVideo
NORMAN, Okla. — Tanner Groves had his second consecutive double-double, Jordan Goldwire scored 16 points on 6-of-10 shooting and Oklahoma beat West Virginia, 72-59, on Tuesday night to keep the Sooners’ NCAA Tournament hopes alive. Oklahoma (16-14, 6-11 Big 12), which beat in-state rival Oklahoma State, 66-62, last Saturday, has...
Former WVU star Jevon Carter signs with defending NBA champion BucksVideo
MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee Bucks signed point guard Jevon Carter on Thursday, adding another former Brooklyn Nets player to their roster. The defending champion Bucks signed Carter, who faced Milwaukee with Phoenix last year in the NBA Finals, two days after the Nets waived him. The addition comes just over...
Brockington brings Iowa State back, tops West Virginia, 84-81Video
AMES, Iowa — Izaiah Brockington stole an inbounds pass underneath the Iowa State basket and scored with 22.6 seconds left to give the Cyclones the lead en route to an 84-81 comeback victory over West Virginia on Wednesday night. Iowa State trailed by 12 points with more than 14 minutes...
Cavaliers promote former WVU standout Mike Gansey from assistant to GMVideo
CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Cavaliers promoted assistant general manager Mike Gansey to GM on Wednesday, one of several front-office moves made by the improved team. Gansey has been with the Cavs since 2011. He will have an increased role in draft preparations while working with Koby Altman, who was recently...
Emmanuel Miller leads balanced TCU past West Virginia
FORT WORTH, Texas — Emmanuel Miller had 18 points and all five starters scored in double figures as TCU defeated West Virginia, 77-67, on Monday night. Mike Miles had 15 points, Chuck O’Bannon 11, and Damion Baugh and Xavier Clark 10 each for TCU. Baugh also had seven assists and...
No. 6 Kansas socks it to West Virginia men
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Ochai Agbaji scored 23 points, David McCormack had 19 points and 11 rebounds, and No. 6 Kansas beat West Virginia, 71-58, on Saturday night. The Jayhawks (22-4, 11-2) maintained their two-game lead in the Big 12 over No. 7 Baylor and No. 11 Texas Tech with five...
West Virginina men surrender lead, lose to Kansas State
MANHATTAN, Kan. — Markquis Nowell scored 14 of his 21 points in the second half, Mark Smith notched his seventh double-double and Kansas State rallied to beat West Virginia, 78-73, on Monday night. Nowell sank 7 of 11 shots from the floor, including 4 of 6 from 3-point range, and...
West Virginia men smacked by Oklahoma State
STILLWATER, Okla. — Moussa Cisse finished with 18 points and 10 rebounds, and Avery Anderson III scored 18 to power Oklahoma State to an 81-58 romp over West Virginia on Saturday. Cisse sank 8 of 12 shots from the floor for the Cowboys (12-12, 5-7 Big 12) on the way...
Pitt’s Kenny Pickett, Damarri Mathis, Cal Adomitis invited to NFL Combine
If you want to keep up with Pitt’s Kenny Pickett, Damarri Mathis and Cal Adomitis in their quest to reach the next level of football, you need to be willing to travel as much as they do. All three Pitt products have been invited to be among the 324 former...
Taz Sherman returns to help West Virginia down Iowa State, end 7-game skidVideo
MORGANTOWN, W. Va. — Taz Sherman had 16 points, eight rebounds and six assists in his return from a one-game absence, and West Virginia beat Iowa State, 79-63, on Tuesday night. The Mountaineers never trailed and led by double figures most of the second half. Izaiah Brockington made consecutive layups...