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Holliday era has arrived for Herd

2010-08-25T16:29:03-04:00

HUNTINGTON — The time is finally here. After eight months, the Doc Holliday era will officially kick off on Sept. 2 when Marshall University travels to Columbus to take on national power Ohio State.

Big Ten player of year Lavender leads OSU women

2010-11-07T00:00:00-04:00

HUNTINGTON -- Jantel Lavender of the Ohio State women's basketball team was a unanimous pick as the Big Ten Conference preseason player of the year.

Buckeyes look to build on last season's strong finish

2010-11-07T00:00:00-04:00

HUNTINGTON -- Ohio State is building on last season's 29-8 finish, a Big Ten Conference men's basketball regular season title and NCAA Sweet 16 appearance.

Wildcat women high in preseason polls

2010-11-07T00:00:00-04:00

HUNTINGTON -- University of Kentucky forward Victoria Dunlap was the overwhelming preseason choice of the media for Southeastern Conference Player of the Year.

UCLA exhibit recreates Wooden's den

2010-11-07T00:00:00-04:00

LOS ANGELES -- His overstuffed recliner is tucked in a corner, next to a table with a telephone and an address book open to names written in pencil. The television plays a loop of a Western and a baseball game. All that's missing from the cozy scene is John Wooden himself.

Mountaineer women return top scorers

2010-11-07T00:00:00-04:00

MORGANTOWN -- It's that time of year again in Morgantown. The weather is turning colder, the leaves are changing colors, and the sounds of sneakers sliding up and down the basketball court in the Coliseum can be heard again.

Culpepper heads preseason C-USA first team

2010-11-07T00:00:00-04:00

HUNTINGTON -- UTEP guard Randy Culpepper, the 2010 Conference USA Player of the Year, was tabbed for the same preseason award by the league's head coaches.

Bobcats look to repeat as MAC East champs

2010-08-25T15:50:43-04:00

ATHENS, Ohio -- Ohio head coach Frank Solich's team was selected second in the Mid-American Conference East Division. Temple was the first-place pick.

SECond to None: Southeastern Conference rules

2010-08-25T15:45:44-04:00

ATLANTA -- Excuse the Southeastern Conference if it views the national championship race as a rather private affair -- neighbor against neighbor, battling it out through the fall until there are only two teams left standing, setting up a final showdown in Atlanta on the first Saturday in December.

West Liberty seeks its second straight WVIAC crown

2010-08-25T15:45:44-04:00

PRINCETON, W.Va. -- Defending champion West Liberty will turn to one of NCAA Division II's most potent offensive attacks in its quest for the school's first back-to-back West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football crowns since 1970 and 1971.

These 6 teams have something to prove

2010-08-25T15:45:44-04:00

No team this season can play the we-have-something-to-prove card as well as Southern California. Coming off a sub-par year, with a new coach and no postseason possibilities, Lane Kiffin's Trojans do have some very real obstacles to overcome.