MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WV News) — First off, let us not underplay the effect the defection of Texas and Oklahoma from the Big 12 to the SEC has had on college football.

The commissioners of the Pac-12 and Big 12 met Tuesday to discuss how the conferences might benefit from working together or maybe even merging.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WV News) — The phone call was, former West Virginia University track/cross country star Keri Bland gladly admits, one of the highlights of her life, the message being that she had been selected as a member of the 2021 class of the WVU Sports Hall of Fame.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WV News) — West Virginia, with its future suddenly on shaky ground, is looking back on the solid foundation laid by its past as it announced its class of 31 inductees for the WVU Sports Hall of Fame.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Player movement has long been common across the college athletic landscape.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia University Director of Athletics Shane Lyons announced the nonconference matchups for the 2021-22 Mountaineer women’s basketball season on Friday.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The athletic director at any NCAA Division I school is basically the CEO of a major corporation.

West Virginia’s Deuce McBride was among seven Big 12 players chosen in the 2021 NBA Draft. Oklahoma State’s Cade Cunningham highlighted that list, as he was taken No. 1 overall.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WV News) — As Miles "Deuce" McBride and Jevon Carter were getting themselves into a New York state of mind Thursday night, Bob Huggins was getting himself back into a West Virginia state of mind.

Former West Virginia guard Miles McBride has learned where he’ll be starting his NBA career.

Former West Virginia guard Miles McBride has learned where he’ll be starting his NBA career.

Former West Virginia guard Miles McBride has learned where he’ll be starting his NBA career.

West Virginia has released its 2021 football home game promotional schedule for this fall. Milan Puskar Stadium will return to 100% fan capacity with full stadium operating procedures, pregame tailgating in the stadium parking lots and the complete gameday experience.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The world certainly hasn’t rid itself of COVID yet. It remains a threat throughout the U.S. and beyond.

After a year’s absence, the chance for WVU fans to meet members of the Mountaineer football team up close returns in 2021. West Virginia University has announced that the annual meet, greet and autograph session with WVU players and coaches, along with a chance to watch practice, will take p…

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WV News) — Well, it didn't take long for the media — if I can use that word lightly — to get its nose out of joint over the rumors that West Virginia figures to be making a concerted effort to gain membership in the Atlantic Coast Conference as the Big 12 looks to be crumb…

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Recent events have changed the thought process for many in college athletics.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va.— West Virginia University football senior defensive lineman Dante Stills was named Tuesday to the watch lists for the 75th Outland Trophy, which signifies standout interior linemen, and the Bronko Nagurski Award, given to the nation’s top defensive player.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WV News) — West Virginia University athletic director Shane Lyons made his first public statement on the state of the Big 12 after Texas and Oklahoma informed the conference they would not retain their media rights beyond 2025. Lyons’ press release seemed to indicate the M…

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia University has poured hundreds of millions of dollars into athletic facilities improvements over the past decade in projects both big and small.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WV News) — If I could tell the college football world anything as it is about to launch on another realignment of its conference structure, it's this:

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WV News) — Two years ago, Jalen Bridges, a highly sought-after recruit out of Fairmont Senior, was headed toward a year of prep school before entering West Virginia University, where he had committed to play for coach Bob Huggins.

Oklahoma and Texas took the first formal step Monday toward moving to the Southeastern Conference, notifying the Big 12 they would not be renewing an agreement that binds the league’s members through 2025.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia University’s athletic department has spent the past couple of years rehabbing two major facilities.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — It was Big 12 Football Media Day on July 14, and Commissioner Bob Bowlsby's annual press briefing and Q&A session was down to the final question.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Without question, the $55 million upgrade to the Puskar Center, the home of West Virginia University’s football program, has plenty of pizzazz. From lighted, customized pop-a-shots to sleep pods, a recording studio, a barbershop and more displays, graphics and lighting th…

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Without question, the $55 million upgrade to the Puskar Center, the home of West Virginia University’s football program, has plenty of pizzazz. From lighted, customized pop-a-shots to sleep pods, a recording studio, a barbershop and more displays, graphics and lighting th…

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WV News) — Mountaineer Field has seen significant changes in recent years, as a new $5 million team room was added on to the Puskar Center in 2015 and the concourses on both the east and west sides of the football stadium were completely rebuilt in the following years with…

MORGANTOWN — Things I'm thinking as the weekend begins:

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The tone of the game was set on Best Virginia’s first two possessions.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WV News) — All of a sudden there's a haze in the air and it has nothing to do with the forest fires that are burning across the West Coast.

West Virginia’s football program continued its work in the transfer arena with the addition of former Tennessee defensive lineman Darel Middleton. Middleton entered the transfer portal on June 30 and will have two seasons of eligibility remaining.

Best Virginia’s run in The Basketball Tournament came to an end Wednesday night at the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center, as BV fell to Team 23, 75-67.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WV News) — It was a lazy summer afternoon, the kind that screams out for a dip in the pool, a barbeque in the backyard, a cool iced tea and a midday nap.

MORGANTOWN — There seems to be consensus that Oklahoma and Iowa State rank at the top of the Big 12 as we enter mid-summer and the start of a new college football season grows larger and larger in the distance, while Texas, as always, casts a shadow upon the front runners.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — It should be no surprise that Best Virginia, made up almost entirely of West Virginia alumni, looks and plays in many ways like its former self, and that extends far beyond the familiar gold and blue colors and the play off the WVU name. BV, at times, struggles to score. …

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WV News) — As you get older you begin thinking about what might have been and what you might change and right now, today, after touring the upgraded facility building out of which coach Neal Brown's West Virginia football program operates, I decided if there is such a thin…

After opening The Basketball Tournament on Saturday with a 70-67 win over WoCo Showtime in a game that featured plenty of twists and turns, especially in the final moments, Best Virginia’s second-round contest didn’t have quite as much late-game drama. Instead, BV pulled away from D2 in the …

After opening The Basketball Tournament on Saturday with a 70-67 win over WoCo Showtime in a game that featured plenty of twists and turns, especially in the final moments, Best Virginia’s second-round contest didn’t have quite as much late-game drama. Instead, BV pulled away from D2 in the …

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — It was one of the biggest moments in Jackson Wolf’s life, and the Mountaineer pitcher nearly missed it.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WV News) — Out of the mouth of babes ... or so they say.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WV News) — West Virginia 1,000-yard rusher Leddie Brown sees things coming together in his senior season not only for himself but for the Mountaineers and expects them both to return to the respect the program used to enjoy.

Best Virginia withstood a furious charge by WoCo Showtime during the Elam Ending portion of Saturday’s The Basketball Tournament opener to hold on for a 70-67 victory at the Charleston Coliseum.

The TBT team of West Virginia alumni, Best Virginia, has added a new player to its roster.

West Virginia has been working in the Midwest to extend its football recruiting footprint, and on Friday that effort paid off with the commitment of Leo High School’s Landen Livingston.

West Virginia has been working in the Midwest to extend its football recruiting footprint, and on Friday that effort paid off with the commitment of Leo High School’s Landen Livingston.

Best Virginia forward Jonathan Holton is certainly enthused about playing for a chance at $1 million in The Basketball Tournament (TBT), but he’s just as happy about renewing connections with his former Mountaineer teammates.

ARLINGTON, Texas — While this is a “non-change” year for college football rules modifications, there are still a number that will be revised or added for the 2021 season. That’s because rules that affect player safety are fair game in any season, and that definition covers a wide range of th…

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WV News) — 70-63.

ARLINGTON, Texas — West Virginia defensive lineman Dante Stills is forever fighting mistaken perceptions, not to mention identify.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WV News) — I get it. You don’t want to read about Texas.

ARLINGTON, Texas — While this is a “non-change” year for college football rules modifications, there are still a number that will be revised or added for the 2021 season. That’s because rules that affect player safety are fair game in any season, and that definition covers a wide range of th…

ARLINGTON, Texas — Like every coach in the nation, West Virginia football head man Neal Brown has found his attention pulled in many different directions over the past year and a half. Between social injustice issues, heightened political tensions, the Name, Image and Likeness universe and a…

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WV News) — When Neal Brown came to West Virginia two and a half years ago, he was looking at a program that had to be rebuilt, put back together again, collect not only more talent but create a culture from which a winner can evolve.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va (WV News) — It was, to be sure, a Big 12 Football Media Day Wednesday unlike any other they’ve ever had before.

Change is a constant in college athletics, and not just in regards to NIL and the transfer portal.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The Mountaineer men’s basketball roster has undergone significant changes in the past few months.

Best Virginia veteran Teyvon Myers never thought he’d be playing in an event like The Basketball Tournament (TBT), let alone seeing a good chunk of the world while pursuing his basketball dreams.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WV News) — It almost slipped by as little more than a ripple in the river of sports news that flowed by on Monday.