A former WVU baseball player, Jeremy Cummings, will be pitching for the U.S. Olympic Team, according to MSNsportsNET.Com.
Cummings, who played at WVU from 1996-99, makes his debut with the team on Aug. 1-4 when the U.S. squad plays four exhibition games against Canada. The team enters Olympic competition in Beijing, China, on Aug. 13-23.
Cummings is [...]

The $4 million buyout clause dispute continues at the Monongalia County Circuit Court as lawyers for WVU and Rich Rodriguez battled Thursday.
According to Herald-Dispatch.com of Huntington, Monongalia County Circuit Judge Robert Stone issued pretrial rulings during a long hearing, granting key victories for both sides.
For WVU, the big win was an order compelling Rodriguez and [...]

A hearing will begin in Monongalia County Circuit Court Thursday morning and set another page in the ongoing legal battle between WVU and former football coach Rich Rodriguez.
According to The Daily Athenaeum, Judge Robert Stone will hear motions related to the University’s lawsuit claiming that Rodriguez violated his contract’s $4 million buyout clause last [...]

Heading to Phoenix to support the Mountaineers in the Sweet 16?  Then you’ll want to hit up the free pep rally hosted by the WVU Alumni Association, Mountaineer Athletic Club, and WVU Foundation University Fund.  The rally will be today (Thursday, March 29th) from 2-3 p.m on the Outdoor Terrace of the Phoenix Airport Marriott, [...]

One of the lesser known coaching applicants to the WVU football program was Joshua Irizarry, a 12 year old boy from Southington, CT, according to the Associated Press. He’s been a Mountaineer fan since he started watching football at age 4, and when he saw there was an opening he asked his mom if [...]

WVU’s 2008 football schedule has been announced!
“Our schedule, once again, is not only attractive but tough, featuring conference rivals and outstanding non-conference opponents.” WVU Football Coach Bill Stewart says. “The overall schedule will provide many challenges, and I think our fans and supporters will enjoy it.”

According to The Daily Athenaeum, WVU’s student run newspaper, two WVU students allege they were assaulted outside of Club Z by WVU freshman running back Noel Devine and WVU freshman wide receiver Jock Sanders, early last Saturday. The two students suffered minor injuries and did not wish to receive medical attention. In their statements to [...]

At Saturday night’s NBA All-Star Slam Dunk contest, Gerald Green takes the cake! Okay, not really — Dwight Howard won, but the pun was too good to resist. Check out Green’s “cupcake” dunk in the YouTube video below:

 
Overall, of course, Dwight Howard had a well deserved win. Check out his Superman dunk:

 
Or, [...]

ESPN has a fabulously written recent “Fan vs. wild” column, which includes a video you can watch. Hampton Stevens has taken on the challenge of getting into a sold-out NASCAR race, with only $20, his cellphone, and his camcorder.
At 1 o’clock on a bright October afternoon, I’m standing in a convenience store parking lot [...]

Yet another seemingly negative twist in the story of Mountaineer ex-coach Rich Rodriguez: several files on Mountaineer players are mysteriously missing. The files were stolen or destroyed sometime between Rich’s resignation and when the team and coaching staff returned from the Fiesta bowl. The Charleston Gazette reports that while the athletic department has no [...]