MORGANTOWN — It’s no secret that the Mountain State likes its basketball. High school gymnasiums across the state will be packed full of parents and fans cheering on their favorite teams in the coming months. One of those fans is Marshall University senior Michael Waugh. A George ...
MORGANTOWN -- As another example of how wild life can be in college basketball and the transfer portal, we offer up this story on WVU’s Kylee Blacksten. When the 6-foot-3 forward decided to enter the portal out of Colorado this spring, Blacksten said one of the first coaches to contact ...
MORGANTOWN — Heading into Saturday’s game against No. 19 Kansas State, West Virginia wanted to hold dangerous running back Deuce Vaughn in check. The Mountaineers focused so much on Vaughn, however, that they might have forgotten about everybody else. Vaughn was held way below his ...
MORGANTOWN — It started badly and only got worse for the West Virginia defense Saturday against the Kansas State Wildcats. WVU’s defense, which has been picked on several times this season, offered paper-thin resistance to an efficient and effective Kansas State offense en route to a ...
MORGANTOWN -- For the second consecutive season, WVU distance runner Ceili McCabe earned All-American honors in cross country, but she fell short in becoming the Mountaineers’ first-ever national champion. McCabe placed 24th overall Saturday, at the Greiner Family Cross Country course in ...
Years ago one of my graduate students was taking imprinted wild turkeys into the field to see what they ate. Often I’d tag along. Several times I noticed that the poults (about 10 weeks of age) would stop and look into the sky then seek cover. At first I thought they were spotting hawks in the air, but I never saw one. Then one day I realized they were seeing jet planes 30,000 feet up. Amazing. It turns out that turkeys have very good vision and detect movements really well. Their eyes are at the side of their head and each eye is constantly on the lookout for ...
