MORGANTOWN — The current state of college athletics has turned into an “arms race,” as West Virginia athletic director Wren Baker called it in April. It’s become who can generate the most money to pay the best players to compete for championships. And it’s happening in all ...
Just a few days ago, West Virginia pitcher Maxx Yehl was named Big 12 Pitcher of the Year after leading the conference with the lowest ERA. Thursday night in Surprise, Arizona, head coach Steve Sabins elected to start Yehl in the ninth-ranked nationally Mountaineers' first Big 12 Tournament ...
MORGANTOWN — It’s been over six months since West Virginia athletic director Wren Baker presented the West Tower Project at Milan Puskar Stadium to the WVU Board of Governors. During that meeting, Baker talked about how it’d drive more premium seating, which WVU lacked, showed ...
MORGANTOWN — The Big 12 baseball postseason is already here, and some of the first couple of games have already wrapped up. Kansas State knocked off Utah 9-5 in the first round, and BYU run-ruled Texas Tech 18-8, with a whopping 20 hits. West Virginia has yet to play as the No. 2 seed, ...
MORGANTOWN — Expansion is inevitable at this point in college athletics. More teams mean more sponsorships and broadcasting rights, which all come back to more money. It doesn’t matter the sport. Since talking to West Virginia athletic director Wren Baker earlier in the spring, the ...
MORGANTOWN — Steve Sabins has a day job as the head coach of the No. 9 WVU baseball team. That makes him ineligible to sit on the sport’s NCAA tournament selection committee. It didn’t keep him from laying out his thoughts on how the committee should view the Mountaineers (37-13, ...
