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West Virginia has a history of players that care

MORGANTOWN — They care. Five years, 10 years, 20 years, even 40 years out, former West Virginia basketball players care about the state they represented, the school they played for, the coaches they played for and the fans who backed them. That’s why this year hurt, and it’s every bit ...

WVU AD Wren Baker has a tough task in coaching search

MORGANTOWN — In the end, West Virginia Athletic Director Wren Baker maintains, he is going to go out and get the man he wants to fill the profile he has in mind as best for the West Virginia job, but at the same time it thinks is sheer folly to believe there is only one such man out ...

Linlsy tops Brooke in season opener

WHEELING — It may have been the season opener for both Brooke and Linsly on Thursday, but both starting pitchers were in mid-season form. The Bruins’ Henry Anderson and the Cadets’ Tucker Doty each pitched well enough to win, but neither figured in the decision in a 7-1 victory by the ...

Oak Glen tops Weir in high-scoring contest

NEW MANCHESTER — The Oak Glen baseball team used a big inning to storm ahead then fended off visiting Weir High for an early season 11-9 victory on Thursday. The Golden Bears scored eight runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to pull ahead 11-5 after the Red Riders had been in front 5-3 ...

Ludvig, Rakell help Penguins pull away from Sharks, 6-3

PITTSBURGH — John Ludvig and Rickard Rakell scored two minutes apart in the third period and the Pittsburgh Penguins pulled away from the San Jose Sharks for a 6-3 win on Thursday night. Ludvig scored his second goal of the season on a shot from the left point at 2:38 of the third period ...

Jaromir Jagr bobbleheads stolen en route to Pittsburgh

PITTSBURGH — Jaromir Jagr is missing. Well, the bobbleheads of the former NHL star are anyway. The Pittsburgh Penguins announced Thursday that a shipment carrying bobbleheads of the franchise icon was stolen after arriving in California. The team had intended to give the bobbleheads away ...