NEW CUMBERLAND — Augustin Stables’ Zinhal, who has made only four starts in his career but has shown promise, will stretch out to 1 1/8 miles in the $400,000 Grade III West Virginia Derby at Mountaineer Casino, Resort & Races on Sunday. Zihnal, at 6-1 on the morning line with Hall of ...
NEW CUMBERLAND — As Mountaineer Casino, Resort & Races prepares to host its marquee event, the Grade III West Virgina Derby, there is enthusiasm in the racing community given recent improvements and increased interest in the local product from a business standpoint. Mike Bish, who took ...
MORGANTOWN — Rich Rodriguez used this offseason to create a foundation to build the West Virginia program on. Rodriguez didn't have a normal offseason the year before since he was hired in December. There wasn’t time to bring in a freshman recruiting class. The only commits left were the ones who stayed from the Neal Brown class. Rodriguez brought in almost 50 high school and junior college players to hopefully create continuity for the next couple of years at WVU instead of living by the transfer portal like some schools do. Rodriguez landed a couple of highly recruited ...
MORGANTOWN — It was almost a year ago when Rich Rodriguez made his debut back at West Virginia against Robert Morris. By looking at the boxscore, you’d think the FCS school from up the road was no match for the Mountaineers, but that was only the case in the second half. WVU was up 10-3 against the Colonials heading into the locker room. In the second quarter, the Mountaineers had the ball five times. The outcomes? Field goal, fumble, fumble, fumble and punt. This was against an FCS pay-to-win school as well. WVU finished the game with four turnovers. Rodriguez has been a head ...
COLUMBUS (AP) — At the start of his eighth season as Ohio State football head coach, Ryan Day is looking for his eighth consecutive AP top 10 finish, including No. 5 last season when the Buckeyes fell short of defending their 2024 national championship. With those high expectations in ...
MORGANTOWN — The last time West Virginia football’s defense took the field was when Texas Tech scored 49 points in a 49-0 loss. The offense wasn’t any better, but the defense had one of its worst showings of the season. After the 2025 season, Alley’s defense allowed the third most points per game in the Big 12, allowing over 30 a game. There were some highlights throughout the season, like against Pitt, Houston with the pick-6 and Arizona State. There were flashes. Just Very wishy-washy. “We were very boom-or-bust last year,” Alley said. “We were going to hold you to 21 ...
