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LUBBOCK, Texas — Cornerback Zech McPhearson returned a fumble 56 yards for a touchdown with 8 minutes, 44 seconds left to lift Texas Tech to a 34-27 victory over West Virginia on Saturday night. West Virginia’s Sam James caught a short pass from Jarret Doege but fumbled on a hit...

Texas Tech might be able to pick up a few pointers from West Virginia’s game films on slowing down offenses in the Big 12. The Red Raiders (0-3, 0-2 Big 12) will need more than a few stops as they try to exit the league basement Saturday when they host...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Leddie Brown broke open a close game with a long touchdown run in the third quarter and caught one of Jarret Doege’s three touchdown passes to lead West Virginia to a 38-17 victory Saturday over a winless Kansas team that was without coach Les Miles. Before a...

Four games into the season, West Virginia finally will welcome thousands of people to a home football game. Kansas plans to have coach Les Miles there, too. Miles announced last week he tested positive for covid-19 and has quarantined at his home. In a video Sunday, Miles said his health...

Pitt and West Virginia officials have worked out an agreement to move their basketball game, postponed this year by covid-19 restrictions, to the 2023-24 season in Morgantown, W.Va. That extends by one season the two-year agreement, finalized earlier this year, for games during the 2021-22 and 2022-23 seasons. The teams...

West Virginia, Ohio State and Dayton are among a strong field that will compete in the Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, S.D., on Nov. 25-27. The Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic is a new event. Others in the field are Creighton, Memphis, Texas...

Pitt has played West Virginia 187 times on the basketball court — more than any other opponent — but the game won’t happen this season because of the coronavirus pandemic, WVU coach Bob Huggins said Thursday. “It’s been postponed, moved back, delayed, whatever,” he said. “That’s not going to happen...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Leddie Brown scored a 3-yard touchdown run in the second overtime after West Virginia’s defense made a stop, and the Mountaineers outlasted Baylor, 27-21, on Saturday. West Virginia (2-1, 1-1 Big 12) squeaked out the win in a game where offensive consistency was rare and mistakes were...

Neal Brown watched Trestan Ebner zig, zag and bull his way to four touchdowns in Baylor’s opener, leaving West Virginia’s coach with the task of devising a plan to slow him down. Ebner became the first player in the Big 12’s 25-year history to score three types of touchdowns in...

West Virginia athletics announced Monday plans to allow fans to attend the Mountaineers football game Oct. 17 against Kansas at Milan Puskar Stadium. “I want to thank all parties involved in getting to this point,” Director of Athletics Shane Lyons said in a statement. “Covid-19 has presented many challenges, but...

STILLWATER, Okla. — Chuba Hubbard scored on a 23-yard run with 1 minute, 17 seconds remaining to salvage a difficult afternoon and help No. 15 Oklahoma State beat West Virginia, 27-13, on Saturday. Sidelined for a number of key plays after fumbling on consecutive second-half possessions, Hubbard ended up with...

STILLWATER, Okla. — With Spencer Sanders’ status unclear for Saturday’s game against West Virginia, it is uncertain who will be at quarterback for No. 15 Oklahoma State in the Big 12 opener for both schools. Will Sanders’ right foot injury, which caused him to leave the Cowboys’ season-opening 16-7 victory...

After discussions with local and state officials, the West Virginia athletic department announced Monday the Mountaineers’ Big 12 Conference home opener against Baylor on Oct. 3 at Milan Puskar Stadium will be played without spectators. Athletic officials said with safety precautions being implemented amid the covid-19 pandemic, only essential game...

An hour before kickoff against Eastern Kentucky, West Virginia coach Neal Brown announced he suspended 11 players for violation of team rules, including four who are listed No. 1 on the depth chart. Those suspended include tight end T.J. Banks and his top backup Mike O’Lauglin, wide receiver T.J. Simmons,...

West Virginia coach Neal Brown has a soft spot for teams from his native Kentucky, keeping his comments positive for an upcoming opponent that did little right in its opening game. Besides, Eastern Kentucky is his mother’s alma mater. The Mountaineers start the coronavirus-delayed season Saturday in its only nonconference...

West Virginia coach Neal Brown gave his players some much-welcome good vibes as they started fall practice during the coronavirus pandemic, unveiling an upgraded locker room to the sounds of celebration. After the news hit that the Big 12 season would go on, the reality has set in that the...

After training-camp competition lasted longer than Neal Brown anticipated, West Virginia coach’s named junior Jarett Doege to be his starting quarterback for the opener Sept. 12 against Eastern Kentucky. “We really feel like we have two quarterbacks on our roster that can win Big 12 games right now, which I...

It’s a busy “First Call” for Monday morning. Former Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury finds himself at the center of a controversy — thanks to his agent’s Twitter account. A West Virginia four-year-old gets a hole-in-one. Lamar Jackson is nicked up. The Cleveland Browns avoid a coronavirus scare. And Luka Doncic...

West Virginia will play its first game of the season in a nearly empty Milan Puskar Stadium, although families of players and staff, plus operations personnel, will be permitted inside. The Mountaineers are scheduled to open the season Sept. 12 against nonconference opponent Eastern Kentucky. WVU’s Department of Intercollegiate Athletics...