Marshall Sports Archive
Friday, August 29, 2008
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- John Saunders and his Marshall teammates learned an important lesson last year. In college football, underestimating an oppo ......

Friday, August 29, 2008
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- Division I-AA players long have relished opportunities to show off their skills against Division I-A teams.Illinois State ta ......

Friday, August 29, 2008
In the wee small hours of the morning after the Fiesta Bowl, West Virginia's football program made a commitment to continued excellence.About ......

Thursday, August 28, 2008
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- Craig Ratanamorn never thought he was perfect.But Marshall's first-year kicker wanted and needed an extra-strength dose ......

Thursday, August 28, 2008
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Thursday, August 28, 2008
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- Class of 2008 recruit Cory McCutchen failed to qualify academically, which means he won't be eligible to play for or ......

Wednesday, August 27, 2008
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- Marshall quarterback Mark Cann is anxiously awaiting his college football debut, which is only three days away."I'm ......

Wednesday, August 27, 2008
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- People shouldn't tell Marshall football player Delvin Johnson he can't do something.Unless, of course, they want him ......

Tuesday, August 26, 2008
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- College basketball coaches can spend two hours with each of their players during the fall semester's NCAA-permitted inst ......

Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Here is the two-deep depth chart for Marshall's season-opening football game versus Illinois State, as released today by Coach Mark Snyder: D ......

Tuesday, August 26, 2008
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- A Rice Stadium maintenance crew was hard at work Monday, making sure the scoreboard was fully functional heading into the Ow ......

Tuesday, August 26, 2008
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- Brian Anderson never knows when his coach will call his name.He does know he will be ready when it happens.Anderson likely w ......

Monday, August 25, 2008
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- Throughout preseason practice, Marshall Coach Mark Snyder often said the biggest surprise in training camp was the much-impr ......

Monday, August 25, 2008
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- Call them Abbreviations-R-Us, or maybe Initials Incorporated.They are C.J. Spillman, T.J. Drakeford and D.J. Wingate, three ......

Friday, August 22, 2008
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- Today marks the end of preseason practice for Marshall's football team. The Thundering Herd were to finish off training ......

Thursday, August 21, 2008
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- Even after performances like this one, Marshall special teams coordinator Jared Smith doesn't worry about Craig Ratanamo ......

Thursday, August 21, 2008
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Former Marshall football coach Bob Pruett has denied allegations he was involved in an academic scandal or made athletes lie abou ......

Thursday, August 21, 2008
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- Marshall University and Kase Whitehead had the same goal when they consummated their relationship in February with a nationa ......

Thursday, August 21, 2008
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Paint the Capital City Green is the nation's largest indoor pep rally for Thundering Herd alumni, fans and friends.Festivitie ......

Wednesday, August 20, 2008
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- Even with Wisconsin next in line on its football schedule, there is no need to worry about Marshall overlooking Illinois Sta ......

Wednesday, August 20, 2008
PINEHURST, N.C. -- Marshall University rising senior Nathan Kinker shot a 153, failing to make the cut in the United States Amateur Championship at th ......

Tuesday, August 19, 2008
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- Marshall Coach Mark Snyder could tell his players benefited from their day off Sunday.He said they had more energy Monday, e ......

Tuesday, August 19, 2008
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- The jobs-for-props program that led to NCAA sanctions for Marshall University's football team started with Jim Donnan an ......

Tuesday, August 19, 2008
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- Damning statements by two of his former players and one of his former assistants suggest Bob Pruett not only knew about but ......

Tuesday, August 19, 2008
AFTER three straight losing seasons, the urgency to return to football success at Marshall has the Herd faithful turning green around the gills.There& ......

Monday, August 18, 2008
HUNTINGTON -- Considering Marshall must break in a first-year starter at quarterback, the Thundering Herd's rushing attack will be even more impor ......

Monday, August 18, 2008
HUNTINGTON -- In an effort to keep his team as healthy as possible during training camp, Marshall Coach Mark Snyder let some of his proven veterans si ......

Friday, August 15, 2008
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Friday, August 15, 2008
HUNTINGTON -- Mother Nature hasn't turned up the heat on Marshall's preseason practice. But Coach Mark Snyder has.Just ask the Thundering Herd ......

Friday, August 15, 2008
HUNTINGTON -- See those guys in that picture? They aren't related, didn't come from the same town and haven't known each other since birth ......

Thursday, August 14, 2008
HUNTINGTON -- Although he would prefer to reserve judgment until after the season opener, Albert McClellan is back."You could say that," McC ......

Thursday, August 14, 2008
HUNTINGTON -- Let me get this straight.There are 119 teams in Division I-A college football, and only four of them will be worse than Marshall in 2008 ......

Wednesday, August 13, 2008
HUNTINGTON -- Anyone who wants proof that Marshall Coach Mark Snyder has his program headed in the right direction should have been in Edwards Stadium ......

Wednesday, August 13, 2008
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- Martin Ward and his fellow freshmen have spent the past week receiving their introduction to college football during Marshall' ......

Wednesday, August 13, 2008
SKILLMAN, N.J. -- The Marshall University women's tennis team was recognized with four Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Scholar-Athlete ho ......

Tuesday, August 12, 2008
LATROBE, Pa.- Byron Leftwich waited nine months to get back on the practice field. Now that he's done that, his first NFL action is likely only da ......

Tuesday, August 12, 2008
HUNTINGTON -- Marshall's offense and defense took turns making the other look bad Monday, when the Thundering Herd conducted its first two-a-day o ......

Tuesday, August 12, 2008
HUNTINGTON -- Two-a-days used to be a lot worse for college football players.Ah, the good old days, some would say.There were no limits for coaches, w ......

Monday, August 11, 2008
HUNTINGTON -- More often than not in the opening week of Marshall's preseason practice, its defensive line has gotten the best of its offensi ......

Monday, August 11, 2008
HUNTINGTON -- As Marshall continues preseason football practice this week, James Burkes is trying to maintain his position as a first-string defe ......

Friday, August 8, 2008
HUNTINGTON -- After the third session of preseason practice, Marshall Coach Mark Snyder said he is impressed with the intangibles his football players ......

Friday, August 8, 2008
HUNTINGTON -- Cody Slate and the other Marshall tight ends like to aggravate their position coach every opportunity they get. "We mess with him a ......

Thursday, August 7, 2008
HUNTINGTON -- It's a site most people here take for granted.But as Sen. John McCain drove across the Proctorville bridge Wednesday, he stopped tal ......

Thursday, August 7, 2008
HUNTINGTON -- Maurice Graham missed practice here Wednesday afternoon, but don't be alarmed. It is all part of the plan for Marshall's highly ......

Thursday, August 7, 2008
Tickets are still available for Marshall University's Paint the Capital City Green pep rally Aug. 20 in Charleston. Anyone who purchases tick ......

Thursday, August 7, 2008
HUNTINGTON -- Proper use of the well-known idiom would require one to say Marshall's seniors have a fire in their bellies this summer. A more accu ......

Thursday, August 7, 2008
HUNTINGTON -- Junior college forward Keona Brooks, of West Memphis, Ark., has signed a women's basketball grant-in-aid with Marshall University. S ......

Wednesday, August 6, 2008
HUNTINGTON -- As the Marshall Thundering Herd opened preseason practice, Coach Mark Snyder finally got an opportunity to see something he had bee ......

Wednesday, August 6, 2008
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS -- One down, one to go. The West Virginia Amateur championship trophy won't be handed to the winner until Thursday. The ......

Wednesday, August 6, 2008
HUNTINGTON -- Alfred E. Neuman, he isn't. What, Matt Altobello worry? You better believe it.When asked about his ongoing effort to maintain h ......

Tuesday, August 5, 2008
United States presidential candidate John McCain will address the Marshall University football team Wednesday morning.Neither the press nor the public ......

Tuesday, August 5, 2008
MADISON, Wis. -- Lance Smith was dismissed from Wisconsin's football team Monday, a month after he was expelled from a first-offenders program for ......

Tuesday, August 5, 2008
ALBANY, N.Y. -- New York Giants halfback Ahmad Bradshaw confirmed Monday that he will have to serve another 30 days in jail after the NFL season ends ......

Tuesday, August 5, 2008
HUNTINGTON -- Injuries decimated Marshall's depth last season, diminishing its chance of victory before the football even was teed up each week. T ......

Monday, August 4, 2008
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Giants halfback Ahmad Bradshaw said Monday that he will have to serve another 30 days in jail after the NFL season ends ......

Monday, August 4, 2008
HUNTINGTON -- Senior offensive lineman Matt Altobello came prepared.While some of his football teammates carried refrigerators and microwaves into Twi ......

Monday, August 4, 2008
HUNTINGTON -- Junior tight end Cody Slate looked as laid back as a California surfer as he reported to Twin Towers East to check into his dorm room.Hi ......

Saturday, August 2, 2008
LATROBE, Pa. - Rookie center Doug Legursky  re-signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers on Saturday, while rookie kicker Julian Rauch was rel ......

Friday, August 1, 2008
HUNTINGTON -- Marshall University baseball Coach Jeff Waggoner has signed Benjamin Frith, a 6-foot-1 left-handed pitcher from Lafayette, La.Frith is a ......

Friday, August 1, 2008
ALBANY, N.Y. -- New York Giants Coach Tom Coughlin was unaware Thursday of a report in a Virginia newspaper that running back Ahmad Bradshaw woul ......

Friday, August 1, 2008
HUNTINGTON -- Marshall's football team can't catch a break.At least not the good kind.Junior cornerback Zearrick Matthews suffered a broken fo ......

Thursday, July 31, 2008
HUNTINGTON -- The Marshall men's basketball team will host its Victory Club Social on Monday at 6:30 p.m. in the Big Green Room of the Henderson C ......

Thursday, July 31, 2008
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The NFL's Tennessee Titans are bringing in former Jacksonville quarterback Byron Leftwich for a physical and to throw to some ......

Thursday, July 31, 2008
It appears 2008 recruit Leshawn Henderson is committed to Marshall's football program   despite the fact that his academic issues will f ......

Thursday, July 31, 2008
The Cape Cod Baseball League's summer season will end one week from today, but neither center fielder Nate Lape nor shortstop Adam Yeager will be ......

Wednesday, July 30, 2008
HURRICANE -- With 30 golfers battling for just one spot in next month's U.S. Amateur, Nathan Kinker figured he had nothing to lose.The 21-yea ......

Friday, July 25, 2008
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. -- Kellen Clemens was finished talking to reporters when he turned and looked for his jersey and shoulder pads, which he had set down ......

Friday, July 25, 2008
HUNTINGTON -- Marshall University has named Kevin Long as interim coach for the Herd women's soccer program. He replaces Chris Kane, who resigned ......

Friday, July 25, 2008
HUNTINGTON -- Marshall Coach Mark Snyder and his assistants ought to be able to do more coaching and less teaching next month during the first week of ......

Friday, July 25, 2008
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- His tenure with the Patriots began with swirling questions about his work ethic and loss of speed, but those innuendos aren't ......

Thursday, July 24, 2008
ALBANY, N.Y. -- Two days after the Super Bowl champions traded disgruntled four-time Pro Bowl tight end Jeremy Shockey, New York Giants Coach Tom Coug ......

Thursday, July 24, 2008
The subjects today are two of everyone's favorites -- Money and Power -- and even in that order. Herd riches -- Marshall University's revenue ......

Thursday, July 24, 2008
HUNTINGTON -- Marshall quarterback Mark Cann hasn't won the starting job over his colleagues and competitors. But he sure is practicing -- and, pe ......

Wednesday, July 23, 2008
HUNTINGTON -- Octavius "Tay" Spann might be the only person who thinks the summer has passed too slowly.The Marshall basketball forward suff ......

Wednesday, July 23, 2008
HUNTINGTON -- Chris Lutz, Brandon Powell and Octavius Spann left winning programs to help Marshall become one.After sitting out the 2007-08 season bec ......

Tuesday, July 22, 2008
HUNTINGTON -- Summer vacation wasn't an option for Marshall football players this year. At least not for the ones who want to get bigger, better, ......

Tuesday, July 22, 2008
HUNTINGTON -- Incoming recruit Landis Provancha can't figure out why his name wasn't listed on Marshall's football roster for the upcoming ......

Monday, July 21, 2008
Marshall had only three wins last football season, but one of them could be the catalyst for a breakthrough year this season. In a 10-minute interview ......

Monday, July 21, 2008
HUNTINGTON -- Marshall football player James Paul "J.J." Johnson II has been dismissed from the team after being arrested for the second tim ......

Monday, July 21, 2008
HUNTINGTON -- When actor D.B. Sweeney began working on his labor of love, he wanted it to be authentic.So Sweeney - who co-wrote, produced, directed a ......

Sunday, July 20, 2008
HUNTINGTON -- Marshall football player James Paul "J.J." Johnson II has been arrested for the second time in six weeks, according to ......

Friday, July 18, 2008
HUNTINGTON -- For the second consecutive season, Marshall football player Montel Glasco will miss significant action because of an injury.Thundering H ......

Thursday, July 17, 2008
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Marshall University football fans will be in hostile territory for the Sept. 27 game against West Virginia University, but they ha ......

Thursday, July 17, 2008
Conference USA football coaches must fancy the philosophical prose of Oscar Wilde, the late Irish poet who wrote the following: "One's past i ......

Wednesday, July 16, 2008
HUNTINGTON -- Marshall's up-and-coming baseball program has picked up another member of the 2008 Junior College World Series champions. Grayson Co ......

Tuesday, July 15, 2008
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- New York Giants running back Ahmad Bradshaw still could face a suspension from the NFL after being released from jail for a p ......

Monday, July 14, 2008
HUNTINGTON -- Freshman orientation will begin a month early for Marshall's incoming basketball recruits.Shaquille Johnson, Dagoberto "Dago&qu ......

Monday, July 14, 2008
HUNTINGTON -- Although his academic eligibility is in question, Jamal Wilson's commitment to Marshall's football team isn't."I'm ......

Friday, July 11, 2008
Marshall has received a verbal commitment from men's basketball recruit Dagoberto "Dago" Pena, a Dominican Republic native who starr ......

Friday, July 11, 2008
A Friday collection of fact, fun and folderol:Who did well in the recent NBA Draft? Well, teams aside, how about West Virginia Coach Bob Huggins? The ......

Friday, July 11, 2008
HUNTINGTON -- The 2008-09 Marshall men's basketball schedule hasn't been announced, but the Thundering Herd is stepping up the competitiveness ......

Friday, July 11, 2008
HUNTINGTON -- July is only 11 days old, but it already has been one of the busiest months of the year for Marshall basketball Coach Donnie Jones and h ......

Tuesday, July 8, 2008
HUNTINGTON -- Marshall University's ticket office plans to open ticket sales for the West Virginia football game to the general public on Jul ......

Tuesday, July 8, 2008
HUNTINGTON -- Funeral services will be held Wednesday in Huntington for Dr. Jose Ricard, the longtime team doctor for Marshall University who fle ......

Tuesday, July 8, 2008
HUNTINGTON -- The parents of slain former Marshall University football player Donte Newsome have established a fund for their son at a Huntington ......

Tuesday, July 8, 2008
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- Almost three years after Marshall officials unveiled their plans for an indoor practice facility, the project remains at a s ......

Monday, July 7, 2008
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Huntington police arrested a Charleston man Sunday afternoon in the shooting death of former Marshall football player D ......

Monday, July 7, 2008
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- What he saw early Saturday morning will remain with Marshall senior Emmanuel Spann forever.A few minutes after saying goodby ......

Thursday, July 3, 2008
MADISON, Wisc. -- Marshall's 2008 football game at Wisconsin on Sept. 6 has been scheduled for a noon (EDT) kickoff, and will be televised by the ......

Wednesday, July 2, 2008
One of West Virginia's most talented high school football players from the Class of 2007 is downsizing. Former Beckley star Micah Carter has trans ......

Monday, June 30, 2008
HUNTINGTON -- Thanks to its newest assistant coach, Marshall University football has some new fans in Europe.Thundering Herd offensive coordinator Joh ......

Friday, June 27, 2008
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Several West Virginia and Marshall players appear on the Football Writers Association of America checklist for 2008, includi ......

Friday, June 27, 2008
HUNTINGTON -- Marshall University football fans have devised another money-making plan in their ongoing effort to help the parents of former Thunderin ......

Thursday, June 26, 2008
HUNTINGTON -- Marshall will receive $475,000 from Big Ten Conference contender Wisconsin to visit Camp Randall Stadium for a college football game thi ......

Thursday, June 26, 2008
Insomnia seems like narcolepsy compared to heartbreak. Johnnie and Kathi Goddard, the parents of former Marshall University football All-America defen ......

Wednesday, June 25, 2008
HUNTINGTON - Marshall's Adam Williams knows he wants to coach basketball some day.And he has devised an interesting way to prepare for his future ......

Tuesday, June 24, 2008
HUNTINGTON -- From his second-floor office, Marshall Coach Mark Snyder can hear the banging and buzzing of hammers pounding and saws cutting. He doesn ......

Monday, June 23, 2008
SMITHFIELD, R.I. -- Bryant University has hired Tim O'Shea as its new men's basketball coach. O'Shea had been the head coach at Ohio Unive ......

Monday, June 23, 2008
John Sutherland undoubtedly is ready for some rest and relaxation.He should be able to get plenty of both after today, when the Big Green Coaches Tour ......

Friday, June 20, 2008
New York Giants running back and former Marshall star Ahmad Bradshaw is serving a jail sentence on a probation violation in southwest Virginia, his le ......

Friday, June 20, 2008
HUNTINGTON -- When his football team takes the field here at Edwards Stadium in the fall semester, Marshall Coach Mark Snyder wants to see a jam-packe ......

Thursday, June 19, 2008
Marshall fans and brothers Carlos and Mark Campbell have established a trust fund to help the parents of former Thundering Herd defensive end Johnatha ......

Thursday, June 19, 2008
HURRICANE -- Although he no longer is a coach, John Sutherland still is a recruiter. The only difference is, he now tries to sell Marshall to sports f ......

Wednesday, June 18, 2008
ATHENS, Ohio - Marshall University's Nate Lape and Victor Gomez each garnered All-Mideast Region accolades as announced by the American Baseball C ......

Tuesday, June 17, 2008
The Marshall University Alumni Association will have "An Afternoon with Coach Waggoner," featuring Thundering Herd baseball Coach Jeff Waggo ......

Tuesday, June 17, 2008
HURRICANE -- The Big Green Coaches Tour will make a stop in Putnam County at Sleepy Hollow Golf Club tonight from 6-8 p.m.Marshall football Coach ......

Sunday, June 15, 2008
Marshall's football family has suffered another tragic loss.Former Thundering Herd defensive end Johnathan Goddard, 27, died early Sunday from inj ......

Friday, June 13, 2008
  HUNTINGTON -- Former Marshall University men's basketball walk-on Bruce Senior Jr. was arrested Thursday night and faces misdemeanor charge ......

Thursday, June 12, 2008
HUNTINGTON -- Although the grapevine might suggest otherwise, Marshall won't play perennial power Duke in men's basketball next season.There i ......

Thursday, June 12, 2008
WHILE he waits for his employer to build a field for his program, Marshall Coach Jeff Waggoner could have faced -- and still might face -- a daunting ......

Monday, June 9, 2008
HUNTINGTON - J.J. Johnson, a Marshall University senior cornerback, was one of four men arrested here on misdemeanor charges early Saturday after a fi ......

Friday, June 6, 2008
EDITOR'S NOTE: Marshall Coach Mark Snyder is looking forward to his fourth season on his alma mater's sideline. In Part 2 of a recent question ......

Friday, June 6, 2008
HUNTINGTON - The Marshall University men's soccer team announced the addition of four more student-athletes for the upcoming 2008 season.The list ......

Friday, June 6, 2008
SKILLMAN, N.J. - The Marshall University women's tennis team ended the 2008 season as the nation's 45th-ranked and No. 4 East Regional squad, ......

Friday, June 6, 2008
MORGANTOWN - West Virginia University sophomore distance runner Marie-Louise Asselin has been named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District II ......

Friday, June 6, 2008
Marshall's football newcomers - high school graduates and junior college transfers - will begin arriving to campus Saturday and Sunday for summer ......

Thursday, June 5, 2008
IN baseball lexicon, Marshall junior pitcher Steve Blevins is going, going gone. And two of his teammates also could be outta here.Blevins, junior cen ......

Thursday, June 5, 2008
EDITOR'S NOTE: Marshall Coach Mark Snyder is preparing for his fourth season in charge of the football program at his alma mater. Snyder recently ......

Wednesday, June 4, 2008
  HUNTINGTON -- The 2008 Big Green Coaches Tour will make its next stop today, when the Logan Country Club will host a golf outing at noon and a ......

Tuesday, June 3, 2008
HUNTINGTON -- Marshall junior shortstop Adam Yeager was named to The College Baseball Foundation's 13th annual National All-Star Lineup first team ......

Friday, May 30, 2008
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Hurricane native Rachel Blankenship will be among three Marshall University competitors Saturday in the NCAA East Regional track ......

Thursday, May 29, 2008
HUNTINGTON -- Marshall University officials know it will be difficult to break the school record for season ticket sales. The mark was set last year, ......

Thursday, May 29, 2008
HUNTINGTON -- Have a hankering for an entree cooked by Huntington Mayor David Felinton? How about a dessert prepared by Marshall University President ......

Thursday, May 29, 2008
HUNTINGTON -- Whew, that was close. Marshall University officials dodged a difficult decision Sunday evening, when the baseball team's improbable ......

Wednesday, May 28, 2008
The Marshall University Quarterback Club of Charleston has scheduled a Beach Social on Saturday at the Marriott Pavilion and its annual golf tournamen ......

Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Eight days after his team lost a player, Marshall Coach Donnie Jones has picked up another to fill the opening on the Thundering Herd men's basket ......

Monday, May 26, 2008
NEW ORLEANS -- Marshall's improbable run through the Conference USA baseball tournament ended Sunday afternoon with a 3-2 loss to Houston in ......

Friday, May 23, 2008
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- University of Memphis junior Antonio Anderson announced Friday that he withdrew his name from the 2008 NBA Draft and is returning to ......

Friday, May 23, 2008
NEW ORLEANS, La. -- Due to heavy rains all day in the New Orleans area, the schedule of games for today at the 2008 Entergy Conference USA Baseba ......

Friday, May 23, 2008
TULSA, Okla. -- Marshall junior Kellie Schmitt's upset bid fell short to No. 12-ranked Megan Moulton-Levy from William and Mary, 6-2, 6-0, Th ......

Thursday, May 22, 2008
HUNTINGTON -- Mark Snyder and Tara Helton casually passed each other as they walked through the Shewey Athletics Building last week when she suddenly ......

Thursday, May 22, 2008
TULSA, Okla. - Marshall University's 28th-ranked doubles team of Kellie Schmitt and Karolina Soor will face top-seeded and No. 7-ranked Amanda Gra ......

Thursday, May 22, 2008
NEW ORLEANS, La. - Former Huntington High star Adam Yeager stole five bases and sixth-seeded Marshall University received a complete-game, eight-strik ......

Thursday, May 22, 2008
NFL superstar Randy Moss once treated us to front-row seats in a fictional place called Rand University. Now sports fans are talking up a storm about ......

Wednesday, May 21, 2008
HUNTINGTON - The injuries Marshall University basketball player Octavius "Tay" Spann suffered in an automobile accident last month will side ......

Tuesday, May 20, 2008
HUNTINGTON -- Matt Walls, a freshman guard on Marshall University's 2007-08 men's basketball team, has decided to withdraw from school fo ......

Monday, May 19, 2008
It was warm on the beach at Destin, Fla., last week, but it's doubtful Conference USA had any formal discussion on getting more than a 12-pack at ......

Friday, May 16, 2008
HOUSTON -- Houston posted five runs in the first inning and allowed only three Marshall hits for a 6-2 victory over the Herd in the opener of MU's ......

Thursday, May 15, 2008
HUNTINGTON - Senior catcher Rachel Folden led two other Marshall softball players when she was selected for the National Fastpitch Coaches Association ......

Wednesday, May 14, 2008
SKILLMAN, N.J. - Marshall University tennis star Kellie Schmitt was named the East Region Player to Watch by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (I ......

Wednesday, May 14, 2008
NEW YORK -- So maybe the "D'' will be a little more pronounced now that Mike D'Antoni is in New York. The renowned director of the &q ......

Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Understand that this isn't a first by any means, but I've found something on which to disagree with Rich Rodriguez -- and it wasn't even i ......

Tuesday, May 13, 2008
IRVING, Texas -- Marshall junior defensive end Albert McClellan is one of five Conference USA defensive standouts named to the 2008 Bronko Nagurs ......

Tuesday, May 13, 2008
HUNTINGTON -- Marshall University women's basketball Coach Royce Chadwick has announced the signing of Angelica "Stick" Harris to a ......

Monday, May 12, 2008
HUNTINGTON -- Off-season excitement is high inside the Marshall men's basketball office.In his first season with the Conference USA team, Coach Do ......

Friday, May 9, 2008
  HOUSTON -- East Carolina used a five-run seventh inning to eliminate the Marshall softball team from the Conference USA Championship in quarter ......

Thursday, May 8, 2008
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Five doubles and two home runs paced Ohio State to an 8-1 victory over Marshall Wednesday night in a non-conference college baseball ......

Tuesday, May 6, 2008
PHOENIX -- The Phoenix Suns granted permission for Coach Mike D'Antoni to talk to other teams, with the Chicago Bulls and the New York Knicks appa ......

Monday, May 5, 2008
Marshall University's Tommy Johnson went 2-for-4, but No. 28 Southern Mississippi received a stellar performance from starter Barry Bowden (6-2), ......

Thursday, May 1, 2008
Wednesday was a good day for the Mountain State's two Division I-A college football programs and their athletic affiliations. NCAA officials grant ......

Thursday, May 1, 2008
Skeletons in the closet always seem to emerge at the most inopportune times. Just ask the presidential candidates and other politicians seeking electi ......

Wednesday, April 30, 2008
IRVING, Texas - Marshall University junior tennis player Kellie Schmitt garnered her second consecutive Conference USA Player of the Year honor and Al ......

Wednesday, April 30, 2008
ATHENS, Ohio - Marshall University's Victor Gomez blasted his ninth home run this season and extended his hitting streak to nine games in a 10-3 w ......

Wednesday, April 30, 2008
The state's two major college athletic programs don't often appear to be on the same page, but here's an exception.In the current Division ......

Monday, April 28, 2008
HUNTINGTON -- The original game plan called for two evenly matched football teams -- selected by Marshall University players and coaches in a draft -- ......

Monday, April 28, 2008
HUNTINGTON -- Although one of the candidates has established himself as the frontrunner, the Marshall University quarterback competition isn't don ......

Monday, April 28, 2008
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Marshall's eight-run eighth inning, highlighted by a bases-loaded triple by Adam Yeager and a two-run homer from Nate Lape, lif ......

Monday, April 28, 2008
HUNTINGTON - LaPorte, Ind., native Jessica Dhoore has signed to play volleyball at Marshall.The 5-foot-4 senior attends LaPorte High School and has be ......

Monday, April 28, 2008
HUNTINGTON - Marshall's softball team fell 2-1 to the University of Tulsa in the home and Conference USA season finale Sunday afternoon.The Herd f ......

Monday, April 28, 2008
It didn't take Doug Legursky long to catch on with a National Football League team.Only a couple of hours after the NFL Draft ended Sunday evening ......