MARTINS FERRY – When members of the Martins Ferry volleyball team woke up Monday morning, they found out that they were ranked No. 2 in the first Ohio Volleyball Coaches Association poll of 2026. Later that night, the Purple Riders (11-0) played like it in a clean sweep of youthful Union ...
With college football in full swing, proponents of the Protect College Sports Act have launched an all-out blitz to push the legislation through the Senate before the chamber breaks in the coming weeks. The bill aims to put guardrails around escalating spending in college sports as the ...
MORGANTOWN -- The frizzed-out hairstyle, the black-rimmed glasses and the goatee sported by WVU quarterback Michael Hawkins Jr. makes him an almost identical twin of the late great Shock G, a 1990s rapper with Digital Underground, who was better known as Humpty Hump. Maybe that’s somewhat fitting, because Shock G was never known back in the day as someone who lacked a whole lot of confidence. “I'm steppin tall, y'all,” he sang. “And just like humpty dumpty, ya gonna fall when the stereos pump me.” It is more of a calm and collected confidence that Hawkins has wrapped ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mike McCarthy is pretty much over talking about Joey Porter Jr.'s back and his contract situation. Until one or the other is resolved — having both go away seems unlikely in the short term — the Pittsburgh Steelers coach might have to. While McCarthy's debut for his ...
The Big Ten took quite the gut punch in Week 2 with Ohio State blowing a 20-point fourth-quarter lead at Texas and Oregon getting embarrassed at Oklahoma State. The conference that has won the last three national championships lost six of eight matchups against Power Four opponents last week ...
HANNIBAL — Wheeling Central’s volleyball squad took a road victory back up the Ohio River Scenic Byway on Monday, defeating River 25-23, 25-14, 26-28, 25-21. River’s Hallie Hammel led the Pilots with 22 kills and 25 digs, while Mallarie Maddy piled up 24 kills and 18 digs. Gracen Reed had 26 assists for the Pilots; Karly Showalter had 16. Aubrey Fetty led the way for River’s defensive efforts with 31 digs. GOLF Weir edges out Oak Glen and Brooke WEIRTON — The Red Riders hosted the Golden Bears and Bruins on Monday, Weir posting a 162 team score to edge out Oak Glen ...
