WVU Sports Hall of Fame class selected
MORGANTOWN – Seven outstanding contributors to Mountaineer Athletics make up the 36th class of honorees in the West Virginia University Sports Hall of Fame, announced today by Vice President and Director of Athletics Wren Baker. The class of 2026 includes John Beilein (men’s basketball), ...
Old dog new tricks
MORGANTOWN — Jaden Bray is the old man on West Virginia’s campus. He’s been a receiver on the football team for the past two years and was at Oklahoma State three years before that. Bray hadn’t played every year, dealing with injuries, but he still has a lot of experience. “I definitely feel like the older guy out there,” Bray said. Bray has taken the role as leader of the receiver room. WVU has a lot of new and young players, so he has a lot of teaching to do. “How I lead the young guys is just trying to show by example how it's done,” Bray said. “Whenever they ...
Multiple WVU football true freshmen showing starting potential early
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 ...
Former WVU star Stedman Bailey arrested for indecent exposure
Former West Virginia football star Stedman Bailey was arrested by police in Pembroke Pines, Florida, on charges of having sex in a mall. The alleged encounter took place about 12:30 a.m. on Monday, July 27, inside Pembroke Lakes Mall near the arcade bar. Bailey and his partner, Karina Manderson, were arrested on charges of indecent exposure. Bailey played in 39 games over three seasons with the Mountaineers at wide receiver from 2010-12. In 2011, Bailey led the Big East with 1,279 yards and 12 touchdowns. The following year, now in the Big 12, Bailey improved and tallied 1,622 yards ...