College sports are rapidly evolving, and recently, it took another step to the professional level after a judge in California settled on a revenue-sharing agreement between the NCAA and players. Now, athletes are allowed to play directly for schools up to about $20 million a year on top of the ...
High school athletes dream of leading their team to a WPIAL championship. Pete Smith accomplished that goal in not one, but two sports in the same year. The Uniontown graduate was the point guard on the Red Raiders boys basketball team that won WPIAL and PIAA championships in 1962 and also ...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. 鈥� If you are on social media these days 鈥� and who isn't? 鈥� you probably have stumbled across a West Virginia University football post in which there is a picture of Rich Rodriguez wearing a headset on the sidelines, a coaching whistle dangling around his neck and WV ...
Katie Kelly may be one of the most underrated girls basketball players in Fayette County history. The 2000 Albert Gallatin graduate is the only county player to score over 1,600 points in both high school and at the NCAA Division-I level. Kelly rang up 1,687 points as a four-year starter ...
Tara Cochrane Warrington scored over 1,000 points while playing for Geibel Catholic鈥檚 girls basketball team and led the Lady Gators in scoring (13.1 points per game) and rebounding (9.2 rebounds per game) during her senior season. Those numbers don鈥檛 mean as much to her as what her team ...
Marc Vassar was a great natural athlete who had plenty of help from his family tree when it came to honing his skills. 鈥淚 come from a big family. At one time before a few of my cousins passed away I had counted 41 first cousins just on my mom鈥檚 side,鈥� said the 1988 Uniontown ...
