Apr 9 2012 - 6:01pm
HUNTINGTON, WV – Marshall University President Dr. Stephen J. Kopp has extended Athletic Director Mike Hamrick’s contract with the university through June 2017. Kopp said Hamrick’s leadership has set a new standard for athletics at Marshall and that the veteran sports administrator has brought a high level of academic and fiscal accountability to the department since he was hired in 2009. Read more
Apr 9 2012 - 5:59pm
HUNTINGTON, WV -- In its first midweek doubleheader of the season, the Thundering Herd baseball team will face the winless Eagles of Coppin State at Linda K. Epling Stadium in Beckley, W.Va. Tuesday at 12 p.m. Read more
Apr 9 2012 - 5:58pm
HUNTINGTON, WV – Dates have been announced for the Tom Herrion Summer Basketball Camps which will take place during periods of June and July.
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Apr 9 2012 - 4:37pm
(HUNTINGTON,WV) The Marshall University Cheerleaders will be competing for a national title at the National Cheerleading Association Competition at Daytona Beach, Florida this week. On Saturday the Marshall cheerleaders held an open house at the Gullickson Hall Gymnasium to fine tune and work on their competition routine. Friends and relatives came to watch and support the cheerleaders. Read more
Apr 9 2012 - 1:56am
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Marshall University will play its 2012 homecoming football game Saturday, Oct. 6, against Conference USA foe Tulsa at Joan C. Edwards Stadium. Kickoff time has not yet been determined. Read more
Apr 8 2012 - 5:33pm
CHARLESTON, WV -- The Marshall baseball team owned the early lead but succumbed to an 11-2 defeat at the paws of the Memphis Tigers Sunday afternoon at Appalachian Power Park. Read more
Apr 7 2012 - 6:51pm
HATTIESBURG, Miss. – For the second game in a row, Jazmine Valle came through clutch for Marshall softball with a three run triple to propel her squad to 6-2 game one win. Read more
Apr 6 2012 - 5:14pm
HUNTINGTON, WV – Boys and girls ages 7 to 14 will have the chance to compete for the opportunity to advance to the MLB All-Star with the Pitch, Hit & Run competition hosted by Marshall softball. Read more
Apr 5 2012 - 10:51pm
by Ed McCarnes
Thunder loud regularly. Thunder soft frequently. Thunder loud briefly. And thunder none terminally. In retrospect the Marshall men’s basketball season was a series of short term blends of consistently inconsistent. Read more
Apr 5 2012 - 5:14pm
Seattle (Special to Huntingtonnews.net) – In his book, Controlled Violence, Sam Huff writes that in 1969 Billy Kilmer, quarterback of the New Orleans Saints, had a reward of $100 for anyone who could knock him out of a game. Read more
Apr 5 2012 - 5:12pm
HATTIESBURG, Miss. – Looking to improve upon its perfect conference road record, Marshall softball will venture south to battle with the Southern Miss Golden Eagles for three games starting Friday. Read more
Apr 5 2012 - 5:10pm
The great actor Sam Waterston once commented, “I don’t think playing a villain is my greatest talent.” You have to believe David Reutimann knows exactly how that feels. Read more
Apr 4 2012 - 5:39pm
HUNTINGTON, WV -- The Marshall baseball team played four and a half innings against Ohio on Wednesday at the Kennedy Center before entering an hour and thirty-five minute rain delay and ultimately calling the game off altogether. Read more
Apr 3 2012 - 5:35pm
HUNTINGTON, WV –Marshall softball will tangle with an old foe, the Chattanooga Mocs in a single game Wednesday from Jim Frost Stadium starting at 5 p.m. ET. Read more
Apr 2 2012 - 5:16pm
HUNTINGTON, WV – Marshall University will play its 2012 homecoming football game Saturday, Oct. 6, against Conference USA foe Tulsa at Joan C. Edwards Stadium. Read more
Apr 2 2012 - 5:15pm
IRVING, Texas –Senior Alianna Telles was named Conference USA Hitter of the Week after she was one her team’s offensive leader in a sweep of UTEP this past weekend. Read more
Apr 1 2012 - 9:56pm
The Big Green is proud to announce an "Evening with the Pro's", for the 34th Annual Big Green Scholarship Foundation Banquet. The theme of the evening is to honor our former Marshall standouts that are currently active in the National Football League.
These individuals are true "Sons of Marshall" represent our University at the highest level. Scheduled to appear are; Daniel Baldridge, Ahmad Bradshaw, Chris Crocker, Mario Harvey, Byron Leftwich, Doug Legursky, Chris Massey, Albert McClellan, Lee Smith, and C.J. Spillman. The event will be hosted by former Marshall Quarterback and eleven year NFL veteran Chad Pennington. Read more
Apr 1 2012 - 9:54pm
by Ed McCarnes
Coming off a 9-12 campaign in 2010 - 2011 Marshall Women’s Basketball was looking for improvement. Statistics reveal a successful search. But problems, some chronic, continue to impede program progress. Read more
Apr 1 2012 - 5:12pm
EL PASO, Texas – A seven run fifth inning lifted Marshall softball over UTEP and gave head coach Shonda Stanton career win 400 in a 8-0 victory Sunday at Helen of Troy Field. Read more
Mar 31 2012 - 4:51pm
Beckley, WV -- The Marshall baseball team erased a four-run deficit midway through Friday’s game but ultimately lost to Liberty 8-4 at Linda K. Epling Stadium.
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Mar 30 2012 - 6:47pm
HUNTINGTON, WV - Marshall Athletics has released details for Spring Weekend, which will take place on Friday, April 27th and Saturday, April 28th.
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Mar 30 2012 - 6:41pm
HUNTINGTON, WV – Marshall softball will be looking to rebound from losses to UAB last weekend when it makes its longest road trip of the season to battle with UTEP starting Saturday. Read more
Mar 30 2012 - 6:19pm
In typically grand and very public fashion, Bruton Smith has announced plans to perform a spectacular feat of public relations showmanship even the great P.T. Barnum would have been proud of. He is going to put toothpaste back into the tube. Read more
Mar 28 2012 - 5:16pm
HUNTINGTON, WV - The Marshall University women's soccer team unveiled its fall 2012 schedule on Wednesday afternoon, announcing a list of regular season fixtures that will begin on August 17 and end on October 25. Read more
Mar 26 2012 - 5:10pm
Fontana, CA (Special to Huntingtonnews.net) -- Tony Stewart made all the right moves Sunday, March 25 at Auto Club Speedway, and the last one proved decisive in taking the three-time champion to Victory Lane in the rain-shortened Auto Club 400. Read more
Mar 24 2012 - 3:04am
A woman fell Friday morning inside the Central Huntington Parking Garage in the 900 block of Fifth Avenue. Jim's Restaurant is located on the first floor. Fire Department officials indicated that she apparently fell one floor during a brief power outage. The garage has a split level arrangement without any barriers. The Herald Dispatch identified the victim as Patricia King. According to HFD reports, she was unconscious when taken to the hospital, which listed her condition as "critical."
Mar 23 2012 - 7:15pm
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – UAB and its offense were too much for Marshall, as the Blazers took down softball during a doubleheader sweep Friday at Dot Hicks Field. Read more
Mar 22 2012 - 5:08pm
HUNTINGTON, WV -- Conference USA action will start up for the Marshall baseball team on Friday as the Thundering Herd travels to Birmingham for a three-game slate with UAB. Read more
Mar 22 2012 - 5:07pm
HUNTINGTON, WV – Softball will welcome the UAB Blazers, currently in first place of Conference USA, to Dot Hicks Field for a three game series beginning Friday at 1 p.m. Read more
Mar 18 2012 - 11:11pm
Provided by Ed McCarnes
In November the St. Joseph Lady Irish began a safari search for a fourth consecutive Class A girls basketball championship. Four months and three days later they found it. This is how accomplishment overcame adversity to achieve that goal.
Head coach Shannon Lewis knew his team had the potential to achieve that goal. He also knew he had obstacles to overcome. Read more
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