Dec 3 2011 - 3:28am
(from MU Alumni Association)
In just his second season as head football coach, Doc Holliday's team is Bowl-eligible! The Thundering Herd finished with a 6-6 record despite a schedule rated as the 12th toughest in the nation. In fact, several publications recently recognized our challenging schedule and listed the Thundering Herd as one of the Nation's Top 10 Overachieving Teams of 2011! Members of the football program, along with the entire Thundering Herd Nation, excitedly await news of our Bowl destination! Read more
Dec 2 2011 - 9:30pm
EVANSVILLE, IND. – Big contributions from Alyse Poindexter and Leandra King in the blocks helped push Marshall women’s basketball to a 72-48 win over Chicago State in the opening game of the Aces Winter Classic.
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Dec 2 2011 - 6:39pm
HUNTINGTON, WV - Marshall linebacker Tyson Gale was one of 12 student-athletes selected to Conference USA’s All-Academic Team, the conference office announced on Friday.
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Dec 2 2011 - 12:32am
HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) - Marshall loses at the buzzer. DeAndre Kane’s jumper fell short as time expired as the Marshall Thundering Herd comeback fell just short, losing to the Ohio Bobcats 70-68 in front of 7,061 fans at the Cam Henderson Center.
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Dec 1 2011 - 6:48pm
HUNTINGTON, WV – Tuesday’s men’s basketball game featuring Marshall at No. 4/3 Syracuse will be broadcast in the tri-state area on WSAZ.
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Dec 1 2011 - 6:47pm
HUNTINGTON, WV – Marshall women’s basketball team travels to Evansville, Ind. this weekend to compete in the Aces Winter Classic. The tournament showcases three other teams including Evansville, Eastern Kentucky, and Chicago State.
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Dec 1 2011 - 6:46pm
HUNTINGTON, WV - Marshall’s Vinny Curry was selected as a finalist for the Ted Hendricks Award by the Ted Hendricks Foundation late Wednesday afternoon. The final vote for the award, which is given annually to the nation’s best defensive end, will be concluded on Tuesday, December 6 and the winner will be announced the following day.
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Nov 30 2011 - 11:29pm
HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) – DeAndre Kane’s jumper fell short as time expired as the Marshall Thundering Herd comeback fell just short, losing to the Ohio Bobcats 70-68 in front of 7,061 fans at the Cam Henderson Center. Read more
Nov 29 2011 - 6:33pm
HUNTINGTON, WV – After a big win at Cincinnati, the Marshall men’s basketball team will face regional-rival Ohio at 7 p.m. on Wednesday at the Cam Henderson Center.
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Nov 28 2011 - 5:41pm
HNN photographer, Chris Spencer, captures the roller coaster, final regular season football contest, as Marshall holds on and defeats East Carolina 34-27 in OT. This means that MU finishes with a C USA record of 5-3, their best since joining the conference. A bowl game is next for the Herd.
Nov 28 2011 - 12:43am
(Text Courtesy Marshall University; Pictures by Chris Spencer)
HUNTINGTON, W.VA. – Marshall women’s basketball earned their second win in a row as the Herd knocked off Nebraska-Omaha 54-48 on Sunday afternoon in the Cam Henderson Center. The Herd improved to 3-2 with the victory, while UNO dropped to 3-3. Read more
Nov 26 2011 - 10:27pm
HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) – Tron Martinez scored on a 1 yard touchdown run in overtime to lift the Marshall Thundering Herd over the East Carolina Pirates 34-27 before 22,456 fans at Joan C. Edwards Stadium. Read more
Nov 25 2011 - 11:30pm
CINCINNATI, Ohio – Four Herd players scored in double-figures as the Marshall men’s basketball team upset Cincinnati 73-69 in overtime Friday at in front of 7,021 fans at Fifth Third Arena.
With its first win over a BCS Conference team in a true road game since 1989, the Thundering Herd improved to 5-0 on the season. The Bearcats, a member of the Big East Conference who started the season ranked in the top 25 poll, fell to 3-2.
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Nov 25 2011 - 6:51pm
HUNTINGTON, WV - As the holiday season approaches, Marshall Athletics has unveiled a pair of exciting ticket promotions.
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Nov 24 2011 - 1:44am
HUNTINGTON, WV – Marshall will put its best start to a season since 1999 to the test on Friday when it plays at Cincinnati at 7 p.m.
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Nov 23 2011 - 6:53pm
MOREHEAD, KENTUCKY – Shynisha Johnson combined for 19 points as the Herd recorded their first road win against Morehead State on Wednesday afternoon, beating the Eagles 83-66.
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Nov 23 2011 - 6:49pm
HUNTINGTON, WV – Head coach Royce Chadwick and his staff have announced the addition of Norrisha Victrum to the 2012-13 class of newcomers. Victrum is the third student-athlete to sign a national letter of intent for the Marshall women’s basketball program for the 2012-13 season.
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Nov 22 2011 - 11:14pm
WILMINGTON, N.C. – Senior guard Damier Pitts scored 19 of his game-high 21 points in the second half to lead Marshall to a 69-64 win at UNC-Wilmington Tuesday.
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Nov 22 2011 - 7:16pm
HUNTINGTON, WV – Marshall Women’s Basketball is still looking for their first win on the road as they travel to Morehead State University this Wednesday to take on the Eagles at 2:00 p.m. ET. The game will be the 45th meeting between the two programs in the all-time series.
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Nov 22 2011 - 7:13pm
When 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion Tony Stewart was looking for an apt comparison for his battle with Carl Edwards – which literally came down to the last lap of the final race in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup at Homestead-Miami Speedway – he went to the Bible. “I appreciated that championship battle. It was a David versus Goliath battle to the end,” he said.
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Nov 21 2011 - 6:16pm
HUNTINGTON, WV – Marshall will face its first road test of the season as it plays at UNC-Wilmington on Tuesday at 7 p.m.
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Nov 21 2011 - 9:33am
WAYNE-WV (HNN) Wayne advanced to the semi-final round in the Class AA West Virginia football play-offs with a convincing 38-8 win over Keyser on a cold Friday night at Pioneer Stadium. Read more
Nov 21 2011 - 8:22am
HUNTINGTON-WV (HNN) The Marshall men's basketball team continued winning with an 83-61 win over Northwestern State (LA.) at Cam Henderson Center on Saturday night to go 3-0 before an attendance of 5,578. Read more
Nov 20 2011 - 1:36am
HUNTINGTON, WV – After being down double-digits in the first half, the Marshall Women’s Basketball team fought back to trim the Ohio Bobcat lead to only four with 2:27 left in the game, but Ohio secured the win after earning eight straight points to run out the clock. Read more
Nov 20 2011 - 1:34am
HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) – DeAndre Kane scored a career high 26 points as the Marshall Thundering Herd defeated the Northwestern State Demons 83-61 at the Cam Henderson Center. Read more
Nov 19 2011 - 1:47am
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Marshall scored 13 unanswered points in the fourth quarter to pull out a wild 23-22 win at Memphis on Thursday.
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Nov 18 2011 - 6:31pm
HUNTINGTON, WV – Marshall has a chance to start the season 3-0 for the first time since 2007 as its men’s basketball team hosts Northwestern State on Saturday at 7 p.m.
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Nov 17 2011 - 12:04am
HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) – The Marshall Thundering Herd women’s basketball team fell to the Miami RedHawks 56-49 at the Cam Henderson Center. Read more
Nov 15 2011 - 8:49pm
HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) – The Marshall Thundering Herd got 8 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals, and a block from DeAndre Kane as they defeated the Jacksonville Gamecocks 58-44 at the Cam Henderson Center. Read more
Nov 15 2011 - 7:01pm
HUNTINGTON, WV – Following their impressive 43 point win last time out, the Thundering Herd Women’s Basketball squad will welcome the RedHawks of Miami University to the Cam Henderson Center Wednesday for a 7 p.m. tip. Read more
Nov 15 2011 - 11:20am
HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) – Discussion stopped mid-sentence at the Monday, Nov. 14 Huntington City Council meeting. It was not because At large councilman Steve Williams had previously announced that at 7:45 p.m. , he would interrupt anyone speaking. Read more
Nov 14 2011 - 10:34pm
HUNTINGTON, WV – Marshall Athletics and IMG, America’s home for college sports, will team up once again Thursday to carry Fox Sports Net’s broadcast of the Herd’s 8 p.m. ET (7 p.m. CT) game at Memphis locally on WSAZ-TV.
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Nov 14 2011 - 6:51pm
Seattle (Special to
Huntingtonnews.net)
– Football is the king at 119 colleges and universities throughout the country and a major reason there are so many crises in college sports. At many institutions the football coach is paid a multimillion dollar salary, more than the institution’s president, and is the highest paid employee in many states.
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Nov 14 2011 - 6:05pm
HUNTINGTON, WV – On Tuesday, the first “Tom Herrion Call-In Show” will take place at Gino’s Pub in Huntington at 7:05 p.m.
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Nov 13 2011 - 9:37pm
HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) -
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