Good morning! This is the Shotgun Throwdown, your daily West Virginia sports roundup. Welcome to The Shotgun/Throwdown. Look who showed up to support Best Virginia last night. Huggs x EerRational pic.twitter.com/WuNdJQJ129— EerRational (@EerRational) July 26, 2023 I don’t really want to comment on any of the issues surrounding Huggs and WVU, but I will say…… read more »
Potential may be the buzz word of Pittsburgh Steelers training camp. Pittsburgh selected an offensive tackle and defensive back with its first two picks in…… read more »
Sidney Crosby and Mike Sullivan paid their public, virtual respects to retiring Boston Bruins captain Patrice Bergeron on Tuesday. It seems like a lifetime ago that a young Mike Sullivan coached an even younger Bergeron in both of their first two seasons in respective roles of NHL head coach and NHL player way back in…… read more »
The Pittsburgh Penguins are looking to turn the page on last season’s disappointments, and while we remain in the dog days of summer (with rumors still swirling on potential trade acquisitions), and regular season hockey is two and a half months away, that doesn’t mean you can’t secure your tickets to some of next season’s…… read more »
When Patrice Bergeron announced his retirement after 19 seasons in the NHL many players and teams across the hockey community took the time to send heartfelt messages to one of their fiercest competitors. Pittsburgh Penguins center Sidney Crosby not only knows what it was like to oppose Bergeron but also play alongside him as the…… read more »
Sidney Crosby wrote a heartfelt letter to his friend Patrice Bergeron after the Bruins star retired from the NHL on Tuesday.… read more »
Best Virginia/Final Fourcast | Photos by Matt Sunday. Design by Kristin Coldsnow Good morning! This is the Shotgun Throwdown, your daily West Virginia sports roundup. Welcome, By-Godders, to The Shotgun/Throwdown. We’re in for some hot ones this week, but hopefully not as hot as McKinney, TX. “Everyone in McKinney is dead” lol pic.twitter.com/yFtsVjqoVN— Bobby Belt…… read more »
With the month of July almost wrapped up and most of the big offseason moves completed, it looks like the Metropolitan Division will remain as competitive as ever. Kyle Dubas, president of hockey operations for the Pittsburgh Penguins, has been working hard to get the team back on track, but has he done enough? Here…… read more »
Good morning! This is the Shotgun Throwdown, your daily West Virginia sports roundup. Welcome, By-Godders, to The Shotgun/Throwdown. The Wicker Mountaineer isn’t real. He can’t hurt you. Nah we need to bring this back. pic.twitter.com/PyE29nbWvL— Jonah⛰️ (@EERSWORLD) July 22, 2023 Before I move on… What was that thing actually made of and — since I’m…… read more »
It has been going on four weeks now since the NHL’s free agency market opened up on July 1st. Most of the big pieces were snatched up quickly, but several key players are still out there waiting to sign with their next teams. Due to the salary cap still remaining relatively flat, as it has…… read more »