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Mountaineers lose first two Big 12 games

Mountaineers lose first two Big 12 games

Alonzo Adams-USA TODAY Sports Good morning! This is the Shotgun Throwdown, your daily West Virginia sports roundup. Welcome, By-Godders, to The Shotgun/Throwdown, WVU’s best place for sports links, information, sophomoric humor, and daily distractions. Big 12 play is always a brutal conference schedule, and West Virginia’s roster full of transfers is learning that very quickly…read more »

Fenway Park transforms for NHL’s 14th annual Winter Classic

Fenway Park, the majors’ oldest active ballpark, was transformed into an outdoor hockey arena for the NHL’s 14th annual Winter Classic on Monday afternoon. With the logos of the two teams — the Boston Bruins and Pittsburgh Penguins — hanging high atop the seats above the park’s fabled 37-foot Green Monster, the league’s annual marquee…read more »

Top Five Games for Mountaineer Athletics in January

Top Five Games for Mountaineer Athletics in January

Ben Queen-USA TODAY Sports Check out this month’s biggest matchups for West Virginia! As we head into 2023, the rifle team is a national contender again at #5 in the country, men’s basketball just jumped to #24, and the gymnastics team is starting the year at #32. Let’s take a look at January’s biggest games…read more »

Foo Fighters Reveal Plans To Continue On Without Taylor Hawkins

Foo Fighters Reveal Plans To Continue On Without Taylor Hawkins

Foo Fighters have revealed plans to continue as a “different band going forward” without late drummer Taylor Hawkins. The Foo Fighters drummer unexpectedly died last March. In September, his bandmates organized two all-star music concerts to pay tribute to Hawkins. “As we say goodbye to the most difficult and tragic year that our band has…read more »