Basketball

Dwayne Richardson Jr. was shot and killed on Sunday evening, according to Beckley Police. Richardson was a key player for the Woodrow Wilson Flying Eagles boys basketball team. His death happened just a few days before the Flying Eagles play in the West Virginia state high school basketball tournament.

On this West Virginia Morning, 20 percent of people who have been sentenced to life in prison under West Virginia’s three strike law are Black men. But West Virginia’s population is less than 4 percent Black. We explore the disparities.

Basketball hall of famer Jerry West was born on Cabin Creek in Kanawha County on May 28, 1938. He led East Bank High School to a state basketball…

Only a handful of states have no reported coronavirus cases to date, one of which is West Virginia. Gov. Jim Justice held a press conference Thursday to…

A committee of West Virginia lawmakers agreed Monday evening to recommend a bill to the full Senate that would prohibit discrimination based on hair type.…

Basketball star Rod Hundley was born in Charleston on October 26, 1934. He was a sensation at Charleston High School, dazzling opponents with his tricks…

On May 20, 1983, basketball coach and author Clair Bee died at age 87. He was a native of Pennsboro in Ritchie County but grew up in Grafton.He became a…

Coal was king in McDowell County in the 1960s and 70s. At one point, it was one of the richest counties in the country due to coal production. There were…

Dan D’Antoni never got far from his roots, even though basketball took him away from his home in Mullens, West Virginia for nearly 50 years. He continued…

The governing body for high school sports in West Virginia has passed a proposal to expand the number of classes in basketball to four.The Secondary…