![]() Quiet Blue Jays outfielder Daulton Varsho gets his bat to make some noise to complement his defence.The story behind Lanny McDonald's remarkable season, 40 years on: 'Sixty-six goals. ![]() “It takes courage to confront mistakes head on and I believe our guys learned that from his time with us.” “His message isn’t one of excuses but one of accountability,” Huggins wrote of Brennaman then. Brennaman, a veteran play-by-play man who had also called NFL and national college football games, was immediately suspended and resigned shortly thereafter.Īs some noted after Huggins’s comments went viral, he had shared a tweet in 2020 thanking Brennaman for coming to Morgantown and speaking with the Mountaineers several weeks after the announcer resigned. Huggins’s comments Monday reminded many of a scandal involving former Cincinnati Reds announcer Thom Brennaman, who used the same slur on air during a 2020 game telecast. He was inducted last year into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. The retirement in March of Syracuse’s Jim Boeheim left Huggins with the most wins among active Division I men’s coaches. Including five years at Akron, where Huggins made his Division I coaching debut, he has amassed a total record of 863-389 at college’s highest level. Before that, he coached Cincinnati for 16 seasons, with one year at Kansas State in between the two lengthy stints. “The situation is under review and will be addressed by the University and its athletics department.”Ī native of Morgantown, W.Va., and a former Mountaineers player, Huggins has coached the team for 16 seasons, including a Final Four run in 2010. “West Virginia University does not condone the use of such language and takes such actions very seriously,” it added. West Virginia’s athletics department said in a statement that the coach’s comments were “insensitive, offensive and do not represent our University values.” This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.
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