On Nov. 14, 1970, an airplane carrying Marshall University football players, coaches and fans crashed. Seventy-five people died, as did a very large part of the heart of Huntington, W.Va. The ...

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- For a moment last week, Huntington was the cinematic center of the universe. The premiere of "We Are Marshall" Dec. 12 spurred the grandest party ever in this Ohio River Valley ...

It’s easy to see why Hollywood loves sports movies. As movie formulas go, the genre’s conventions are as sturdy and reliable as they come. Love and war may be more universal themes, but fewer than one ...

The 1971 Young Thundering Herd won just once more that season after shocking Xavier University in the first home game after the plane crash. In 1984, Marshall finished 6-5, its first winning season in ...