Jerry West left West Virginia decades ago. He never left his home state behind. For years, he quietly gave significant sums of money to his alma mater, West Virginia University. He always spoke ...

West Virginia Director of Athletics Wren Baker announced that Jerry West's No. 44 jersey will be retired in all sports at the university. “Through his generosity, advice, time, and overall ...

Jerry West did it for the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1969 NBA Finals. Both are West Virginia University legends. I met Howley once in Dallas. We talked more about quarter horses than football.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia celebrated the life of NBA great Jerry West, the school's all-time leading scorer, at its sellout game Saturday against No. 2 Iowa State. Video tributes ...

Following Saturday afternoon's overtime loss to Baylor, West Virginia has now lost three of ... State on the day they honored the late great Jerry West, collecting their third win over a top ...

Jerry West could have played more than 14 seasons ... second all-time only to Michael Jordan's 33.4. Fred Schaus, his coach at West Virginia University and later with the Lakers, viewed West ...

It is the one word that immediately comes to mind when one thinks of Jerry West. Was he ever happy? Was he ever satisfied? Did life, outside of the golf course, ever give him a moment's joy?