Hello, Marshall community! My name is Samantha Davis, and I joined The Independent team this week. I can already tell this is going to be fun. I am very excited to provide news and chase down stories, but I thought I would introduce myself first. I will be providing coverage as a sports and ...

The 2023 Basketball Hall of Fame class is special. Not just because its members — Dirk Nowitzki, Tony Parker, Pau Gasol and Dwyane Wade — combine for 10 NBA Championships and 28 All-NBA selections. Not because it features an all-time WNBA great in Becky Hammon and arguably the greatest ...

For the past 19 months, I have accepted the responsibility of being a sports reporter in a community that I truly love, support and have been involved in since my arrival in January 2022. I have gotten a chance to cover some amazingly talented athletes and report on some big-time state events ...

I have always been one of those fans that doesn’t like to reward losing. Once you get to a certain level of play in sports, winning is the name of the game. We cannot pull a Jill Biden and invite the second-place team to the White House. I see now in sports that every organization wants to ...

A week into NBA free agency, Minnesota has been relatively quiet. The Timberwolves were able to bring back Naz Reid on a three-year, $42 million contract — the move that fans of the organization rejoiced after speculation that the team wouldn’t be able to afford him. Still, has Minnesota ...

The Minnesota Timberwolves are a team that’s historically struggled to make the most out of its opportunities in the NBA draft. They drafted Kris Dunn with a top-five pick, who averaged under 4 points per game in his one season with the team. They drafted Derrick Williams at No. 2 overall in ...