‘Hoos, Hokies getting ready for hoops battle

Story by Chris Graham sportsdom@ntelos.net It’s not the football game, but … It is still Virginia-Virginia Tech. And at least one of the teams in Wednesday night’s game in Charlottesville will be pumped a little more than usual heading in. “Playing Virginia Tech is always a challenge for us as it would be for both [...]

Posted January 14, 2008  

Del. Cline reports on the first week of ’08 GA session

General Assembly Report column by Del. Ben Cline With the bang of the speaker’s gavel at noon last Wednesday, the 2008 session of the Virginia General Assembly began. It’s fitting that the bang of a gavel sounds a lot like the firing of a starter’s pistol in a track race. In Virginia, the legislative session [...]

Posted January 14, 2008  

An early look at ACC football in ’08

Column by Scott German It’s 2008, and officially the Atlantic Coast Conference is 0-2 in football play, thanks to the Old Dominion’s two ACC entries dropping games earlier this month. (See Gator and Orange Bowl results) The conference known better (OK, totally) for its basketball presence know faces the continued challenge of improving its gridiron [...]

Posted January 14, 2008  

See Anything You Like? The Eyes Have It

Column by Jim Bishop “… to see Thee more clearly, day by day by day by day …” – from the musical, “Godspell” It’s one thing to have a clear vision of what we want to accomplish today, tomorrow and beyond. It’s another to have 20/20 vision – or even better. Link to this post!

Posted January 14, 2008  

Items on ‘Bucket List’ are surprising

Carly at the Movies column by Carl Larsen I started working on my review of “The Bucket List” on the way to the theater. After all, I’d seen the coming attractions several times. Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman play two quirky old geezers, both dying of cancer, who go off on a toot in a [...]

Posted January 14, 2008