The Biden trump
August 23, 2008 by chrisgraham · 16 Comments
Special Commentary by Chris Graham
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Joe Biden isn’t the breakaway dunk that Hillary Clinton or Mark Warner would have been for Barack Obama, but to continue with the basketball analogy, he’s the back-to-the-basket post player who can rebound and play defense that every team needs to be able to win a championship, or in this case an election.
Which is to say, given a couple of days to think it through, since it became clear to me on Thursday that Biden was the pick, I’m seeing the wisdom of Obama-Biden that I didn’t see initially. Read more
TA rolls in opener, 56-14
August 23, 2008 by chrisgraham · 2 Comments
Story by Chris Graham
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They don’t play football at Turner Ashby to go 5-5. Much less to go 5-5 in back-to-back seasons.
The ‘08 Knights don’t look like a 5-5 team.
Tanner Croy threw for three touchdowns, and Cole Hart and Jamie Fellers each ran for 100-plus as TA rolled to a 56-14 win over Waynesboro Friday night.
But coach Charlie Newman has some items to show his team this week in preparation for a tough road game at Chancellor, notably on defense, which surrendered 191 first-half yards to Waynesboro and let the Little Giants back into the game just before halftime on a 25-yard touchdown run by Stephen Brown and an 18-yard scoring pass from Chet Berry to Clyde Thompson that cut a 28-0 lead to 28-14. Read more
