And it’s getting warmer
An otherwise innocuous press release about single-game tickets for three University of Virginia home football games has my attention right now.
Single-gamers are available for six of the seven UVa. home games this fall – the season finale against Virginia Tech being the exception there, but there are still tickets to the Tech game available in a three-game package that includes the Sept. 5 opener against William & Mary and the Sept. 12 contest against nationally-ranked TCU. Read more
Group thanks members of Congress for vote on climate bill
American Values Network has launched a local pastor thank-you campaign thanking Members of Congress who voted in favor of the House climate bill. The campaign is a continuation of American Value Network’s half a million-dollar media campaign built upon faith and military leaders coming together to highlight the moral and national security implications of climate change. Read more
Why should I care about Phil Hamilton?
Phil Hamilton represents the 93rd House District in the Virginia General Assembly. (He’s also a Facebook friend. Sort of a friend of a friend, but if you were me, and you checked things out to the nth degree, you’d find that out, and wonder why I didn’t say something if I didn’t say something. For the record, we talked once a couple of years ago for a story I was working on, and he was very helpful, but that’s the extent of it.) Read more
Dukes #6 in preseason coaches poll
James Madison University’s football team is ranked sixth in the preseason Football Championship Subdivision Coaches Poll.
The Dukes are coming off a 12-2 record in 2008 and were the nation’s top-ranked team for most of the season and the No. 1 seed for the NCAA playoffs. JMU won last season’s Colonial Athletic Association title with an 8-0 league record. Read more
Five Dukes named to College Sporting News All-America team
Five James Madison University football players have been named to the College Sporting News’ 2009 preseason Football Championship Subdivision All-America team.
Senior cornerback Scotty McGee (Virginia Beach, Va./Ocean Lakes) was named to the first team as a return specialist; junior offensive tackle Theo Sherman (Danville, Va./Chatham) and senior defensive tackle Sam Daniels (Portsmouth, Va./Woodrow Wilson) were named to the second team; and senior offensive guard Dorian Brooks (Richmond, Va./Varina) and senior defensive end Arthur Moats (Portsmouth, Va./Churchland) were named to the third team. Read more
JMU hoops to open at Ohio State
Participation in the season-opening Coaches Vs. Cancer Classic highlights the non-conference portion of James Madison University’s 2009-10 men’s basketball schedule released Tuesday.
The Dukes will play Big Ten Conference member Ohio State in their Coaches Vs. Cancer opener, complete participation in the event with three games in Florida and meet Pacific 10 Conference member Stanford during non-conference play. JMU also during the 2009-10 season will play its traditional 18-game Colonial Athletic Association schedule and participate in the ESPNU BracketBusters series for the fourth consecutive season. Read more
UVa. releases men’s basketball schedule
A 17-game home schedule, featuring eight games against Atlantic Coast Conference opponents and a game against 2009 NIT Champion Penn State in the Big Ten-ACC Challenge, highlights the Virginia men’s basketball team’s 2009-10 schedule released Tuesday (Aug. 25) by the ACC. The 2009-10 season will be Tony Bennett’s first as the Cavaliers’ head coach. Read more
Stop the Presses | Don’t do this to me
My friends on the other side of Main Street are making my life difficult. How they are is in an op-ed in today’s News Virginian that cites a New York Times article and a purported Barack Obama 2008 endorser as raising critical points about the Obama-Democratic push for health-care reform. Read more
Curren campaign considering change at top?
A post on the Erk Curren House campaign Twitter account Monday evening seems to indicate a possible change in the offing at the top of the campaign effort.
“Interviewing new campaign managers, looking to give Lindsay a break and let her do her thing-new Waldorf-like child program at home,” read the tweet from curren4delegate. Read more
Deeds to make stops in Staunton, Waynesboro during Valley swing
Democratic Party gubernatorial nominee Creigh Deeds will make three appearances in the Greater Augusta area later this week during a campaign swing through the Central Shenandoah Valley. Read more
Harbinger talks transportation with Deeds
The Star City Harbinger has posted an interview conducted with Democratic Party gubernatorial nominee Creigh Deeds discussing transportation issues in Virginia – covering questions on mass transit, intermodal transportation, bike culture and more. You can access the video on the SCH site here or click on the link below. Length: 8:03. Read more
The Agenda | Monday, Aug. 24
Maybe I’m the only one thinking this, but I wonder if the idea of aggressively pursuing investigations and possible criminal prosecutions of Bush administration officials for alleged abuses of U.S. and international law with respect to the treatment of purported terrorist suspects might pick up steam in the context over the ongoing public dustups over health-care reform. Read more
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