A friend and fellow UVa. alum e-mailed me during the week to suggest the timing of any news regarding Al Groh. It wouldn’t happen, he said, during the week, to avoid any possible negative pub on Grounds, and with students about to go into exam period, a Friday or weekend news release would make more sense. Then Friday was ruled out because a Friday release gives the columnists plenty of time to write scathing pieces in the Sunday papers. Saturday gets the ixne for the same reason. But Sunday, Bloody Sunday, would be perfect, because of the attention in the sports media on the NFL and the BCS pairings and related topics. And everybody knews that nobody is watching the local news on Sunday evening nor reading the papers on Monday morning. Well, so it’s Sunday, so we’re … waiting.
Chris Graham is the founder and editor of Augusta Free Press. A 1994 alum of the University of Virginia, Chris is the author and co-author of seven books, including Poverty of Imagination, a memoir published in 2019. For his commentaries on news, sports and politics, go to his YouTube page, TikTok, BlueSky, or subscribe to Substack or his Street Knowledge podcast. Email Chris at [email protected].
I’m heading up to Philly on Thursday, taking the train from Charlottesville, media credential secured, my self-imposed exile from covering UVA Basketball on-site over after, what, two weeks.
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