Hope you’re not tired of all this UVa.-Tech talk …

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Winners and Losers column by Chris Graham [email protected] WINNER: Virginia Tech wins in Charlottesville for the first time since before I was born I had no idea it had been that long, incidentally. And I like that Jeff Allen kid. He’s going to be a star. ASCENDING: Virginia Tech DESCENDING: Virginia, obviously LOSER: Everybody is…

One shot, two teams in different directions

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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] One basket, at the buzzer. A one-point margin. Razorthin, that one was. And the two teams left headed in the most opposite of opposite directions. “I think we’re real dangerous. We came in, and everybody called us an underdog, basically. Everybody think we’re just a team on the schedule, but…

Cavs looking up from 0-2 hole

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Column by Scott German Virginia basketball coach Dave Leitao’s postgame press conference following Wednesday night’s gut wrenching 70-69 loss to Virginia Tech lasted just short of five minutes. Leitao was obviously in no mood to discuss, much less answer questions concerning his club’s latest loss.

‘Hoos, Hokies getting ready for hoops battle

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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] 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…

The new WMRA …

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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Some changes are in store at WMRA. WMRA-90.7FM will become the home of a host of NPR-produced news and culture shows that are currently airing on sister station WEMC-91.7FM. “Many listeners have been asking us for NPR’s ‘Fresh Air,’ ‘Talk of the Nation’ and other information programs,” said Tom DuVal,…

Downtown vs. The West End: Is economic development a zero-sum game?

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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] It wasn’t that there was much left downtown, but Phil Lemons knew that whatever traffic there had been before the West End took off with the opening of Wal-Mart in Waynesboro in 2003 was pretty much going, going, gone. “Having experienced it in other towns, whenever a shopping center comes…

The more downtowns change, the more they stay the same

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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Somebody asked Don Morris to sign a petition protesting the pending arrival of Wal-Mart in Waynesboro six years ago. That the longtime Downtown Waynesboro business owner didn’t is an indication of where his thoughts are on economic-development issues. “That to me was a no-brainer. Staunton had a Wal-Mart, Staunton had…