
Postgame: UVA basketball coach Tony Bennett on win at Maryland
UVA basketball coach Tony Bennett talks with reporters after the Cavaliers posted a 76-71 win at Maryland.

UVA basketball coach Tony Bennett talks with reporters after the Cavaliers posted a 76-71 win at Maryland.

Reporting from the McDonald’s at the Waynesboro Town Center, because there’s power, and WiFi, with what seems like half the city’s population here.

Talk about a sad seasonal soaking. In the wake of Hurricane Michael, the Northern Neck Farm Museum posted Oct. 14 on Facebook that the wind and rain “have blown down our corn maze and washed away our pumpkin patch.”

Facebook is already the biggest player in the social media space. In the first quarter of its 2018 financial year, Facebook reportedly added 49 million daily users around the world.

UVA football coach Bronco Mendenhall has decided, for some reason, to go all Donald Trump on the media. Which, sorry to say, but I have to be honest: if you’re Trumping the media, I assume you have something to hide.

WCYB TV’s news anchor PJ Johnson earned drag racing bragging rights for regional journalists Wednesday at Bristol Dragway by racing to victory in the Fitzgerald USA NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals Media Challenge.

Charlottesville Parks & Rec will open its two outdoor pools for the 2018 summer season beginning Saturday, May 26th. The Onesty Family Aquatic Center and Washington Park Pool offer residents and visitors a fun and safe way to enjoy aquatic experiences and beat the summer heat.

Chris Graham leads our live coverage of the WWE Greatest Royal Rumble, live from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Check back for regular updates from the action.

A story in The Atlantic proposed that American sports needs more fair-weather fans, opining that those who choose to make spectator sports a pastime would be better served rooting for “great teams and great players” instead of their “sad-sack local franchise.”

My final day of coverage from Bristol Motor Speedway started early Sunday morning. After the alarm went off before 6:00 AM, I got ready to make the one hour and twenty some odd minute ride to Bristol Motor Speedway from Wise, VA, to cover NASCAR’s and Bristol Motor Speedway’s Food City 500.
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