
Odd timing to announcement about Mike London return to UVA
It was becoming clear that UVA Athletics Director Craig Littlepage was planning to bring football coach Mike London back in 2015. But what about the timing of the announcement?

It was becoming clear that UVA Athletics Director Craig Littlepage was planning to bring football coach Mike London back in 2015. But what about the timing of the announcement?

UVA Athletics Director Craig Littlepage made it official on Wednesday, telling Wahoo Nation that football coach Mike London would be back for 2015, cooling the hot seat talk, for now, anyway.

November 29th, 2003. An important date in UVA football history. The last time the Cavaliers’ tasted victory against in-state rival Virginia Tech. seniors on this year’s squad were about 12 years old.

Virginia Tech is averaging 362.0 yards and 23.3 points per game in 2014, a big fall-off from the Hokies’ most recent double-digit-win season, 2011, when that 11-3 squad averaged 413.0 yards and 27.9 points per game.

President Obama addressed the nation and announced that he will issue executive orders to effectively grant legal status to nearly five million illegal immigrants.

The UVA Board of Visitors adopted a zero-tolerance approach toward sexual assault. The resolution came during a special Board of Visitors meeting called in the wake of a Rolling Stone article that depicts the horrific rape of a student named Jackie at a fraternity party in 2012.

#8 UVA basketball hosts Tennessee State Tuesday night at 7 p.m. at the John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville. Augusta Free Press editor Chris Graham will be courtside at JPJ with live score updates, analysis, commentary and more.

With the announcement by the Atlantic Coast Conference of an 8 p.m. kickoff time for the UVA at Virginia Tech football game on Friday, Nov. 28, UVa’s football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball teams will be competing at the same time.

The firm of O’Melveny & Myers will serve as independent counsel to the UVA Board of Visitors regarding issues of sexual violence at the University of Virginia.

The price at the pump has dropped 86 cents from the 2014 peak of $3.70 (April 28). AAA predicts most U.S. travelers likely will pay the cheapest Thanksgiving gas prices in five years.
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