Poetic ending?

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Groh goes out in verse Story by Chris Graham Photos by Mark Miller With AFP Audio A reporter’s question on Al Groh’s status at the University of Virginia following the Cavs’ 42-13 loss to in-state rival Virginia Tech prompted the nine-year head football coach to pull out a piece of paper. True to form, the…

Live Blog | UVa.-Virginia Tech

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The day is here, and ACCVirginia.com will be live in Scott Stadium in Charlottesville for the annual in-state rivalry game between the University of Virginia Cavaliers and the Virginia Tech Hokies. Kickoff is set for 3:30 p.m. The game is being broadcast on ABC-TV. Editor Chris Graham will be live in the press box providing…

Vols knock off UVa. women in front of record crowd

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Story by Scott German A combination of two Hall of Fame basketball coaches and free hotdogs and sodas helped the University of Virginia establish a new women’s single-game attendance record of 11,895 here Sunday afternoon in John Paul Jones Arena. Unfortunately most of fans went home disappointed as No. 6 Tennessee Vols (3-0) rode the…

Focus | Cavs grow in 76-55 win over Oral Roberts

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Story by Chris Graham With AFP Audio Virginia and Oral Roberts traded baskets for 10 minutes. Then the Cavs put the clamps down. “I think the adjustments were solid. The guys played a little harder and smarter,” coach Tony Bennett said after UVa.’s 76-55 win over Oral Roberts on Saturday in Charlottesville. It was the…

Live Blog | UVa.-Oral Roberts

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ACCVirginia.com will be live at the John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville for today’s men’s college basketball game between the University of Virginia and Oral Roberts University. Tipoff is scheduled for 2 p.m. Editor Chris Graham will be courtside reporting on the Live Blog with score updates, commentary, analysis and more. Feel free to join…

Focus | Perriello ’10: A safe bet? Hardly

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Story by Chris Graham We’re about a year away from the November 2010 elections, though you wouldn’t know that by watching local TV and seeing the wall-to-wall commercials telling you about what Fifth District Congressman Tom Perriello has been doing up in Washington. First it was the U.S. Chamber of Commerce with an ad in…

Live Blog | UVa.-Rider

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ACCVirginia.com will be live at the John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville for tonight’s college-basketball game between the University of Virginia and Rider. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. Editor Chris Graham will be on press row blogging with live score updates, commentary, analysis and more. Feel free to join in with questions, comments and…

The First Hot Dog Night

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Excerpted from Mad About U: Four Decades of Basketball at University Hall, by Chris Graham and Patrick Hite In an effort to set a new Virginia women’s basketball single-game attendance record, the promotion that helped set the current mark 22 years ago is back on Nov. 22 vs. Tennessee – Hot Dog Night. All Cavalier…

Progressive group leads TV-ad counteroffensive

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Responds to attacks on Perriello, Connolly, on health-care votes Staff Report With YouTube video A television-ad counteroffensive was launched today backing up U.S. Reps. Tom Perriello (D-Fifth) and Gerry Connolly (D-11th,) who voted for the Affordable Health Care for America Act and now find themselves in the crosshairs of the special interests and the target…

Y kicks off Annual Campaign

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Story by Chris Graham The YMCA has made a difference in the life of young Makayla Davis. “Her Sunday-school teacher even mentioned that she just couldn’t believe the difference in her behavior and participation at church. I gave the credit where it was due – to the daily environment here in childcare at the YMCA,”…