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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.
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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…
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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,…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] I confess – I’m a weather junkie, no, a weather nerd. I know the lingo like you might know football lingo or politics parlor talk. Embedded thunderstorms – yes. Coastal lows that have the potential to be a Nor’easter. I’m there. I get jazzed up over Alberta Clippers. And can’t…
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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…
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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…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Dad was a standout at Texas Tech – “a stud, pretty much.” His older brother played for the Red Raiders – still knows some of the guys on the team from his years in Lubbock. Heck, his mom was a cheerleader there. The Jobes bleed red and black. But tomorrow,…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] How do you stop a team that scores 42 points a game and racks up 476 yards a game through the air? “It’s going to be a challenge. And I’ve never shied away from a challenge,” Virginia linebacker Clint Sintim said of the challenge that awaits the Cavaliers next week…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] A lawsuit is not a great option when your goal is to get government to reconsider what it’s doing relative to a road project. But the group that filed suit in federal court in Charlottesville on Monday to block further movement toward a massive reconstruction of Interstate 81 in Western…
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The SportsDominion is live at the John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville for tonight’s game between Virginia and Hampton U. Join SportsDominion correspondent Scott German on our live blog tonight for live game updates and commentary and analysis from JPJ.
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