
Walkoff eliminates Lynchburg from playoffs
The Lynchburg Hillcats led 1-0 and 2-1 before falling 3-2 to the Potomac Nationals on a walk-off RBI-single from Will Piwinica-Worms in the bottom of the ninth.

The Lynchburg Hillcats led 1-0 and 2-1 before falling 3-2 to the Potomac Nationals on a walk-off RBI-single from Will Piwinica-Worms in the bottom of the ninth.

Dave Diles will become Virginia Military Institute’s new Director of Intercollegiate Athletics, Superintendent Gen. J.H. Binford Peay III announced today.

U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs, participated in a Foreign Relations Committee hearing today on the president’s request for authorization of the use of military force in Syria.

Gov. Bob McDonnell today awarded $6 million in School Security Equipment Grants to improve safety and security for students and teachers in 459 Virginia schools and regional education programs.

Virginia football coach Mike London talks with the media before his team’s game with #3 Oregon.

The 20th-ranked Virginia men’s soccer team earned its first win of the 2013 season with a 2-0 triumph over No. 19 St. John’s Monday evening at Klöckner Stadium.

Assad, no doubt, will be emboldened in Syria if the West fails to act in some way, shape or form to his internal aggression, and he won’t be the only one. Ally Russia, with an increasingly aggressive Vladimir Putin pushing the buttons, is calculating the next move in his quest to further strengthen the former superpower. North Korea and China are also watching with great interest to see what the United States does, or as the case may be doesn’t do, in Syria, with their own geopolitical fortunes in mind.

The 1963 March on Washington called upon the best of the American promise, even as Dr. King noted that though the arc of history is long, it bends toward justice.

A legal ruling emerging last week from a storefront courtroom in rural Pottsville, Pennsylvania, could impact tens of millions of baby boomers nationwide caring for their aging and dying parents. This relatively obscure court’s decision could chill good end-of-life medical care and diminish legal options nationwide.

The Richmond Flying Squirrels (70-71) prevented the Harrisburg Senators (76-65) from claiming the division title with a, 7-3, victory at The Diamond on Sunday afternoon. Left-hander Jack Snodgrass was tremendous in the win, twirling eight innings in his final start of the year.
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