Notebook: Ryan Odom on the win at Florida State, plus some Mailbag
UVA Basketball coach Ryan Odom obviously knows a ton more about basketball than I do, but I’m not totally useless.
UVA Basketball coach Ryan Odom obviously knows a ton more about basketball than I do, but I’m not totally useless.
A University of Maryland education professor and author wrote, straight-up, that a person of color with the academic credentials of the new UVA president, Scott Beardsley, “would never get a top presidential appointment.”
Mark Warner isn’t what I’d call an alarmist. I wouldn’t put him in the category of conspiracy theorist. Dude traffics in facts.
Construction funds for a satellite campus of the Virginia Museum of Natural History in Waynesboro is under consideration in the state’s 2026-2028 biennium budget.

Why do you take up space with stories about professional wrestling? Maybe since you don’t have a cartoon section? There’s real wrestling out there – even at UVA!
An adult in Northern Virginia has a confirmed case of measles, according to the Virginia Department of Health.
Thijs de Ridder arrived at Virginia in the summer as a guy that was a borderline second-round NBA Draft pick, told to do a year of college basketball to burnish his credentials for the 2026 draft.
What does it say about a political movement that demands absolute reverence for life in the womb yet shrugs when the government kills, cages, or brutalizes the living?
The Harrisonburg School Board recently reinforced its “unwavering support” for immigrant families in the city.
In a statement, former President Barack Obama called the death of ICU nurse Alex Pretti in Minnesota “a heartbreaking tragedy.”
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