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Holly Holm was a massive underdog in her fight against UFC Bantamweight Champ Ronda Rousey, and for good reason. Rousey, 12-0 going into UFC 193, had only been stretched beyond one round once in her MMA career. Nothing against Holm, a world-champion boxer and kickboxer who was undefeated in UFC coming in, but she isn’t Ronda Rousey, who had won her last three title defenses in a combined 64 seconds.
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The Virginia field hockey team (15-5) advanced to the second round of the NCAA Field Hockey Championship with a 4-3 overtime victory over Delaware (16-6) on Saturday (Nov. 14) at University Hall Turf Field in Charlottesville.
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Garrett Peppelman (Harrisburg, Pa.) at 165 pounds and Zach Nye (Enola, Pa.) at 197 pounds grabbed victories in their respective bouts as No. 23 Virginia (3-2) dropped its dual meet at No. 5 Ohio State (1-0) by a score of 34-6 on Friday (Nov. 13).
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The top-ranked Virginia (17-1-2) women’s soccer team jumped out to an early lead Friday night and exploded for five goals in the second half as the Cavaliers defeated Howard (13-8-2) by a score of 7-1 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
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Green PACs emerged as major funders last fall in the run-up to the 2014 congressional elections, and look to play an even larger role in next year’s presidential and other races.
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The lower number of slaves in the Shenandoah Valley before the Civil War has fostered the idea that slavery there was different or more benevolent. Not so, says local historian Nancy Sorrells. In a Sunday program at the Government Center, Sorrells will present the facts on “Slavery and its Aftermath in the Upper Valley.”
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On Nov. 26, the 330-plus members of the University of Virginia Cavalier Marching Band will take part in a tradition that has become almost as iconic as the Thanksgiving turkey in some homes: the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
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Eleven counties, cities and towns across Virginia have received technical assistance grants ranging from $5,000 to $15,000 to map, evaluate and plan for conserving their natural resources.
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Virginia Tech football coach Frank Beamer talks with reporters on Wednesday’s ACC Coaches Teleconference.
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What started as a class project has turned into an opportunity to live out the university motto, Ut Prosim (That I May Serve), for Trey Edmunds of Danville, Virginia, a senior majoring in communications in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences and a running back on the Virginia Tech football team.
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