
Richmond basketball blasts Bethune-Cookman, 89-64
Richmond senior Terry Allen tallied a double-double of 23 points and a career-high 13 rebounds to lead Richmond to an 89-64 win over Bethune-Cookman on Saturday night.

Richmond senior Terry Allen tallied a double-double of 23 points and a career-high 13 rebounds to lead Richmond to an 89-64 win over Bethune-Cookman on Saturday night.

The Richmond Spiders put up big points yet again to prevail 91-82 at Wake Forest on Wednesday night. Richmond (2-1) won its fourth game over the Demon Deacons in the last six meetings, and it marked the 17th Spider win over a power-five squad in the last decade.

Four players scored in double figures, led by T.J. Cline’s career-high 27 points, as Richmond defeated Stetson, 108-85, in a home game in the Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational.

After trailing by 10 points entering the fourth quarter, the Lady Monarchs basketball team put together a valiant comeback, but fell by five points, 62-57, to the Richmond Spiders in the 2015-16 regular season opener.

This week, Richmond basketball welcomed National Letters of Intent from three tremendous recruits in G De’Monte Buckingham (6-4, 185), G Nick Sherod (6-4, 185) and C Grant Golden (6-9, 210). With all considered three-star recruits by different outlets, the class currently ranks 67th in the nation, according to CBS Sports.

Richmond is no stranger to things that go bump in the night. Our own Hollywood Cemetery is home to the notorious Richmond Vampire.

NASCAR fans will be able to experience the best of both worlds at RIR in 2016 – a return of day racing on Sunday, April 24 and the 25th anniversary of The Night Race on Saturday, September 10.

Richmond Spiders basketball will have a program-record 28 regular season games broadcast on television this year.

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis are announcing their first national tour in nearly two years playing a series of shows at historic theatres kicking off in January 2016 with a show at Altria Theater in Richmond on Friday, Jan. 22.

A Virginia Commonwealth University professor has been awarded a nearly $1.5 million grant to expand the Richmond region’s capacity to prevent HIV and substance abuse, particularly among young African-Americans.
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