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Virginia finished seventh in the final 2010-11 Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup competition for Division I schools. The final results were announced Friday by the National Association of Directors of Athletics (NACDA). The finish is the second best for the Cavaliers in the 18-year history of the Directors’ Cup program and marks the fourth time the…
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The Virginia Commonwealth University men’s basketball program welcomed two new members to its family on Wednesday with head coach Shaka Smart announcing the additions of Jamion Christian and Michael Morrell to his coaching staff. Christian comes to the Black & Gold sidelines after spending the past three years at William & Mary, while Morrell will…
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The final order came down, and a flurry of hats flew into the air, marking the end of 35 cadet careers at Fishburne Military School in Waynesboro. “It’s been long-awaited,” said Alex Burkard of Stuarts Draft, who began at Fishburne as an eighth-grader, and for whom the graduation ceremony on Saturday was the end of…
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Throughout the month of March, the Virginia Commonwealth University men’s basketball program defeated some of college basketball’s heavyweights. Over a month later, Head Coach Shaka Smart and the Rams haven’t stopped as they landed coveted big man, Jarred Guest (Columbia, S.C.), out of Charis Prep and Richland Northeast High School. “We’re very excited about adding…
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After World War II ended, thousands of GIs were guaranteed a college education by the newly passed GI Bill of Rights; however, many had been blinded in combat and were unable to read the textbooks that they had been given. Anne T. Macdonald, Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic’s founder, had been working at the…
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Richmond football head coach Latrell Scott announced Wednesday the signing of 17 student-athletes, who have submitted their intent to attend the University of Richmond and play for the Spiders next season. The class features one local standout, nine linemen, and 10 from the Commonwealth of Virginia. This marks the first class entirely recruited by Coach…
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Fans attending James Madison’s home men’s basketball game on Wednesday night against William and Mary at 7 p.m. will have the opportunity to be part of a Guinness World Record. JMU’s Athletics Marketing staff plans to host the world’s largest game of basketball knockout. Following the game all fans of any age in attendance will…
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It hasn’t been that long since the word “maverick” triggered the next drink in the drinking game. John McCain, the original GOP maverick, has since made a hard turn to the far right, judging his political survival to be of more import than his political legacy. The maverick is a dying breed in the Republican…
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Some may accuse me of grasping at straws by reflecting on these everyday “labor-saving devices,” but ever stop and think how handy these ubiquitous little suckers are? While starting this treatise, I’m sipping a cold, refreshing iced tea with lemon from a large paper cup through a wonderfully over-sized plastic straw. The straw passes through…
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The Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library Foundation on Tuesday announced that six members have joined its Board of Trustees: Mary Lynn Bayliss of Manakin-Sabot, Virginia; Katherine Grayson Wilkins of Washington, D.C.; R. Steven Nichols of Staunton; Hampden H. Smith III of Lexington; Rita M. Smith of Richmond; and William T. Walker Jr. of Staunton. All began…
