Terry McAuliffe Inaugural Committee announces ceremony participants

Chris Graham

The Terry McAuliffe Inaugural Committee announced the participants taking part in the inaugural ceremony of Gov.-Elect Terry McAuliffe. “We’re excited about the impressive and diverse group of individuals who are participating in the inaugural ceremony,” said Executive Director Brynne Craig.

UVA Athletics

UVa. women’s basketball tops Princeton, 69-57

Chris Graham

The Virginia women’s basketball team (7-6) won the team title at the Cavalier Classic Tournament Presented by Holiday Inn University Area, defeating Princeton (8-5) 69-57 Sunday afternoon (Dec. 29) at John Paul Jones Arena. It was the 10th-straight year that the Cavaliers have won the team title in their annual tournament.

UVA Athletics

UVa. men’s basketball travels to Tennessee Monday night

Chris Graham

UVa. (9-3) concludes non-conference play at Tennessee (7-4) on Monday, Dec. 30. Tipoff at Thompson-Boling Arena (21,678) is set for 7 p.m. ET. The Virginia-Tennessee game will be televised on ESPN2 and broadcast on the Virginia Sports Radio Network. Live statistics (GameTracker) are located on VirginiaSports.com, as well as the Virginia Sports app.

Gov.-elect McAuliffe announces two Cabinet appointments

Contributors

Virginia Gov.-elect Terry McAuliffe announced today his nominations of Nancy Rodrigues as Secretary of Administration and Karen Jackson as Secretary of Technology. “Nancy and Karen, like my other Cabinet appointments, are leaders who will put partisan battles aside to do what is best for Virginia’s businesses and economy,” said McAuliffe.

JMU fires football coach Mickey Matthews after 15 seasons, national title

Chris Graham

JMU will not retain head football coach Mickey Matthews after the Dukes failed to make the FCS playoffs for the fourth time in five years. That’s how the school’s athletics department termed the firing in a news release on its website Monday morning, in a move that shocked some in JMU Nation, but seemed to be in the offing to others.