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Duke leads all schools with three student-athletes receiving Atlantic Coast Conference Football Player of the Week honors following Saturday’s 34-20 Coastal Division victory over 20th ranked Georgia Tech.
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Chris Shields, a 6-8, 205-pound swingman from Hedgesville, W.Va., has joined the Longwood men’s basketball roster and will be eligible to play immediately, head coach Jayson Gee announced.
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The University of Virginia announced game times and television designations for eight UVA men’s basketball games for the 2015-16 season as provided by the Atlantic Coast Conference and its broadcast partners.
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Sophomore running back Dalvin Cook leads a group of four Florida State student-athletes earning ACC Football Player of the Week honors, as announced by the conference office on Monday.
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A pair of old combat boots from the Korean War sit on display at the National Museum of American History. The half-century old boots are made of brown leather with a double strap and buckles. The toes are faded, dirt and wear etched into the leather.
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The top-ranked Virginia women’s soccer team hits the road for the first time this weekend as the Cavaliers (3-0-0) will travel to face No. 8 UCLA (2-1-0) at 10 p.m. ET on Friday night.
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The State Fair of Virginia’s concert lineup for 2015 will include bluegrass artists the Steep Canyon Rangers, Virginia favorite Jackass Flats, country artists Chris Janson and Josh Thompson, beach music from The Tams, rock classics from The Little River Band and a rousing finale from the Charlie Daniels Band.
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The annual Summer’s End Festival at Wintergreen Resort in Virginia’s spectacular Blue Ridge Mountains will showcase the region’s best live music, along with 151 breweries and wineries, an Arts & Craft show, great food and a bunch more activities to entertain the entire family throughout the resort over Labor Day Weekend, Sept. 4-7.
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The culmination of what was conceived last January during a conversation between Free Nelson Co-Chair Sharon Ponton and Nelson County activist Matt Dwyer will occur when communities in eight states take part in the Aug. 18 Hands Across Our Land.
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Lynchburg scored early on a solo homer, but it was the only run the Hillcats could muster in a 2-1 loss to the Frederick Keys on Thursday night at Nymeo Field at Harry Grove Stadium. The loss snapped the Hillcats’ streak of six consecutive series victories.
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