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Clemson senior running back C.J. Spiller racked up a career-high and ACC season-best 312 all-purpose yards en route to being named this week’s Atlantic Coast Conference Offensive Back of the Week, announced today. The honor is Spiller’s first Offensive Back of the Week selection, but third overall this season, as he was named Specialist of…
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A four-team tournament in Myrtle Beach, an extended trip to Florida, a home-and-away series with Virginia, 12 games against 2009 NCAA Tournament teams, and home night games for the first time in program history highlight the 2010 James Madison baseball schedule released Tuesday. “It’s one of the toughest schedules we’ve had at JMU,” commented head…
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Dear EarthTalk: Has anyone ever studied the environmental impact of discarded cigarettes? I’m constantly appalled at the number of drivers I see pitching their butts out their car windows? – Ned Jordan, via e-mail It’s true that littered cigarette butts are a public nuisance, and not just for aesthetic reasons. The filters on cigarettes—four fifths…
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Tuesday, Oct. 20 Frank Spaziani – Boston College Opening Statement: We started out the second half of the season, with game number seven, on the right foot. We are very happy to come away with a victory over a very good conference opponent. We did a great job from the coaches all the way down…
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Duke senior quarterback Thaddeus Lewis added his name to several school and conference record books and collected the Walter Camp Foundation National Player of the Week honor to headline a list of Atlantic Coast Conference players of the week announced Monday. Five of the six honorees represent teams that scored 40 or more points in…
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I just returned from the future. I believe I will stay with the present. Yes, I have been to the nanny state. Let’s keep Virginia the way she is. Our first governor was right. Give me liberty, or give me New Jersey. Without responsibility, life is not worth living. The more responsibility the state assumes,…
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The U.S. Senate on Wednesday passed a measure with strong bipartisan support cosponsored by Senator Jim Webb (D-Va.) designed to increase international travel to the United States, including Virginia’s numerous natural and historical sites. The initiative is estimated to produce $4 billion in economic benefits to local economies at no cost to the American taxpayer.
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Wednesday, Aug. 19 – Remarks by President Obama honoring 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup champ Jimmie Johnson – Press briefing by Press Secretary Robert Gibbs
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Monday, Aug. 3, 2009 – Press Briefing with Press Secretary Robert Gibbs – Remarks by President Obama and Kuwait Amir Sheikh Sabah before Oval Office meeting – Remarks by President Obama at George Mason University on the Post-9/11 GI Bill – Statement by the press secretary on the visit of President Mubarak of Egypt to the…
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Friday, July 24 – Senate bill includes proposal to add National D-Day Memorial to Park Service Thursday, July 23 – Perriello backs Pay-As-You-Go bill Wednesday, July 22 – Webb to chair hearing of Foreign Relations Committee Thursday Tuesday, July 21 – Perriello introduces rural-ed advisory initiative Monday, July 20 – Warner urges confirmation of Sotomayor…
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