
Washington Redskins sign Trent Murphy
The Washington Redskins announced today that they have signed 2014 second-round draft pick linebacker Trent Murphy (47th overall).

The Washington Redskins announced today that they have signed 2014 second-round draft pick linebacker Trent Murphy (47th overall).

UVa. offensive lineman Morgan Moses talks with the media about his selection in the third round of the 2014 NFL Draft by the Washington Redskins.

Washington continued its hot streak in the 2014 postseason, getting 22 points from Trevor Ariza and 13 points and nine assists from John Wall to post a 102-96 win at top seed Indiana Monday night in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.

It’s hard at first glance to imagine Washington and Lee University scrubbing its Lexington, Va., campus of Confederate flags and other signs of the Old South, but that’s what a group of law students at Washington and Lee is demanding, with the most controversial request of the self-styled Committee being that the school repudiate one of its namesakes, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, who after the Civil War served as president of the school.

One day after the 2014 WNBA Draft, JMU women’s basketball senior guard Kirby Burkholder (Bridgewater, Va./Turner Ashby) signed a free-agent contract with the Washington Mystics.

A four-run second inning set the tone for an easy 10-0 victory for the top-ranked UVa. baseball team over George Washington Wednesday at Davenport Field in Charlottesville.

Augusta Free Press will be in the press box at Davenport Field in Charlottesville for today’s baseball game between #1 UVa. (24-4) and George Washington (7-17). First pitch is at 5 p.m. AFP editor Chris Graham will provide live score updates, stats, commentary and analysis from the stadium.

The No. 2 UVa. baseball team starts a busy week of five games in six days as it plays Old Dominion Tuesday and George Washington Wednesday in non-conference matchups at Davenport Field. Both games begin at 5 p.m.

The Tuesday (March 3) UVa.-George Washington baseball game has been postponed because of inclement weather. The game has been rescheduled for Wednesday, April 2 at 5 p.m. at Davenport Field.

Jalen Jenkins recorded his second career double-double and Johnny Williams tied his career-high in points, but it was not enough as George Washington earned a point in the Revolutionary Rivalry with a 75-69 victory on Saturday.