My All-ACC ballot
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Or … my love affair with Danny O’Brien Here it is – my All-ACC football ballot. Let the gnashing of teeth begin.
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David Reynolds: Thanksgiving 2010
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Tomorrow is truly an American holiday. It is one of the few which remains faithful to its origins. The Pilgrims started something that, hopefully, we will never finish. Thanksgiving 2010 will be like the hundreds of other Thanksgiving’s before. It is always a peaceful day. So, peace is on my “Thank You” list. However, it…
ACC football players of the week
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Virginia Tech sophomore tailback Ryan Williams and NC State junior wide receiver T.J. Graham headline a list of seven players honored as the Atlantic Coast Conference Football Players of the Week announced Monday by the ACC. Williams accounted for two touchdowns as the Hokies topped Miami, 31-17, clinching the Coastal Division title. His 84-yard scoring…
Abolish the Department of Ed?
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I’m still waiting for somebody to tell me why I’m wrong to think that we don’t need a federal Department of Education. Contrarian by nature that I am, I’ll give it the ol’ college try myself. Here’s my case against the Department of Ed in a nutshell: The money that makes its way from Washington…
Armstrong critical of McDonnell ABC math
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House Democratic Leader Ward Armstrong is sounding off on a move by Gov. Bob McDonnell to hire a private consultant to help sell his controversial plan to sell off Virginia’s 332 ABC stores. “At a time when people across the state are looking for leadership on jobs, education, transportation and a host of other issues,…
Hoops roundup: Dukes fall at #3 Kansas State, VMI gets win in opener
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Kansas State scored 21 points off 26 James Madison turnovers and connected on 10 three-pointers en route to a 75-61 season-opening victory in the opening round of the O’Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic on Friday night at sold-out Bramlage Coliseum. KSU, ranked third nationally in both the Associated Press and ESPN/USAToday Coaches Polls, improved to…
City employee to be named honorary mayor
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Staunton City Council will pass a resolution at its meeting Thursday at 7:30 p.m. naming Thomas Johnson Jr. honorary mayor pro tempore and making him the official representative of the City of Staunton during the European concert tour of The French-American Gospel Music Workshop Exchange this Dec. 4-12. Tommy Johnson has been an employee of…
ACC Players of the Week
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North Carolina senior quarterback T.J. Yates headlines a list of six players honored as the Atlantic Coast Conference Football Players of the Week, announced Monday by the ACC. Yates, who claimed his second recognition of the season, threw for a school-record 439 yards and three touchdowns in the Tar Heels’ 37-35 win at then-No. 24…
Warner pushes Valley tourist-sector development
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It can be like trying to herd cats to get localities to cooperate in the Shenandoah Valley on a strategy to promote the tourist sector. For one, what is the Shenandoah Valley? “How do you define the Shenandoah Valley?” U.S. Sen. Mark Warner asked the roughly 30 attendees at a Shenandoah Valley Regional Tourism Roundtable…
