Landesberg’s first impression: Bennett is ‘great guy’

Chris Graham

The next question at UVa., after, Who is going to be the new basketball coach, was, What is Sylven Landesberg going to think of the guy? No need to worry there. “First impression – right off the bat, I thought he was a great guy,” Landesberg told reporters Wednesday after the press conference in which…

Scott German | Bennett introduced as new UVa. head basketball coach

Scott German

Tony Bennett, the former head basketball coach at Washington State, is the new head coach at the University of Virginia. Bennett was introduced to about three dozen media members and about 150 others, including donors and University officials, Wednesday at the John Paul Jones Arena. Bennett recently completed his third year in Pullman, where he…

Terry-as-a-DINO

Chris Graham

“There has always been a question about whether Terry McAuliffe would really stand behind President Barack Obama if he were elected governor of Virginia. It’s one thing to say you will, but by having a fundraiser with Ed Rogers he’s proven that he won’t,” former Virginia Beach City Councilwoman Louisa Strayhorn said in a statement…

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Chris Graham

– State News: Kaine announces agreement on passenger rail in Lynchburg, Wednesday, 4:15 p.m. – Capitol Hill: Report explores defense-contractor case decline, Wednesday, 4:15 p.m. – Capitol Hill: Perriello proposes earmark reform, Wednesday, 4:15 p.m. – State News: Kaine signs law barring REAL ID compliance, Wednesday, 10 a.m. – Capitol Hill: GSA outlines proposed public-building…

Greg Marrow | Transportation fix

Chris Graham

Recently there has been much discussion, which is gathering momentum, to privatize the 41 rest areas along the 325 miles of I-81 in an effort to save the Virginia Department of Transportation about $12 million. While this may sound appealing in the short term, it will do little, if anything, to solve the much larger…

UVA makes it official: Tony Bennett hired as men’s basketball coach

Chris Graham

It’s official – Tony Bennett is the new men’s basketball coach at the University of Virginia. “Tony Bennett comes to the University of Virginia with a plan to build our program,” said UVa. athletics director Craig Littlepage, whose own future at the University seems to hang in the balance with the much-discussed hire, at $1.7…

Report: Bennett named new hoops coach at UVa.

Chris Graham

Tony Bennett. Not the singer. The basketball coach. At the University of Virginia. The two-week search for a replacement for Dave Leitao is over. A report in the Times-Dispatch Monday afternoon has Virginia hiring Bennett away from Washington State, where the 39-year-old rang up a 68-30 record in three seasons and was named the 2007…

Tom Perriello | Fifth District Report

AFP

I’m pleased to report that last week, Congress took swift, bipartisan, and decisive action to protect taxpayers. After it came to light that insurance companies who had taken billions in bailout funds had paid or intended to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in “retention” bonuses to the very executives who got us into this…