
Houston goes deep, gets calls, takes Game 5, 7-1
Max Scherzer was a surprise scratch. Gerrit Cole was back to being his usual dominant self, with some help from home-plate umpire Lance Barksdale.

Max Scherzer was a surprise scratch. Gerrit Cole was back to being his usual dominant self, with some help from home-plate umpire Lance Barksdale.

Virginia Tech faculty have long been engaged in frontline, boundary-breaking research to advance cancer treatments that help people — and animals.

The conventional wisdom is that Houston, having won two straight to even the 2019 World Series at two games apiece, has the edge, with aces Gerrit Cole and Justin Verlander on regular rest ready to close things out.

Falls are a leading cause of workplace fatalities, according to the National Safety Council. And data also shows that employees age 50 and older are sustaining falls with injury at a higher rate than other employee populations.

The EMU soccer men’s bid for an upset over the current ODAC standings’ leader, Hampden-Sydney, came up short Saturday night as they fell by a score of 3-2.

New Dominion Bookshop will host a book talk and signing with author and former White House photographer Lawrence Jackson on Friday, Nov. 8, from 7-8 p.m.

John Smoltz was critical of the move Washington Nationals manager Davey Martinez made to go to Fernando Rodney in the seventh inning in Game 4.


Twenty years ago, a newspaper headline asked the question: “What’s the difference between a politician and a psychopath?”

The Washington Nationals are still up two games to one over the Houston Astros in the 2019 World Series, but after losing Game 3 Friday night, it’s feeling like Game 4 is a must-win for the Nats.