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At a lithe 5-foot-7, Richmond-area basketball product Jada Walker is making sure she does not get pushed around in her first season as a pro point guard in central Europe.
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It was a clear, quiet evening on a recent Saturday in Shenandoah County. The cloudless blue sky made Massanutten Mountain clearly visible to the east, with the sound of a few birds the only noise breaking the silence just off Route 11.
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Virginia’s five-member Republican congressional delegation, which could number as few as two or even one a year out, is not happy with Democrats going full Trump on the matter of redistricting.
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The starting and winning pitcher in the first World Series game in 1903 – Deacon Phillippe – was a native of Rural Retreat in Southwest Virginia.
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Justin Verlander, the former Goochland High and ODU star, made his final start of the 2025 season on Sept. 27 for the San Francisco Giants, who had already been eliminated from postseason play. And it was an historic outing – on several counts.
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MAGA provocateur Charlie Kirk was shot and killed during a speaking engagement at an outdoor event on the campus of Utah Valley University, in the heart of deep-red, proto-MAGA Utah, on Wednesday.
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Turner Ashby High School opened in 1956 in Dayton – it moved to Bridgewater in 1989 – and the Knights won the first of seven state baseball titles in 1971. That is tied for second in the state, back of the nine won by J.J. Kelly.
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Lane High graduate Mike Cubbage played Major League Baseball for eight seasons, once challenged Rod Carew and Fred Lynn for a batting title and then managed in The Show after his playing career.
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Tommie Martz was roommates in his first year of pro ball in 1960 in the Pittsburgh system with Steve Blass, who would be the winning pitcher in Game 7 as the Pirates beat the Baltimore Orioles in the World Series 11 years later.
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In all, five natives of Staunton made it Major League Baseball as players – and three of them were named Larry.
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