
Stifling VCU D propels Rams to 77-54 win over ODU
A 21-4 first-half run, fueled by suffocating defense and lights-out shooting beyond the arc, pushed VCU to a 77-54 win over ODU Saturday night at the Stuart C. Seigel Center.

A 21-4 first-half run, fueled by suffocating defense and lights-out shooting beyond the arc, pushed VCU to a 77-54 win over ODU Saturday night at the Stuart C. Seigel Center.

The University of Virginia football coach position is now endowed, thanks to a $5 million gift from Cynthia and Heywood Fralin.

Good news for Valley League fans coming out of bad news up in Frederick, Md., which is losing its 31-year affiliation with the Baltimore Orioles farm system, with the consolation prize being a franchise in the new MLB Draft League.

The Virginia men’s basketball team is pausing team-related activities due to COVID-19 issues within its program, per a release from the school late Wednesday.

Pendleton Community Bank and Harrisonburg Downtown Renaissance are inviting families on Saturday from 12:30 – 2:30 p.m., to safely visit Santa in the Downtown Pendleton Bank drive-through so children can let him know what they’d like for Christmas.

Virginia’s ACC/Big Ten Challenge contest against #4 Michigan State on Wednesday at John Paul Jones Arena has been postponed due to COVID-19 issues within the Cavaliers’ progam.

The ACC Football Players of the Week have been recognized following their standout performances in last weekend’s games.

Just five decades ago, Elliott Island on Maryland’s Eastern Shore was a global hotspot for avid birders who wanted to add the diminutive eastern black rail to their life lists.

Augusta Free Press editor Chris Graham provides live updates, commentary and analysis from John Paul Jones Arena as #15 UVA battles Kent State.

The National Park Service this week announced $2,208,110 in grants from the American Battlefield Protection Program to protect 169.03 acres of America’s Civil War battlefields.
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