
Alumnus reflects on setting new path at Virginia Tech
A flyer on a bulletin board in the math department office at Paine College caught Franklin McKie’s eye and led him to making history at Virginia Tech.

A flyer on a bulletin board in the math department office at Paine College caught Franklin McKie’s eye and led him to making history at Virginia Tech.

Virginia bounced back from a loss Saturday night to take the series finale from Bucknell on Sunday, 12-3.

EMU’s basketball men led No. 18 Virginia Wesleyan much of the game, but the Marlins made the final run to surge to a 70-61 decision Saturday afternoon in Virginia Beach.

Among the reasons respectable people don’t get into pro rasslin’ is the trope involving the bad guys getting away with cheating because the dumb referee didn’t see whatever it was they were doing.

A tight first half got away from the EMU Runnin Royals in an 80-57 road loss to Washington and Lee Wednesday night.

The EMU Diamond Royals lost on the road at preseason nationally ranked Christopher Newport on Wednesday by a score of 8-0.

Barbara Kelly, the first full-time female member of the athletics staff at the University of Virginia, passed away this week in her hometown of Garner, N.C.

VCU is now automatic-bid-or-bust after falling short in a 66-61 loss to #5 Dayton Tuesday at the Siegel Center.

Boston College already had your attention after the Eagles, down its two best players, knocked off Virginia in Chestnut Hill back in January.

Gov. Ralph Northam today announced more than $1.3 million in state grants to support the implementation of Virginia’s Computer Science Standards of Learning.
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