
William and Mary football routs Lafayette, 34-7
The William and Mary football team opened the 2015 season with a lopsided 34-7 victory at Lafayette on Saturday evening.

The William and Mary football team opened the 2015 season with a lopsided 34-7 victory at Lafayette on Saturday evening.

James River Writers announced Robin Traywick Williams of Crozier, for The Key to the Quarter Pole, as the first place winner of the JRW and Richmond Magazine 2015 Best Unpublished Novel Contest. Gail Giewont, and Vivian Lawry, both of Richmond, have been selected as finalists for Unguided and Nettie’s Books, respectively.

The Colonial Athletic Association announced its 2015-16 men’s basketball schedule on Monday afternoon, highlighted by nine games televised nationally on the NBC Sports Network. The defending regular season champion William & Mary will have two of the six regular season national broadcasts.

The Washington Nationals were a trendy World Series pick back in spring training, and for good reason. The Nats won 96 games a year ago, and added Max Scherzer to an already-solid rotation.

William and Mary standout linebacker Luke Rhodes recently added another preseason All-America honor to his long list of accolades, as the College Sporting News named him to the organization’s 2015 Preseason Fabulous Fifty FCS All-America Team.

Four William and Mary football standouts garnered preseason all-conference honors at the 2015 Colonial Athletic Association Media Day at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Md., on Tuesday.

Washington Nationals manager Matt Williams meets the media after the Nats lose to the Dodgers 5-0.

Matt Williams talks with the news media after the Washington Nationals fell to the Los Angeles Dodgers, 4-2, on Saturday.

Washington Nationals manager Matt Williams speaks with the media Friday night after the Nats’ game with the Los Angeles Dodgers was suspended due to electrical issues at Nationals Park.

William and Mary senior Luke Rhodes has been selected to the 2015 Butkus Award Watch List. Rhodes is the lone Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) player on the watch list, which honors the nation’s top collegiate linebackers.