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Virginia Tech freshman running back Ryan Williams was among the 10 semifinalists for the Doak Walker Award named today. Williams is one of two freshmen on the semifinalist list and one of three ACC players on the list. He has rushed for 1,109 yards and has 11 total touchdowns this year. He is ninth nationally…
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Boston College junior running back Montel Harris set a school single-game record with 264 rushing yards in a win over NC State and headlines this week’s list of Atlantic Coast Conference players of the week, announced Monday. Harris also picked up Walter Camp National Player of the Week honors. Harris is joined offensively by Virginia…
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Duke senior quarterback Thaddeus Lewis added his name to several school and conference record books and collected the Walter Camp Foundation National Player of the Week honor to headline a list of Atlantic Coast Conference players of the week announced Monday. Five of the six honorees represent teams that scored 40 or more points in…
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The Prince William County Commonwealth’s Attorney has dropped charges brought against four Latino men who were arrested for loitering while merely standing on a public sidewalk near their apartment complex in Manassas. The ACLU of Virginia, which represents the four men, argued that the charges should be dismissed because the ordinance -which makes it illegal…
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Florida State junior guard Rodney Hudson, true-freshman cornerback Greg Reid and Miami sophomore quarterback Jacory Harris headline a list of this week’s Atlantic Coast Conference Players of the Week. Other winners include two-time recipient Ryan Williams of Virginia Tech, Clemson senior defensive end Ricky Sapp, and junior place kicker Richard Jackson.
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The Augusta Free Press will be live at Scott Stadium for today’s UVa.-William & Mary football game. Kickoff is at 6 p.m. The game is not being televised, though it is available on the web on ESPN360. Join the Live Blog for live up-to-the-minute updates and analysis from AFP editor Chris Graham. Updated at halftime with…
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Virginia Tech head football coach Frank Beamer, along with running backs coach Billy Hite, announced Thursday that redshirt freshman Ryan Williams (Manassas, Va.) has earned the starting job at tailback for Saturday’s season opener against Alabama in Atlanta.
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Former Waynesboro economic-development director Meghan Williamson has signed on as the interim executive director of the Staunton Community Creative Fund, a microlending-focused small-business-development nonprofit that launched last year. Williamson stepped down from the economic-development job in Waynesboro in August. The city has yet to name a successor, and isn’t likely to have anybody heading its…
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Column by William Owens Jr. History is rarely reflected upon by Obama or included in his stump speeches unless it is biographical. Why? Obama thinks we need to redistribute wealth, and history has shown it does not work (just ask Eastern Europe). Should Obama cite Marx or any other socialist philosophers he subscribes to, history…
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Column by William Owens Jr. Historic opportunities deserve much praise and much pause. Americans should laud the possibility of the first Black American president, but they should also contemplate the qualities and vision of that prospective president; and more importantly what these would mean for the potential of another Black American president. I ask the…
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