
Mistake-prone Washington drops season opener at Houston, 17-6
Washington moved the ball well, but two fumbles, a blocked punt and a blocked PAT spelled doom and gloom as the Houston Texans won the season opener, 17-6, on Sunday.

Washington moved the ball well, but two fumbles, a blocked punt and a blocked PAT spelled doom and gloom as the Houston Texans won the season opener, 17-6, on Sunday.

Morgan Hill’s (Martinsville, Va./Carlisle) penalty kick with 1:49 left in double overtime provided the game-winner, as EMU’s soccer women earned their first victory of the year, taking down Hood by a final of 4-3.

More than 108,000 fans at Ohio Stadium turned eerily silent, save for a small section wearing maroon and orange, when a Donovan Riley interception return for a touchdown sealed a 35-21 upset win for Virginia Tech over eighth-ranked Ohio State Saturday night.

Liberty’s defense controlled the pace of play on Saturday at William “Dick” Price Stadium, allowing the Flames to pick up their first win of the 2014 season with a 17-0 shutout victory over Norfolk State.

JMU put together three long second-half scoring drives, and freshman cornerback Jimmy Moreland blocked a potential game-tying field goal in the final minute as the Dukes posted a 31-28 win at Lehigh Saturday.

After an extensive review of more than 200 submissions, James River Writers is proud to announce the winner and two runners-up for a bi-annual poetry contest.

The third-ranked UVA women’s soccer team opened its road schedule Friday with a 3-0 victory over Alabama in front of 1,308 fans at the Alabama Soccer Stadium.

The Myrtle Beach Pelicans shut out the Salem Red Sox in the deciding game of the Southern Division championship series 5-0, to advance to the Mills Cup Championship against Potomac.

Notes for Saturday’s non-conference football game between UVA (0-1) and Richmond (0-1) set for Saturday in Charlottesville, Va.

I first met Bob McDonnell in 2003. I’d not yet heard of him when he was introduced to me at the grand opening of a local Republican election headquarters in Waynesboro that fall.
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