Shocker! Tribe upends UVa., 26-14

Chris Graham

And it wasn’t even that close, folks. AFP editor Chris Graham breaks down the William & Mary win over Virginia in the season opener for both teams with comments from UVa. coach Al Groh and senior co-captain Denzell Burrell on what the loss means for the floundering University of Virginia program. How much longer does…

Beatdown

Chris Graham

Jimmye Laycock was tipping his hand. His Tribe had just recovered a Vic Hall fumble at the Virginia 9. There’s 8:20 left in the third quarter, an eternity in a college-football game. William & Mary is down 14-13. A touchdown and two-point conversion gives them a seven-point lead.

No smoking at Scott Stadium

Chris Graham

A new University of Virginia policy will take effect for the 2009 football season, prohibiting smoking in Scott Stadium. Smoking is prohibited in all UVa facilities, including in all athletics facilities. There is a designated smoking area outside the southwest gate at the stadium, which is required to be 25 feet from the gate. Fans…

And it’s getting warmer

Chris Graham

An otherwise innocuous press release about single-game tickets for three University of Virginia home football games has my attention right now. Single-gamers are available for six of the seven UVa. home games this fall – the season finale against Virginia Tech being the exception there, but there are still tickets to the Tech game available…

JMU hoops to open at Ohio State

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Participation in the season-opening Coaches Vs. Cancer Classic highlights the non-conference portion of James Madison University’s 2009-10 men’s basketball schedule released Tuesday. The Dukes will play Big Ten Conference member Ohio State in their Coaches Vs. Cancer opener, complete participation in the event with three games in Florida and meet Pacific 10 Conference member Stanford…

Ecodriving

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Gov. Timothy M. Kaine participated in discussions on energy and transportation on Sunday in Williamsburg and highlighted the benefits of the EcoDriving program—a comprehensive, nationwide effort to save consumers money at the gas pump, reduce fuel use and cut carbon dioxide emissions. The discussions took place during the annual meeting of the Southern Governors’ Association.

Two ACC hoops games get ‘GameDay’ treatment

Chris Graham

Two ACC games – Duke at Clemson (Jan. 23) and North Carolina at Duke (March 6) – headline ESPN’s 2009-10 weekly “College GameDay Driven by State Farm®” college basketball series and the Saturday Primetime game-of-the-week. The ACC leads all conferences with two “College GameDay” and “Saturday Primetime” dates in men’s basketball. The Big 12, the…

Stimulus monies to help pay for solar panels

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An $80 million grant from the federal stimulus will fund improvements to wastewater-treatment plants across the Commonwealth, including here in the Valley. Augusta County will get $364,964 to go toward the installation of solar panels at wastewater-treatment plant pump stations across the county, according to the office of Gov. Tim Kaine, who on Tuesday accepted…