UVA athletes are getting paid: Some people have a problem with that
Some folks are up in arms over college athletes getting paid, which I could understand better if those same folks had a problem with how much coaches are getting paid.
Some folks are up in arms over college athletes getting paid, which I could understand better if those same folks had a problem with how much coaches are getting paid.

Couple of items from the campaign of Jay Jones, the Democratic Party nominee for attorney general – one about a new TV spot, the other about a debate with the sitting AG, Jason Miyares.
I had a nice, informative – I’d like to think, to both sides – back-and-forth with an AFP reader today, on the costs to attend the University of Virginia, and the impact that UVA Athletics does or doesn’t have on that.
Recent Turner Ashby High School graduate Sarah Craun has been named the 2025 Virginia Farm Bureau Federation Outstanding Young Agriculturalist.
Turner Ashby High School opened in 1956 in Dayton – it moved to Bridgewater in 1989 – and the Knights won the first of seven state baseball titles in 1971. That is tied for second in the state, back of the nine won by J.J. Kelly.
The former Waynesboro vice mayor who got himself in trouble for calling Pete Buttigieg “Pete Buttplug” was photographed this week sitting uncomfortably beside the openly gay man running for lieutenant governor on the Republican ticket.
Eleven of the 27 guys named to the preseason 2025 All-ACC Football Team are from Clemson, with zero each from both Virginia and Virginia Tech.
A Roanoke man will serve 12 1/2 years in prison for distributing marijuana and for his involvement in the murder of his drug supplier.
After a July 2025 jobs report revealed less labor participation and an increased unemployment rate, so Trump terminated the head of the BLS.
Thursday was no ordinary day at Bristol Motor Speedway. In fact, the track was buzzing with last-minute activity as the finishing touches were being made in preparation for one of the biggest events held at The Last Great Colosseum: the Speedway Classic.
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