Global fan communities: How sports fans connect online
Sports fandom used to be limited by geography. You supported the team closest to you, talked to neighbors, maybe read the local newspaper.
Sports fandom used to be limited by geography. You supported the team closest to you, talked to neighbors, maybe read the local newspaper.
The guy who barely ran against Tim Kaine for a U.S. Senate seat in Virginia in the 2024 cycle, and lost, Hung Cao, is the latest MAGA to be rewarded for failure, earning himself a temporary post as the acting Secretary of the Navy.
It is hard to exaggerate the dire implications of Donald Trump’s April 7 post on Truth Social, stating that “a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again,” if no deal is reached with Iran.
In 2026, the Augusta County Board of Supervisors is dealing with decisions that directly affect daily life, and there are not easy answers.
We now live in a nation where constitutional rights exist in theory, not in practice.

When something goes wrong in a hospital or clinic, patients often have questions, and sometimes anger, about what happened. But when it comes to medical malpractice, there’s a lot of misinformation out there. Many people assume every medical mistake is a lawsuit, or that these cases are easy to win. Others believe the opposite: that…
The Climate Action Alliance of the Valley is organizing a Climate Action Celebration and Call to Action at the Massanutten Regional Library on Tuesday, Nov. 11.

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I just returned from a reunion at the University of Virginia. Like many alumni, I was looking for the past; what I found was the future.
The University of Mary Washington announces the launch in fall 2025 of The Center for AI and the Liberal Arts.
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