Share
With an ice storm predicted to hit portions of Virginia this Sunday, homeowners should begin preparations now to be ready for the inclement weather. One major concern with an ice storm that may not first come to mind is the impact it will have on a homeowner’s trees. When trees get coated with ice, the extra weight can break branches large and small.
Share
A report Thursday in The Breeze, the student newspaper at JMU, has the school accepting applications from parties interested in the open football coach job through Dec. 11. Inexplicably, James Madison fired a legend, Mickey Matthews, and it did so without having a plan in place for who his replacement would be.
Share
Apologists for embattled UVa. football coach Mike London begin their defense of the Cavs’ awful 2-10 2013 season by pointing out how young the team was this year – with just seven seniors seeing action. The notion advanced along with this defense is that London’s first three recruiting classes, all in or around the Rivals Top 25, will get better with age.
Share
Despite playing a man down for the final 89 minutes, the Virginia men’s soccer team defeated Marquette, 3-1, Sunday afternoon in the NCAA tournament’s round of 16 at Klöckner Stadium. The eighth-seeded Cavaliers (12-5-5) advance to play the winner of the UCLA-Connecticut match next weekend in the NCAA quarterfinals.
Share
You want to see something positive from Virginia’s 16-6 loss to Virginia Tech on Saturday. You want to because moral victories are all you can try to conjure up if you’re on the UVa. side, and your program has just lost its 10th straight to its in-state rival.
Share
Virginia Tech scored on four first-half possessions, and then won a war of attrition in a scoreless second half to take down Virginia, 16-6, on Saturday in Scott Stadium, extending the Hokies’ winning streak in the series to 10 games.
Share
The Virginia women’s soccer team will make its first trip to the NCAA Women’s College Cup in 22 years after a 2-1 quarterfinal victory over Michigan Friday night in front of 1,882 fans at Klöckner Stadium. The top-seeded Cavaliers (24-1) will make their second overall appearance in the sport’s showcase event next week.
Share
The UVa. women’s basketball team (3-4) fell to Kansas State (3-3), 49-46, in the consolation final of the Junkanoo Jam Tournament on Grand Bahama Island. Junior center Sarah Imovbioh (Abuja, Nigeria) had her fourth double-double of the season with 20 points, one shy of matching her career high, and 15 rebounds.
Share
Daily Press columnist David Teel asked Craig Littlepage point blank the question that legions of UVa. fans want answered. What is going on with your football program? The answer was unsettling. “I don’t have an answer right now,” Littlepage told Teel, “but it would be my goal to figure out what that answer might be.”
Share
Remember when Logan Thomas was a sure-fire first-round NFL draft pick? Thomas had a banner year as a sophomore at Virginia Tech, when he threw for 3,013 yards and accounted for 30 touchdowns. Hard as it is to believe, Thomas’ numbers two years later are not that much better than the much-maligned David Watford at UVa.
We have reached 57 percent of what we need to fund critical operations for 2026. If you have been waiting for the right time to support AFP, this is it.