
Kaine TV ads play up bipartisanship
A pair of TV ads from the Tim Kaine Senate campaign put the spotlight on the former Democratic governor’s efforts to reach across the aisle to work with Republicans to break legislative gridlock.

A pair of TV ads from the Tim Kaine Senate campaign put the spotlight on the former Democratic governor’s efforts to reach across the aisle to work with Republicans to break legislative gridlock.

UVa. football coach Mike London talks with the news media about his Cavaliers (2-1, 0-1 ACC) in advance of their game at nationally ranked TCU on Saturday.

Local Republicans have been working on gettting a member of the Republican national ticket for four years. When then-candidate Barack Obama came to Harrisonburg in October 2008, Suzanne Obenshain vowed to bring a Republican to the area for the 2012 election. She made calls to anyone who would listen, and worked with the Republican Party of Virginia. In the spring, local Republicans contacted the Mitt Romney campaign to make sure that someone on the ticket would come to the Valley. The hard work paid off Friday when Republican vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan spoke at the Rockingham County Fairgrounds.

Gov. Bob McDonnell announced today that the Virginia Department of Transportation has received an additional $52 million in federal funds that was originally allocated to other states.

UVa. football coach Mike London talks with the media in advance of the Cavs’ game at Georgia Tech on Saturday.

Michael Rocco’s third fumbled snap in three games pushed UVa. head coach Mike London. “At that point in time, right after the mucked snap, I just wanted him to get on the sideline and look at the game a little bit,” said London, explaining his decision to sit his starting quarterback for two series spanning the end of the third quarter and start of the fourth quarter Saturday at home against Penn State.

The James Madison football team, led by redshirt junior running back Dae’Quan Scott (Staunton, Va./Robert E.Lee) and redshirt-senior quarterback Justin Thorpe (Richmond, Va./Varina), turned in a dominant first-half performance as the Dukes grabbed a commanding 28-0 lead over visiting Alcorn State going into halftime before coasting to a 42-3 win on Saturday night at Bridgeforth Stadium/Zane Showker Field.

The University of Virginia Darden School of Business is proud to announce the winners of the 2012 Tayloe Murphy Resilience Awards Competition.

UVa. football coach Mike London takes questions from the news media ahead of his team’s game with Penn State on Saturday.

James Madison men’s basketball filled out the remainder of its 2012-13 schedule as the Colonial Athletic Association unveiled the 18-game conference slate this week.