Training Camp Report: UVa.

Chris Graham

The news from Virginia football camp: UVa. is still trying to figure out its running-back situation, and how stud offensive-line recruit Morgan Moses will fit in this fall. “He came here to play, and he will play,” coach Mike London told reporters on a conference call Wednesday morning. It’s T-minus 17 days until the Sept….

JMU ranked 15th in preseason I-AA football poll

The James Madison University football squad is ranked 15th in The Sports Network/Fathead.com Top 25 Preseason Poll, announced on Monday by the news service. The poll is voted on by national media members and Football Championship Subdivision sports information directors. JMU ended its 2009 season with a four-game winning streak that pushed the Dukes’ final…

VaSportsOnline.com: Coverage of JMU Football Media Day

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Matthews: We play for championships A reporter once asked the legendary Bear Bryant, So, Coach, you’re not playing well. Is there any controversy on your team? “And he said, Well, if there’s not, I’m going to cause some,” James Madison University football coach Mickey Matthews continued the story. “You asked me, Have I noticed if…

Challenging nonconference hoops schedule for VCU

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Seven postseason qualifiers and a possible trip to The Mecca of Basketball, Madison Square Garden, highlight the 13-game 2010-11 non-conference schedule for the Virginia Commonwealth University men’s basketball team. “Overall our schedule presents a wide variety of challenging opponents,” head coach Shaka Smart said. “We’ll have the chance to test ourselves in extremely hostile environments…

Building a program, and new culture, at UVa.

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It’s not easy rebuilding a culture. “I make the joke that I’ve spoken to the Boys Club, the Girls Club, the Rotary Club, the Hair Club for Men, I’ve done all those things, from Rhode Island to Florida. But that’s necessary, I think, when there’s change,” said Mike London, the new football coach at the…

And now starring … Virginia football

Chris Graham

Mike London’s initial reaction to the idea pitched to him by University of Virginia executive associate athletics director Jon Oliver about featuring the UVa. football team in a weekly television series was maybe what you’d expect. “At first, I was like, Cameras in practice? I was kind of hesitant,” said London, the first-year coach at…

Reid: 'A great adventure' on the way

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Jim Reid, you could say, discovered Mike London, hiring London as an assistant when Reid was the head man at Richmond, starting London on the track that led him to being named the head coach at the University of Virginia and later hiring Reid as his defensive coordinator. Reid told reporters at Wednesday’s UVa. football…