
UVA football needs a packed house Saturday
If ever there was a time that a football team needed its home-field advantage, it’s this Saturday with UVA getting ready to host Louisville.

If ever there was a time that a football team needed its home-field advantage, it’s this Saturday with UVA getting ready to host Louisville.

Host Jeff Fife and Augusta Free Press editor Chris Graham are talking more football on this week’s UVA Sports Today presented by AFP. Chris gives his grades for the ‘Hoos from the 45-13 win over Richmond on Saturday, and looks ahead to the ACC opener with Louisville this weekend.

Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine released the following statement on Governor Terry McAuliffe’s “A Healthy Virginia” plan and initiatives announced by Attorney General Mark Herring to combat drug abuse in the Commonwealth.

Three members of Virginia Tech’s defensive unit received ACC weekly football honors following their performances in Saturday night’s win at No. 8 Ohio State, which capped an 11-0 weekend for league teams versus nonconference opponents.

UVA football coach Mike London talks with reporters on Monday. The Cavs host Louisville on Saturday in Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Va.

Let me write now as a fan and alum as much as a journalist who has covered UVA football for 20 years. OK, so here goes: as a fan and alum, I want to see Mike London succeed, for lots of reasons.

Attorney General Mark Herring today announced a series of initiatives to combat a recent rise in fatal overdoses of heroin and prescription opiates.

While the national average has remained flat over the last two weeks, consumers this week paid the lowest average gas prices since late February.

Greyson Lambert started for UVA on Saturday, as expected. Matt Johns relieved, as expected. David Watford, the 2013 starter, even got two series, but that was pure mop up duty.

Richmond outgained UVA by more than 100 yards. Two Virginia transfers, Michael Srauss and Michael Rocco, combined to throw for 366 yards against a defense that stifled seventh-ranked UCLA just a week ago.
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