Changing perspectives on bloodsports focus of book by UVa. professor

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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] It didn’t use to be the case that dogfighting was considered barbaric or anything like it. Indeed, it was a popular sport for Queen Elizabeth I and her circle back in the late 15th and early 16th centuries – and remained a favorite pasttime of British elites well into the…

Tee it up

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Story by Chris Graham Golf can teach life lessons – and the younger you start, the more you can learn. Students in grades K-8 in Charlottesville city schools will be able to find that out for themselves. The city school system is participating in The First Tee National School Program. The Charlottesville-based SNL Financial is…

Waynesboro telecom partnering with Virginia Tech football

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Story by Chris Graham Score one for the underdogs – nTelos Wireless is now the exclusive wireless provider of Virginia Tech football. “We are pleased to partner with nTelos for our upcoming football season – and we are looking forward to the co-promotional opportunities the sponsorship includes, and to endorsing the nTelos brand,” Virginia Tech…

Potts down to last strike: Candidate running out of polls, time

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Story by Chris Graham Independent Russ Potts may have only one chance left to qualify for an Oct. 9 televised gubernatorial-candidate debate. Three organizations – Mason-Dixon, Rasmussen Reports and The Washington Post – have been regularly polling Virginia voters as to their preferences for governor in the 2005 elections. Only one of those three, the…