
UVA enters, leaves Week 2 with quarterback controversy
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.

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.

UVA football coach Mike London talks with reporters after Virginia’s 45-13 win over Richmond on Saturday.

UVA tennis All-American Julia Elbaba (Oyster Bay, N.Y.) was defeated by North Carolina’s Jamie Loeb 7-5, 6-1 in the singles final at the inaugural American Collegiate Invitational at the US Open Saturday (Sept. 6).

UVA’s 2014 NCAA runner-up baseball team will be honored on Tuesday, Sept. 9, by the Washington Nationals prior to the Nats’ game against the Atlanta Braves at 7:05 p.m. at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C.

Augusta Free Press editor Chris Graham talks Virginia politics with host Jim Bresnahan on WREL-1450AM in Lexington, Va. The focus of the discussion is the fallout from the guilty verdicts in the corruption trial of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell.

VDOT will hold a combined design public hearing this month to show plans for two proposed turn lane projects on Route 151 in Nelson County.

The off-ramp that carries Interstate 66 westbound traffic to I-81 southbound will have a brief closure on the night of Wednesday, September 10, 2014.

WriterHouse is proud to present the work of local artist Jeanette Cohen for the month of September.

UVA (0-1) hosts Richmond (1-0) today at 3:30 p.m. at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Va., and Augusta Free Press is there. AFP editor Chris Graham will lead a live blog around the game, beginning with the tailgate and running all the way through the final ticks of the clock in the fourth quarter.
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