
Virginia Tech makes it five in row: Hokies down Syracuse, 71-59
The Virginia Tech men’s basketball team has moved to .500 in the ACC after a big win over Syracuse on Saturday, 71-59 at Cassell Coliseum.

The Virginia Tech men’s basketball team has moved to .500 in the ACC after a big win over Syracuse on Saturday, 71-59 at Cassell Coliseum.

Jayden Gardner had 26 points on 10-of-19 shooting to key Virginia to a 63-53 win over a feisty Georgia Tech squad on Saturday at JPJ.

Georgia Tech cut a 17-point Virginia first-half lead all the way down to two with 5:44 to go, but the Cavaliers got stops on defense down the stretch to cement a 63-53 win over the Yellow Jackets on Saturday.

Virginia supports thousands of farms that supply local businesses and sustain the Commonwealth as a national leader in the agricultural industry.

Virginia (15-9, 8-5 ACC) hosts Georgia Tech (10-13, 3-9) in ACC action on Saturday, Feb. 12. Tipoff at John Paul Jones Arena is set for 4 p.m.

Every February, people all over the globe take to their backyards to participate in one of the world’s largest citizen science projects – the Great Backyard Bird Count.

Central Virginia Blues Society and Barren Ridge Vineyards are co-hosting a Feb. 26 fundraiser and music jam to raise money for the CVBS Blues in the School Program 2022.

A guaranteed game-day loser is anyone who chooses to drive drunk on Super Bowl Sunday. Whether you’re a Rams or Bengals fan, don’t let celebrating the game foul your life.

Virginia General Fund government revenues increased 21.9 percent from the previous January, according to a report released Friday by the Youngkin administration.

The number of people in Virginia hospitals with COVID-19 is below 2,000, less than half the number recorded three weeks ago, as COVID cases are also down dramatically in the Commonwealth.
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