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Those in the know around the ACC give Tony Bennett a break with his 2012-2013 Virginia team. The Cavs are mighty young, they say. They’ll get better as the season goes on and figure out the intricacies of Bennett’s Pack-Line defense.
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Virginia held Fairfield to two points in the final 7:25 to break open a tight game with pesky Fairfield and pull away for a workmanlike 54-45 win in the open of the Preseason NIT on Monday.
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Six noted local authors and dozens of books will be featured at the Magical World of Books for Gifts on Saturday, Nov. 24 from noon until 3 p.m. at the R.R. Smith Center for History and Art. Authors will be reading short selections from their featured books and refreshments will be served. The event is being hosted by the Gallery Shop at the Smith Center and will be held in the History Gallery.
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Small businesses with big entrepreneurial plans sometimes can’t reach their goals due to limited creative manpower. That’s where a special service-learning project at Bridgewater College hopes to make a difference.
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Marine Corp veteran Dave Graf was laid off from his job in 2009, shortly after returning from two tours of duty in Iraq as a helicopter maintainer and gunner. He then decided to use his G.I. Bill benefits and enroll in Blue Ridge Community College where he earned a total of four postsecondary credentials in aviation and automotive maintenance, including two associate’s degrees – all while maintaining a perfect 4.0 grade point average.
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Despite a furious fourth-quarter comeback, the Virginia Military Institute football squad fell in the Military Classic of the South 27-24 to former Southern Conference foe The Citadel.
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A Michael Rocco-to-Jake McGee 9-yard pass with six seconds left completed a fourth-quarter Virginia rally as the Cavs upset Miami 41-40 on Saturday in Charlottesville.
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Junior Bryon Allen drained a 3-pointer with a minute left to break a 57-all deadlock then sank a pair of free throws in the waning seconds, and the George Mason men’s basketball team held on to defeat the University of Virginia, 63-59, in both teams’ season opener before a sold-out Patriot Center crowd Friday night.
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The Virginia women’s basketball team opened the season with a 78-57 victory over James Madison. Sophomore forward Sarah Imovbioh had a double double with 21 points and 10 rebounds in her collegiate debut.
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Veterans serving in war, serving in peace, all have made America safe. “The peacetime veteran serves to deter aggression, a role as important as the combat veteran’s sacrifices in fighting aggression,” said Cadet Lt. Col. Jeeyhung Jung, the battalion commander of the Fishburne Military School Corps of Cadets, at the school’s Founders Day/Veterans Day ceremony on Friday.
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