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A bipartisan group of Virginia leaders will work to get the Obama administration to reverse its move to block drilling off the coast of Virginia until at least 2017. “As a result of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, we learned a number of lessons, most importantly that we need to proceed with caution and focus…
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Seven different Keydet players had at least 16 points, VMI notched the second-most points in school history and the Keydets routed the Central Penn College Knights 151-92 Monday night at Cameron Hall in Lexington, Va. The 151-point output was just five points shy of the largest scoring efforts in program history, a pair of 156-point…
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“The federal government,” says Bill Howell, the speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates, “has long ago usurped the power reserved to the states and the people via our Constitution.” Here we go again. Looks like we’re about to refight the Civil War. Howell is in Washington today to talk up something called the Repeal…
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Editor Chris Graham talks sports on WREL’s “Online with Jim Bresnahan.” The segment begins with a look at this weekend’s ACC Championship Game. Virginia Tech is an early four-point favorite over Florida State. Chris breaks down the matchup and talks about the remarkable midseason turnaround engineered by Hokies coach Frank Beamer. A look at the…
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to review a ruling by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals that allows restrictions on alcohol-related advertising in college publications in Virginia. However, arguments against the restrictions will continue in the lower courts. “We are disappointed that the Supreme Court decided not to hear this important First Amendment…
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Young Cavs rally big in second half A 29-7 second-half run erased a 10-point deficit and propelled Virginia to an 87-79 upset of #13 Minnesota Monday night in the opening game of the ACC-Big 10 Challenge. The hot-shooting ‘Hoos made 10 of their 13 three-point attempts on the game, but even with their marksmanship trailed…
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Senior has career night against UNLV Virginia Tech’s Malcolm Delaney has been named the ACC Player of the Week while Duke’s Kyrie Irving was tabbed the ACC Rookie of the Week following their outstanding performances this past week. In earning ACC Player of the Week for the third time in his career, Delaney averaged 21.0…
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Casey Mitchell had 25 points, Kevin Jones had 22 and the West Virginia Mountaineers broke open a close game over the final seven minutes, en route to an 82-66 win over the VMI Keydets Saturday night in Charleston, W. Va. VMI suffered its first loss of the season and fell to 5-1 while West Virginia…
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Or … my love affair with Danny O’Brien Here it is – my All-ACC football ballot. Let the gnashing of teeth begin.
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FSU final hurdle for Hokies on way back to BCS Virginia Tech went from national-championship contender to pretender in a matter of hours on the rainy afternoon of Sept. 11, 2010, when James Madison shocked the football world with its 20-16 upset of the Hokies in Lane Stadium. What was the second of back-to-back losses…
