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A Terrell Bell three-pointer tied the game with 4:40 to go and propelled a 17-7 game-ending run that lifted Virginia Tech to a 64-60 upset of top-ranked Duke before a frenzied Saturday-night crowd at Cassell Coliseum. Tech (19-8, 9-5 ACC) had led most of the first half, but Duke (26-3, 12-2 ACC) closed to within…
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The Virginia baseball team clinched a series win over East Carolina with a 4-3 victory Saturday afternoon in front of 3,027 fans at Davenport Field. Tyler Wilson (Sr., Midlothian, Va.) pitched 6.1 innings and struck out 10, while John Hicks (Jr., Sandy Hook, Va.) went 3-for-4 to pace the Cavaliers, who improved to 6-0 on…
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Steele Stanwick scored five goals, including the game-winning goal, to lead the No. 1 Virginia Cavaliers (3-0) to a thrilling 11-10 triumph over the No. 5 Stony Brook Seawolves (0-1) in overtime, Saturday afternoon, inside LaValle Stadium. Stanwick added two assists for a game-high seven points. With 44 seconds left in the first overtime period,…
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Sophomore guard Devon Moore (Columbus, Ohio/Northland) led four James Madison players in double figures and scored 11 of JMU’s final 17 points in a 72-69 win at VCU in the final Colonial Athletic Association men’s basketball game of the regular season on Saturday afternoon at the Siegel Center. JMU improved to 21-10 overall and finished…
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Reggie Jackson scored a game-high 25 points, had five rebounds and four assists to lead Boston College to a 63-44 Atlantic Coast Conference victory over Virginia at John Paul Jones Arena on Saturday (Feb. 26). Corey Raji had 17 points and eight rebounds for the Eagles and Joe Trapani scored 12 points. Mustapha Farrakhan and…
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Behind a masterful performance on the mound and at the plate from Danny Hultzen (Jr., Bethesda, Md.), the Virginia baseball team earned a 10-1 win over East Carolina Friday night at a windy Davenport Field. Virginia (5-0) scored 10 runs in the third and fourth innings to turn the game into a blowout. Hultzen (2-0)…
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Junior John Lenherr went 3-for-4 at the plate and drove in a run but Virginia Commonwealth University suffered a 6-1 setback against Monmouth in game one of a three-game series Friday evening at The Diamond. VCU has dropped three straight after defeating Fordham in its season opener on Feb. 18, while Monmouth picks up a…
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AFP editor Chris Graham talks Virginia news and politics on WREL-1450AM’s “Online with Jim Bresnahan.” The segment begins with a look at the final days of the 2011 Virginia General Assembly session. Will legislators be able to finish their edits to the 2010-2012 state budget by their weekend deadline? That’s the question in Richmond. A…
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A quick news blurb courtesy AAA Mid-Atlantic: Gas prices hurtled overnight, up an average of six cents a gallon from Thursday. The average price of a gallon of regular unleaded in Virginia went from $3.10 on Thursday to $3.16 this morning. A month ago today a gallon of regular unleaded in Virginia cost $3.02. A…
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Heart-attack deaths in Virginia have decreased for the 10th year in a row, and have fallen 45 percent over that 10-year period. “Prevention is a key component to fighting heart disease. Maintaining a healthy diet and physically active lifestyle are among several ways to win the battle against one of our greatest health threats,” said…
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