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AFP editor Chris Graham talks sports on WREL-1450AM’s “Online with Jim Bresnahan.” The segment begins with a look at this week’s ACC and Big South baseball tournaments. Can #3 Virginia regain its footing after being swept over the weekend at UNC? Can anybody in the Big South knock off perennial league power Coastal Carolina? We…
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AFP editor Chris Graham talks sports on WREL-1450AM’s “Online with Jim Bresnahan.” The segment begins with a look at this week’s ACC and Big South baseball tournaments. Can #3 Virginia regain its footing after being swept over the weekend at UNC? Can anybody in the Big South knock off perennial league power Coastal Carolina? We…
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Gov. Bob McDonnell, U.S. Sens. Jim Webb and Mark Warner, and Rep. Bob Goodlatte sent a joint letter on May 19th to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder regarding the United States Department of Justice’s antitrust lawsuit challenging George’s Inc.’s acquisition of Tyson Foods Inc.’s poultry processing facilities in Harrisonburg. George’s purchase of the Tyson’s plant…
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The top-ranked Virginia men’s tennis team’s comeback in the NCAA Tournament final fell short as it lost 4-3 to No. 2 USC on Tuesday at the Taube Tennis Center. The Cavaliers fell behind 3-0 before rallying to the tie the match, but the Trojans (27-2) won the final match to win their third consecutive championship…
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Virginia left-handed pitcher/first baseman Danny Hultzen (Jr., Bethesda, Md.) has been named a 2011 Capital One First-Team Academic All-American, as announced Wednesday by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Hultzen was a second-team honoree in 2010. Hultzen is majoring in history and carries a 3.37 grade-point average. He is one of 11 baseball…
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The top-ranked Virginia men’s tennis team advanced to the first NCAA final in program history with a 4-2 semifinal win over No. 4 Ohio State on Monday at the Taube Tennis Center. The Cavaliers (34-0) will meet two-time defending champion Southern California in the final on Tuesday. “I am really proud of the team today,”…
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Seven members of the Virginia baseball team have been named to the 2011 All-Atlantic Coast Conference Team, announced Monday by the league office after voting from the 12 conference coaches. With seven All-ACC honorees, UVa tied a program record which was set in 2010. Virginia nabbed two of the conference’s major awards, as Danny Hultzen…
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Cadence Inc., a Staunton-based manufacturer of cutting and piercing instruments for industrial, medical and life-science applications, will invest $15.9 million to expand its operation in the City of Staunton and create 65 new jobs within three years. Virginia successfully competed against Costa Rica for the project. Gov. Bob McDonnell visited Staunton to announce the news…
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The final order came down, and a flurry of hats flew into the air, marking the end of 35 cadet careers at Fishburne Military School in Waynesboro. “It’s been long-awaited,” said Alex Burkard of Stuarts Draft, who began at Fishburne as an eighth-grader, and for whom the graduation ceremony on Saturday was the end of…
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The No. 1-seeded Virginia baseball team will open play at the 2011 ACC Baseball Championship at 3 p.m. Wednesday when it battles No. 8 seed Wake Forest at Durham Bulls Athletic Park in Durham, N.C. Virginia and Wake Forest will compete in Division A along with No. 4 seed North Carolina and No. 5 seed…
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