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Kevin Edds was moonlighting for ESPN in 1995 the night a Virginia football team upset #2 Florida State in Charlottesville. The then-recent UVa. alum purchased a tape of the game as a keepsake, but something was … lacking. “There was no setup by a host to set the scene and put this win in perspective,…
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Frank Beamer was named this week as the winner of the inaugural Joseph V. Paterno Coach of the Year Award. Beamer has led the Hokies to 11 straight wins, an ACC title, and a spot in the Orange Bowl versus Stanford. More impressively, he brought his team back from the brink of an 0-2 start,…
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The Virginia baseball team has earned a #17 national ranking in the preseason Collegiate Baseball newspaper poll, as announced Monday (Dec. 20) by the publication. The Collegiate Baseball poll is the first of the major publications’ rankings to come out for the 2011 season. Led by eighth-year head coach Brian O’Connor, Virginia returns 22 letterwinners…
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Gov. Bob McDonnell wants to see the Virginia National Guard adhere to the same rules as the Department of Defense with respect to its treatment of gays and lesbians serving in the nation’s military. McDonnell addressed the issue on his monthly call-in show on WTOP in response to questions that have arisen regarding legislation that…
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Democrats are jumping on a comment made by Gov. Bob McDonnell on “Fox News Sunday” defending Ken Cuccinelli’s effort to challenge the constitutionality of the federal health-care reform signed into law in March. “The fact is a lot of people that don’t have insurance are getting it right now. They’re not denied in the emergency…
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Editor Chris Graham joins WREL’s “Online with Jim Bresnahan” to talk Virginia sports. The segment begins with the up-and-down Virginia men’s basketball team, which won in spite of itself Monday night over a one-win Norfolk State team. Which Cavs are the ones that are for real? The ones with wins on the road over Minnesota…
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Editor Chris Graham joins WREL’s “Online with Jim Bresnahan” to talk Virginia sports. The segment begins with the up-and-down Virginia men’s basketball team, which won in spite of itself Monday night over a one-win Norfolk State team. Which Cavs are the ones that are for real? The ones with wins on the road over Minnesota…
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Assane Sene tipped in a missed free throw with five seconds remaining to play Monday evening, and the Virginia Cavaliers survived a nightmarish effort to beat Norfolk State 50-49 here in John Paul Jones Arena. Virginia (8-3), winning for the fifth straight time, was again without the services of leading scorer and rebounder Mike Scott,…
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The key to playing the JMU women’s basketball team is figuring out how to control senior point guard Dawn Evans. UVa. never seemed to get a handle on how to do that Monday night. Evans scored a Convocation Center record 42 points, with 13 in the final four minutes and a most important three with…
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At its December meeting, the Commonwealth Transportation Board awarded several projects in the Virginia Department of Transportation Staunton District. The VDOT Staunton District serves Frederick, Shenandoah, Clarke, Warren, Page, Rockingham, Augusta, Highland, Rockbridge, Alleghany and Bath counties. In Augusta County a 3.6-mile paving and road rehabilitation project valued at $7,641,953.24 was awarded to Lanford Brothers…
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