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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] A 24-yard touchdown pass from Sean Glennon to Eddie Royal broke a 16-16 tie, and an interception return by Xavier Adibi sealed the deal for Virginia Tech as the Hokies defeated Boston College 30-16 to take the ACC championship.
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Matt Ryan at least knows what Virginia Tech did to stop his Boston College offense for 56 minutes the first time the two teams played. “I’m not sure if it’s an advantage or disadvantage. You’ve just got to play with the cards that you’re dealt,” the BC quarterback said of…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] A series of legal snafus that arose during the process of confirmation following the bond referenda in Waynesboro that were on the Nov. 6 ballot could soon be resolved without a new election or a court order. “I think the people made an error in putting in the fire station,…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Al Groh was getting ready for what turned out to be a nailbiter with Connecticut when he saw something on the TV that worried him about another game that his Virginia team had on the schedule. “We had a later game the day that Virginia Tech was playing Duke –…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Two ACC coaches have already gotten the axe this week. Former hot-seat sitter Al Groh got something else. The Virginia coach had a year added to his contract on Tuesday – hours after learning that he had been named the ACC coach of the year. Groh’s contract now runs through…
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We are live at the John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville for tonight’s ACC-Big 10 Challenge game between Virginia and Northwestern. Virginia is 5-1 on the season – and is coming off a 74-60 loss to Seton Hall on Saturday in the final round of the Philly Hoop Group Classic. Northwestern is 1-3 on the…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] I go into any discussion of the book industry presuming that sales are down, down, down, reader interest is even worse, the prospects for improvement are dead in the water. And then I talk to my friend the horror author Matthew Warner, and I start to get depressed. “I’m trying…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Al Groh started the 2007 season on the hot seat. He ended it as the ACC coach of the year. “When a team is fortunate enough to win the Atlantic Coast Conference championship, they get a trophy symbolic of that achievement. We’re not going to get that trophy this year,…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] For three-plus hours that October night, it had seemed that Virginia Tech had played its way back into the national-title picture with a convincing win over then-#2 Boston College. And then … “Boston College has scarred me for life. I don’t celebrate a win until it’s zero-zero-zero reading on the…
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Column by Bob Goodlatte The Internet is one of the most useful inventions of all time. The Internet provides access to a wealth of information and services that enable our children to look up information for school projects, allows us to check the weather for Saturday’s soccer game, and even to order groceries online and…
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