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LOSER: ACC basketball Ugh. Outside of Duke, what do we have? Eleven dwarfs. North Carolina and Virginia Tech were supposed to contend for #2, but both are weak 9-4s. Traditional powers Georgia Tech and Wake Forest are 7-5 and 6-8, respectively, with losses to the likes of Kennesaw State, Stetson, Winthrop, UNC-Wilmington and Siena. The…
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Virginia Tech held Mount St. Mary’s to 11 points in the first half and 17 percent shooting for the game en route to an easy 99-34 victory Sunday. Erick Green led five Hokies in double figures with 17 points. Jeff Allen had 14 points and 12 rebounds for Tech (9-4, 0-1 ACC), which shot 69.2…
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Virginia State Police are investigating an aircraft collision that claimed two lives Friday afternoon in Augusta County. Trooper K. Hyden is investigating the incident and is still in the process of confirming the identities of the deceased. At 2:27 p.m. Friday, a single-engine Cessna 172H and a medical transport helicopter made contact in the air…
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It’s time to start worrying. “Now we’re back to square one,” UVa. coach Tony Bennett said of the health issues of senior Mike Scott, whose bad ankle kept him off the court for Virginia’s lackluster 60-47 loss to Iowa State Thursday night. He could also have been talking about his team as a whole. The…
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Virginia Tech got 17 points from Malcolm Delaney and 16 points and 15 rebounds from Jeff Allen as the Hokies overcame a sluggish first half to post a victory over South Carolina-Upstate, 64-53, Thursday night in Blacksburg. A 13-2 run to close out the first half erased a seven-point deficit and sent Tech into the…
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AFP editor Chris Graham joins WREL’s “Online with Jim Bresnahan” to talk Virginia news. The segment begins with a look ahead to the 2011 Virginia General Assembly session. The focus at the outset will be on the proposal of Gov. Bob McDonnell to have the state privatize its ABC stores and on a related topic…
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I have to admit to being surprised to hear Tucker Carlson saying on Fox News that Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick should have been executed for his role in a dogfighting ring that landed the former Virginia Tech star in a federal prison. I was surprised mainly because I didn’t realize that Tucker Carlson was…
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I have to admit to being surprised to hear Tucker Carlson saying on Fox News that Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick should have been executed for his role in a dogfighting ring that landed the former Virginia Tech star in a federal prison. I was surprised mainly because I didn’t realize that Tucker Carlson was…
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Some good news on driving safety today from Gov. Bob McDonnell: Traffic fatalities on Virginia roadways will reach a record low in 2010 for the second straight year. Some bad news on the safety front today from AAA: A new report indicates that 10 percent of drivers have driven while under the influence of alcohol…
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Virginia basketball coach Tony Bennett might have senior co-captains Mike Scott and Will Sherrill both back and at full strength for the Cavs’ home game Thursday night with Iowa State. Sherrill went down with a fibula fracture in the second half of UVa.’s 87-79 upset of Minnesota on Nov. 29. Scott suffered an injured ankle…
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