Cavs rally to knock off Flames

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Tournament MVP Wright ties school record with 10 steals Staff Report UVa. sports: www.virginiasports.com Marriott Cavalier Classic Most Valuable Player Monica Wright (Woodbridge, Va.) scored 19 points and tied a school-record with 10 steals to lead the Virginia women’s basketball team to the tournament title with a 63-54 win over in-state foe Liberty Tuesday night….

Stanford rallies to knock off JMU men

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Wells scores 29 in losing effort for Dukes Staff Report JMU sports: www.jmusports.com Jeremy Green scored all of his 15 points during the second half as Stanford rallied for an 80-76 non-conference men’s basketball victory over turnover-plagued James Madison Tuesday. JMU scored the game’s first nine points and was in front 36-34 at halftime before…

#24 UAB coming to town

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Bennett: ‘A very good test’ Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Alabama-Birmingham comes to the John Paul Jones Arena Wednesday night for a game against Virginia as a newly-minted member of the Associated Press Top 25. At 11-1, and owning wins over Cincinnati (64-47 on Dec. 16) and Butler (67-57 on Dec. 22), the Blazers are…

Creampuffs, my …

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Cut Seth Greenberg some slack on early-season schedule Column by Chris Graham [email protected] I get tired of hearing how if you’re, say, Virginia Tech, you’d better put together a marquee nonconference schedule, because if you don’t, you know, you’re committing some grand sin. Case in point: an article by Roanoke Times Virginia Tech beat writer…

UVa. women open Classic with victory

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‘Hoos to face Liberty in championship game Staff Report UVa. sports: www.virginiasports.com The 20th-ranked Virginia women’s basketball team defeated Samford, 69-60, on the opening day of the Marriott Cavalier Classic at John Paul Jones Arena. UVa senior guard Monica Wright (Woodbridge, Va.) led all scorers with 28 points and added nine rebounds and six steals….

Homecoming

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Brown leads Flames to Marriott Cavalier Classic title game with 18-point effort Staff Report Liberty U. sports: www.libertyflames.com Playing less than 30 miles east of her hometown, Liberty redshirt freshman Devon Brown tallied 18 points against Cornell Monday evening, leading three Lady Flames in double digits as Liberty reached Tuesday night’s Marriott Cavalier Classic title…

McDonnell: Va. ‘eager to get started’ on offshore drilling

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Gov.-elect writes letter to Secretary of Interior to push ’11 lease sale Staff Report McDonnell online: www.bobmcdonnell.com Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell today released a letter that he sent last week to Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar cautioning against any delay in a scheduled 2011 lease sale involving drilling interests off the Virginia coast. The letter…

Focus | Webb, Warner back health-care reform

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Virginia Dems join 60-39 majority to move legislation forward Story by Chris Graham [email protected] U.S. Sens. Jim Webb and Mark Warner joined the 60-39 party-line Democratic majority that voted on Christmas Eve to move health-care reform forward in the Senate. Neither seemed to be jumping-up-and-down happy about it. “I voted today in favor of health…

In Depth | Not so elementary redistricting

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Waynesboro reacts to proposed reconfiguration of city elementary schools Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Westwood Hills to William Perry, then back to Westwood Hills. Two transitions in two years. That’s what Liz Barnes is facing for her son, Josh. “I’m not in the PTO, I’m not as much in the loop as I’d like to…