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Story by Scott German A combination of two Hall of Fame basketball coaches and free hotdogs and sodas helped the University of Virginia establish a new women’s single-game attendance record of 11,895 here Sunday afternoon in John Paul Jones Arena. Unfortunately most of fans went home disappointed as No. 6 Tennessee Vols (3-0) rode the…
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Unstoppable Force, meet the Moveable Object Column by Chris Graham WILLIAMS SCORES FOUR, BREAKS TECH FRESHMAN RUSHING MARK: Nice stat line for Virginia Tech freshman running back in the Hokies’ 38-10 win over N.C. State on Saturday – 32 carries, 120 yards, four touchdowns. Williams has 16 touchdowns on the season, tying the ACC record…
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Staff Report Redshirt freshman quarterback Justin Thorpe (Richmond, Va./Varina) threw for 259 yards and a career-high three scores and James Madison had five touchdown plays of 31 yards or longer in a 43-12 Colonial Athletic Association football victory over Towson at Bridgeforth Stadium/Zane Showker Field Saturday. Thorpe hit on 14 of 21 passes, and the…
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Story by Chris Graham With AFP Audio Virginia and Oral Roberts traded baskets for 10 minutes. Then the Cavs put the clamps down. “I think the adjustments were solid. The guys played a little harder and smarter,” coach Tony Bennett said after UVa.’s 76-55 win over Oral Roberts on Saturday in Charlottesville. It was the…
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ACCVirginia.com will be live at the John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville for today’s men’s college basketball game between the University of Virginia and Oral Roberts University. Tipoff is scheduled for 2 p.m. Editor Chris Graham will be courtside reporting on the Live Blog with score updates, commentary, analysis and more. Feel free to join…
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Story by Chris Graham With AFP Video A campaign website to rival that of any statewide candidate. A ground operation that pledges to knock on thousands of doors and make as many phone calls. Lorie Smith is ready for May 2010. “I feel so strongly about the message that I carry, and I feel so…
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Story by Chris Graham We’re about a year away from the November 2010 elections, though you wouldn’t know that by watching local TV and seeing the wall-to-wall commercials telling you about what Fifth District Congressman Tom Perriello has been doing up in Washington. First it was the U.S. Chamber of Commerce with an ad in…
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Staff Report The parent organization to Stuart Hall in Staunton has endorsed a plan for long-term sustainability developed by the private school’s Board of Governors in the face of economic challenges faced by the school in the continuing economic downturn. “We recognize that the critical keys to our sustainability are recruitment of new students, retention…
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Column by Mark Obenshain Here’s a sobering statistic: In the last decade, the cost of providing health care to state employees has risen an astonishing 135 percent, and now costs $770 million a year. If that weren’t startling enough, consider this: a further $325 million cost increase is anticipated for the 2010-’12 biennium, and it…
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Story by Chris Graham UVa. senior forward Jamil Tucker told ACCVirginia.com contributor Scott German tonight that he plans to be back with the Virginia basketball team after its trip to Cancun for the final two games of the Cancun Challenge. Tucker was in street clothes for the Cavs’ 79-46 win over Rider Thursday night. The…
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