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Staff Report UVa. sports: www.virginiasports.com A pair of games against I-AA opponents sandwich a trip to Southern Cal, and then it’s ACC time for Virginia, which released its 2010 football schedule on Thursday. First-year coach Mike London makes his debut when Virginia kicks off its campaign at home against Richmond on Sept. 4. The…
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Column by Chris Graham [email protected] Big government has no place in local education. Does us no good to be sending dictates down from Washingon and Richmond with all manner of strings attached. No Child Left Behind – bad idea. Standards of Learning – bad idea. Freshman State Del. Dickie Bell’s proposed state mandate that…
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Column by Tom Perriello www.periello.house.gov In this economy, every dollar counts — and so does a tax credit worth up to $5,657. Jan. 29 was designated by the Internal Revenue Service as Earned Income Tax Credit Awareness Day. More than 534,000 Virginia taxpayers took advantage of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and received…
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Edited by Chris Graham Send cancellations to [email protected] The snow isn’t here yet, but people aren’t waiting for the first flakes to fall before changing plans for what was set to be another busy winter weekend in the Shenandoah Valley. Among the cancellations sent to AugustaFreePress.com: – A performance of Dr. Levine and the…
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Story by Chris Graham Video: Mustapha Farrakhan poster dunk Audio: Tony Bennett’s postgame press conference [email protected] Mustapha Farrakhan had been dealing with his struggles of late by hitting the gym. Wednesday night he hit North Carolina State with a poster slam dunk that ignited the John Paul Jones Arena crowd and his Virginia teammates….
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Column by Donald J. Boudreaux Submit guest columns: [email protected] Not long ago my wife, Karol, and I flew from Bucharest to New York City’s JFK airport. We had two hours to connect to our flight to Washington’s Dulles airport. We missed our flight, and herein lies a lesson about today’s raging debate over government’s…
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Staff Report UVa. sports: www.virginiasports.com COACH LONDON: When I got here, there were 13 that were already committed, and it was to the great accomplishments of Anthony Poindexter and Bob Price to keep these commitments alive and made sure those young men stayed committed to the University. We lost one, but I was able…
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Moderated by Chris Graham [email protected] ACCVirginia.com will be live at tonight’s UVa.-North Carolina State ACC basketball game. The game is set for a 7 p.m. tipoff. It is being broadcast on ESPNU. Editor Chris Graham will be courtside at the John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville providing score updates and commentary and analysis on…
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Column by Jim Gordon Submit guest columns: [email protected] Growing up in Columbus, Ohio, a young man who is a big sports enthusiast usually becomes an Ohio State football fan. I was no different and since my dad was a graduate of the OSU Law School, he was able to get tickets to the Buckeye…
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Four-star lineman had been considering UNC, Tennessee Staff Report UVa. sports: www.virginiasports.com It wasn’t a stellar class, but the news that 6-6, 336-pound offensive lineman Morgan Moses had faxed his letter of intent in had to make Mike London’s first signing day as head coach at the University of Virginia. Moses had committed to UVa….
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