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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] The Virginia ham in the possession of Gov. Tim Kaine had seemed quite secure. Virginia Tech had been a four-point favorite heading into their Orange Bowl matchup with Kansas, and the sentiment around the football world was the oddsmakers were giving the Jayhawks too much credit. But there’s a reason…
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Best Seat in the House column by Chris Graham [email protected] This picture just about says it all, don’t you think? I remember my former colleague at ACCNation.com, Patrick Hite, writing a story about the Virginia Tech-UVa. rivalry in the wake of the tragic shootings at Virginia Tech on April 16 – and the general sentiment…
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Best Seat in the House column by Chris Graham [email protected] I still hate the bowl system – think it’s dumb, pointless, a horrible way to end the season for the best sport on the planet. That said … I found myself (I hate to admit this) having a good time at the Gator Bowl.
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Join us here for live commentary and analysis during tonight’s Orange Bowl game between #3 Virginia Tech (11-2) and #8 Kansas (11-1). And feel free to join in with your own thoughts on the game – live!
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Story by Scott German Tuesday’s 2008 Konica Minolta Gator Bowl went down as one of the more exciting bowl games of the season, when Texas Tech’s connected on a game-winning field goal with just two seconds left to stun Virginia 31-28. Unfortunately it also went down as one of the least-attended Gator Bowl matchups in…
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Story by Scott German Texas Tech’s high-scoring offense was held in check for three quarters and 10 minutes here New Years Day. However, fortunately for the Red Raiders, the Virginia Cavaliers pulled defeat from the jaws of victory in a monumental collapse as Texas Tech claimed an amazing 31-28 win in the 2008 Konica Minolta…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Agencies that had shied away from applying for funding allocations from the United Way of Greater Augusta because of the charitable organization’s fund-raising blackouts got some good news last month. The local United Way has done away with the restrictions on raising money during the United Way campaign season for…
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Winners and Losers column by Chris Graham [email protected] WINNER: Virginia baseball wins College World Series It has to happen eventually, doesn’t it? Brian O’Connor has a pitching staff capable of shutting down anybody. This year he gets the offense to pick things up when the pitching has issues. ASCENDING: JMU men’s basketball, UR football HOLDING…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] The subject isn’t evolution, and the barristers aren’t William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow. But the upcoming trial of a Staunton adult-video store owner on obscenity charges has some of that Scopes Monkey Trial flavor to it. Doesn’t it? I mean, on the one side, you have the fundamentalists who…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] “Inga.” It was the big to-do back in 1968 when it was released in America. “Filmed entirely in Sweden,” a snapshot on movietime.com relates, “‘Inga’ brims with a European sensuality and eroticism that shocked American audiences upon its release in 1968.” That about sums it up right there, doesn’t it?…
