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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] I often wonder when watching games why coaches whose teams are going through a lull don’t call timeouts to make their players run wind sprints or some such thing. The thought there being – a little bit of motivation can go a long way from time to time. UVa. basketball…
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Stop the Presses column by Chris Graham [email protected] I’ve just about had it with watching political rallies and big speeches on TV and that kind of thing. “O-bah-ma! O-bah-ma! O-bah-ma!”
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] UVa. point guard Sammy Zeglinski is done for the season after being set for a second operation on his injured right ankle. The freshman had averaged 7.8 minutes per game and 1.9 assists per game for the Cavs off the bench. Zeglinski had undergone arthroscopic surgery on the ankle last…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Some changes are in store at WMRA. WMRA-90.7FM will become the home of a host of NPR-produced news and culture shows that are currently airing on sister station WEMC-91.7FM. “Many listeners have been asking us for NPR’s ‘Fresh Air,’ ‘Talk of the Nation’ and other information programs,” said Tom DuVal,…
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Column by Todd Wickersty TheButterRoom.com It’s been a week since the Hokies disappointed thousands of Virginia Tech alums, students, and fans with a 24-21 loss to Danny Manning and the Kansas Jayhawks. I am still pissed, partly because I’ve been involved in a spirited e-mail exchange with a few other Hokies about public enemy #1,…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] The Michael Vick dogfighting case made us all take notice of the wide expanse of animal cruelty cast as sport. Count among those paying attention Virginia Attorney General Bob McDonnell. McDonnell included several bills on animal cruelty in his 2008 legislative agenda. The goal for McDonnell is effectively ending animal…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] How well do you think that you know yourself? For example, about your racial biases – of course, you don’t have any racial biases. You’re color-blind. Really? Take this test – you can be done in around 10 minutes, give or take – and get back to us.
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] One oh eight to seventy. Not pretty. And that’s the way Virginia readied itself for the beginning of the ACC season. Not pretty. “Starting league play changes the complexion of everybody in this season – whether they’ve had a game in December or up until this point. Obviously next Sunday…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] A 9-6 record heading into the start of the ACC season proper isn’t bad for this Virginia Tech basketball team, considering the losses – Zabian Dowdell, Jamon Gordon, Coleman Collins – that coach Seth Greenberg had to account to graduation from his 2006-2007 team that played into the second round…
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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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