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Story by Chris Graham A large video screen in the John Paul Jones Arena replayed scenes from a ballyhooed “live sex celebration” that WWE heavyweight champion Edge and women’s champion Lita had taken part in several months earlier. And that was early in the “Monday Night Raw” show that was broadcast live on national television…
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Story by Chris Graham Sure, it matters that Crozet’s population is expected to triple in the next 20 years. But Mike Marshall wasn’t looking that far into the future. “Crozet was longing, I thought, for a way for the community identity to get out,” said Marshall, the editor of The Crozet Gazette, a monthly newspaper…
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Story by Chris Graham It’s funny to think of now, but the people in charge of planning and designing University Hall actually had it in mind that they were going to end up with an arena that was going to serve many more purposes than simply hosting college-basketball games. “When you look at when…
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Story by Chris Graham Followers of women’s basketball know the significance of the numbers IX and 10. “IX” refers to Title IX, the landmark federal law that in 1972 mandated that schools, colleges and universities provide equal funding to men’s and women’s sports. “10,” of course, relates to the 10th season of the Women’s National…
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Stop the Presses column by Chris Graham I don’t know why I ever left. “I’m not leaving. Ever. I mean it,” I said to no one in particular, sipping a strawberry daiquiri on the beach. It was … a revelation. “I could do this forever, literally,” I said, again to no one in particular. In…
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Story by Chris Graham Michael McCann, like the rest of us, assumed that the talk about how NBA players who had entered the league straight out of high school were ruining the professional game was at least somewhat on target. So when the law professor began to notice that his research into the impact of…
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Story by Chris Graham Wayne Bronson knows where the buffalo once roamed through the Shenandoah Valley. “Sometimes you can stop on the roadside and see the original path cut out by the buffalo herds,” said Bronson, the executive producer of “Road Trip to History,” a 12-part series on the Valley Turnpike, now U.S. 11, that…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham Brenda Gordon didn’t want to admit to herself that she believed in ghosts. Being confronted with evidence of their existence will tend to make a believer out of anybody, of course. “I moved into the house that my dad lived in, and he’s been dead since 1997, and the…
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Story by Chris Graham Bob Jones could sense the history that was unfolding before his eyes – but baseball broadcasters know better than to say the words no-hitter or perfect game out loud. “Now everybody is getting ready, on their feet … the 0-2 pitch … swung on and missed! Strike three! Paul Burnside has…
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Story by Chris Graham DVD and pay-per-view sales – that’s why WWE is relaunching the ECW brand. “They did pretty well with single shots with ECW last year, and now they’re ready to see what a full-court press will do,” said Steve Johnson, a Virginia-based wrestling journalist and author. The full-court press includes another pay-per-view,…
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