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It’s ba-a-a-ack! The College Basketball Invitational, that is. Join TheSportsDominion.com editor Chris Graham courtside at the John Paul Jones Arena for tonight’s CBI quarterfinal game between Old Dominion (18-15) and Virginia (16-15). The winner advances to the CBI Final Four (not to be confused with the NCAA Final Four) Wednesday night. Tipoff is scheduled for…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Fourteen months of traveling the Sixth District comes down to the last few weeks for Sixth District Democratic Party congressional nomination candidate Sam Rasoul. Democrats in the district will meet April 19-21 to select delegates to the district convention in May. Effectively, then, the race between Rasoul and Drew Richardson…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Listen to “The SportsDominion Show” to hear Virginia Tech professor Jaren Pope discuss the tie between college-sports success and admissions. Show Length: 8:35. You hear college and university administrators say it often. We want to win on the field, but it’s more important that we win in the classroom. And…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Listen to “The SportsDominion Show” to hear Virginia football coach Al Groh talk about his linebacker play. Show Length: 4:53. Al Groh does everything by the book. I can only imagine that the Groh book makes War and Peace look like Dr. Seuss. I digress. Groh has a number of…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Listen to today’s “SportsDominion Show” to hear Virginia football coach Al Groh talk about his team as it begins spring practice. Show Length: 11:59. Al Groh would have reason to be frustrated. He lost his starting quarterback, Jameel Sewell, to grades. He lost a starting defensive end, Jeffrey Fitzgerald, to…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] The 18th annual Conservation Field Camp will be held at Grand Caverns in Grottoes on Saturday. The field camp, sponsored by the Conservation Committee of the Virginia Region of the National Speleological Society, is oriented toward providing park staff with volunteer labor to preserve and restore natural resources found within…
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Column by Bob Goodlatte Each week, folks across the Sixth District and the nation are confronted with the rising cost of energy, from the gas pump to their electric and gas bills. Energy is vital to every sector of the U.S. economy, including homes, small businesses and industries. When energy supplies are tight, families and…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Bill Bolling wanted to talk around the issue of whether or not he plans to run for governor in 2009. Bob McDonnell took the question head on. “I’ve told people for some time now that I’m planning to run, that I’m doing some of the things that need to be…
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Best Seat in the House column by Chris Graham [email protected] Listen to today’s “SportsDominion Show” for Chris Graham’s bracketology breakdown of the 2008 NCAA Tournament. Show Length: 6:54. OK, so you want a guarantee as to who will be in San Antonio at the end of this so-called March Madness, which for some reason is…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Branden Ore is no longer a member of the Virginia Tech football team, coach Frank Beamer announced in a statement this afternoon. “During recent meetings with Branden Ore, we have decided that it would be best for Branden to pursue other opportunities,” Beamer said in the statement. “Branden has had…
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