
Notes, Quotes and Comments: UVa. defeats Florida State in the ACC Tournament
Interviews with UVa. coach Tony Bennett, Florida State coach Leonard Hamilton and more following Virginia’s 64-51 win over FSU in the 2014 ACC Tournament on Friday.

Interviews with UVa. coach Tony Bennett, Florida State coach Leonard Hamilton and more following Virginia’s 64-51 win over FSU in the 2014 ACC Tournament on Friday.

Fifth-year UVa. head coach Tony Bennett was named 2013-14 Atlantic Coast Conference Coach of the Year, announced Tuesday (March 11) by the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association.

I’ve had to change my approach to voting for All-ACC basketball teams this year. My old approach was to say that if I didn’t see you have a good game, then I didn’t care what your overall stats said, I wasn’t voting you first team.

The 2014 session of the Virginia General Assembly left the ACLU of Virginia and its 10,000 members and supporters with little reason to cheer and significant reason to worry about the state of civil liberties in the Commonwealth when the General Assembly adjourns sine die. “

The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) announced that former Bridgewater College head basketball coach Bill Leatherman will serve as one of the head coaches in the 2014 Reese’s Division III College All-Star Game.

Virginia’s swing district Republicans, a list that now includes Reps. Randy Forbes and Robert Hurt, vote with the most extreme wing of their party on the vast majority of issues, according“Tea Stained,” a groundbreaking new legislative scorecard compiled by Americans United for Change.

Gov. Terry McAuliffe signed HB 975, repealing the $64 annual tax on hybrid electric vehicles. The bill had passed the Senate on a vote of 37-1, with all 20 Democrats voting in favor.

It’s hard to imagine Republican Senate nomination candidate Ed Gillespie having much of a chance to unseat popular Democratic incumbent Mark Warner. But just in case, Virginia Democrats are doing what they can to hit below Gillespie below the belt.

The Virginia Senate passed HB 810, a measure to prohibit celebratory gunfire. It passed 27-13 on Wednesday on a bipartisan vote, with unanimous Democratic support and several Republicans voting in favor.

Tea Party Republican Del. Bob Marshall is calling for the impeachment of federal Judge Arena Wright Allen, who ruled this month that Virginia’s ban on same sex marriage is unconstitutional.
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