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Richmond falls short to George Washington in double-OT thriller
Richmond and George Washington battled through two overtimes, but after 49 minutes of action, the Colonials’ Joe McDonald hit a three-pointer to put GW ahead for good and win, 73-70.
Richmond defense suffocates St. Bonaventure, 60-41
Richmond’s defense locked down the visiting St. Bonaventure Bonnies in a 60-41 win at the Robins Center on Sunday afternoon.
Hot first half powers Richmond over George Mason
Four Spider players reached double figures led by Terry Allen’s season-high 20 points as Richmond snapped its three-game skid against George Mason, 75-65.
Northeastern hits game-winner in final minute to stun Richmond
Richmond put three players in double figures, but Northeastern hit a game-winning three-pointer in the final minute to win, 58-57.
Former Richmond Spider #basketball player Darien Brothers signs In Spain
Former Richmond Spider Darien Brothers has signed to play with Spanish team, Ourense Termal, in Ourense, Spain.
Wake Forest tops Richmond with buzzer-beating tip-in, 65-63
Wake Forest’s Devin Thomas tipped in a shot at the buzzer as the Demon Deacons stunned the Richmond Spiders, 65-63, on Sunday afternoon at the Robins Center.
Richmond Spiders earn holiday victory, 57-53, over IUPUI
Richmond hit 10 three-pointers and the Spider backcourt of Kendall Anthony and ShawnDre’ Jones combined for 30 points as UR defeated IUPUI, 57-53, in the Gotham Classic finale.
Richmond Spiders win Gotham Classic battle with Pepperdine
Richmond guards Kendall Anthony and ShawnDre’ Jones had their Garden moments, hitting big shots in the final three minutes of play as Richmond won a 65-63 victory over Pepperdine in Madison Square Garden.
Allen’s second half propels Richmond Spiders to victory
Terry Allen scored 17 second-half points to propel the Richmond Spiders to a 65-54 victory over South Alabama in the second game of the Gotham Classic at the Robins Center.
JMU stifles Spiders en route to 51-46 men’s basketball win
James Madison scored 40 points in the paint and played staunch defense en route to a 51-46 men’s basketball win over in-state rival Richmond,
Richmond survives William & Mary, 68-67
William & Mary’s Marcus Thornton scored a game-high 37 points, but Richmond was able to hold on for a 68-67 win in an exciting intra-state rivalry game.
Richmond basketball loses shootout with NC State, 84-72
Richmond shot lights out in the first half and hit a season-high 11 three-pointers, but N.C. State stayed right with the Spiders and eventually pulled away for an 84-72 victory on Wednesday night at PNC Arena.
University of Richmond, Commonwealth partners to research return on investment of vocational rehabilitation programs
Governor Terry McAuliffe announced a nearly $2.5 million federal grant to the University of Richmond and its partners to assess the effectiveness of vocational rehabilitation programs for people with disabilities.
#21 Richmond tops #22 William and Mary, 34-20
The No. 22/19 William and Mary football team fell to No. 21 Richmond, 34-20, on Senior Night at Zable Stadium.
White-hot shooting leads Richmond past High Point, 80-56
Richmond hit 11 of its first 17 shots to start with a bang and run away from High Point (3-1), 80-56, on Saturday afternoon at the Robins Center.
#25 JMU romps past #14 Richmond, 55-20
Taylor Reynolds returned two interceptions for touchdowns, and Vad Lee threw for 433 yards to fuel a monster day for the JMU offense, as the 25th-ranked Dukes won their sixth straight, defeating #14 Richmond, 55-20, on Saturday.
Richmond basketball opens with 64-46 win over Radford
The Richmond Spiders put together an impressive defensive effort in a 64-46 victory over Radford in the 2014-15 season opener at the New Robins Center.
JMU Nation wants FBS: Whether it makes sense or not
One thing has been made clear to me the past couple of days: a small, but vocal, portion of the JMU sports fan base wants to see the Dukes football program move up to FBS.
University of Richmond men’s basketball announces home game times
The Richmond Spiders men’s basketball program has announced home game times for the 2014-15 season.
Emotional roller-coaster for former UVA QBs at Richmond
Michael Strauss definitely wanted Saturday’s game. The former UVA backup, now starting, and excelling, as a second-year starting quarterback at Richmond, felt like he had a lot to prove bringing his Spiders in to play against his old teammates and the coach who first recruited him, Mike London.
UVA rolls past turnover-riddled Richmond, 45-13
UVA transfers Michael Strauss and Michael Rocco threw for a combined 363 yards, but Richmond turned the ball over seven times, and Virginia made the Spiders pay in posting a 45-13 pasting before 34,533 fans and 30,414 empty seats in Scott Stadium on Saturday.
Not the prettiest 45-13 victory you’ll ever see, but UVA will take it
Richmond outgained UVA by more than 100 yards. Two Virginia transfers, Michael Srauss and Michael Rocco, combined to throw for 366 yards against a defense that stifled seventh-ranked UCLA just a week ago.
Game Preview: UVA faces Richmond on Saturday
Notes for Saturday’s non-conference football game between UVA (0-1) and Richmond (0-1) set for Saturday in Charlottesville, Va.
UR Sports Botebook: Basketball completes schedule, alums sign Euro contracts
The Richmond men’s basketball program has finalized its schedule for the 2014-15 season, adding a non-conference road game at Northern Iowa on Nov. 30.
Former Richmond Spider David Gonzalvez signs with Finnish club
Former Richmond men’s basketball player David Gonzalvez has signed on with a new club in his fifth season of professional basketball.
What’s at stake for UVA football on Saturday vs. #7 UCLA
We’ll have a sense of UVA football coach Mike London’s job security somewhere around 3:15 p.m. Eastern on Saturday.
Richmond men’s basketball unveils 2014-15 schedule
The University of Richmond has released its 2014-15 men’s basketball schedule, head coach Chris Mooney announced Wednesday.
Richmond men’s basketball to play Pepperdine in Gotham Classic
The Richmond men’s basketball team will take on Pepperdine in Madison Square Garden in New York City on Dec. 20 as part of the 2014 Gotham Classic. The game will be broadcast on ESPN3.
Virginia schools featured in Fiske Guide to Colleges
This year, four Virginia schools have been included in the Fiske Guide to Colleges.
VMI baseball pushes past Richmond, 4-2
Jordan Tarsovich had the tie-breaking single in the sixth inning and the VMI bullpen held the Richmond Spiders to just two hits over the final six frames, sending the Keydets to a 4-2 win in non-conference baseball action Wednesday in Lexington. The win was VMI’s (18-13) third consecutive midweek victory.
#7 UVa. men’s lacrosse nips Richmond, 13-12
UVa. attackman James Pannell led all scorers with four goals to elevate the No. 7 Virginia Cavaliers (2-0) over the Richmond Spiders (0-1) on Saturday afternoon, 13-12, in front of 4,249 at Robins Stadium.
Chris Graham: It’s official-UVa. football is headed toward another losing season
We knew the opponents, had a rough idea of the order that the games would be played, but now it’s official. UVa. football has its 2014 schedule, and we can now project that the ‘Hoos are headed toward their seventh losing season in the last nine years.
VMI releases 2014 baseball schedule
VMI baseball has released its 2014 schedule, which contains six 2013 regional qualifiers and 33 games at the friendly confines of Gray-Minor Stadium, the most home games for the program since 2010 (34).
Richmond falls to #1 seed Kansas in Sweet 16
Richmond fell to top-seeded Kansas, 77-57, in the NCAA Sweet 16 Friday night at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. Senior Justin Harper led Richmond with 22 points. The hot-shooting Kansas took the wind out of Richmond’s sails early, with a 14-2 run to take a 31-9 lead with 6:35 remaining in first frame. Richmond […]
Sweet 16: Richmond 2, Big East 2
You read that right. Our state’s capital city has all of two NCAA teams, both of which made the NCAA Tournament field of 68, and both of which fought their way into the Sweet 16 with a combined record of 5-0. Meanwhile, the entirety of the Big East, a 16-team superconference stretching from the Northeast […]
Selection Sunday: What it all means
Virginia and Virginia Tech need to beef up their out-of-conference schedules OK, so ACC teams don’t get to play the likes of Georgia State in January and February. That said, the Committee has made it clear that it expects power-conference teams to play more challenging nonconference schedules than Seth Greenberg likes to put together. That […]
Focus | London: ‘I will make winning a priority’
Story by Chris Graham freepress2@ntelos.net Mike London is back for a third stint on the sidelines at Scott Stadium, this time as the man in charge of righting the course of the wayward University of Virginia football ship. “I will make winning a priority, but also by doing it the right way, and also […]
Spiders rally late, hold on for 21-17 win at JMU
Richmond drove for the go-ahead score midway through the final quarter and forced a fumble as James Madison was driving with one minute to go to pull out a 21-17 Colonial Athletic Association football win on Saturday afternoon at Bridgeforth Stadium/Zane Showker Field. UR improved to 5-0 on the season and 3-0 in the CAA […]
