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By Paul Wiley | February 12, 2009That thumping you heard last week? Right around 1 in the afternoon?
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That thumping you heard last week? Right around 1 in the afternoon?
I really want to make fun of Michael Phelps.I really do.
This past Saturday, N.C. State women?s basketball coach Kay Yow died at the age of 66, ending a bout with cancer that began in 1987.Yow was N.C.
Best. Christmas. Ever.There, under the tree all bedecked in orange and blue, lay the gift we?d all been waiting for.
Nov. 29, 2003. Virginia 35, Virginia Tech 21.That day five years ago is the last time the Hoos bested the Hokies in football.
It?s officially sweater weather. I?m trading in my shorts and sandals for slightly warmer wear.
?For when the One Great Scorer comes,To write against your name,He marks ? not that you won or lost ?But how you played the game.?? Grantland RiceNever in the history of sports has a writer so succinctly and poetically summed up the essence of sports on a higher plane than that of the playing field.
Et tu, NFL?Late last week, news broke that a number of pro football players violated the league?s substance abuse policy.
The revolution is upon us.No, I?m not talking about massive political or social upheaval.
I hate this fall.Normally fall is my favorite season. There?s a chill in the air, the oppressive humidity of the Virginia summer is nothing but a distant memory, and football is back.
