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(01/27/10 6:04am)
Last week, I introduced my "Best of the Decade" series of columns, in which I planned to rank my personal choices for the greatest Virginia athletic accomplishments of the past decade. After looking at Cavalier coaches from the '00s, I named swim and dive coach Mark Bernardino the best of the decade, with men's lacrosse coach Dom Starsia a close runner-up.
(01/26/10 5:57am)
Senior guard Monica Wright has received a lot of attention from members of the media and awards committees this year, and her impressive stat line suggests that she deserves it. Wright leads the ACC in two categories - 22.3 points per game and 3.7 steals per game - and ranks in the top 15 in the conference in six other categories. She leads the Cavaliers in most major categories: points, rebounds, assists, steals, three-point shooting, free throw shooting and minutes.
(01/22/10 4:40am)
The No. 22 Virginia women's basketball team alternated between high moments and low moments during the winter recess - for every scrappy win, there was a crushing loss.
(01/22/10 4:37am)
If you read any magazine or newspaper during the weeks leading up to the new year, chances are high that you encountered at least one ranked list of "The Best of the Aughts." No topic was spared from these insufferable countdowns. Why must everything be ranked and quantified? Why can't we just agree that good is good, bad is bad and that there's no need for one thing to be better than the other?
(12/04/09 5:00am)
I'm battling about three colds, exams are a week away and my cheeks are chapped from the cold wind. There's no reason for me to be in any sort of a good mood, yet the predominant emotion I feel right now is gratitude. No matter how miserable I feel, I can't help but notice and appreciate all of the blessings around me. Today, I'll share with you a few of them.
(11/24/09 5:50am)
This year, it seems like every football loss is a slap in the face to Virginia's school pride. That's one reason Sunday's game between the Virginia and Tennessee women's basketball teams was refreshing; it reminded me what it's like to lose with dignity.
(11/17/09 6:29am)
Unless you have some combination of the powers of teleportation and time travel, chances are you missed at least some parts of the monumental games and competitions this past weekend.\nAnd that's a shame - Friday, Saturday and Sunday were one of the most remarkable weekends in recent Virginia sports history.
(11/16/09 6:36am)
With five minutes remaining in the second half of Virginia's match against Manhattan, senior guard Monica Wright received a pass from sophomore guard Ariana Moorer, brought it down court and scored on a fast-break layup.
(11/10/09 5:02am)
One of man's most primal urges is to sit in the front seat of his friend's car, and disputes about this critical issue can be dated all the way back through recorded human history. Among the earliest notable American disputes was an incident in the early 1800s when John Adams and Thomas Jefferson got into a fist fight about who would sit at the front of Alexander Hamilton's horse-drawn carriage.
(11/05/09 5:18am)
I'll begin this column with a caveat: Though I regularly lament the apathy of the average Virginia fan, I understand there is a set of Wahoo faithful as devoted and energetic as can be found at any school.
(10/27/09 4:02am)
There are no words to describe the anguish I feel about the condition of the Washington Redskins right now. My most beloved sports franchise is in serious disarray from the bottom-up and the top-down.
(10/21/09 5:09am)
In a recap column titled "Next man up" that ran Monday, Andrew Seidman succeeded in telling you what the Virginia-Maryland football game at College Park, Md. looked like on the field.
(10/14/09 5:52am)
Coaches' polls, BCS rankings, draft prospects, recruiting classes, strength of schedule, conference rankings, Heisman prospects, stat categories ... The list of regularly published football rankings is a long one.
(09/30/09 5:45am)
When I wrote a column last week called "Hokie for a weekend" about how great I found the Virginia Tech football atmosphere to be during its home game against Nebraska - even confessing that I rushed the field with my friends - I expected a bit of backlash. In no way did I expect the level of reaction I've received: Hundreds have chimed in through comments on The Cavalier Daily Web site, e-mails to me, letters to the editor and even a few response articles online.
(09/24/09 5:59am)
The 61st Primetime Emmy Awards show has come and gone and, for once, they were surprisingly awesome. Host Neil Patrick Harris was simply delightful and he stole the show. I especially appreciated his brief reprise to his Dr. Horrible role from the online miniseries, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. The callback to the online role teasingly pointed out that the medium of television is rapidly blending with the medium of online video. It's becoming easier and easier to find shows that debut online the same time they do on network TV, and even some that only air online. For this reason, the Emmys will either have to soon evolve or rapidly lose relevance in the coming years. The 2009 awards show, which CBS aired Sept. 20, may end up being its last hurrah.
(09/24/09 5:06am)
As the countdown to the tipoff of the first game in Tony Bennett's career as the Virginia men's basketball coach continues, the other basketball team on Grounds quietly prepares for the beginning of its season. With preseason awards, plans for television coverage and more exciting news rolling in, anticipation is building.
(09/23/09 5:47am)
Hoo wants to be a Hokie? That question was raised multiple times last year during the days of Leitao-led wandering in the desert. It was one of the worst basketball seasons in Virginia history, and now this football season seems to be shaping up to be just as historically awful.
(09/16/09 5:15am)
Most of the sports columns I write deal with trivial matters, but today I want to answer a very serious question I'm sure many of you have been wondering about: If the fictional sport quidditch were real, what would Virginia's best team, composed of current athletes, look like?
(09/11/09 6:37am)
This article accompanies "High-octane attack" by Travis Brown, TCU 'Daily Skiff' Sports editor.
(09/10/09 6:16am)
In 1995, the Gallagher brothers of Oasis collaborated on the song "Acquiesce," off of Roll With It. In it, Noel Gallagher sings loosely of brotherly love when he proclaims "We need each other / We believe in one another."