Last spring, CBS Sports ran a “Position U” series, analyzing the claims of college programs across the country about which school reigns as the university, or the ‘U,’ for specific position groups.
Most Virginia football fans are well aware of junior defensive end Andrew Brown’s backstory. In their minds, Brown hasn’t met his great expectations after two full seasons at Virginia.
I cannot say in good conscience that I blame Virginia sophomore placekicker Alex Furbank for losing the game for his team against Connecticut.
For the fifth straight year, Virginia will come out of non-conference play without a winning record.
What does a Cavalier hate more than a Blue Devil? A Hokie. Who beat the Hokies? Your Virginia women’s soccer team. Women’s soccer brought home an ACC-opening win this weekend after their eighth shutout of the season led them to a victory over Virginia Tech.
Whether watching top running back Royce Freeman dance around Virginia defenders, or Olympic hurdler Devon Allen mimic his track triumphs in an end-zone celebration, Cavalier fans could see Oregon’s notorious athleticism clear as day.
Mendenhall’s offense literally put the team on its back this weekend against the Pac-12 power that is the Oregon Ducks.
Transitions are hard. Every coaching transition has its struggles, and every transition comes with an adjustment period, some longer than others.
As a D.C. native, rooting for a losing team is something I’m used to. Since I really started following Washington sports in middle school, the Redskins have lost five out of their last seven seasons; the Wizards have only had two seasons with winning percentages above .500; and the Nationals and Capitals both consistently fail to perform during the post-season despite stellar regular season play year after year.
I’d spent much of the 2016 Virginia baseball season in the Davenport Field press box, up, up and away from the crowd and heat, as a largely impartial writer enjoying America’s pastime for what it was.
Sometimes lost in the mystique of the basketball team’s recent success is just how good, how consistent and how dominant the Virginia men’s tennis team has been in recent years.
I’ve never thought of myself as a diehard D.C. sports fan. Sure, I read The Washington Post’s Sports page almost every morning of my high school years.
Wednesday night, the NBA’s Golden State Warriors play the Memphis Grizzlies at Oracle Arena in Oakland with a record-setting 73-win season for the taking. In the spotlight all year long, Stephen Curry and his teammates might just do what no one has done before.
Over the years, I’ve made a habit of reading the Washington Post’s sports page while eating breakfast — nearly always Quaker Oatmeal Squares and toast.
The nagging question, I suppose, is what Virginia’s rose will look like at full maturity. Will our Cavaliers make a Final Four someday?
Virginia Athletics Director Craig Littlepage announced yesterday that women’s basketball coach Joanne Boyle would be returning for a sixth season. Boyle, who has only posted one winning record in ACC play during her tenure, has not led a team to an NCAA tournament bid since 2009, when she was still at California.
Well, it’s hard to believe we’re here, but here we are — the last week of ACC regular-season hoops.
With the hardest portion of the Virginia men’s basketball season ahead of them, the team will have to put together a string of near-perfect performances to finish the year as a great team rather than just a good one.
Last Wednesday, I sat down with a couple of friends to watch Duke and Carolina hoop it up at the Dean Dome. My friends are from Greensboro and Charlotte, N.C., respectively, and “Duke hatred” has been a fact of their lives.
As we packed up our schoolbooks each afternoon, a fourth-grade classmate of mine used to say, “Another day, another dollar.”
