Maybe it's just me, but I'd rather be told that something is absolutely awful before you tell me it's extraordinary. I prefer my preconceived notions be surpassed rather than proved hyperbole.
It doesn't get any bigger than Virginia versus North Carolina in Atlantic Coast Conference swimming and diving.
The red-hot Virginia wrestling team, coming off a sixth-place finish at the Southern Scuffle and a 33-12 win against N.C.
[caption id="attachment_48923" align="alignleft" width="283" caption="Freshman guard Malcolm Brogdon returns to his home state of Georgia tonight for the Cavaliers' game at Georgia Tech.
Given the combination of gruesome events the last 10 days, it's a wonder I can even think about sports without bashing myself in the head with my Chris Paul Hornets bobble-head. Perhaps I could have stomached a supremely-coached, devastatingly talented and far less complacent Alabama team trouncing my hometown darling LSU Tigers 21-0 in last Monday's BCS National Championship, if only because any team whose offensive game-plan revolves around Jordan Jefferson throwing wounded-duck bubble screens is probably undeserving of a championship, anyway. Virginia's loss to Duke at Cameron Indoor hardly helped matters, but at least I could have relished the team's spirited performance which validated its status as arguably the strongest defensive team in the country. But then "The Grab" happened Saturday.
[caption id="attachment_48920" align="alignleft" width="115" caption="Junior guard Lexie Gerson, recently inserted into the starting lineup, ranks second in the ACC in steals.
[caption id="attachment_48918" align="alignleft" width="265" caption="Senior attackman Steele Stanwick was selected second overall during last week's Major League Lacrosse draft.
[caption id="attachment_48860" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Virginia coach Mike London finished his second season with a disappointing postseason defeat, but still guided the Cavaliers to their most successful season in four years.
ATLANTA - As I struggled with the first paragraph to my final Virginia football column, I stumbled upon these four lines of poetic grace served up by Ludacris on Jermaine Dupri's "Welcome to Atlanta." This veritable truth bomb captures well the losses endured and lessons learned during Virginia's trip to the Dec.
[caption id="attachment_48857" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Senior forward Mike Scott went toe-to-toe with coach Mike Krzyzewski and the Cameron Crazies, but in spite of his game-high 23 points and nine rebounds, Scott and the Cavaliers saw their 12-game winning streak snapped.
DURHAM, N.C. - It's 9 a.m. on a Friday, and I wake up in a random Duke common room to the sound of someone making spaghetti.
For the second time in as many days, Virginia coach Tony Bennett announced that one of his players will leave the Cavalier basketball program.
Virginia coach Tony Bennett announced Friday that sophomore guard KT Harrell is leaving the Cavalier basketball program and intends to transfer. The 6-foot-4, 202-pound native of Montgomery, Ala.
[caption id="attachment_48764" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Senior Ryan Malo will see action this weekend as coach Steve Garland plans to adjust his lineup and play less experienced wrestlers.
The Big Ten claimed its third consecutive victory in the annual Big Ten-ACC Challenge as eight of its 12 teams bested their respective ACC opponents.
[caption id="attachment_48772" align="alignleft" width="161" caption="Sophomore guard Joe Harris posted a team-high 18 points against the Wolverines Tuesday and will try to capitalize on a Lancers defense which surrenders more than 80 points per game.
[caption id="attachment_48769" align="alignleft" width="273" caption="Sophomore guard Ataira Franklin helped the Cavaliers outscore Indiana 38-24 in the second half by pacing the team with 16 points.
[caption id="attachment_48678" align="alignleft" width="199" caption="Sophomore forward Jazmin Pitts will earn the starting nod from Virginia coach Joanne Boyle tonight against a big Indiana team.
At some point this past weekend, between LSU "honey badgering" Arkansas and Alabama's Trent Richardson running over the mannequins dressed up as Auburn defensive players, the country began to accept the grim reality: We're on our way to an SEC West rematch in the National Championship game. To the abject horror of fans who live outside the southeast and hate defense, the Tigers and Crimson Tide have all but clinched the top two spots in this weekend's season-ending BCS standings.
[caption id="attachment_48675" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="During the Cavaliers' double dual meet against Indiana and Penn State last month, sophomore Rachel Naurath collected four individual first-place finishes and recorded NCAA 'B' times in three races.
