College football?s National Letter of Intent Day was held yesterday, and Virginia coach Al Groh officially announced his 2009 recruiting class, totaling 25 student-athletes.Headlining the class is 6-foot-7, 330-pound offensive lineman Morgan Moses of Meadowbrook High School in Richmond.
The Virginia men?s tennis team will look to build on its undefeated record this weekend when it takes on Kentucky and Maryland, its first ACC opponent of the season, at the Boar?s Head Sports Club.The Cavaliers are coming off a strong performance last weekend, during which the team beat both Arkansas and East Tennessee State 7-0 to qualify for the ITA National Indoor Championships.
Somewhere, NBC execs are smiling. They are thanking Larry Fitzgerald for scoring a go-ahead touchdown late in Super Bowl XLIII.
After coming off of a 79-54 defeat at the hands of Duke on Super Bowl Sunday, the Virginia men?s basketball team is looking to get back on track and achieve their first win since Jan.
I really want to make fun of Michael Phelps.I really do.
Microfracture surgery ? these are two words that no athlete wants to hear consecutively.
Aside from the fumble-replay controversy at the end of the Super Bowl, the big news in sports this week seems to be yesterday?s release (finally!) of former New York Yankees manager Joe Torre?s book, ?The Yankee Years.? The book chronicles those perfect falls in the Bronx when the Bombers? appeared (outwardly) to effortlessly win their 23rd through 26th World Series titles in five seasons at the end of the 20th century.
Without question, freshman guard Sylven Landesberg has been the rock for the young Virginia men?s basketball team offensively.
The athletic department announced Friday that it will retire No. 44, which belonged to 2008 University graduate and basketball star Sean Singletary, during the halftime of the Cavaliers? Feb.
Sunday marked the 43rd Super Bowl in NFL history, and in a game that wasn?t really that exciting until the fourth quarter, the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Arizona Cardinals 27-23.
The Virginia women?s basketball team saw its season reach a turning point Dec.
On Feb. 3, one year ago today, my life changed forever.Before I tell you why that day was so important, let me give you a little bit of back story.
The Cavaliers broke three pool records Sunday in Pittsburgh, as the men?s and women?s swimming and diving teams took down the Panthers, 142-96 and 131-103, respectively.Virginia senior Pat Mellors and sophomore Claire Crippen both set pool records in the 400 IM.
The Virginia women?s tennis team split its weekend matches against Tennessee and Utah. The No.
In the wake of an extremely emotional week in women?s basketball, two ranked conference rivals faced off Friday evening in John Paul Jones Arena.
Durham, N.C. ? The Blue Devils turned up the heat on the Cavaliers yesterday, thrashing Virginia 79-54 in Cameron Indoor Stadium.
?It?s like whipped cream on crap.?This was the eloquent simile Virginia coach Dave Leitao used yesterday afternoon to describe his team?s tendency to follow a lousy first half with a better second half ? a trend that continued yesterday when Duke routed the Cavaliers 79-54.To be accurate, this comparison was a simile within a metaphor.
?We?re going to have a remarkable season.?What may seem like a rather bold prediction for the Virginia softball team after suffering through a 15-39 season in 2008 is justifiable optimism in the eyes of senior captain and second baseman Casey Steffan.?We?re coming together stronger than ever, with contributions from top to bottom,? Steffan said.
The Virginia wrestling team lost to Virginia Tech 21-12 Saturday in Richmond, Va.
January was not kind to the Virginia men?s basketball team, which came away with a 1-5 record over the course of the month.
