Virginia football coach Al Groh announced Monday that the Cavaliers will start the season without the services of sophomore lineman Ian-Yates Cunningham. Cunningham started the last five games of the season at left offensive guard last year as a freshman.
Maybe you don't believe Scott Bottoms. Maybe you think his 30-second clip on ESPN.com isn't persuading enough to convince you that he deserves to be named the No.
The Cavaliers received two first-place votes in the ACC Preseason media poll and finished in third place with 697 points. Florida State took the top spot for the 13th straight season, barely edging out newcomer Miami.
Giving up something you love is hard. Smokers love to smoke, drinkers love to drink and, well, people who watch television love to watch television.
The man who helped set the standard for athletic success at Virginia is leaving the University, probably for good. Former athletic director and men's basketball coach Terry Holland announced last Thursday that he would be stepping down from his most recent position of special assistant to University President John T.
Ahmad Bradshaw was an all-state running back in high school, but the incoming Virginia football recruit was unable to outrun a pair of Charlottesville police officers last weekend. Bradshaw was arrested at 1:50 a.m.
Darryl Gresham, an inside linebacker that was at the top of Virginia's recruiting board according to the Charlottesville Daily Progress, became the 19th player to make an early commitment to the Cavaliers.
Virginia baseball's historic and record-setting season concluded in early June after the squad hosted their first-ever NCAA Regional, but the accolades continue to accumulate. On June 27, Cavalier third baseman Ryan Zimmerman was one of 22 players selected for the 2004 USA Baseball National Team.
Basketball is the major college sport in which that one recruiting class, that one player, can change the face of a program immediately.
Attackman Joe Yevoli, a three-year starter at the attack position for Virginia, may red-shirt the 2005 season for medical reasons according to the Richmond Times-Dispatch. Yevoli, who will be a senior this year, played last season with a stress fracture in his lower back.
I started playing fantasy football five seasons ago, as a junior in high school. Last year I managed three teams, all in different types of leagues against different levels of competition.
In 1998, the University of Virginia undertook a major self-evaluation with the ultimate goal of establishing new goals and priorities for all areas of University life.
For most members of Al Groh's 2004 recruiting class, this fall will be one of their first opportunities to grab national attention and make a name for themselves.
I wasn't there for the Virginia Pep Band's final performance at the men's lacrosse game on April 28, 2003, so I didn't get to hear what the set list consisted of.
As the game clock wound down to zero at the national championship game, feelings of anger, disappointment and disbelief flushed the faces of the Virginia women's lacrosse team.
After 33 years as a football coach in high schools and colleges and assisting others in the NFL, securing the job of head coach for a professional football team would seem to be any coach's dream.
Every sports fan is wrong a lot of the time and very wrong sometimes. If they admit it, which is rare, the topic is quickly changed to how the sports team from their area is, used to be or will in the future be better than the team from your area.
Last week it was the top-rated recruit in the state of Virginia, Olu Hall. This week offensive lineman Branden Albert failed to achieve high enough test scores to meet NCAA eligibility requirements.
It didn't take much for Fayette Elliot to put two and two together. Her daughter, who had previously expressed an interest in modeling, was in Milan, Italy, instead of in Charlottesville practicing with the women's basketball team.
Michael Raab, Luke Wagner, Fran Crippen and Brielle White all came close to making the trip to Athens this summer to represent the United States in the Olympics, but not close enough. Raab finished third in the finals of the 200-meter butterfly Saturday with a time of 1:57.71.
