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Hammond receives honors

Virginia women's soccer midfielder Kelly Hammond was honored with two national awards this week. Hammond was named to the Soccer American Team of the Week as well as the Soccer Buzz Elite Team of the Week. Hammond was recognized for her role in Virginia's Sept.


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Carolina on Virginia's mind

If it seems like North Carolina senior wide receiver Bobby Blizzard knows the Virginia defensive secondary like a good friend, that's because he does. Growing up in Hampton, Va., Blizzard attended Hampton High School with Virginia senior cornerback Almondo "Muffin" Curry.


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ACC meets to discuss scheduling conflicts

The ACC began its fall meetings Monday in Charlottesville, but uncertainty remains as to whether the league will add a 12th member in the near future. "That's something that the president's council will be handling," Virginia athletic director Craig Littlepage said.


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All bets are on

Normally, I'm not a gambler. My family plays poker for M&M's instead of cash, so the game's more about the willpower to avoid eating your winnings than about luck or strategy.


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A Sideline By-Line

I was completely out of my domain and loving it. After 33 years at the University of Virginia, this ivory-tower, clumsy-footed academic was learning more than he could have ever imagined from an unlikely source.


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Year of Sox jeopardized by The Committee

The Marlins will win the World Series. Of nothing else in this world am I so sure. That may seem like a pretty bold statement about a team few people think can even win two games in its first-round playoff series, especially after getting shutout in yesterday's Game One.


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Arizona fires Mackovic

Arizona University Athletic Director John Livenegood announced the release of football coach John Mackovic Sunday, after another run in with a group of his players.


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Cavs stumble, recover to top Duke at home

The Virginia women's volleyball team (17-1, 1-1 ACC) were handed a mixed bag of emotions this weekend, suffering their first loss of the season against Wake Forest (11-3, 1-1 ACC) Friday night, then rebounding over Duke (4-10, 0-2 ACC) the next day.


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Schaub throws well, Hughes steps up in win

As the coin flipped in the air Saturday afternoon, Virginia quarterback and captain Matt Schaub remembered what his coach had told him before the game -- if the Cavaliers won the toss, they would elect to receive the ball to start the game. "I wanted us to get the ball first, and have a first crack at it, develop a rhythm and set the tone for the game," Schaub said.


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College Football hangovers

While many college football fans -- including yours truly -- continue to clamor for a post-season playoff, proponents of the current system like to point out that such a playoff would render regular season games meaningless since one loss would not mean as much as it does now.

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