About 30 minutes after Super Bowl XLVI ended - a full half hour after Tom Brady's last-second Hail Mary fell innocuously to the Indianapolis turf - one of my roommates breached the implicit quarantine of my room, which had been in effect all night.
Sixteen of the finest teams in women's tennis clash this weekend in one of the premier tournaments of the year at the Boar's Head Sports Club in Charlottesville.
Well, another Super Bowl has come and gone, and now comes one of our favorite times of the year here at Wahoo Auction - the post-big game auction blitz.
The last regular season meet of the 2011-2012 campaign is in the books, and the Virginia men's and women's swimming and diving teams look as strong as they have all year.
The Virginia women's basketball team split a pair of road games in North Carolina this weekend, falling to No.
After helping the second-ranked Virginia men's tennis team breeze past No.
With eight minutes remaining in the second half, the No.16 Virginia men's basketball team trailed No.21 Florida State 42-29, but the Cavaliers battled back and in the last few minutes had a slim shot of forcing overtime. Virginia had the ball with two seconds left, but junior guard Jontel Evans couldn't make a three-point shot before the buzzer sounded and Florida State foiled Virginia's comeback bid, 58-55. Saturday's loss added one more heartbreaking defeat to the Cavaliers' 12-year winless streak in Tallahassee. In addition to stopping Virginia's three-game winning streak, the Seminoles (16-6, 7-1 ACC) won their seventh straight game and cemented their position at the top of the conference along with North Carolina.
The No. 2 Virginia men's tennis team plays a series of three dual matches in Charlottesville this weekend after months of fall tournament play.
The Virginia women's basketball team heads to North Carolina this weekend to take on two ACC rivals before returning home to face another pair of conference opponents next week.
The No. 20 Virginia wrestling squad looks to capture its sixth straight win as it takes the mat against Rutgers at Memorial Gymnasium tomorrow.
As next weekend's National Team Indoor Championships loom, the No.9 Virginia women's tennis team heads north to face Boston College Sunday.
Virginia football coach Mike London announced the Cavaliers had secured commitments from 25 recruits on National Signing Day - the first day recruits can sign binding letters of intent. London touted the athleticism of his 2012 class, which was ranked No.5 in the ACC and No.28 in the nation by scout.com, during a celebration at John Paul Jones Arena. "I'm very excited about this particular class," London said.
If last weekend's mighty victories against Pittsburgh were any indication, the Virginia men's and women's swimming and diving teams are hitting their strides at just the right time of the year.
Thoughts while desperately trying to keep my mind off Sunday's Giants game - I mean
The Virginia men's basketball team held advantages in nearly every statistical category, yet coach Tony Bennett still found his team trailing Clemson 30-26 at halftime.
With my nerves still frazzled from another near-Virginia collapse, I'm instituting a drinking game for this column. The rules: Grab the beverage of your choice and take a swig every time Mike Scott swishes a jumper; two swigs if it's a fadeaway.
There was a running joke in my hall last year that whenever someone would drop something thrown at them, they would be accused of "pulling a Sene." I'm ashamed to admit how long we kept this game going, but in all honesty, the basketball player didn't really give us much reason to stop.
