After reading fellow columnist Eric Cooper's piece, "A year without football," which appeared in yesterday's paper, my friend Solomon and I began to discuss our upcoming sports fate - a year that potentially would go on without the NFL and the NBA.
[caption id="attachment_42939" align="alignleft" width="135" caption="Junior center fielder Giannina Cipolloni propelled the Cavaliers' offensive charge by tallying three hits, two stolen bases and one RBI against JMU.
[caption id="attachment_42937" align="alignleft" width="159" caption="No. 84 sophomore Hana Tomljanovic likely will pair up with junior teammate Emily Fraser to take on two top-30 teams during the Cavs' final home matches.
[caption id="attachment_42861" align="alignleft" width="203" caption="Sophomore outfielder Reed Gragnani added an important insurance run for Virginia when he ripped a two-out RBI triple to right-center field in the bottom of the seventh.
[caption id="attachment_42859" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Sophomore pitcher Melanie Mitchell returned to action this past weekend after being sidelined by injury for nearly a month.
[caption id="attachment_42857" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Against Virginia Tech, the Cavaliers hope to ride the hot scoring hand of sophomore midfielder Annie Thomas, who tied her season high with three goals during a wild 19-18 win against Harvard Sunday.
The end of the summer has meant one thing for me during the past few years. Without fail, there has come a time each August or September when I have no choice but to give up on my hope that the Mets will make one last push for a playoff spot.
In an attempt to relieve the college basketball overload that swamps most sports fans this time of year, I'm going to talk about something else - and don't worry, I'll avoid the tired topics of Barry Bonds, Jim Tressel and the NFL draft as well.
[caption id="attachment_42790" align="alignleft" width="224" caption="After posting Virginia's first perfect game, junior Will Roberts collected College Baseball's National Player of the Week and ACC Pitcher of the Week honors.
[caption id="attachment_42788" align="alignleft" width="263" caption="Junior attack Julie Gardner, who switched positions at the beginning of the season, has tallied a team-high 21 assists and 22 goals in 12 starts during 2011.
You may not realize it, but the newspaper you are reading right now was in part an invention of Virginia football fans.
[caption id="attachment_42784" align="alignleft" width="270" caption="Sophomore pitcher Melanie Mitchell only yielded one run in her first start since suffering an injury.
Now that the Major League Baseball season is officially under way - and in conformity with modern media's rules of knee-jerk, way-too-early reactions - it's about time for some thoughts and reflections regarding the first weekend of the 2011 season. Let's start with a look at several of the early favorites to make a run at the World Series.
[caption id="attachment_42747" align="alignleft" width="208" caption="Freshman Alex Domijan hammered Duke's senior Reid Carleton Friday, The nation's No.
[caption id="attachment_42739" align="alignleft" width="196" caption="Sophomore quarterback Michael Rocco started for the winning Blue team and completed 10 of 22 passes for that squad.
[caption id="attachment_42735" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Playing before 10,545 fans at Scott Stadium, junior attackman Chris Bocklet led the Cavaliers with two goals, including one to end a 25-minute scoring drought.
The Cavaliers arrived at Virginia Tech this weekend ranking No. 1 in two polls. After outscoring the Hokies 37-8 during a three-game sweep, the team made a case to be the country's unanimous top team. Virginia (28-2, 11-1 ACC) plated 17 runs in four innings Friday, as the team took the opener 18-3.
The No. 17 Virginia women's tennis team missed two opportunities to down top-five teams this weekend, falling against No.
At the core of my love for sports lie the VCU Rams. My impressionable four-year-old mind was irrevocably jolted in the winter of 1992, when I strode through one of those swinging grey doors inside the Richmond Coliseum.
[caption id="attachment_42641" align="alignleft" width="224" caption="Senior Sanam Singh recorded a 5-7, 6-3, 6-2 match-winning victory against No.
