[caption id="attachment_30337" align="alignleft" width="199" caption="The men's cross country team raced to victory last season, winning an ACC title.
[caption id="attachment_30322" align="alignleft" width="222" caption="Junior Sanam Singh is "always doing something productive," Virginia coach Brian Boland said.
[caption id="attachment_30320" align="alignleft" width="199" caption="Sean Singletary, a Virginia guard who graduated in 2008, was the first Cavalier to earn All-America honors since 1983.
[caption id="attachment_30316" align="alignleft" width="180" caption="Rookie sophomore midfielder Inga St
[caption id="attachment_30314" align="alignleft" width="228" caption="Senior Jennifer Stevens finished with a 19-21 record last year.
[caption id="attachment_30264" align="alignleft" width="233" caption="Senior midfielder Neil Barlow delivered the lone goal of the match against Mount Saint Mary's with seven minutes to play in the first half.
[caption id="attachment_30261" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="After playing on offense for the first three years of her career at Virginia, senior Lauren Elstein made the transition to back before the start of the 2009 season.
Most of the sports columns I write deal with trivial matters, but today I want to answer a very serious question I'm sure many of you have been wondering about: If the fictional sport quidditch were real, what would Virginia's best team, composed of current athletes, look like? For the few of you who haven't read a Harry Potter book or seen one of the movie adaptations, here's the run-down: quidditch consists of seven people per team riding on flying broomsticks, trying to outscore the opposing team. Points are awarded when one of three players, called chasers, throws a floating red ball - called a quaffle - through hoops that serve as goals.
For me, it doesn't get much better than NFL Gameday. Waking up late, games all day (and night), eating pizza and the Fox NFL robot.
[caption id="attachment_30234" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Junior tackle Isaac Cain started his first collegiate game Saturday.
Donning my Tony Romo jersey yesterday morning, I had to be pleased with how Dallas played during its win against Tampa Bay Sunday.
[caption id="attachment_30230" align="alignleft" width="205" caption="Senior midfielder Neil Barlow has notched a goal and an assist in three games.
Flash back a few weeks: When I was asked to write an article for The Cavalier Daily's Gridiron special about parity in the ACC, I thought it would be a good chance to defend the conference against the many haters out there.
[caption id="attachment_30164" align="alignleft" width="241" caption="Senior quarterback Jameel Sewell completed just four passes in the first three quarters of Virginia's loss against TCU Saturday.
I've always wondered what goes on at football practice. I learned a lot from Saturday's game against TCU. It starts off with coach Al Groh explaining to his punt returners, "OK, guys, listen - I don't care if you're inside the two-yard line - whatever you do, don't make a decision until the LAST second.
[caption id="attachment_30161" align="alignleft" width="216" caption="Sophomore midfielder Jimmy Simpson saw a shot on goal in the 74th minute of Virginia's game against Duke Friday.
[caption id="attachment_30159" align="alignleft" width="228" caption="Junior midfielder Sinead Farrelly scored on a header in the 65th minute of No.
[caption id="attachment_30145" align="alignleft" width="198" caption="Sophomore wide receiver Kris Burd, who only had 65 yards on seven catches in all of last season, caught five passes for a team high 46 yards in last weekends game.
This article accompanies "High-octane attack" by Travis Brown, TCU 'Daily Skiff' Sports editor. No one in his or her right mind would predict that the Cavaliers beat the Horned Frogs tomorrow.
This article accompanies 'Nowhere to go but up' by Cavalier Daily Senior Associate Editor Dan Stalcup. Everyone who is around the Horned Frogs football program knows that the team will be ready for the Cavaliers on Saturday.
