Usually a tell-tale sign that a program is among the top of the country is the excellence of their recruiting class.
Bob Stoops (Oklahoma), Mack Brown (Texas), Charlie Weis (Notre Dame), Pete Carroll (USC), Al Groh (Virginia). It does not take Big Bird or Cookie Monster to realize that one of these names doesn't belong.
A l Pacino put it best in "Any Given Sunday": life is a game of inches. Tuesday evening in Raleigh, the Cavaliers lost when Sean Singletary's dessperate three-pointer bounced off the back left of the rim at the buzzer.
The Virginia Cavaliers showed glimpses of their impeccable form of last season by sweeping aside the challenges of No.
The Virginia wrestling team kept its winning momentum going this weekend, taking matches against Old Dominion University on Friday and over Ohio and James Madison Universities in a dual meet at Memorial Gymnasium on Sunday. The team improves to 10-4 overall and remains 2-0 in the ACC.
A few days ago, a desperate last-second shot from inside half court nearly won a basketball game for the Virginia Cavaliers (11-8, 5-4 ACC). Saturday, a similar shot almost cost the Cavaliers a game against Wake Forest (12-10, 1-8 ACC). Moments after J.R.
My dad and I firmly believe there are two ways to pick the winner of a Super Bowl, or any sporting event, if your team is not in the game.
With two top-10 ranked players and one recently named ACC Player of the Week, the No. 7 Virginia men's tennis team continues its demanding schedule with tomorrow's home match against No.
The Virginia men's and women's swimming and diving teams will travel to Maryland for their last dual meet of the regular season Saturday.
To the outside observer, it would seem like the Virginia Cavaliers (10-8, 4-4 ACC) are entering a crucial stretch in conference play beginning with Saturday's game against Wake Forest (12-9, 1-7 ACC). The Cavaliers own a .500 conference record and could take advantage of upcoming games to improve their standing in the conference.
In the first few seconds of the game, it looked as if both Virginia (13-7, 2-6) and Virginia Tech (15-5, 2-5) would run each other off the court.
The caption for the photo accompanying the Feb. 1 article "Bernstein earns 100th career victory in UNC win" said the photo depicted Cavaliers head wrestling coach Lenny Bernstein.
RALEIGH, N.C. -- With Virginia trailing 66-64 with 3.2 seconds left, N.C. State guard Engin Atsur missed the front end of a one-and-one and Virginia forward Jason Cain pulled down the rebound and quickly got the ball to point guard Sean Singletary.
Tonight the Virginia women's basketball team looks to add another tally to Virginia's lead in the Commonwealth Challenge when it faces Virginia Tech at 7 p.m.
RALEIGH N.C. -- There really is nothing positive to say about Virginia's loss to N.C. State, unless you count losing to the No.
With three new coaches already hired and 24 recruits signed Wednesday, there will be quite a few new faces in the Virginia football program.
Al Groh was on a roll there for awhile. A Grohl, if you will. For three straight years the Virginia coach secured the commitment of the No.
Coaching is a very difficult and important aspect of collegiate sports. Nobody knows that better than the members of the Virginia women's basketball coaching staff.
It's the week before the Super Bowl, where America's beloved sportswriters love to squeeze every ounce of "hype" out of the word "hyperbole." In past years, I have been down with this.
When the Cavaliers (10-7, 4-3 ACC) take the floor tonight against No. 18 N.C. State (16-4, 5-2 ACC) at the RBC Center in Raleigh, they may feel that they are seeing a familiar sight.
