The Virginia men's basketball season, which started out with such high hopes after a late November victory over then-No.
Pete Gillen is no Al Groh. Comparing them is like comparing bananas and blueberries -- it just isn't plausible. But after what unfolded in Virginia's 110-76 loss at home to North Carolina Saturday afternoon, Gillen ought to borrow a page out of Groh's playbook -- the one that says stop babying your supposed superstars and make them earn their spots in the starting lineup. After the Virginia football team fell 36-3 at Florida State in October, Groh declared open competition for all defensive spots.
Everyone on Grounds owes a huge "thank you" to LaTonya Blue and the Virginia women's basketball team.
Feisty Minnesota had to leave snow-swept Charlottesville bitterly disappointed after coming up short in a 7-0 loss to Virginia Saturday. It was a winning start for another Virginia debutante as freshman Jarret Chirico overcame Minnesota's Brian Lipinski, emulating the earlier success of fellow freshman Treat Huey.
The game had been over for almost half an hour, but Virginia Tech coach Beth Dunkenberger was still in disbelief. "I can't believe their point guard had more rebounds than any player on our team," Dunkenberger muttered to herself as she left the Virginia media room.
BLACKSBURG, VA. At ACC men's basketball media day in November, you couldn't pay anyone to talk to Virginia Tech coach Seth Greenberg.
Another element will be added to the Virginia-Virginia Tech rivalry tonight when the two schools' women's basketball teams tip off for the first time as conference foes.
BLACKSBURG, Va. -- Virginia played Virginia Tech for the first time ever as ACC opponents last night.
As ESPN is prone to do, the network has been running the commercials for its new television drama, "TILT," on a continuous stream for about a month now.
For a brief instant it appeared Virginia had lost out on another star recruit, when Mikell Simpson initially announced live on ESPNNEWS that he was heading to the "University of Alabama." But Simpson corrected himself a second later and said, "Virginia," and confirmed his intentions by pulling a Cavalier hat out of his bag, the Richmond Times Dispatch reported. Simpson, a 6-foot-1-inch, 195-pound tailback who attends Harrisburg High in Pennsylvania, is ranked No.
The Virginia program announced Wednesday that it has landed Hall of Fame baseball coach Tommy Lasorda as the guest of honor at the team's annual Step Up to the Plate dinner function at Memorial Gymnasium on Feb.
Popular wisdom says "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." The Virginia men's tennis team -- coming off of the best season in the program's history -- would be inclined to agree.
Virginia men's tennis made it a picture perfect start to the season with a dominating 7-0 win over the No.
It was a rather insignificant little match at a Friday practice, one of those things coaches let a team do to have a little fun.This innocent little game was a clash between the upper class and the lower class.
For Christmas, my roommate Drew got a black-market Nintendo system featuring 100 of the earliest games made, all stored in a single controller.
Pete Gillen is no mathematician. But the apricot-topped skipper of the Virginia men's basketball knows that for his team to win two games in a row, they have to win one first.
The recipe for a successful tennis program starts with a coaching staff that knows how to recruit and develop players.
Wrestling coaches and players are constantly surprised by his wrestling style -- strange hand movements, takedowns in weird positions.
Cavalier men's swimmer Luke Anderson was selected as this week's recipient of the Atlantic Coast Conference's Swimmer of the Week.
As a sports fan, I knew at some point I would have to give the NBA another chance. So, this season I committed myself to understanding the pro game's subtleties and attempting to pay attention -- as long as I could stand it. I follow college basketball almost religiously, and despite Virginia's recent struggles I am already looking forward to March.
