The NFL media spent all of last week focused on Colts quarterback Peyton Manning after he threw for an NFL-record 49 touchdowns this season, raunning the league's most dangerous offense and racking up 4,557 yards in the process.
While most students are just settling in after returning from Winter Break, the Virginia women's basketball team has already established its routine in the new year. The Cavaliers (13-4, 3-1 ACC) have won nine of their last 10 games.
A Texas native, Cavalier men's soccer player Hunter Freeman became head coach George Gelnovatch's 14th Virginia player to be drafted into Major League Soccer when he was selected by Colorado with the seventh pick in the first round Friday. Freeman, a junior defender for the Cavaliers, led a defensive unit this past season that ranked second in the ACC with a 0.90 goals against average.
Breaking into any professional sport requires physical skill as well as mental tenacity. Rookies especially are liable to face many successes and letdowns.
If case you didn't hear, Gov. Mark R. Warner gave his televised "State of the Commonwealth" address last Wednesday.
DURHAM, N.C. -- Virginia men's basketball coach Pete Gillen sat in the team bus Sunday night, his blank stare blaring out the window.
High school football star Lamont Robinson, one of Virginia's top recruits for next season, announced last week that he would sign with Oklahoma after initially committing to Virginia in June, the Richmond-Times Dispatch reported. Robinson, a 6-foot-2-inch, 225-pound linebacker from Salem High in New Jersey, was slated to play inside linebacker in Virginia's 3-4 defensive scheme, but he will now don a Sooner uniform for the perennial top 10 Okalahoma program. Robinson's high school football coach told the Times-Dispatch that Virginia was the "right fit" for the senior, but the recent top five finishes for the Sooners proved to make the difference in Robinson's decision.
Virginia tight end Heath Miller and outside linebacker Darryl Blackstock, both three-year starters, announced they would forego their senior seasons of eligibility and enter the 2005 NFL Draft.
The No. 10 Virginia men's tennis team rounded up play at the prestigious National Collegiate Tennis Classic in Palm Springs, Calif.
Although the Cavaliers pulled down a season-high 45 rebounds and had 15 more than their opponent, it wasn't Virginia's ability to hit the boards that most impressed Virginia coach Debbie Ryan. "I really feel like we're a pretty good rebounding team and we proved that [against Duke] Friday night," Ryan said.
The No. 10 Cavalier men (7-0) and No. 15 Cavalier women (8-0) both remain unbeaten after victories against Tennessee and Louisiana State University Saturday. The men recorded a 135-103 win over the No.
I'll admit I didn't see it coming. I don't think anyone did. The 11-point run during a 90 second span that fueled Virginia's win over Clemson on Saturday caught everyone off guard. And why would anyone expect a sudden offensive explosion?
The Virginia women's basketball team (4-3) hosts a red-hot Old Dominion squad (3-1) tonight at 7 p.m.
Virginia third baseman Ryan Zimmerman has been awarded the USA Baseball Richard W. Case Athlete of the Year Award.
In Virginia basketball lore, the name Ralph Sampson stands out prominently.On defense, the 7-foot-4 center served as the Director of Homeland Security for U-Hall, leading the Cavaliers in blocked shots in every one of his four years.
Junior tight end Heath Miller was named the winner of the 2004 John Mackey Award yesterday. The award, instituted in 2000, is given annually to the nation's best collegiate tight end.
It is the moment that students and alumni eagerly wait for before each home football game -
With the festival of lights underway and Christmas in a little over two weeks, everyone seems to be preparing their holiday wish list.
Coming off a heartbreaking 81-79 loss to Iowa State Monday, an exhausted Virginia team took on Furman University last night in Charlottesville.
For some teams, a loss is a splash of ice water to the face. For others, it's the rock that lets the boulders loose in a landslide.
