Eight is the most important number you need to know right now -- ESPN's preseason rank for the Virginia football program.
Charlottesville has always been more synonymous with the University, the arts, the Dave Matthews Band and Mr. Jefferson than with professional sports, but the success of this year's Boyd Tinsley $25,000 USTA Women's Pro Tennis Championships might start to change that.
There is a man, but you can barely see him. Hidden behind phonebook-sized folders, this man juggles more in a day than many do in a week.
The 2004 class for Virginia has bulked up to six with the additions of Kathleen Branagh and Meghan O'Leary.Branagh, a 5-foot-6 setter from Lafayette California, was named one of the top six villeyball players in the East Bay of Northern California.She has twice been selected for the USA Developmental Camp. O'Leary, a 6-foot middle from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is a two-time All-State performer as well as the 2002 Wendy's High School Heisman winner.
Virginia sophomore golfer Brad Tilley captured the Metropolitan Golf Association title by wining the MGA/Canon "IKE" Stroke Play Championship. Tilley, who was the only player who finished under par in the amateur tournament, won despite battling tendonitis in his left hand.
The strength of the Miami athletic program was one of the driving forces behind the controversial ACC expansion that sent shock waves through the college sports world.
Virginia women's soccer coach Steve Swanson has appointed Maren Rojas to his staff as an assistant.
Beginning yesterday at midnight eastern standard time, NBA teams could officially sign free agents to written contracts.
The results of the 2002-2003 Director's Cup are in, and Virginia athletics are officially back among the best in the nation.
With a new stadium and a solid core of talent, the Virginia baseball program may have added the final piece of the puzzle by naming Brian O'Connor, the associate head baseball coach at the University of Notre Dame, the new head baseball coach of the Cavaliers.
Here's a little sports trivia for you devoted summer sessioners. Can you name the only two days of the year in which there are no games played by any of the major professional (NFL, NBA, NHL, and MLB) or collegiate (football and basketball) sports leagues?
Pat McNamara was named as an assistant coach to the Virginia wrestling program yesterday. Virginia head coach Lenny Bernstein appointed McNamara to the assistant position.
Virginia women's golf head coach Jan Mann appointed Danielle Roudebush as assistant coach. Roudebush becomes the first ever assistant coach in the programs inaugural season.
Virginia Track & Field standout Dawn Cleary posted a 9:59:30 in the steeplechase at the USA National Championship to take fifth place.
After all the conference calls, the press conferences, and legal issues, become just a memory; the Atlantic Coast Conference will enjoy the fruits of its labor.
Okay. I think it is safe to say the dust of expansion has finally settled--for now at least. The ACC officially expanded to eleven members with the addition of the Hurricanes and Turkeys to the conference.
For many, the dog days of June are all about cold drinks, beach umbrellas, and summer blockbuster movies.
Baseball is an American institution: It's fresh air and the smell of the grass. It's peanuts, cracker jacks, and Harry Carey.
It took over one and a half months of deliberations, five conference calls and a surprising last-minute compromise, but the Atlantic Coast Conference finally decided on an expansion plan Tuesday night, extending invitations to the University of Miami and Virginia Tech. The Washington Post, USA Today, The New York Times, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and the Associated Press, quoting anonymous sources, reported that the two Big East schools had been asked by the ACC to join their conference for the 2004-05 season. While Miami is still mulling over the invitation, Virginia Tech is already set to accept the invitation into the ACC. "The University is prepared to accept an invitation from the Atlantic Coast Conference," Virginia Tech President Dr. Charles W.
Greed. It has long been the cause of many downfalls in the professional sports world, but collegiate athletics, despite some problems, had managed as a whole to turn its nose away from the scent of money. That is, until ACC commissioner John Swofford succumbed to the monster, bringing the most storied conference in the nation down in the name of money. 50 years of tradition have been exchanged for money, as it seems certain that Miami, Boston College, and Syracuse will join the ACC in either 2004 or 2005, allowing the conference to move to two divisions. ACC schools currently pull in $10 million annually in revenue sharing, meaning that the three new schools need to generate an extra $30 million in revenue.
