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Young heads Gillen's second class

By Kris Wright | July 19, 1999

After notching one of the nation's top recruiting classes one year ago, the Virginia men's basketball coaching staff is prepared to make another solid recruiting effort. The Cavaliers have two scholarships available and have already received a verbal commitment.

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Bigger ACC equals bigger bucks for all

By John Moorehouse | July 19, 1999

With all the recent talk of ACC expansion, there have been the traditionalist outcries against the addition of Miami or "Yankee interlopers" like Syracuse or Boston College.

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Albright bypasses final two Cav seasons for Project 40

By Kris Wright | July 15, 1999

Another All-American men's soccer player has left Virginia's program to join Major League Soccer's Project-40.

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Tomorrow's star awaits in today's minors

By John Moorehouse | July 15, 1999

KINGSPORT, TENN.--It's the top of the ninth, the bases are loaded and the Kingsport Mets are one out away from a 5-2 victory over the Bluefield Orioles. Scott Polk, a former closer for Mississippi State, delivers the 2-2 pitch to Bluefield outfielder Steve Salargo.

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Hall, Williams earn Junior World spots

By Kris Wright | July 15, 1999

Two of Virginia's men's basketball standouts earned spots on the USA Men's Junior World Championship team.

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Williams highlights historic evening for baseball

By Jim Reedy | July 15, 1999

BOSTON--The 87-year old park had never seen a night like this. Since kicking off its reign atop major-league ballparks the week the Titanic sank, Fenway Park has hosted countless legends.

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Marino claims Virginia State Amateur title by defeating Decker

By Kris Wright | July 8, 1999

Second-year Virginia golfer Steve Marino captured the 86th Virginia State Amateur golf championship.

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Expansion project continues on pace

By Kris Wright | July 8, 1999

Despite soaring temperatures and the dog days of summer, the expansion at Scott Stadium continues to remain on schedule. "The heat slows down the work in the afternoon," said Richard Laurance, director of the Carl Smith Center Expansion at Scott Stadium.

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Swimming adds 24 new team members

By Kris Wright | July 8, 1999

The Aquatic and Fitness Center pool will be a little more crowded this year. The Virginia swimming and diving team continues to build on its success as 24 incoming students have declared their intentions of competing for the squad. "I believe this large and versatile class puts the Virginia swimming and diving programs in capable hands," Cavalier coach Mark Bernardino said in a press release.

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NBA age limit would benefit young athletes

By John Moorehouse | July 1, 1999

As you sit reading this column, the NBA Draft has passed and a plethora of underclassmen are well on their way to becoming millionaires several times over. But this may be the last year that a player the age of your average first or second year at Virginia signs a multi-million dollar deal.

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Expansion talks start to surface

By Kris Wright | July 1, 1999

Hurricane season may last year-round in the ACC in the near future. Several reports last week indicated that the University of Miami(Fl.) may join the Conference in all sports.

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Trio looks toward USA tryouts

By Kris Wright | July 1, 1999

Three members of the Virginia men's basketball program are among 16 finalists for the 1999 USA Basketball Men's Junior World Championship Team.

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Bulls make Brand top pick; Francis heads to Vancouver

By Kris Wright | July 1, 1999

Two ACC players became the top two picks in the NBA draft last night, when Chicago selected Duke's Elton Brand at No.

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Virginia files self-report with NCAA

By Kris Wright | July 1, 1999

The University has filed a self-report regarding possible rules violations by the men's basketball team to the NCAA.

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Recruiting success continues for Cavs

By Kris Wright | July 1, 1999

After notching one of the nation's top recruiting classes one year ago, the Virginia men's basketball coaching staff is prepared to make another solid recruiting effort. The Cavaliers have two scholarships available and have already received a verbal commitment.

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Hoffman verbally commits to Cavalier football

By Catherine Davenport Pollock | June 24, 1999

It was just another day at the Silver Diner with the boys. But seventeen-year-old Andrew Hoffman's meal was interrupted by a phone call from his mom that would affect the next five years of his life.

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Duke football snags academic accolade

By Kris Wright | June 24, 1999

The Duke football team's academic reputation continues to impress. The Touchdown Club of Memphis will reward the Blue Devils with the 1999 American Football Coaches Associations Academic Achievement Award due to their scholastic exellence. Duke's squad graduated 100 percent of the 1993-94 freshmen football class when all 12 athletes earned a degree. This year's honor marks the 10th time that Duke has either won or shared the award.

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Cav athletics finishes eighth in Sears Cup

By Kris Wright | June 24, 1999

Virginia's intercollegiate athletic program continued its steady climb to the upper tier of national Division I schools, claiming an eighth-place finish in the prestigious Sears Directors' Cup rankings this year. "It's important for any major athletic department to feel that they should be competitive in the Sears Cup," Cavalier swimming coach Mark Bernardino said.

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Women's World Cup lends more love for soccer

June 24, 1999

Ah, soccer. But the United States is learning not only to enjoy soccer, but to love it as well.

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Wahoos, Hokies agree to compete at home

By Kris Wright | June 15, 1999

The Virginia and Virginia Tech men's basketball teams have developed a new format for the new millennium. The two schools agreed to a five-year deal that will move the yearly contest from neutral sites to campus facilities beginning in 2000-01. "There were advantages to the neutral site arrangement in that fans from other areas were provided a chance to see the teams in person," Virginia's Athletic Director Terry Holland said in a press release.