The sports world lost another great Monday afternoon, and this one hit me close to home. Walter Payton wasn't as big as Jim Brown.
Frankly, there is just too much going on along the sports scene to focus on one thing this week.
After leading the field hockey team to an upset victory over No. 10 Duke in their final regular season game Sunday, Cav midfielder Jessica Coleman was named ACC Player of the Week.
A few weeks ago a column on the sports page addressed the changing nature and behavior of sports fans.
After all their complaints and criticisms about his performance, Virginia football fans finally saw what the squad was like without Dan Ellis. Florida State battered third-year Ellis like a piñata at a 10-year-old's birthday party, culminating in a hit on the final play of the half as he released the ball.
It's out of the frying pan and into the proverbial fire for the Cavaliers this week as they attempt to move past the loss to No.
Momentum is a tricky thing in football. At one point, it seems as if you can do no wrong. The holes in the line keep opening up.
In his eight starts under center, Dan Ellis never experienced a half quite as memorable as the opening stanza against top ranked Florida State Saturday.
Cavalier first-year Cara Lane won three events in her first collegiate meet to aid the 11th-ranked Virginia women's swimming and diving team to a 145.5-97.5 victory at Clemson Saturday.
Perhaps it was only appropriate that the Virginia women's soccer team, playing its final regular season game on Halloween afternoon, needed less than 50 minutes to suck the life from the Tennessee Lady Volunteers yesterday at Klöckner Stadium. Four minutes into the second half, the No.
The Frank Camp Chapter of the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Educational Foundation announced Wednesday that Georgia Tech quarterback Joe Hamilton is one of five finalists for the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award.
On paper, the Cavaliers stand little chance against No. 1 Florida State tomorrow night at Scott Stadium.
With the ACC tournament less than a week away, the Virginia women's soccer team knows it needs to seal its last two regular games with victory stamps. The Cavaliers will roll into State College, Pa., to face Penn State tonight at 7 p.m., and return home to take on Tennessee Sunday at 1 p.m. Ranked No.
For the past week, the Virginia football team has been preparing for its home showdown against No.
Fourth-year running back Thomas Jones sat on the sidelines three years ago and watched future NFL back Tiki Barber set the Virginia career rushing record.
Fourth-year setter Mary Frances Scott was selected as ACC Volleyball Co-Player of the Week for the week ending Oct.
Football placekickers are a beleaguered bunch. They receive little fanfare, except for game-winning 60-yarders, and earn the wrath of fans and media alike should they flub an extra point or a chip-shot field goal. Plenty of gridiron observers think that, given a bit of instruction, they could do just as well as those skinny little non-athletes with no shoulder pads and foreign last names.
An opposing forward running free on the flank of the defense would be cause for concern for most soccer teams.
Rowing is the oldest collegiate sport in the United States and the newest varsity sport at the University, as well as the Athletic Department's best kept secret.
