Historians will tell you the original Renaissance man was Leonardo da Vinci. If not Leo, then Benjamin Franklin or Thomas Jefferson are next in line. But the historians are woefully wrong.
The No. 7 Virginia field hockey team fell 3-1 to No. 2 North Carolina Sunday afternoon at Chapel Hill's East Henry Stadium. After just six minutes, the Tar Heels (6-1) had two goals.
While looking ahead to Saturday's game against Clemson, Virginia football coach George Welsh also took time to reflect on his team's performance against Duke yesterday. Welsh heaped praise on senior quarterback Dan Ellis, who threw for 333 yards and three touchdowns Saturday, both season highs. "He's making quicker decisions," Welsh said.
DURHAM, N.C.-Late in the second quarter against Duke Saturday, the Virginia football team was looking for a boost.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.--Three days after his teammate Sheldon Barnes came off the bench to beat Northeastern with three goals, Ryan Gibbs decided it was his turn to shine. Gibbs, a sophomore reserve forward, entered the No.
DURHAM, N.C.-After a year handing off to Thomas Jones, quarterback Dan Ellis expects opposing defenses to devote an exorbitant amount of energy to stopping the Virginia running game.
Early yesterday morning, U.S. swimmer Ed Moses was half a world away, applying the finishing strokes to a performance that earned him an Olympic silver medal in the men's 100-meter breaststroke. Moses, a third-year College student who swam for the Cavaliers for two seasons, finished in 1 minute, 0.73 seconds, only 27 hundredths of a second behind Italy's Domenico Fioravanti.
Virginia women's soccer coach Steve Swanson surely wasn't satisfied with the result of his homecoming. Stanford 3 - Virginia 1 Cavalier Daily Box Score   Despite outshooting No.
After posting successful seasons in the spring, Virginia tennis players Brian Vahaly and Huntley Montgomery earned national collegiate preseason rankings for the 2000-01 season. Vahaly is ranked third in the nation for singles and Montgomery is 27th.
After dropping from third to 14th in the national rankings, the Virginia men's soccer team travels to Winston-Salem to open ACC play against No.
I'll just come out and say it: The Summer Olympics are boring. Boring like "Antiques Roadshow" on PBS.
Last year's game against the Duke football team ended in a shocking 24-17 loss for Virginia. The Blue Devils scored on a trick play to tie the game with six seconds left and went on to beat the Cavaliers in overtime.
Virginia wrestling coach Lenny Bernstein announced yesterday that former Cavalier standout Jim Harshaw will join his coaching staff as an assistant.
Virginia will be well represented in swimming events at the Sydney Olympic Games. The opening ceremonies are Friday. Two current and two ex-Cavalier swimmers will represent their nations in Sydney.
There's nothing like a good benching to put some fire in your belly. A recent string of ineffective play left Virginia junior forward Sheldon Barnes on the wrong side of the sideline last night, as the No.
If Duke's Todd DeLamielleure plays like a student of the game, that's because he's been around it his whole life.
Coming off a rough weekend of two close losses to South Carolina and Indiana at the Fila/Maryland Invitational, the Virginia men's soccer team has high hopes for victory in tonight's game against Northeastern. The Cavaliers (2-2) play at home at 7 p.m.
Ahmad Hawkins is one of Virginia's starting cornerbacks. So what's the big deal? Until the spring, Hawkins was a starting wide receiver for the Cavs. Hawkins was the leading receiver on one of the most prolific high school teams ever, the 1996 Hampton Crabbers.
Before Friday night, only the most careful baseball observers knew who Bryce Florie was. Even those scattered rotisserie league fanatics who recognized the name could place him only as one of dozens of faceless relief pitchers who toil nearly anonymously in the major leagues.
At first glance, a 3-0 victory seems like a pretty good sign that the Virginia women's soccer team played an outstanding game.
