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  • Bulldogs closing in on Big South title

    Asheville continues to top the Big South MBB power rankings

  • Martinsville Speedway, Gary Sinise team up for concert to help Marine

    Concert to help Patrick County Marine Corporal Joshua Kerns, who lost much of his legs, and part of his right arm in Afghanistan

  • Former Virginia Tech QB DeShazo arrested in prostitution sting

    Newport News Police arrested Maurice DeShazo, and 14 other men

  • J.C. Sanders' production picks up off Flames' bench

    When Liberty men’s basketball coach Dale Layer moved Tomasz Gielo into the starting lineup on a full-time basis before the Flames’ Jan. 10 game at VMI, Layer made it clear to the man Gielo replaced — guard John Caleb Sanders — that he wasn’t being punished.

  • Triple towers of Arias, Penick, Womack keeping Bulldogs atop BRC

    Since sophomore guard Morgan Pannell fractured the fifth metatarsal in her foot last month, Liberty Christian Academy girls basketball coach Tom Brown has had to rework his lineup as he did in the preseason, when last year’s starting point guard, Raven Jefferson, transferred to Oak Hill Academy. Fortunately, he’s found a combination that has worked, putting three of his four post players on the floor at the same time — Alana Arias and Gena Penick, who are averaging right around 12 points, 10 rebounds and two blocked shots apiece, and Skyler Womack.

  • Scott great as Cavaliers roll

    Facing an uninspiring opponent sandwiched between two marquee road games, Virginia made a convincing case that it knows how to handle being a top 25 team.

  • Streak halted: Cavaliers thrash Wake Forest

    Facing an uninspiring opponent sandwiched between two marquee road games, Virginia made a convincing case that it knows how to handle being a top 25 team.

  • Duke Stuns Carolina with Buzzer Beater 3

      It was another classic on Tobacco road-decided by a buzzer beater three pointer.

  • Ratcliffe: Mike Scott works his magic

    Mike Scott's legend grows with every tweet by a legion of Wahoo fans, and with every point and rebound the Virginia star makes. On this night, he was flawless, not missing a single of his nine field goal attempts and scoring 19 points in only 26 minutes of action.

  • No. 19 Cavaliers dunk Deacons

    In its best offensive performance of the season, No. 19 Virginia pounded Wake, 68-44, in front of a crowd of 10,786.

  • Tentative deal with Braves could move Hillcats to N.C.

    The Atlanta Braves have reached a tentative agreement with the Lynchburg Baseball Corporation to purchase full control of the Hillcats.

  • Head coaches named for E.C. Glass, Heritage football

    Ben Martin and Brad Bradley will be the new head football coaches for E.C. Glass and Heritage high schools, Lynchburg Superintendent Larry Massie announced Tuesday.   

  • Pioneers rally behind home crowd to beat city rival Hilltoppers

    Of all the stats recorded in Tuesday night’s Seminole District boys basketball clash between cross-town rivals E.C. Glass and Heritage, one stood out for Hilltoppers coach Roy Roberson and another for Pioneers coach Dan Stephens. "We gave up 17 offensive rebounds tonight, which is really the only stat that matters," Roberson said after the Pioneers’ 70-62 victory before a packed Heritage Field House crowd, avenging an early-season loss at Glass. "That’s the absolute reason that we lost the game."

  • Bench, balance help VCU continue to win

    VCU's game against Towson tonight at 7:30 p.m. is expected to be the 16th consecutive sellout at the Siegel Center. The Rams will likely sell out all games.

  • Ratcliffe: O'Connor fondly remembers magical 2011

    Brian O'Connor felt that beating Irvine and returning to Omaha for the second time in three years was a huge step forward for the UVa program. Now, the skipper is about to launch his ninth season. This time, there won’t be as much pressure or expectations on the Wahoos.

  • No. 1 Dan River continues to have favorable bounces in blowout of Altavista

    Dan River, which has been ranked No. 1 in The Associated Press Group A state poll the entire season, easily defeated Altavista, 69-35, on Tuesday night to continue its undefeated season.

  • Scattershooting: Lazor not heading to Buccaneers

    Scattershooting around the ACC, while starting this week’s notebook with some Wahoo trivia and thinking that large collective sigh you heard last night was from Virginia fans learning that Bill Lazor is not leaving for the Tampa Bay Bucs

  • Wake Forest is improved, but how much?

    Virginia coach Tony Bennett calls Wake Forest “one of the most improved teams" in the ACC. If Bennett is comparing this year’s Wake squad to the outfit that went just 8-24 (1-15 in the ACC) last season, he may be on to something.

  • New-Look Williams Hails 'Fresh Start' For 2012

    LONDON (AP) With an overhauled car and a new driver, Williams is hailing a "fresh start" as the team looks to bounce back from its worst season in Formula One. The British-based team allowed a sneak peek of its new

  • Zeglinski will remain a starter

    However, bringing beleaguered senior Sammy Zeglinski off the bench doesn’t seem to be an option that Virginia coach Tony Bennett is considering at the present time.

  • Hokies fall to Clemson, as shots don't

    “We fought as hard as we could…sometimes shots don’t fall,” Latori Hines-Allen said after the Hokies fell 51-55 to the Clemson Tigers

  • 'Cujo' wins WBC U.S. Super Middleweight title

    Lynchburg’s Scott “Cujo” Sigmon won the WBC U.S. Super Middleweight Championship with a thirdround knockout of Jimmy Campbell late Friday in Greensboro, N.C.

  • Super Bowl: Giants top Pats for 2nd time in 4 years

    Tom Brady let his final pass fly toward the scrum of players in the end zone, hoping for an incredible finish. Uh-uh, Tom. Not in this city, and not in this game.

  • Former Cavalier Meyinsse having fun playing professionally in Argentina

    Former University of Virginia basketball player Jerome Meyinsse's path to a professional basketball career is one that few have taken.

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