The Virginia men?s basketball team travels to Montreal this weekend for a set of three exhibition games against opponents from the area.
Amazing. Priceless. Interesting. Weird. Star-struck. All of these are adjectives used by former Virginia athletes to describe their experience at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
Saturdays have gotten much more complicated for me.For quite literally my entire life, every Saturday in the fall has been filled with the pomp and circumstance of game day, either at Scott Stadium or huddled around our TV if the Orange and Blue was on the road.
For the eighth straight year the Virginia women?s soccer team enters the season ranked in the top three in the ACC, a women?s soccer powerhouse conference.
Imagine you are hiking and you come to a hill. The path goes right over the hill to the other side. Most hikers wouldn?t think twice about going up and then down the hill to the other side.
The Virginia women?s field hockey team is looking to veteran leadership to steer an underclassmen-dominated roster.Coach Michele Madison is in her third year coaching at Virginia and 20th year overall after coming from Michigan State.
Rebuilding year. It?s one of those taboo terms college coaches avoid like the plague. After a disappointing 12-8-2 season in 2007 that included a 1-5-2 record in ACC play, however, the Cavaliers? 2008 season has been all but labeled as such.
If you are even the most casual of sports fans, you are probably planning to go to Saturday?s football game.
Nine current and former Cavaliers contributed to a total of three gold medals and two bronze medals in this summer?s Olympic Games, and all return home with memories to last a lifetime.
?I think every year and every season our expectation and our goal is to win the ACC Tournament and win the national championship,? senior goalie Celeste Miles said, following the Cavaliers? last exhibition game.Goals and expectations are, of course, a constant theme in sports ? either for an upcoming game, or even a whole season.
The USC football team?s laundry list of achievements during the last six years is simply mind-numbing.Six straight finishes in the top four of the Associated Press poll, six straight BCS bowl games, six straight PAC-10 championships, six straight seasons with 11 victories ? oh, and let?s not forget about the two national titles in 2003 and 2004 and a near-third in 2005.
Three recent developments have left the Virginia men?s basketball team looking even more unfamiliar several months after Sean Singletary graduated and moved on to the NBA.Virginia fans received both positive and negative news Aug.
Going into the 2008 football training camp, Virginia faced a number of questions about who would fill the holes left by 2007 graduates as well as departed and suspended players.
The sighs of disappointment after the Cavaliers were beaten in the Gator Bowl by Texas Tech, the moans of disbelief after five key players left the team because of academic and disciplinary issues, the cheers for Chris Long as he was taken with the second pick in the 2008 NFL Draft: All of the noise and commotion from the end of last season has cleared.
Imagine having to start the season by replacing one of the best players in the country. Now, imagine having to do that in addition to replacing several other team leaders and experienced starters.
Back-to-back NCAA appearances for the Virginia women?s field hockey team under coach Michele Madison may be twice as nice, but three might spell dynasty.
For all of you first-years who just finished hugging Mom and Dad goodbye and are now wondering how you got stuck on the top floor of an non-air-conditioned dorm, welcome to the University.
The Sacramento Kings selected Virginia point guard and 2008 graduate Sean Singletary during the second round of the 2008 NBA Draft June 26. Though Singletary hoped to be selected in the first round of the draft, he may have been fortunate to receive a second-round pick, as some pundits predicted he would not be selected in either round of the draft. Singletary said he thought he would be selected once he saw teams were selecting guards early. "I saw guards going earlier so I knew I was going to go later," he said. Singletary said he was not watching the draft when he was selected, but said he was excited that Sacramento chose him with the 42nd pick. Center Jason Thompson (first round, 12th pick) from Rider and forward Patrick Ewing, Jr.
Virginia baseball 2008: success or disappointment? For the fifth straight year, the Cavaliers were one of 64 teams selected to an NCAA Regional.
If you are reading this column, you already have shown that you are indeed smart enough to attend this prestigious University
