This past weekend I did something that may have brought shame to my father and his family name.
The University of Virginia is known as having one of the best athletic programs in the country. So it should come as no surprise that many former Virginia athletes have gone on to do great things once they leave Charlottesville. When Virginia takes a trip to the Steel City to take on the Panthers this Saturday, they will be playing in the same stadium a former Cavalier currently calls home.
I've had enough of reading articles and preview magazines that mention Mike Groh's impending demise as Virginia's offensive coordinator, in the same mold as several other sons of well-known coaches who received similar promotions. We wondered about this in the spring, when Al Groh named his son "Michael," a former Cavalier star at quarterback, as his offensive coordinator.
If Jonathan Villanueva were not the No. 1 rated soccer recruit in the country, he could probably make a good living as a professional actor.
No matter how many superstars a team may boast, no successful team is complete without players that provide depth to the roster.
While much of the focus this off-season has been on how to replace departed high-profile star players like Marques Hagans and Kai Parham, a more important issue may be who will step up to take the place of kickers Connor Hughes and Kurt Smith. The kicking positions "are right up on the same bar of importance with the other positions," Virginia coach Al Groh said.
Maybe it's just me, but I have found those new NFL football commercials on fantasy football to be laugh-out-loud hilarious.
Between fighting with ISIS, finding classes and coercing professors into force-adding you into their classes, the first week of school is not easy for any University student.
While Virginia women's soccer coach Steve Swanson says he still considers his team to be rather "young," midfielder Caitlin Miskel is actually the only freshman who will be taking the field regularly this season. "Caitlin has a great mentality, some great feet and a really sound soccer mind," Swanson said.
Over the weekend, the Virginia women's soccer team opened its regular season by defeating two non-conference opponents, the Syracuse Orangemen and the Liberty Flames. Last night, No.
One thing was obvious the moment the No. 3 Virginia men's soccer team took on the No. 21 UC-Santa Barbara Gauchos: This game would not be for the faint of heart. Last year, the two teams ripped and clawed their way to a combined 54 fouls and eight yellow cards.
So what were you doing the second week in August? I'm guessing most people were busy hitting the beach, picking up stuff for school -- or maybe you were riding the Metro smashed up against a lady who could start at left tackle for the Redskins. Alright, that was probably just me.
The Cavaliers got the season off to a good start Saturday afternoon at Turf Field. No. 19 Virginia, playing in their first game under new head coach Michele Madison, defeated No.
When former Virginia defensive coordinator Al Golden stepped down at the end of last season to take the head coaching position at Temple, Virginia coach Al Groh knew who to call.
To kick off their regular season, the No. 8-ranked Virginia women's soccer team will host Syracuse tonight at 5 p.m.
The Cavaliers begin regular season play tomorrow afternoon against Indiana at Turf Field. Despite a disappointing end to last season that included six straight losses and an early exit in the conference tournament, Virginia rides into this season looking to compete in the ACC and boast their first winning season since 2001. Even though the Cavaliers and the Hoosiers have never met before, new head coach Michele Madison has seen plenty of Indiana during her tenure as head coach at Michigan State University. "We'll expect them to play with good ball speed," Madison said of her former conference rival.
The Virginia volleyball team kicks off the 2006 season Friday night as they travel to Knoxville, Tenn.
The No. 3 Virginia men's soccer team opens their season this weekend in the 2006 Virginia Soccer Classic at Klöckner Stadium.
If the Virginia men's soccer team is to live up to its No. 3 preseason ranking, it will have to take care of business at home. Virginia will play 13 of their 17 regular season matches at home, including their first four. Key home games include a rematch against the defending NCAA champion Maryland Terrapins, who handed the Cavaliers a pivotal 3-0 defeat in mid-October last season.
In the 2004 Olympics, the United States basketball program was stripped of its manhood. It went 5-3, and though it was able to win the bronze, it faced the harsh reality that it was no longer in a class by itself in terms of basketball.
