For most members of Al Groh's 2004 recruiting class, this fall will be one of their first opportunities to grab national attention and make a name for themselves.
I wasn't there for the Virginia Pep Band's final performance at the men's lacrosse game on April 28, 2003, so I didn't get to hear what the set list consisted of.
As the game clock wound down to zero at the national championship game, feelings of anger, disappointment and disbelief flushed the faces of the Virginia women's lacrosse team.
After 33 years as a football coach in high schools and colleges and assisting others in the NFL, securing the job of head coach for a professional football team would seem to be any coach's dream.
Every sports fan is wrong a lot of the time and very wrong sometimes. If they admit it, which is rare, the topic is quickly changed to how the sports team from their area is, used to be or will in the future be better than the team from your area.
Last week it was the top-rated recruit in the state of Virginia, Olu Hall. This week offensive lineman Branden Albert failed to achieve high enough test scores to meet NCAA eligibility requirements.
It didn't take much for Fayette Elliot to put two and two together. Her daughter, who had previously expressed an interest in modeling, was in Milan, Italy, instead of in Charlottesville practicing with the women's basketball team.
Michael Raab, Luke Wagner, Fran Crippen and Brielle White all came close to making the trip to Athens this summer to represent the United States in the Olympics, but not close enough. Raab finished third in the finals of the 200-meter butterfly Saturday with a time of 1:57.71.
While sitting in my shared cubicle all summer and wondering if the Connecticut Sun can stave off the Charlotte Sting for the Eastern Conference title, I've been thinking these thoughts about summer 2004: * I bet you didn't know that was a WNBA reference above.
I don't think that starting his most talented returning wide receiver at quarterback was what Ron Prince had in mind for the 2004 campaign when he was elevated to offensive coordinator a little over a year ago.
Virginia's top returning receiver won't be playing for the Cavaliers this season and could face up to a year of jail time for assault. Ottawa Anderson and U.Va.
The University of Virginia is tireless in its efforts to praise all things Thomas Jefferson, and with good reason.
I'd take college basketball over the NBA any day of the week. I grew up watching Tobacco Road ball, and I think the game is usually more teamwork-oriented than the NBA which seems to be dominated by a me-first attitude.
As the 2004 baseball season reaches its midpoint, I continue to weep nightly as it becomes clearer and clearer that last season was indeed the Red Sox's year.
Former Virginia guard/forward Derrick Byars said Tuesday that he is transferring to Vanderbilt and will begin summer classes there next week. The Memphis native announced in April that he would be leaving the Virginia program, but did not reveal any future plans at that time.
Known primarily as "Michael Vick's little brother," Virginia Tech quarterback Marcus Vick is finally distinguishing himself from his older sibling -- with his police record. The younger Vick was suspended indefinitely from the Hokie football team after a Virginia State police officer pulled him over for speeding and found marijuana in his vehicle. Virginia Tech issued a statement Tuesday afternoon announcing Vick's indefinite suspension.
Baseball recruiting is a crazy job. No coach knows where, when or in what form that next group of players is going to come from, and that's what makes it a lot of fun to hear about.
Over a dozen athletes who competed for the Virginia swimming team in the 2003-04 season have been invited to participate in the U.S.
He dominated on the gridiron during his senior year of high school, making 93 tackles and recording 11 sacks.
The Atlantic Coast Conference has banned all artificial noisemakers from its sporting events, because of concerns that they promote poor sportsmanship, the Raleigh News-Observer reported Wednesday. The ban includes the popular "ThunderStix" which were passed out to fans at several Virginia football games over the past two seasons. The league had already prohibited artificial noisemakers at indoor sporting events, such as basketball in recent years, and now the ban will be extended to all sporting events. The SEC and Pac-10, among other major conferences, already have such a policy in place.
