Tough season greets football's new regime
By Jessica Garrison | July 26, 2001Call it a new era, call it an overhaul or simply call it a coaching change, but the hiring of Virginia football coach Al Groh is the buzz of the Cavalier sports community.
Call it a new era, call it an overhaul or simply call it a coaching change, but the hiring of Virginia football coach Al Groh is the buzz of the Cavalier sports community.
PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla.-The only thing more nerve-racking than a 280-pound Florida State defensive end bursting around the corner on your blind side is standing over a three-foot birdie putt to win the hole as Seminole coach Bobby Bowden watches from the fringe. Several dozen members of the Bowden clan trade the rigors of college coaching and recruiting for the sandy beaches and grassy greens of Panama City Beach, Fla., for two weeks every year. After arriving in the Florida panhandle one late June day, I was fortunate enough to share a round of golf with the four Bowden sons and their father to see what the cameras could never show: an inside look at the "First Family of College Football." Everyone knows that Bobby Bowden paces the Florida State sideline and created one of the greatest dynasties that sports - professional or collegiate - has ever seen.
A look at the win-loss records indicates that the 2000-2001 season was one of the Virginia athletics program's worst in recent memory.
Former Virginia swimmer Ed Moses placed third in the 100-meter breaststroke of the FINA world swimming championship in Fukuoka, Japan, on Tuesday.
As the Virginia men's soccer team looks toward the coming season, it sees two lofty goals: the ACC and NCAA championships.
A look at the win-loss records indicates that the 2000-2001 season was one of the Virginia athletics program's worst in recent memory.
Call it a new era, call it an overhaul or simply call it a coaching change, but the hiring of Virginia football coach Al Groh is the buzz of the Cavalier sports community.
After the Board of Visitors authorized strategic planning for a new basketball facility in October 1998, the Virginia athletics department did some preliminary work, such as discuss possible sites and designs, to plan for the arena.
According to Virginia football coach Al Groh, college football hasn't changed much after 35 years.
For Virginia football recruit Patrick Estes, it was a lifelong dream that could not wait. One month before the 2001-02 academic year begins on Aug.
PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla.-The only thing more nerve-racking than a 280-pound Florida State defensive end bursting around the corner on your blind side is standing over a three-foot birdie putt to win the hole as Seminole coach Bobby Bowden watches from the fringe. Several dozen members of the Bowden clan trade the rigors of college coaching and recruiting for the sandy beaches and grassy greens of Panama City Beach, Fla., for two weeks every year. After arriving in the Florida panhandle one late June day, I was fortunate enough to share a round of golf with the four Bowden sons and their father to see what the cameras could never show: an inside look at the "First Family of College Football." Everyone knows that Bobby Bowden paces the Florida State sideline and created one of the greatest dynasties that sports - professional or collegiate - has ever seen.
The summer months are frequently disparaged as sports' dog days, and deservedly so. From mid-June until early August, every mainstream game save baseball decides to hibernate, leaving casual fans and ardent zealots alike with a sporting landscape rivaled in its exhilaration by "Meet the Press" marathons. But not this summer. Conspiracy theorists are running out from the hills of Montana and onto sports pages nationwide.
As the Virginia men's soccer team looks toward the coming season, it sees two lofty goals: the ACC and NCAA championships.
Now it's time for the hard part. The Virginia men's basketball team surprised most people with its 20-9 record and fourth place finish in the ACC last season. But that won't happen this year.
When Terry Holland announced that he would step down as Virginia's athletics director May 2, the power transfer in McCue Hall made nary a ripple.
Located in downtown Charlottesville with the original YMCA building as its office, VMDO Architects, P.C.
T he summer months are frequently disparaged as sports' dog days, and deservedly so. From mid-June until early August, every mainstream game save baseball decides to hibernate, leaving casual fans and ardent zealots alike with a sporting landscape rivaled in its exhilaration by "Meet the Press" marathons. But not this summer. Would you believe that in the last four weeks, all of the following remarkably unfolded: Sparking the improbable yet astonishing chain reaction, NBA Commissioner David Stern - in sneaky Stern fashion - masterminded a scheme of inconceivable intricacy by conspiring with the Milwaukee Bucks and Philadelphia 76ers to ensure that the more populous market would be on display in the Finals.
The U.S. women's lacrosse World Cup team, which features five former Virginia players, won the 2001 International Federation of Women's Lacrosse Association World Cup on Sunday, when it defeated Australia, 14-8, in High Wycombe, England.
Over the weekend, the University took a major step toward the construction of its highly anticipated new basketball arena.
According to ESPN.com, Virginia men's basketball coach Pete Gillen and the University are close to finalizing a contract extension, which will be announced by next week.