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His Airness lacks front-office prowess,

By Jed Williams | April 26, 2001

The murmur in Charles Barkley's 314-pound gut whispers that Michael Jordan is 95 percent certain a comeback is in the cards (and he's not referring to the blackjack deck that cut a swathe through Jordan's pocketbook and image during the 1993 playoffs). Washington Wizards majority owner Abe Pollin won't pin it down to a specific figure, but he gets that same uneasy rumbling deep down in his digestive track. Even "His Airness" himself, who ballooned to 240 pounds after retiring, modified a previous statement in which he insisted he was 99.9 percent sure he would not suit up for the 2001-2002 season.

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College ties keep seniors together

By Ginny Min | April 26, 2001

In the fall of 1997, hailing from three different states, the four set foot on Grounds for the first time.

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Parents, alumni campaign to preserve baseball

By Ben Keim | April 26, 2001

As the Virginia men's baseball team finishes up the regular season and prepares for the ACC tournament, its supporters have begun a campaign of a different sort close to home. A consortium of players' parents operating in alliance with baseball-friendly Cavalier alumni responded to the Strategic Planning Task Force on Athletics' report by forming the Committee To Save U.Va.

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Women's lacrosse hangs on for road upset

By Katie Montgomery | April 26, 2001

The No. 8 Virginia women's lacrosse team upset fourth-ranked Loyola, 8-7, in Baltimore last night. With less than 30 seconds left in the game, junior defender Lauri Kenis broke up a Greyhound fast break by blocking a pass and preserved the Cavaliers' slim 8-7 lead. Goalkeeper Liz McCarthy notched 15 saves - her highest total of the season - including three on the Greyhounds' first three shots.

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Baseball drops game at JMU to end win streak

By Randall Chin and Kate Lipper | April 25, 2001

Last night, the Virginia baseball team (23-22) fell to James Madison (25-18-1) on a bases-loaded single in the bottom of the 10th inning, 7-6, ending the Cavaliers' four-game winning streak. The Dukes took an early lead in the bottom of the third with four runs but Virginia slowly fought back. In the bottom of the eighth inning, senior designated hitter Jon Benick, 3-for-4 on the night, smashed a ball out of the field for two RBIs.

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Of Sports and Jim

By Jim Reedy | April 25, 2001

I do not hail from a family of sportsmen. My father's usual Sunday afternoon companions are a good book and the living room couch, not John Madden and the Fox NFL crew.

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Baber takes dreams to Kansas City

By Chip Knighton | April 25, 2001

Virginia tight end Billy Baber grew up near Charlottesville, dreaming of a career in the NFL. Sunday, his dream came true when the Kansas City Chiefs selected him as the 141st pick of the 2001 NFL Draft. Baber was watching the draft at his parents' home in Crozet when he was chosen in the fifth round of the draft. "I thought I might go a little higher," Baber said.

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Family lessons give Banks special swing

By Jessica Garrison | April 25, 2001

Caitlin Banks blends well into the University of Virginia landscape. The soft-spoken New York native moves through crowds and attends class like any other first year. But Banks is not youraverage University student.

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Men's lacrosse standouts earn ACC honors for season efforts

By Lindsay Means | April 24, 2001

Cavaliers Conor Gill, Mark Koontz and Chris Rotelli were selected as members of the 2001 All-ACC men's lacrosse team as chosen by the conference's four head coaches. Gill, a junior attackman, also was on the team last year and was a first-team All-American.

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Baseball heads to JMU, GMU

By Kate Bedingfield | April 24, 2001

This weekend against Maryland, Virginia baseball (23-21) finally found the offensive power that has been eluding it recently. The Cavaliers swept three games from the Terrapins in their final homestand and now will hit the road to take on James Madison and George Mason today and tomorrow, hopefully with powerful bats in tow. Virginia mounted 30 runs in three games against Maryland in an offensive display that bodes well for the Cavaliers' week of in-state competition.

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Good-bye, suckers!

By Michael Gillespie | April 24, 2001

A ha! This is it. Finally, after two months of being the Thursday columnist, I get the chance to come out on Tuesday.

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Crew takes four of six at Cornell

By Lindsay Means | April 24, 2001

Spending 29 hours on a bus in one weekend doesn't sound like much fun, but the Virginia women's crew team came out of it all right. The weekend didn't start off so well.

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Softball overcomes Terp leads in doubleheader

By Kate Lipper | April 23, 2001

When the final home game rolls around, a team wants to be able to look back on its home season proudly and honor those members playing in friendly territory for the final time. Yesterday afternoon in front of an ample crowd at The Park, the Virginia softball team (47-13, 4-2 ACC) did just that against ACC rival Maryland (34-16, 1-3), beating the Terrapins in two come-from-behind wins, 3-2 and 5-1.

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Track teams finish strong as Cavaliers fight at ACCs

By Lindsay Means and Jessica Garrison | April 23, 2001

After both teams took the lead on the first day of competition, the Virginia men's outdoor track team finished third and the women's team finished fourth, at the ACC outdoor championships held at Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Fla., this weekend. The men claimed its highest finish since 1984, with 59 distance points and 39 weight points. Cavalier Brian Kollar won an ACC championship in the javelin, and Cavaliers John Welch and James Murdock took second and third.

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Spring game highlights quarterbacks, defense

By David Semler | April 23, 2001

For the first time in 19 years, a new head football coach, other than George Welsh, was prowling the Virginia sidelines.

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No. 1 Terps barely escape Virginia

By Ginny Min | April 23, 2001

ORLANDO, Fla.-If you knew the Virginia women's lacrosse team had to face Maryland in the semifinals of the ACC tournament Friday, you would have said the Cavaliers didn't have a chance.

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Power batting boosts baseball to top Maryland

By Jonathan Evans | April 23, 2001

Apparently the hits didn't stop with Saturday night at Scott Stadium. Yesterday at U.Va. Baseball Field, the Cavaliers (23-21) completed a sweep of ACC rival Maryland (13-27), winning 9-6 and grabbing their fourth consecutive win.

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Cavaliers ousted by Terps in first round of ACCs

By Katie Montgomery | April 23, 2001

The Virginia men's lacrosse team's trip to the Sunshine State turned sour pretty quickly. A string of five unanswered Maryland goals in the third quarter and a host of miscues down the stretch negated a steady first-half performance by the defending champion Cavaliers. No.

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Cav men's lacrosse prepares for ACCs

By Katie Montgomery | April 20, 2001

The No. 11 Virginia men's lacrosse team travels to the Sunshine State this weekend to kick off the ACC tournament, looking to get back on track after a roller coaster regular season. The fourth-seeded Cavaliers (5-5, 1-2 ACC) will face top seed Maryland (9-1, 2-1) tonight at 6.

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Young leads softball by example

By Joe Abrams | April 20, 2001

Being a great athlete takes more than just talent - one must also have a good work ethic, teamwork skills, a positive attitude, leadership ability and love of the game.