Though I assumed the duties of a columnist this semester, I think I managed to evade the usual expectations of the office: to convince you of how I view the world of sports.
As I polished off my thesis in between gulps of my local brew of the week, I found an opportunity to break from line edits and sprung rhythm to reflect about my time as an editor and writer for The Cavalier Daily.
My name is Eppa Rixey, and I am writing today at the behest of one of your newsmen about compiling a list of the top 25 athletes in the history of our fine University.
When the home crowd at Davenport Field cheered sophomore Corey Hunt for trading belts with sophomore second baseman Phil Gosselin, all seemed right with Cavalier baseball.
To me, reporters occupy a unique niche in relation to the repetition of language because of the serial nature of journalism.
When I heard that 12th Street Tap House opened on W. Main Street a few months ago, I imagined something akin to one of my favorite Richmond haunts, Capital Ale House, where the beer flows like wine and the food, when eaten, strays not far from the meat and potatoes of the American palate ? as one would expect from a tap house.
Americans love to use statistics to talk about sports, and when you dig deeper, sometimes it seems we use statistics without really knowing what they mean.
Virginia baseball won its 65th game in 96 tries against in-state rival William & Mary yesterday night, cruising to an 11-1 victory.
As the Jack Parkmans of professional baseball saunter into clubhouses larger than many-a-homeless shelter on the last day to report for spring training ? Sunday Feb.
The small crowd in attendance at the Kaleidoscope Room Wednesday night took a look back into a challenging part of University history through the faces and words of those who lived through integration while at the University.
