This is the last sports column that I will write for The Cavalier Daily. It took a lot of thinking to decide what would go into this column.
I spent this past weekend in Chicago, visiting a friend at Northwestern University and going to see my beloved Cubs at Wrigley Field.
The top three men's basketball headlines Sunday afternoon on the Virginia athletic department's Web site read as follows: Jeff Jones Leaving Virginia Basketball Program; Sylven Landesberg Not Returning To Virginia; Tristan Spurlock Leaving Virginia Basketball Program. None of this was new information, with the most recent article posted April 6, but I still found myself shaking my head at the sight.
Virginia athletic department, thank you for meeting demand with supply instantly. Three weekends ago, during a three-game sweep of Boston College, the Virginia baseball team drew a record 9,642 fans to Davenport Field.
Brad Stevens' career path to coaching the Butler Bulldogs is typical among his peers. A high school basketball star, he later played college basketball for the mighty D-3 Depauw University Tigers.
There are clearly defined student sections at Virginia football and basketball games, and it's understood that the Wahooligans make camp in the far section of bleachers at Kl
Vancouver, thank you for hosting what amounted to a great Winter Olympics. Pulling off a successful two-week extravaganza wasn't easy, that's for sure.
As February is Black History Month, this is as appropriate a time as any to crack open the archives and take a look at the history of black athletes at the University.
The spring semester traditionally promises two things to Virginia students: good weather and great athletics.
Two years ago, I wrote a column about why players on the men's basketball team chose the numbers they wear on their jerseys.
