Frank Beamer is best argument for keeping Mike London another year
By Matthew Comey | November 3, 2015Mike London, now in his sixth season, isn’t in all that different of a position than Beamer found himself in back in 1992.
Mike London, now in his sixth season, isn’t in all that different of a position than Beamer found himself in back in 1992.
The Orange-Blue scrimmage has come and gone, and Virginia football coach Mike London has set himself up for a fifth consecutive year of quarterback controversy.
While former coach Mark Bernardino’s management of the swim program during his tenure would seem to have set the team up for a bright future, any continued success the men’s program was poised for was quickly dismantled by Augie Busch’s leadership.
National signing day came and went last Wednesday without much hype at all for the Virginia football team. According to top recruiting experts, the Cavaliers signed somewhere between the 44th and 55th best class in the nation, which doesn’t seem too bad considering Virginia has finished last place in the ACC Coastal for three straight seasons. For me, however, the news is the most damning piece of evidence yet against the case for Virginia coach Mike London, who will enter his sixth season with the team this fall.
This morning, student supporters of the men’s basketball team will either wake up to extreme delight or utter disappointment. Why? The lottery to select the students fortunate enough to receive one of the 2,654 tickets to the Duke and Louisville games took place at 3:01 a.m.
Two University fraternity chapters — Alpha Tau Omega and Kappa Alpha — have announced that they will not be signing new Fraternal Organization Agreement addenda required of fraternities by the University. The addendum was drafted by a variety of stakeholders, including fraternity alumni, current members and the Inter-Fraternity Council, during Winter Break, and fraternities will be required to sign it by Jan.
William Antholis will begin his term as Miller Center executive director this week, leading the internationally renowned University institution into its fifth decade of scholarship in public affairs.
Former Gov. Bob McDonnell was sentenced to 24 months in prison Tuesday by Federal Judge James Spencer. McDonnell, who was also sentenced to two years of supervision upon release from prison, was found guilty of several corruption charges in September stemming from an improper relationship with family friend Jonnie Williams, the CEO of nutrition supplement company Star Scientific.
The Virginia Supreme Court rejected today the appeal of the second-degree murder conviction of former University lacrosse player and student George Huguely.
Given that most of us have only begun experimenting with the wide range of beer options available, below is a comprehensive review of the most popular local beers.