From the monthly archives:

August 2009

The Time Has Come

August 31, 2009

In every facet of life there’s no getting around certain facts. Traffic stinks in northern Virginia. Frank Beamer is good at his job. Fire is hot. We also have an unavoidable fact: the toll gate drops tonight at 12:01am at Virginia Sports Now. Beginning tomorrow, our pay wall goes [...]

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Three’s a crowd? Not for Virginia’s quarterbacks

August 31, 2009

CHARLOTTESVILLE — Surprise, surprise. OK, not really. Virginia coach Al Groh, well-known for playing it close to the vest with any information that could conceivably give the opposition a competitive advantage, just declined to shed any light on his team’s still-murky quarterback situation. Prior to Groh’s first weekly press conference, [...]

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Hokies will use three tailbacks – in maroon

August 31, 2009

        Virginia Tech fans – and Alabama fans, too, for that matter – can finally plan their wardrobes for Saturday’s much-anticipated 8 p.m. clash between the 7th-ranked Hokies and 5th-ranked Crimson Tide at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta.      Game representatives said today the Hokies will wear maroon and the Crimson Tide [...]

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Spiders will face an upgraded Duke squad

August 31, 2009

     Duke University quarterback Thaddeus Lewis played in a collegiate game for the first time in 2006, when the University of Richmond provided the opposition.     Lewis told the Durham Herald-Sun that he was so nervous, he went into the game and forgot the play. [...]

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Hagans among five cut by Redskins

August 30, 2009

With a deadline looming for a roster trim, the Washington Redskins today released five players. Among them was former Virginia star Marques Hagans.  A member of the Redskins’ practice squad  late last season (he joined the squad Dec. 9), Hagans had only one catch for nine yards in the team’s first three [...]

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Green making name for himself on football field

August 30, 2009

For a young man who cut teeth and took some of his first wobbly steps in the Washington Redskins’ locker room, the lone son of one of the greatest cornerbacks in NFL history isn’t necessarily what you’d expect him to be. He’s not some spoiled, selfish brat who thinks he’s better than [...]

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