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A full slate of games over the past weekend involving the 804’s college teams. Perhaps the most shocking news was VCU losing two in a row, after Thursday’s upsert loss at UR, the then 19th-ranked Rams fell at home Saturday night to LaSalle University at the Siegal Center. VCU has now fallen out of the […]

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College Hoops around the 804 this weekend have the VCU Rams and the Richmond Spiders both on the road in Atlantic 10 Conference play. Coming off their first A-10 win on Wednesday over Dayton, the Rams take their 10-game win streak and national ranking to New York to battle St. Bonaventure on Saturday. VCU jumped […]

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James Johnson, who packed up and left his assistant coaching job at Virginia Tech just weeks before the school fired head coach Seth Greenburg, is reportedly set to be named as Greenburg’s successor. Johnson left Blacksburg, landing at Clemson University, where he was just settling in as an assistant but apparently has told Clemson officials, […]

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Virginia Tech has fired head basketball coach Seth Greenberg after nine years with the Hokies, despite a winning record, an NCAA appearance, five NITs, and two ACC Coach of the Year awards. Greenberg had accumulated 170 wins in his nine seasons in Blacksburg, but never was able to recruit a team capable of challenging the […]

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          It’s only the beginning of March but already the ‘Madness’ has begum around the Old Dominion.  The VCU Rams win the Colonial crown and an automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament, but no postseason play for the UR Spiders this year as Richmond was defeated  by LaSalle  in the first round of the Atlantic 10 […]

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          The CIAA Tournament is underway in Charlotte, NC with Virginia Union’s men hoping to remain in the mix for a CIAA Championship.  The Cavaliers of UVA  have No. 16 Florida State coming to Charlottesville tonight as they try to position themselves for the ACC Tournament.  The VCU Rams,  25-6,  the 25 wins are the most in VCU historyand provides a strong NCAA […]

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The VCU Rams continue to find their groove after a slow start to the 2011 season, picking up yet another home win over Alabama-Birmingham on Tuesday night at Siegel Center to improve their record to 8-3.  VCU has now won five straight.  Meanwhile, Richmond is now 7-5 after defeating the Monarchs of Old Dominion at the Robins Center on Tuesday in […]

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For Virginia Tech, the Clemson Tigers were a thorn in the side of this 2011 season, spoiling the Hokies undefeated run midway through the year, and the crushing 38-10 defeat  in the ACC Championship Game.  The two huge losses kept the Hokies from being a serious BCS title contender, but Tech is still headed to a major BCS […]

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For Virginia Tech, the Clemson Tigers were a thorn in the side of this 2011 season, spoiling the Hokies undefeated run midway through the year, and the crushing 38-10 defeat  in the ACC Championship Game.  The two huge losses kept the Hokies from being a serious BCS title contender, but Tech is still headed to a major BCS […]

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The University of Virginia’s basketball team continued its fast start with yet another big win over George Mason 68-48 at JPJ Arena to improve their mark to 8-1.   VCU and Richmond were the State’s toast of the Sportsworld back in March when the “madness” was at fever pitch as both city schools went to the […]

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          David Wilson is one of those uniq1ue athletes who can turn a routine football play into an ESPN highlight of the night.  For all of his attributes, and his strong running ability which led to over 1,500 yards rushing with 10 games over 100 yards, the Hokies All-ACC running back was named the recipient […]

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Two of the state’s best college teams went into the weekend undefeated, only one remains, that would be the 13th-ranked Hokies of Virginia Tech, who clobbered Marshall on the road Saturday 30-10.  Tech has no time to appreciate their 4-0 mark with the powerful Clemson Tigers coming to Blacksburg next weekend.  The University of Richmond’s […]