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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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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 […]

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Week Three of the 2011 college football season, and the 13th-ranked Hokies of Virginia Tech remain undefeated following Saturday’s 26-7 victory over Arkansas State in Blacksburg.  Not so fortunate were the Virginia Cavaliers, who fell 28-17 to ACC rival North Carolina in Chapel Hill.  It’s the Wahoos first defeat of the season.  The only game […]

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It’s Week Three of the 2011 College Football season, and so far, an exciting start for our local teams.  Virginia Tech, ranked 13th, is 2-0 with a home date vs. Arkansas State this Saturday.  UVA escaped the Hoosiers of Indiana on the road last week to remain unbeaten, but Mike London’s young Cavaliers will face […]

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Week Two of the college season saw the Virginia State University Trojans bounce back from their season-opening loss at Norfolk State.  VSU defeated West Virginia State 17-14, a nice road win in a season in which the Trojans have only 3 home games.  Meanwhile, CIAA rival Virginia Union gave up zero points in their first […]

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          With season-opening routs under their belts, both Virginia Tech and UVA will face bigger challenges this weekend as both will hit the road against stronger opponents.  The Cavaliers travel to Bloomington for a date with the Hoosiers of Indiana U.  The Hokies head to Greenville, NC  to face the Pirates of East Carolina University.  […]

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          The opening weekend of the 2011 College Football season was a very successful one for most of our local universities, only Virginia State came out of the first official weekend of the new season with a loss.  The Trojans were no match for the Spartans of Norfolk State in Saturday’s Labor Day Classic.  Meanwhile, […]

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          The 2011 college football season actually got underway last Saturday with the Virginia Union University Panthers defeating CIAA rival St. Augustine’s College 12-0 in Richmond.  The rest of the state’s teams will begin play this Saturday, September 3rd.  Virginia State University will renew its rivalry with Norfolk State in the Labor Day Classic at […]

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The Pirates of  Hampton University defeated Morgan State 60-55 in overtime to win the MEAC Championship and secure a berth in the upcoming NCAA Tournament.  This is Hampton’s first trip to the “Big Dance” in 5 years.  The Pirates are now 24-8 and will await their NCAA assignment on Sunday night. Hampton’s Darrion Pellum scored […]