He always was a strong finisher [March 9]
The score was classic Sean, a full speed lay-up drained as if the much larger Maryland defender trying to stop him wasn’t there.
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He always was a strong finisher [March 9]
Sean Singletary goes out on top
The score was classic Sean, a full speed lay-up drained as if the much larger Maryland defender trying to stop him wasn’t there.
Charlottesville under Tibetan flag [March 10]
On this date in 1959, the people of Tibet rose up against Chinese occupation. They weren’t able to drive the Chinese from their capital, Lhasa, and in the run-up to this summer’s Beijing Olympics, Tibetan refugees around the world are trying to draw attention to their nation’s plight.
Local high schooler wins NAA YouTube contest [March 7]
The Newspaper Association of America Foundation announced this week that 19 year old Danny Vigour…
More press for “Dr. Rock” [March 6]
Carey Sargent, the UVA sociology grad student who studies music scenes in Charlottesville and Richmond…
Storylines from the Duke basketball game [March 6]
Without a doubt, the signature UVA men’s basketball moment of the John Paul Jones Arena era is Sean Singletary’s miraculous shot last year in the final seconds of overtime to give the Cavaliers the win against No. 10 ranked Duke.
Corner owner confirms CVS interest [March 5]
Terry Vassalos, owner of the Anderson Brothers Building on the Corner, which is now occupied by Satellite Ballroom and Plan 9 Music, would neither confirm nor deny rumors that a CVS pharmacy may take over the space at the end of May. “It’s nothing definite. It’s not done,” he says.
It’s official: Perriello versus Goode [March 5]
What every one has known for awhile is now official: Democrat Tom Perriello will challenge Republican incumbant Virgil Goode for his fifth-district congressional seat.
What would Kenny G do?
Ace: I’m fascinated by that funky mosaic mural on Fifth Street. I heard an out-of-town artist organized the effort. Do you think anyone would mind if I replaced the missing “G” tile in the “EVERY THING? Every time I come out of the ABC store, I walk by it and think I’ve got half a […]
Lysistrata
Not up on your Greek Drama? All right, then maybe you remember the “Gilligan’s Island” episode where Ginger, Mary Anne and Mrs. Howell get fed up with being treated like…
Meridian
It’s hard to compete with Flannery O’Connor. Even if it is just a letter to a librarian, bitching about critics and lamenting the brain-dead old ladies that populate her town, as up-and-coming writers go, “O’Connor” is never a name you want to follow in a journal. But for all the offerings of the latest Meridian, […]