Five days after the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team won the FIFA World Cup on July 5, a group of young female soccer players from the Charlottesville area had an international victory of their own. The Soccer Organization of Charlottesville-Albemarle Elite U14 Girls won the Italy International Cup, a competition that brings youth players from […]
Five days after the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team won the FIFA World Cup on July 5, a group of young female soccer players from the Charlottesville area had an international victory of their own. The Soccer Organization of Charlottesville-Albemarle Elite U14 Girls won the Italy International Cup, a competition that brings youth players from […]
Richmond isn’t the only city that’ll be overrun with bicyclists when the Union Cycliste Internationale Road World Championships are held there this fall. Charlottesville will host the USA team camp before the September 19-27 event. “We are preparing to welcome the world to C’ville,” said Virginia Tourism Corporation’s Joni Johnson at a June 4 press […]
Exploding fireworks and Vanderbilt players dogpiling each other around the pitcher’s mound were the last images of the 2014 College World Series, and Virginia left TD Ameritrade Park dejected, but not disappointed, as the baseball program’s most successful season in school history came to a close in a 3-2 loss in game three. Vanderbilt’s win […]
With their backs against the wall in an elimination game, the UVA baseball team showed resiliency as they bounced back from a 9-8 loss Monday night to even up the College World Series championship by securing a 7-2 victory Tuesday in Omaha. After sophomore ace Nathan Kirby uncharacteristically got rocked for eight runs in a single […]
Neither natural elements nor any team in its path has so far been able to stop the UVA baseball team, as it defeated Ole Miss (48-21) 4-1 Saturday—the second win over the Rebels in a week—to earn its first ever bid to the championship of the College World Series in Omaha. The win pushes the […]
After a historic spring for the top-seeded UVA baseball program, the Cavaliers pulled out a 2-1 victory over Ole Miss Sunday night in the opening round of the College World Series at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha. Junior first baseman Mike Papi drove in the game-winning run with a clutch double on a full count […]
For me, parenting is often about managing my own expectations. I get all fired up about some idealized vision I concoct, then struggle with the way the reality is inevitably messier, louder, smellier, whinier…more real. Have you ever seen the site pinterestfail.com? It showcases pictures of beautifully photographed, adorable projects side-by-side with user-submitted photos of […]
UVA basketball coach Tony Bennett has signed a contract that ties him to Virginia for several more years and ups his base salary 13 percent to $1.924 million. “We are pleased with Coach Bennett’s commitment to the University of Virginia,” said UVA Director of Athletics Craig Littlepage in a news release this week. “Tony believes in […]
The long, sweet run is over and the ’Hoos are home—but talk about a season to remember. Tony Bennett’s men’s basketball team secured its place in UVA history by finishing first in the ACC regular season and then rolling a winning streak into a conference tournament championship, ultimately trouncing Duke on March 16 in Greensboro. […]
D.J. Bickers remembers the last time the UVA men’s basketball team won the ACC title in 1981. He was in fourth grade and watched the final home game against Maryland at U-Hall with his father, a former UVA football player who instilled in his son a fierce loyalty to the school. “I have not seen […]