In the days leading up to NCAA men’s lacrosse final four, Virginia coach Lars Tiffany commented on “the nerve” of his veteran players to talk openly about their expectation to win another national championship.If a championship-or-bust mentality drives his UVa program, how would his players …
“If it were a movie, people would say, ‘You’re full of crap. That doesn’t really happen.’ Yet it did.”
SAN DIEGO — Remember when a new Pac-12 media rights deal and expansion plans were supposed to be completed by Labor Day? Then it was by late fall, then by the end of the calendar year, then within the first couple months of the new year. "When I first took the job," new Mountain West Commiss…
After a gritty performance to force a winner take all third game in the NCAA Division III Softball Super Regional, the Yellow Jackets' final rally fell short.
Virginia men’s lacrosse coach Lars Tiffany uses the mantra, “pressure is a privilege.” In the most privilege-packed game of the season, the Cavaliers dropped a heartbreaker.
FRISCO, Texas — Seth Waugh stood in front of students from Frisco ISD, the University of North Texas and kids invited through United Way, explaining why he believes golf has become cool. Waugh, the PGA of America’s CEO since 2018, is 65, but with his long silver hair and deep tan, he himself…
Clint Castleberry had one glorious season at Georgia Tech. He was a whirlwind on both sides of the line, seeming to turn up everywhere. And then, he was gone. All that potential, snuffed out by the horrors of war. On this Memorial Day weekend, the largely forgotten exploits of Castleberry ar…
Clint Castleberry had one glorious season at Georgia Tech. He was a whirlwind on both sides of the line, seeming to turn up everywhere. And then, he was gone. All that potential, snuffed out by the horrors of war. On this Memorial Day weekend, the largely forgotten exploits of Castleberry are a somber, painful reminder of what might've been if not for war. He finished third in the Heisman balloting as a freshman in 1942. Then he headed off to World War II, where he died while piloting a B-26 off the coast of Africa. He was just 21.
Southeastern Conference leaders will continue debating what to do with their football schedule when they meet in the Florida Panhandle next week. The options: Play eight conference games with one annual rival or go to nine with three. Whether ESPN is willing to pay for extra conference games will factor into the decision, but how much? There is still no hard deadline to make a call on a format that goes into effect next year. Commissioner Greg Sankey told AP there is no guarantee a vote will even be taken next week.
UVa (13-3) enters Saturday’s national semifinal against third-seeded Notre Dame (12-2) with the nation’s top scoring offense, averaging 17.6 goals per game. Its attack features Dickson, fourth in the country with 3.7 goals per game and Payton Cormier (sixth at 3.6).
Iowa AD Gary Barta to retire effective Aug. 1
University of Richmond athletics welcomes its first social media star this summer. Anna Camden is a new member of the women’s basketball team.
In this run-drunk Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament, the University of Richmond and Saint Joseph’s played an outlier of a game Thursday at The Diamond.
Scouting and recruiting players in the NCAA transfer portal has become a vital part of building a college football program. And the process moves fast. To sift through a mountain of names, NFL-style personnel departments are using data and statistics from online analytics companies to more efficiently identify players who can help their teams. Information and services from companies such as SportSource Analytics, Tracking Football and The UCReport have become essential in college football's new age of free agency.
Tyler Burton was named second team all-Atlantic 10 Conference as a junior and senior, and started three seasons for Richmond after contributing as a key reserve during his freshman year.
Isaac Wilson, a four-star quarterback prospect in the Class of 2024 and the brother of New York Jets quarterback Zach Wilson, committed to Utah on Wednesday night.
Report: Mike Bohn left Cincy for USC amid misconduct probe
College football’s 2023 season is opportunity squared for the ACC. Will the conference seize its chances?
PHILADELPHIA — God, imagine it: 3 a.m. inside the living room of a Southwest Philadelphia home in the early 1960s, three men seated there, each of them a famous athlete, each of them a running back in the National Football League. The house belonged to Clarence Peaks, the Eagles’ starting fullback then, and from time to time, he would invite over two of his friends — his teammate Timmy Brown ...
An inside-the-park home run spiced the University of Richmond’s scoring against Rhode Island in the Atlantic 10 Conference tournament Wednesday night at The Diamond.
The Atlantic Coast Conference is moving forward allowing schools to earn more money generated from their own postseason performances. That move comes as the league tries to find ways to close a growing financial gap with two power-conference peers. The ACC announced Wednesday that its board of directors have endorsed a "success incentive initiative" for the 2024-25 season. Details are being finalized. The league has long distributed revenue evenly among its membership. TV money will remain equally distributed. The change would affect money coming from revenue-generating postseason events like the College Football Playoff and the NCAA men's basketball tournament.
Memorial Day weekend is almost here. That means Labor Day weekend can’t be that far away, which means college football isn’t that far away. With that in mind, it’s time to play our summer game when it comes to college football topics, with an emphasis on Kentucky football. Are we in? Or are we out? Kentucky will be better in 2023 — In Mark Stoops’ club didn’t nosedive last season, but there ...
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Echoing their athletic directors and commissioner, the ACC’s 15 presidents Wednesday endorsed a “success initiative” that will alter the conference’s decades-old policy of equal revenue shares.
In explaining the attraction of a college in Richmond to a young man from Thousand Oaks, California, Jordan Jaffe said, “I’ve always wanted to go someplace where I can get out of my comfort zone.”
Midfielder Jack Simmons had 12 goals and four assists in 48 games during his four lacrosse seasons at Virginia. This year, he’s scored 13 goals and added nine assists in 14 games with the Irish.
Saturday, he'll face his former team in the NCAA semifinals.
Discounting 2019-20, when most NCAA postseasons were canceled, this marks an ACC-record fourth consecutive academic year in which Virginia teams have won multiple national championships.
CHARLOTTESVILLE – Virginia lacrosse never has beaten the same opponent three times in a single lacrosse season. If it’s going to claim its third national championship in its last four NCAA tournaments, it’ll have to do just that.
Charles Francis “Cotton” Nash, one of Kentucky Wildcats men’s basketball’s all-time greats, died early Tuesday. He was 80. According to Lexington attorney Patrick Nash, one of Cotton Nash’s three children, the former UK basketball star had been battling significant medical issues since around Thanksgiving. “Baptist (Health) Hospital was taking good care of him but, finally, he just wasn’t able ...
Jacob Wilson disagrees with the modern baseball notion that striking out does not necessarily represent failure. The Grand Canyon shortstop is a projected top-10 overall pick in the Major League Baseball draft partly because of his uncanny ability to put the ball in play. Wilson has been the toughest player in the country to strike out for two years.
DURHAM, N.C. — The Virginia Tech baseball team scored seven runs Tuesday.
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