Count Virginia Tech athletics director Whit Babcock and team physician Mark Rogers among the pragmatists as major college athletics attempts to stage a fall season during a global pandemic.
From his youth coaches in Philadelphia to his professional coaches in the NBA and Europe, former Virginia basketball star Sean Singletary had plenty of role models as he launched his coaching career a few years back.
With Thursday’s release of the Atlantic 10 men’s basketball schedules for each league program, the University of Richmond’s overall slate comes into focus a bit more clearly. With at least a couple of games left to secure, it may end up being the most challenging schedule in program history.
When Duke announced its new women’s basketball assistant coaching staff under new head coach Kara Lawson one week ago, the lineup brought with it a certain black and gold hue.
Richmond picks up home-and-home games against Saint Louis and St. Bonaventure, while VCU’s home-and-home partners remain the same as last season.
Regrets so easily come to mind. Sound decisions often fade from memory.
The sooner the NCAA determines if and when there will be FCS playoffs this school year, the sooner the University of Richmond’s players and staff can set a course for what’s next.
Not even the Piedmont Collegiate Baseball League’s president, Jeff Roberts, felt sure his operation would make it through the summer schedule.
Penciled in as the day’s designated hitter, former VCU standout Vimael Machín made his major league debut Sunday for the Oakland Athletics. Here's a look at the full list of VCU MLB alumni:
The University of Richmond will not play a football game during a calendar year for the first time since 1896, when it was Richmond College and located on 13 acres about where VCU is situated.
VCU's hoops programs took a step forward in their offseason workouts Monday, the first day coaches were allowed to return to the court for skill instruction.
Over the years, former VCU players’ pilgrimage back to Richmond to work out has become a tradition of sorts. But it's looked a little different this summer.
Educated at elite universities and accustomed to coaching academically inclined athletes, Richmond’s Chris Mooney and Old Dominion’s Jeff Jones rarely collide with the NCAA’s initial-eligibility standards.
The NCAA's ban on in-person recruiting has been extended four times since mid-March.
When the Big Ten and Pacific 12 opted last week for conference-only football schedules, the logical question was whether the ACC, Big 12 and SEC would follow suit.
Richmond guard Jacob Gilyard is tracking toward the NCAA’s career steals record.
Budget-busting coronavirus testing costs associated NCAA guidelines and other factors will end CAA Football’s goal of playing as a league this fall through a pandemic.
A University of Richmond basketball reunion took place Wednesday. In other times, there would have been embraces among teammates and coaches who had not been together face-to-face since mid-March.
VCU's men's basketball team stopped by Marcus-David Peters Circle on Tuesday, where it gathered for a photo on the pedestal of the Robert E. Lee monument.
Levi Stockard III is no stranger to success.
University of Richmond football players, along with men’s and women’s basketball players, were scheduled to return to campus Wednesday. That has changed, a UR spokesperson confirmed Monday night.
The University of Richmond is the only college with the nickname “Spiders.” A major league team may consider switching to “Spiders” as a nod to the city’s baseball legacy.
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The University of Richmond’s Queally Athletics Center, a basketball-support facility, has progressed this year from a purple-wrapped shell to a brick building that blends into the campus’ architectural style.
Fans want conference officials to strongarm Notre Dame into full membership with an all-or-nothing edict.
Not going to happen. Nor should it. The Irish more than carry their weight.
"I also think if you make it through this, it’s one of those things where everything else is easy.”
The 2020-21 University of Richmond basketball team doesn’t work out together for the first time until mid-July, but the Spiders already started their first team activity: quarantine.
A program seeking playmakers added four transfers, three from FBS schools, to invigorate its offense.
Legions shrugged when Virginia Tech joined the ACC 16 years ago this week. Only state politics had maneuvered the Hokies into the conference, and their competitive prospects appeared dim.
With minimal opportunities available to play organized, competitive basketball this summer, Briante Weber turned north.
For Jaelin Montgomery, spring 2019 brought a spark that lit a fire.