Group 1: Jimmie Johnson. I really don’t want to take the likely points champion here, but let’s face it, there isn’t much to choose from. Johnson won the pole and his practice times have been almost as strong, so a top-10 run is likely. Carl Edwards’ [...]
VCU coach Shaka Smart:
On the atmosphere:
“It was phenomenal. It was a big part of helping us win. I think our fans really have a great relationship with our players, and you can feel that out there. Our guys [...]
A report tonight out of the Augusta Free Press says that Jamil Tucker will return to U.Va.‘s lineup after the Cancun Challenge. Good news for Cavs fans, who will see the return of Assane Sene tomorrow against Oral Roberts (well, a select few fans - I [...]
Cindy brought this in yesterday and I forgot to post it! It's the ChicKnits Miss BB knit out of Classic Elite Waterlily. This is the second ChicKnits pattern we've seen Cindy do in less than a month or two! Fantastic!
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Congratulations to Mallory Bracken of Mechanicsville, who was named the grand prize winner of the RIR.com Insider—Vegas Style promotion. Bracken found out she won Tuesday. Click the window below for video:
Bracken’s video submission, which can be seen below, was selected among entries from fans who submitted [...]
VCU basketball fans can follow the Rams' 2009/10 season at the Fan District Hub.First things first: The nickname is Pilots.
That’s who the Virginia Tech women’s soccer team will play Friday, at 10 p.m. Eastern, in the NCAA tournament’s round of 16—the University of Portland Pilots, who, unbeknownst to most sports fans in this country, traditionally fields a very strong women’s soccer squad, [...]
Group 1: Kurt Busch. Co-host George Templeton made good points about the older Busch on the show, and he should be strong today. He started third the past two trips to Phoenix International Raceway and finished in the top three both times, so starting second should [...]
Group 1: Kurt Busch. Co-host George Templeton made good points about the older Busch on the show, and he should be strong today. He started third the past two trips to Phoenix International Raceway and finished in the top three both times, so starting second should [...]
CHARLOTTESVILLE – If tonight was any indication, there won’t be many games this year where fans can leave early to beat the traffic.
Virginia defeated Longwood 85-72 to open the Tony Bennett era after a second-half surge brought the Lancers within eight late in the game.
“To give up that many points, [...]
Feeling no rush, coach Tony Bennett waited until the second day of the signing period to gather commitments and announce his first recruiting class.
U.Va. fans won’t have to look hard to find reasons for optimism – the five-player class is stocked with talent and addresses the team’s biggest need by [...]
Mrs. Obama looks fantastic in yellow. Today, she hosted a women's health care event at the White House and wore the J.Crew ensemble she first debuted on the Tonight Show in October of 2008. She even matches the curtains! ' [...]
As you saw on this week’s edition of R&R Racing, co-host George Templeton won’t be starting the Richmond chapter of the Danica Patrick fan club anytime soon.
George had some less-than-pleasant things to say about Patrick, and if he was talking about a NASCAR driver, you might [...]
In 1916 the Richmond Light Infantry Blues were dispatched to Brownsville, Texas to watch over the border and chase Pancho Villa. There they were converted to a cavalry unit. Following that campaign, in 1917, the Blues were sent to Fort McClellan, located in the [...]
Fiction by F.T. ReaA mysterious outbreak of graffiti has covered a Fan District building supposedly owned by Samuel J.T. Moore III.
All four sides of the former Julian’s Restaurant at 2612 W. Broad St. are swathed in graffiti so fresh that it smelled of paint last night.
Click here to read the entire article [...]
Fiction by F. T. Rea
THREE TO WATCH
1. Jimmie Johnson: After emerging from Talladega with a 184-point lead and only three races remaining, Johnson can play it safe the rest of the way. But if Saturday is any indication, he doesn’t appear content to do that. He led Happy Hour with [...]
I am a little late getting this posted, and for that I apologize. Personally, I am very excited and thankful for this successful action by Richmond’s finest. Oh behalf of the neighborhood, thanks to the Richmond Police Department!
From the press release:
Trio Charged With Fan/Carver Neighborhood Robberies
Nov. 5, 2009
Thanks to [...]
Thanks to the hard work and covert actions by several Richmond Police officers, three people who robbed multiple citizens around the Fan and Carver neighborhoods are off the streets and being held without bond.
“We are pleased to bring closure to these robbery cases and we will continue to [...]
You are looking—LIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!—at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium in Greenville, N.C., where Virginia Tech plays its second of two Thursday night games against East Carolina.
Despite the Hokies having lost their past two games, taking some of the shine off their season, this is a big night for East Carolina fans, who were [...]
Started making your holiday gift lists yet? If the answer is yes and you’re a music fan who appreciates keepsakes, here is a trio of books you might want to add.
Of course, you’ll only want them if you’re a devout follower of Neil Diamond, Bon Jovi or Michael Jackson – [...]
Pets are in for a treat if they are headed down to the old Dogma Grooming store at 3402 W. Cary Street in the coming months. Rather than getting a new hair do or a fancy manicure, they could be in for the change of lifetime. Dr. Lori Pasternak and [...]
Frankly speaking, you never sausage a promotion.
The University of Virginia will attempt to break its 22-year-old women’s basketball single-game attendance record against Tennessee on Nov. 22. It will do so by relying on the promotion that set the record in 1986: Hot Dog Day.
All fans who enter John Paul Jones [...]
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