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Thursday, May 3, 2012
VT Basketball News
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Johnson unlikely to do major overhaul on Hokies
James Johnson has been a head coach before. Well, sort of. The new Virginia Tech basketball coach filled in at Ferrum once while he was an assistant at his alma mater. -
Jones, Prohm others, discuss being a rookie head coach
James Johnson, who assumed the reins of the Virginia Tech men’s basketball team Tuesday, is a head-coaching novice who will be facing many new challenges. -
Marshall Wood Will Remain a Hokie
Rustburg's Marshall Wood will still go to Virginia Tech after all. ACC Football News
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Randy Shannon sues University of Miami in dispute over back pay
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Sims leaves Alabama for Virginia
ACC Basketball News
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N.C. State forward Tyler Harris transferring
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UNC hires Hubert Davis as assistant
ACC Recruiting News
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N.C. State receives commitment from Richmond County back
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
VT Basketball News
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Current Virginia Tech basketball players to return to team
James Johnson has some recruiting to do, but not with the current Virginia Tech men's basketball players. -
Hokies new basketball coach says he’s ready for the job
Virginia Tech gave James Johnson the big break he had been waiting for. -
Johnson: No better person for Hokies job than me
When he left Virginia Tech three weeks ago to take an assistant coaching job at Clemson, James Johnson said his goal was to turn that into a head coaching job. -
Short, strange trip for James Johnson
What a short, strange trip this has been for James Johnson and the Virginia Tech basketball program. -
Tech turns quickly to Johnson; players salute choice
James Johnson never had a chance to sell his home after leaving Virginia Tech for Clemson three weeks ago. Turns out, all that packing would have been for nothing. -
Tenets of Tech are intact
If you liked where Virginia Tech basketball was heading before this month, you're in luck. -
Three challenges facing new Virginia Tech basketball coach James Johnson
Virginia Tech will officially announce the hiring of James Johnson as the new head men’s basketball coach Tuesday during a 2 p.m. news conference, an event during which Hokies fans will be re-introduced to a familiar face. -
Virginia Tech introduces Johnson as men’s basketball coach
James Johnson has 19 years of experience coaching basketball, but in the midst of being introduced as Virginia Tech’s new men’s basketball coach Tuesday afternoon, Johnson flashed a sheepish smile when asked to think back to his only prior head coaching experience. College Football News
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BCS got it right on playoff
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
VT Football News
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Recapping the Hokies’ spring: Quarterbacks
So here we are, finished with spring drills, with the vast football wasteland of May and June ahead before you can start counting the days in July until players report for practice in August. VT Basketball News
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Hokies choose a familiar face as next men’s basketball coach
Twenty years ago, James Johnson was a basketball player at Ferrum College. -
James Johnson poised to become Virginia Tech men’s basketball coach
Virginia Tech Athletic Director Jim Weaver said one of the big reasons he fired former coach Seth Greenberg last week had to do with his three assistants leaving Blacksburg for other jobs. On Monday, Weaver tapped one of those assistants to be Greenberg’s successor. -
James Johnson to get Hokies’ hoops job
Virginia Tech has chosen James Johnson to replace Seth Greenberg as its men's basketball coach. -
Reaction to VT hiring of Johnson
Twenty years ago, James Johnson was a basketball player at Ferrum College. -
Tech close to hiring former assistant Johnson
It took Virginia Tech one week to find its new basketball coach. -
With Johnson, Virginia Tech gets some bang for its buck
I give the James Johnson hire a seven. ACC Football News
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ACC’s 2012 football favorites look familiar
ACC Basketball News
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ACC basketball outlook changes with Stoglin’s exit at Maryland
Monday, April 30, 2012
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Dealing with Greenberg a 30-year adventure
Until I looked it up today, it hadn’t occurred to me that Virginia had three head basketball coaches during Seth Greenberg’s nine-year tenure as Virginia Tech head coach. -
Drexel deputy AD: no contact from VT
Drexel deputy AD Nick Gannon emailed me back tonight to say that Va. Tech has not contacted Drexel for permission to talk to coach Bruiser Flint. -
Jayron Hosley: Reese Says Cornerback Has ‘Athletic Arrogance’
There are two things about Virginia Tech cornerback Jayron Hosley that probably gave NFL teams pause heading into the 2012 NFL Draft. The first is that he is only 5-foot-10, 170 pounds. The second is that he failed a drug test at the NFL Scouting Combine. -
Rumors abound in Hokies coach search
Although there has been Internet buzz that Virginia Tech might be eyeing Murray State coach Steve Prohm, Murray State athletic director Allen Ward said Sunday afternoon in an email to The Roanoke Times that Virginia Tech has not contacted the school for permission to talk to Prohm. Other VT Sports News
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Strong pitching key in victory
Behind a strong pitching performance by the Virginia Tech staff, the Hokies defeated Maryland, 6-2, on Sunday afternoon at English Field and claimed the ACC series win. ACC Football News
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Chilhood dream of being drafted comes true for Miami Hurricanes’ Lamar Miller
ACC Basketball News
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Washburn changed future of N.C. State basketball
Sunday, April 29, 2012
VT Football News
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Dallas calls on Virginia Tech fan favorite Danny Coale
Danny Coale's mind was awash with thoughts once a number with a Texas area code came up on his phone during the final day of the NFL Draft on Saturday. -
Tech’s Coale taken in fifth round by Cowboys
Virginia Tech's Danny Coale thought the NFL draft would be a mystery starting Thursday. It unveiled itself for him on Saturday. VT Basketball News
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Former Virginia Tech hoops assistant glad to be home
The personal, professional -- and even the residential -- have all aligned for John Richardson in the past week. -
Nova AD: VT has not contacted Villanova
Villanova AD Vince Nicastro emailed me back earlier this evening to say that Virginia Tech has not contacted Villanova for permission to talk to coach Jay Wright.
Saturday, April 28, 2012
VT Football News
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Deja vu: Giants tap Virginia Tech again, take CB Jayron Hosley in third round of NFL Draft
David Wilson will be joined by a familiar face in the Big Apple next season. -
For second time in as many days, Giants take a Virginia Tech Hokie _ safety Jayron Hosley
For the second time in three rounds, the New York Giants have taken a player from Virginia Tech. VT Basketball News
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Report: Virginia Tech contacts Lutz
Virginia Tech apparently is interested in talking with North Carolina State assistant coach Bobby Lutz about its head-coaching job. -
Surgery for Robert Brown
Virginia Tech guard Robert Brown had an appendectomy today because he had appendicitis. -
Virginia Tech interested in North Carolina State’s Bobby Lutz
Virginia Tech hasn’t identified its next men’s basketball coach yet, but school officials have been busy speaking with prospective candidates since Monday’s news conference announcing Seth Greenberg’s firing. -
Virginia Tech’s firing of Seth Greenberg was a controversial decision
The dismissal of Seth Greenberg brought a variety of reaction in the form of local blog comments, national columns and letters to the sports mailbag. Here's a sampling of what has been submitted, published and written.
Friday, April 27, 2012
VT Football News
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Giants make Tech’s David Wilson last selection of 1st round
Andrew Luck knew exactly where he was heading and the daunting task he faces. -
New York Giants make David Wilson a 1st round pick
Just when it seemed like Virginia Tech running back David Wilson wouldn’t be a first-round pick in the NFL Draft on Thursday night, the Super Bowl champion New York Giants swooped in and selected him. -
New York Giants nab former Virginia Tech running back David Wilson
Just when it seemed like Virginia Tech running back David Wilson wouldn’t be a first-round pick in the NFL Draft on Thursday night, the Super Bowl champion New York Giants swooped in and selected him. -
New York Giants take Virginia Tech RB David Wilson
With the 32nd pick of the NFL draft, the New York Giants selected Virginia Tech running back David Wilson on Thursday night. -
Tech, Thomas make progress in spring
Virginia Tech's spring football practice may have ended on a down note when Saturday's annual spring game was canceled, but it was during the weeks leading up to it that the Hokies accomplished most of what they set out to do. VT Basketball News
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Who is the ideal candidate for the Tech head coaching job?
Please vote in our poll below. Please note that this poll doesn’t necessarily indicate that these six coaches are the [...] ACC Football News
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Miami Hurricanes’ streak of no first-round picks in NFL Draft continues
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N.C. State’s Terrell Manning hoping for early NFL draft call
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Roy Williams nearing end to search for assistant coach
