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Thursday, January 10, 2013
VT Football News
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Cornerback Antone Exum returning for his senior season
Virginia Tech’s secondary got some welcome news Wednesday. -
Exum returns to Tech for senior year
Virginia Tech’s No. 1 is coming back for one more year. VT Basketball News
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More from Hokies on loss to BC
Erick Green on the team’s turnovers: “Just not careful with the ball, not taking pride with .. handling the ball. We gave up so many turnovers. They scored 30 points off of our turnovers (actually 29 points off turnovers). You can’t win a game with that happening.” -
Virginia Tech @ Georgia Tech basketball preview: (FREE!)
#157 R.P.I. Virginia Tech @ #119 R.P.I. Georgia Tech: TV coverage: 2:30pm, Saturday, ESPN3 Vegas line: VT+9,5 o/u=TBA $-line: TBA [...] -
With thin ranks, Hokies fall again
The Boston College men's basketball team has lost to Bryant, Harvard and the College of Charleston this season. -
Woeful Hokies fall to Boston College at home
Virginia Tech lost for the fourth straight game, this time falling 86-75 Wednesday night to a Boston College team picked to finish last in the ACC. ACC Football News
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Boyd returning to Clemson for one last shot at glory
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Donovan Wilson enrolls early at Tech
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Ted Roof hired as Tech coordinator
ACC Basketball News
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Harris’ late free throws help Wake Forest hold on to beat Virginia 55-52 for 1st ACC win
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Miami Hurricanes set for difficult tasks in ACC
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Missed opportunities doomed Terps in physical loss to Florida State
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N.C. State too much for Tech
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Quinn cooks up a career night in Duke win
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Terrapins have 13-game winning streak snapped in 65-62 loss to Seminoles
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Virginia Tech @ Georgia Tech basketball preview: (FREE!)
#157 R.P.I. Virginia Tech @ #119 R.P.I. Georgia Tech: TV coverage: 2:30pm, Saturday, ESPN3 Vegas line: VT+9,5 o/u=TBA $-line: TBA [...]
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
VT Basketball News
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BC-Tech preview capsule
Coming in tomorrow’s Roanoke Times and on the website, my visit at High Point with former Va. Tech basketball player Allan Chaney. For now, here’s a preview of tomorrow’s BC game. -
Tech’s one-man show struggling
In the 1950s, comedian Victor Borge’s “Comedy In Music” set the record for the longest running one-man show in Broadway history, with 849 performances before closing. ACC Basketball News
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Cold-shooting Clemson falls to No. 1 Duke, 68-40
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Dez Wells has become Terps’ leader in mere months
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Tech’s next test: No. 20 N.C. State
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Virginia Beat: Ringing in the New Year in (Virginia) Style
College Football News
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Alabama wins BCS title: Once again, SEC proves it’s second to none
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BCS names first semifinals
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
VT Football News
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Beamer, Virginia Tech shop for offensive coaching help
Virginia Tech’s football staff still technically doesn’t have any openings, but that hasn’t stopped the Hokies from seeking new coaches on the offensive side of the ball. VT Basketball News
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Virginia Tech Coach James Johnson hopes to ‘set the tone’ with benching of C.J. Barksdale
Virginia Tech power forward C.J. Barksdale has become the first member of first-year Coach James Johnson’s doghouse. A starter for the first 13 games of the season, the sophomore watched the Hokies’ 94-71 loss at Maryland Saturday from the bench. -
With benching, Tech’s Johnson setting the tone for program
Virginia Tech basketball coach James Johnson said benching sophomore forward C.J. Barksdale on Saturday against Maryland, while admittedly making things difficult on the team in that game, is necessary for the long term, to build the type of program he wants at Tech. ACC Football News
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Attaochu to return for senior season
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Kelly leaving Tech for FSU
ACC Basketball News
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Around the ACC: League Prepares For Conference Play
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Turgeon would be ‘shocked’ if Nick Faust missed Florida State game
College Football News
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Dynasty: No. 2 Alabama bashes No. 1 Notre Dame 42-14 to win second straight BCS championship
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Playoff sites likely to be picked by end of April
Monday, January 7, 2013
VT Football News
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Hokies Fuller, Davis to play in Shrine Bowl
A pair of Virginia Tech wide receivers who just wrapped up their college careers are going to be able to show off their skills at a postseason showcase. -
More reasons for Thomas to stay
As the deadline approaches for underclassmen to enter their names in the NFL Draft, there has still been no official word from three juniors at Virginia Tech who have until Jan. 15to make a decision. VT Basketball News
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Boston College @ Virginia Tech basketball preview: (FREE!)
#145 R.P.I. Boston College @ #137 R.P.I. Virginia Tech: TV coverage: ESPN3 7pm Vegas line: VT-3 o/u=144 points $-line: bet [...] -
Tar Heels edge Virginia Tech women
Xylina McDaniel and Tierra Ruffin-Pratt scored 14 points each as North Carolina's women's basketball team beat Virginia Tech 48-45 to remain undefeated in Atlantic Coast Conference play on Sunday. ACC Football News
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For Canes fans, BCS national title game is like the Pick Your Poison Bowl
ACC Basketball News
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Boston College @ Virginia Tech basketball preview: (FREE!)
#145 R.P.I. Boston College @ #137 R.P.I. Virginia Tech: TV coverage: ESPN3 7pm Vegas line: VT-3 o/u=144 points $-line: bet [...] -
In ACC opener, Cavaliers top Tar Heels for first time in nearly three years
College Football News
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A poor grade in a music class made Saban realize he had to be nearly perfect
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Money for college athletes: not if, but how
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Sources: Chip Kelly staying at Oregon
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Will game live up to hype in BCS championship?
Sunday, January 6, 2013
VT Football News
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Davis, Fuller will play in East-West Shrine Game
A pair of Virginia Tech wide receivers who just wrapped up their college careers are going to be able to show off their skills at a postseason showcase. VT Basketball News
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Freshmen lead Terps to blowout of Hokies
Seth Allen and Jake Layman idled near midcourt as the sellout crowd filed up the Comcast Center aisles Saturday afternoon, laughing while waiting to conduct a postgame television interview. The freshmen stood tall while fielding questions, hands clasped behind their backs, looking inconspicuous despite having scorched Virginia Tech in the Maryland basketball team’s ACC opener just minutes earlier. -
Hokies get a dose of reality after another lopsided loss
A season that featured an historic start officially turned historically bad for Virginia Tech on Saturday in College Park. -
Hokies’ defensive struggles continue against Maryland
Another porous defensive outing resulted in another lopsided loss for the Virginia Tech men's basketball team. -
More from Hokies on loss to Maryland
If you’ve already read my game story in the previous post about the Hokies’ latest lopsided loss, here are some more quotes on the game: -
Terrapins torch free-falling Hokies in ACC opener
Virginia Tech rang in the new year by getting its bell rung. ACC Football News
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Offseason moves could help shape a bright 2013 for Clemson
ACC Basketball News
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Florida State hangs on to beat Clemson 71-66
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Kelly, Duke bedevil Deacons
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Rion Brown leads Miami Hurricanes past Georgia Tech
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Tech drops ACC opener to Miami
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Virginia’s Evans likely to start against UNC
Saturday, January 5, 2013
VT Football News
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Former Hokie Shayne Graham’s NFL career is still alive and kicking in Houston
After participating in only 12 games for four different teams the past two years, the greatest kicker in Virginia Tech history has resurrected his NFL career this season with the Houston Texans. -
Kevin Sherman to Purdue? His sports marketing firm certainly thinks it’s happening
As rumors circulated that Stanford offensive coordinator Pep Hamilton interviewed in Blacksburg on Friday — which nobody I talked to could confirm, making me wonder about their veracity — it’s becoming increasingly likely that wide receivers coach Kevin Sherman will be leaving soon. VT Basketball News
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Hokies have to heat up in a hurry
In a preseason media poll, the Virginia Tech men's basketball team was picked to finish 10th in the ACC. -
Maryland basketball vs. Virginia Tech: Previewing the Terps’ ACC opener
Finally, the ACC opener arrives for the Maryland basketball team. -
Maryland’s Len a big test for Tech
Virginia Tech basketball coach James Johnson insists he won’t tell his players to slow things down despite his unusually thin roster. Today against Maryland, it may not be up to the Hokies. -
Terps striving to discover ‘tough’ identity when ACC play starts Saturday
Shaquille Cleare posed a paradox. Players on the Maryland men’s basketball team love each other. -
Terps will use tag-team ‘D’ against Virginia Tech’s Erick Green
Virginia Tech’s Erick Green will come into Comcast Center on Saturday as the nation’s second-leading scorer, but the Hokies come in having lost their last two games by a combined 62 points. Green had a season-low 12 points in a 97-71 lost at Brigham Young on Dec. 29. -
Virginia Tech’s Green is making like Stoglin
With a prolific backcourt star who leads the ACC in scoring, a decided lack of depth, and a first-year head coach, Virginia Tech has the look of last year’s Maryland Terrapins.
Friday, January 4, 2013
VT Football News
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Hokies in holding pattern
Virginia Tech is in a bizarre holding pattern at the moment. -
On Beamer’s new contract, assistant raises and more
Virginia Tech is in a bizarre holding pattern at the moment. VT Basketball News
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Hokies in slump with ACC play looming
It isn’t about the wear and tear of two trips out west or the fatigue caused by a thin bench. It’s not that opposing teams have learned how to defend them or that they need to slow down their up-tempo approach. ACC Football News
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New additions to Virginia’s football staff look familiar
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Tech defense by the numbers
ACC Basketball News
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ACC BASKETBALL: Conference play begins
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Virginia football hires Tom O’Brien, Jon Tenuta to complete staff
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Virginia PG Jontel Evans could return vs. UNC Sunday
