Virginia Union University says that former basketball coach Willard Coker, who is suing the school for more than $2 million for defamation, has failed to prove the school did anything wrong.
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The Virginia State University women's track and field team, behind the strength of middle-distance runners Sierra Clayton and Taylor Ashley Bean, won the school's first Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association outdoor track and field championship on Saturday.
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Former Virginia Union University men's basketball coach Willard Coker, who was dismissed by the school last year, has filed a defamation lawsuit against Virginia Union seeking millions of dollars in compensation.
Dave Robbins fileBorn: Sept. 10, 1942; grew up in Gastonia, N.C.
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Michelle Obama is expected at today's Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association tournament semifinals. Virginia Union won't get the chance to play for the first lady.
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Mike Bynum's hot shooting nearly lifted Virginia State to victory. Then Livingstone College literally stole the game.
Virginia State's men's basketball team will begin play in the CIAA tournament today, taking on Livingstone at 7 p.m. in Charlotte, N.C.
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On Jan. 15, Virginia Union scratched its way to a two-point victory over Virginia State. That gave Union a record of 8-10, a mediocre start to the season.
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Virginia Union extended its winning streak over Virginia State to 23 games. State's last win in the series came in the 2002 Freedom Classic.
VIRGINIA UNION (8-10, 3-3 CIAA) — Wilson 2, Simmons 18, Brown 16, Johnson 9, Harris 2, Smith 3, Blalock 0, Arnold 3, Crump 0, Holt 7, Richards 3. Totals 22 13-17 63.
A win in tonight's Freedom Classic would be a definitive step forward for either Virginia Union or Virginia State, two young teams that have struggled this year.
Did you know? Virginia Union guard/forward Vicki Collier and her mother, VUU coach Barvenia Wooten Cherry, are believed by NCAA researchers to be one of only two active mother-daughter/coach-player combinations in NCAA women's basketball. The other: Sophomore guard Makenzie Robertson plays for her mother, Kim Mulkey, at Baylor.
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