The Rams have four starters returning from last year’s 24-10 team that went to the NCAA tournament but will be without CAA player of the year Eric...

CHARLOTTESVILLE Whether it’s a blocking drill, watching film or doing a walk-through on the field, U.Va. football players are focused on the same...

Reserve seat tickets for the Virginia Tech-Virginia football game on Nov. 28 in Charlottesville have been sold out. Student guest tickets (general admission)...

COLLEGES WOMEN Washington and Lee 1, Transylvania 0

Forward Jamie Skeen’s first game with Virginia Commonwealth will be at Tulane on Dec. 19. Skeen, who transferred from Wake Forest, must sit out the...

The University of Richmond received its third men’s basketball commitment yesterday when 6-6 Derrick Williams pledged to become a Spider. The 245-pounder...

Two motor coaches carrying the University of Richmond’s travel party arrived at the Robins Center on Saturday night at 8:15. Earlier in the day,...

CAA: Marcus Burley, rookie, Delaware (Highland Springs), returned a fumble for 42 yards for his first touchdown and had a team-high seven tackles as the...

After averaging 34.3 points in its first three games, James Madison has scored just 34 in its past three. The Dukes were shut out 27-0 by fourth-ranked...

The chase is smaller now. Instead of winning out and hoping a one-loss season would be enough to land in the national championship game, Virginia Tech...

After a winless September, Virginia’s football team is pulling off a perfect October, and it’s time to ask a once-laughable question: Can these...

A Connecticut player who was an expectant father was stabbed to death early yesterday after an on-campus dance, just hours after helping his team to a...

BOULDER, Colo.—Tyler Hansen wanted to prove that he should have been Colorado’s starting quarterback all along. He sure showed he deserves...

Florida, Alabama and Texas hold the top three spots in the first BCS standings and control their fates in the national championship race. The Gators (.988)...

COLLEGES MEN Ferrum 0, Washington and Lee 0 (2 OT)  WOMEN Boston College 1, Virginia Tech 0 Old Dominion 1, VCU 0 George Mason 1, Delaware 0 Radford...

Grading the three keys C-Proper tackling: Too often, Virginia Tech missed tackles in the second half—which simply can’t happen against Georgia...

Randolph-Macon blanked visiting Emory & Henry (0-2 ODAC, 4-2)19-0 yesterday for its first shutout since 1999. Thaddeus Scruggs rushed for a career-best...

Jimmy Clausen and Notre Dame showed that Charlie Weis’ Fighting Irish could go toe to toe with rival Southern California. They still haven’t...

Colt McCoy was a mess. His right thumbnail was ready to fall off, a nagging cold was wearing him down and Oklahoma was confusing him with blitzes he’d...

Jameel Sewell’s injury allowed Marc Verica to play the final quarter of Virginia’s 20-9 victory yesterday. Coming in to protect the lead, coach...

GAINESVILLE, Fla.—Tim Tebow kept Florida’s perfect season intact. Tebow directed a 69-yard drive in the final minutes, setting up Caleb Sturgis’...

NORFOLK—Dennis Brown ran for three touchdowns and passed for two more yesterday to lead Norfolk State to a 46-6 victory over Hampton. Brown was 18...

University of Richmond coach Mike London called it a “gut check,“ the halftime predicament in which the Spiders found themselves yesterday...

Grading the three keys CQuick start. Neither team was able to seize momentum in the first half. Virginia had a chance after going for it on fourth and...

Face down on the ground after the second of his two fumbles, James Madison quarterback Justin Thorpe buried his helmet in the turf and slammed his hands...

Virginia Tech’s defensive coordinator, Bud Foster, watched Georgia Tech quarterback Josh Nesbitt run left, up the sideline and toward the end zone,...

Virginia Tech’s players jogged to the locker room at halftime last night, having contained Georgia Tech’s tricky, option-based offense well,...

The field was a mess, waterlogged to the point where every step created a small puddle. But defensive line coach Chad Wilt didn’t have to worry about...

QUICK KICKS Score: No. 19 Georgia Tech 28, No. 4 Virginia Tech 23 For starters: Georgia Tech’s first four drives netted minus-4, minus-12, 3 and...

BOSTON—Boston College’s Montel Harris set two school records with 264 yards rushing and five touchdowns to lead the Eagles to a 52-20 win over...