757 Olympians: Great Bridge High grad Thompson Mann won a gold medal in swimming at the 1964 Games
Great Bridge High has produced standout athletes in a variety of sports, including a handful of first-round draft picks in…
Ryan Zimmerman among new inductees into the DC Sports Hall of Fame at Nationals Park
WASHINGTON (7News) — Sunday was a special day at Nationals Park even before the first pitch. Before the Nationals and Cincinnati…
757 Olympians: Pernell ‘Sweet Pea’ Whitaker promised a gold medal and delivered with dominant performance
Pernell “Sweet Pea” Whitaker promised his mother and his old neighborhood he’d return to Norfolk with an Olympic gold medal.…
Chesterfield Sports Hall of Fame Announces Inaugural Class, Includes 3 VA Sports HOF Inductees
CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, VA — After receiving more than 40 nominations for Chesterfield County’s first Sports Hall of Fame, presented by Virginia Credit…
Ryan Zimmerman headlines D.C. Sports Hall of Fame’s 2024 class
Washington Nationals legend Ryan Zimmerman, three-time Super Bowl-winning general manager Charley Casserly and former Washington Mystics teammates Vicky Bullett and…
Former Roanoke Times outdoors editor Bill Cochran was ‘an institution’
When Mark Taylor succeeded Bill Cochran as the outdoors editor of The Roanoke Times in 1998, readers were wary of…
Former Cheltenham All-American Craig Littlepage inducted into Virginia Sports Hall of Fame
Craig Littlepage, a 1969 Cheltenham High School graduate and former director of athletics at the University of Virginia, was inducted…
Paul Mellon and Ruffian Exhibits Among Summer Highlights at National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame
The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame will present special exhibitions celebrating the legacies of Hall of Fame…
Football hall of famer Bruce Smith named Norfolk’s First Citizen
NORFOLK — Perhaps the most accurate way to gauge the worth of people is to watch them when they are…
Chris Long & Heath Miller host Big Man Bash football camp
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Chris Long and Heath Miller hosted the first-ever Big Man Bash football camp on Thursday, June…
Virginia Golf Hall of Fame announces 2024 class; 2 Richmonders among 4 inductees
The Virginia State Golf Association announced Thursday in a news release the next wave of inductees into the Virginia Golf…