PETERSBURG, Va. (WWBT) - Decorated athlete Alonzo “Al” Bumbry will be making homecoming “Greater” as he leads Virginia State University’s homecoming parade this Saturday as the marshal and guest of honor. Bumbry, known for his fame as a Major League…
STUART, Va. (Oct. 10, 2025) – Wood Brothers Racing will welcome fans back to its hometown later this month, leading into the Martinsville Speedway race weekend, for a special 75th Anniversary Fan Day celebration at the Wood Brothers Museum in Stuart, Virginia.…
Duke's Kara Lawson has been named the next head coach of the United States women's basketball team. Lawson, who was an assistant coach on the 2024 gold-medal-winning national team and a gold medalist as a player in 2008, will lead…
NORFOLK, Va. – Former Old Dominion multi-sport star Juanita Etheridge, long-time area businessman and philanthropist G. Robert Aston, Jr., who has been a generous donor to ODU athletics; and Harry Minium Jr., senior executive writer for athletics, will be inducted into…
HOUSTON -- Billy Wagner was given the jersey No. 13 as a joke while in college at Division III Ferrum College in Virginia. It’s typically not a number any baseball player would like to have, but Wagner, who didn’t have many scholarship…
With the 2025 college football season, the AP All-American team will be turning 100 and to celebrate and on the second team was none other than former Virginia Tech and NFL legend Bruce Smith. The NFL's all-time sack leader should…
FOREST, Va. — The ODAC celebrates its 50th year of operation in 2025-26. Considering the history of one of the best conferences in Division III, it is rare to be able to convey truly new features to the public. Still, the…
CHESAPEAKE (WAVY) — It’s been quite the year for former NASCAR driver Ricky Rudd, having received his biggest honor when he was inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame in January, and Monday, he was the guest speaker at the…
CHESAPEAKE, VA (WTKR)- Ricky Rudd's journey to stardom started in Chesapeake, went through Indian River High School and took him to legendary status. Monday saw the NASCAR Hall of Famer return to his home town, serving as the keynote speaker…
Crozet resident Billy Wagner was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, July 27. A seven-time All-Star with a 100-mile-per-hour fastball, he spent 16 seasons in the Major Leagues playing for the Astros, Phillies, Mets,…