Sad news filled the airwaves, websites and sports pages across Virginia and the Southeast on Sunday, February 18, as word leaked out that Lefty Driesell, the longtime head coach of the University of Maryland’s men’s basketball team and the first…
BLACKSBURG — The college basketball world lost a legend when Lefty Driesell died last weekend. Kenny Brooks lost a mentor. Brooks, the women’s basketball coach at Virginia Tech, played for Driesell at James Madison. Driesell, a Norfolk native, also gave…
(VIDEO) - The winningest coach in Virginia Tech history, Coach Frank Beamer’s 280 career victories rank sixth in FBS history and are the 13th most by a college football coach in any NCAA division. Coach Beamer, along with the late…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) – The Nick Saban Legacy Award was created in 2022, honoring the achievements of college coaches and their contributions to the game of football. Two coaches were presented with the NSLA on Monday, Coach Frank Beamer and…
Better known as Lefty, the Norfolk, Virginia-born Driesell was an All-State basketball player at Granby High School who helped lead his team to a state championship, winning the tournament MVP in the process. He also played at Duke University but…
When Lefty Driesell arrived at Davidson, the Wildcats’ basketball program had endured 11 consecutive losing seasons. Driesell coached them to eight straight winning years, four national top-10 finishes and two NCAA tournament regional finals. Before Driesell took over at Maryland, the Terps had…
One of college basketball’s most successful coaches and one of the game’s biggest personalities, Lefty Driesell, coached four different schools to the NCAA tournament, won more than 700 games and is credited with inventing Midnight Madness. The Norfolk native and…
Former Daily Press and Times-Herald reporter and columnist Al Pearce has his own Cal Ripken-like consecutive appearances streak that leaves every other NASCAR journalist in the dust. When the green flag drops on the 66th Daytona 500 on Sunday, it…
AND1, the well-known brand for footwear and apparel, will debut "The Chosen One" mini-documentary about Ben Wallace during the upcoming NBA All-Star Weekend. The event will occur at Living Room Theater in Indianapolis for a 6:30 PM ET exclusive screening…
This could finally be the year that the National Baseball Hall of Fame opens its doors to Billy Wagner. The former Ferrum College star was named on 68.1% of the ballots cast by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America a…