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…
Billy Wagner coaches baseball at the Miller School of Albemarle, a 1,600-acre oasis in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Charlottesville, Va. It’s a private boarding school that feels more like a small college, he says, and his program is a…
or a record 15th time, Times-Dispatch columnist David Teel has been elected Virginia sportswriter of the year by the National Sports Media Association. The NSMA on Tuesday announced 59 first-time winners around the country for sportscaster or sportswriter of the year. Teel headlines a group…
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Legendary Virginia women’s basketball head coach Debbie Ryan will be honored at UVA’s National Girls and Women in Sports Day (NGWSD) celebration on Sunday, Feb. 18, when the Cavaliers host Syracuse (2 p.m.). TICKETS Since 1996, the Virginia Department…
ATLANTA, Ga. (WHTM) – Anthony Poindexter, Penn State’s current co-defensive coordinator/safeties, was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2020. This week with the Nittany Lions in Atlanta for the Peach Bowl, Poindexter was able to visit the…