Virginia Baseball alum Mike Cubbage spent a half-century in baseball, all told. Cubbage, on the eve of his induction in the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame, joins the “Jerry Ratcliffe Show” to talk about his life in the national past…
If the Green Bay Packers hope to win a fifth Super Bowl, they may want to find Aaron Rodgers a wide receiver from Virginia Tech. The Packers have started a receiver from Virginia Tech on three of their four Super…
Bill Leffler once mused that maybe he’d keep his sportswriting gig until the calendar reached 2031. “And maybe I could become the country’s first 100-year-old sportswriter,” Leffler wrote in a column published upon retirement — his second stab at it…
Brewing for weeks, the notion of returning to Virginia Tech football’s radio team didn’t truly click for Bill Roth until an Eagles concert Feb. 25. Roth had just parked at FLA Live Arena in Fort Lauderdale that evening when his…
Bill Roth, the acclaimed voice of Virginia Tech football for decades, is returning to the post after a seven-year absence. The Hokies and their media partner, Learfield IMG College, will announce the move next week prior to Tech’s April 16…
NORFOLK, Va. – Old Dominion athletic officials teamed with the family of former ODU basketball coach Sonny Allen for nearly a year and very quietly raised more than $150,000 for a scholarship that will bear Sonny's name. The effort was suggested…
NORFOLK, Va. – Former Old Dominion women's basketball head coach Marianne Stanley will be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2022, the organization announced on Saturday. Hired by ODU at just 23,…
Earl Lloyd, the first African American to play in the National Basketball Association, will be receiving a state historical marker at the site of his childhood home in Alexandria on Saturday. Lloyd was born in Alexandria in 1928 and grew…
NEW YORK — Readers of The Roanoke Times have known for decades how good Doug Doughty was at covering the University of Virginia and the ACC. On Friday night at the ACC tournament, the retired sports writer received a prestigious…
Ray Dandridge, arguably the greatest baseball player to ever come out of Richmond, is back in the news. The Hall of Fame third baseman is one of 13 Negro Leagues standouts being honored with bobbleheads. The project is a partnership…