NORFOLK, Va. – Two legendary Norfolk State figures will be inducted into the 2024 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Hall of Fame Class – Marty Miller and Debbie Dunn Anderson. The MEAC announced the five members of the 2024 Hall of Fame…
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — Adrián Beltré, Joe Mauer, Chase Utley, David Wright, José Bautista and Matt Holliday are among 12 new candidates on the Hall of Fame ballot released Monday. Todd Helton, who fell 11 votes short this year in…
As a high school football player, Sonny Wade was known for leading Martinsville High School to the 1964 Blue Ridge District title. As a quarterback at Emory & Henry College, Wade was known for directing a high-powered offense in 1968…
The Richmond Flying Squirrels will honor one of baseball’s premier relievers of the past Thursday night at the Double-A organization’s Hot Stove charity event at the Altria Theater. Former MLB All-Star Billy Wagner, a Ferrum College alum (327 strikeouts in 182.1 innings…
Franklin “Frankie” Allen ’71 has always been a groundbreaker, whether he was the lone Black student in a historically white classroom during integration or racking up school records as Roanoke College’s all-time leading scorer in basketball. Now, Allen has blazed…
NORFOLK, Va. — It seems every year, the Hampton Roads Sports Hall of Fame tops itself when it comes to special classes for induction. Wednesday night was no different. Five new members were enshrined at a ceremony from ODU's Chartway…
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Former Cavalier defensive back Rondé Barber has been announced as a member of the 2023 Atlantic Coast Conference Football Honors Class today (Nov. 7). He is a native or Roanoke, Va., where he attended Cave Spring High School…
NEWPORT NEWS — Hank Foiles is 94 years old, an age few of us will ever see, and if we do, we expect to be frail and perhaps confined to a wheelchair. But when you shake his hand, your fingers…
PETERSBURG, Va. (WRIC) — A group of National Football League (NFL) legends visited Petersburg on Monday to talk with middle and high school students about the importance of mental health. The visit was part of a partnership between Virginia Total…
PINEHURST – At this stage in his life Curtis Strange no longer has the stare that made opponents cough up leads on the PGA Tour for most of the decade of the 80’s. Strange, 68, loves to talk about the…