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…
When deliberating the names of greats that have made their way through Virginia’s basketball program, there is perhaps no name bigger than that of Ralph Sampson. When Sampson made his way to Charlottesville in 1979 from his nearby roots in…
After 45 years on the air at WAVY-TV 10, Bruce Rader said one final goodbye to Hampton Roads viewers on Thursday night. “Well, the time has finally come,” Rader said as he began his remarks. “I sat in front of…
SALEM, VA (WFXR) -- Ryan Moye reports on Frankie Allen as he was the first African-American student athlete at Roanoke College as he played basketball for the Maroons.
The late Lily Harper Martin, nicknamed the “Tiny Typhoon of Portsmouth,” and rules official Galen Hill, whose home club is Elizabeth Manor Golf & Country Club in Portsmouth, are among six new members who will be inducted into the Virginia…
A clothes hamper was pushed to the corner of the room and it became a basketball basket, with rolled-up socks as balls. This is how Jerome Kersey, then 4 or 5, began playing hoops. Kersey, a Clarksville native who starred…
NORFOLK, Va. (ODUSports.com) – Former Old Dominion women's basketball head coach Marianne Stanley has been named a finalist for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2022, the organization announced on Friday. Hired by ODU at just 23,…
Sonny Allen, who led Nevada basketball to its first two NCAA Tournament berths, is being inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame. The legendary coach made Reno his home after coaching the Wolf Pack from 1980-87, posting a 114-89…