NORFOLK — Charles “Lefty” Driesell sat anxiously waiting for the documentary to begin. He wasn’t as nervous as he would be for a basketball game, but the Hall of Fame coach and Norfolk native was nonetheless excited as he prepared…
CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — The Stukes family from Hampton Roads hopes to put themselves in the history books a second time with a Los Angeles Rams win on Sunday. Virginia Sports Hall of Famer and Chesapeake native Charles Stukes started his career…
Ronde Barber did not start as a sophomore on the Cave Spring High School football team. He was redshirted as a freshman on the Virginia football team. He played in only one game in his rookie season in the NFL.…
Perhaps Old Dominion’s use of the fast-break during a key first-half run of its win over Marshall Thursday was the most fitting tribute that the Monarchs could have given on ‘Sonny Allen Night’ at Chartway Arena. The family of former…
Billy Wagner piled up the strikeouts during his 16 seasons playing Major League Baseball and the former Tazewell High School star is down to his final three strikes when it comes to getting elected by the writers who cast votes…
Billy Wagner isn’t shy about his desire to eventually be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. In fact, he often tells people that when he’s out on his tractor at his home in Virginia, he sometimes practices his Hall of Fame speech.…
Whether or not Cooperstown ever opens its doors to Billy Wagner, the former Tazewell High School and Ferrum College star has plenty to be proud of. This was the seventh year that the seven-time All-Star reliever has been on the…
Just more than 2,000 people live in Ferrum, Virginia, a no-stoplight Appalachian town nestled into the Blue Ridge mountains. It’s about 30 miles south of Roanoke, the type of spot the U.S. government classifies as a "census-designated place." There’s one…
Richmond Times-Dispatch sports columnist David Teel was named the Virginia sportswriter of the year on Tuesday. It marks the 14th time he has received the honor. The nod extends his own record. The second most-honored state sportswriter is the late…
You know the afro. You know the rags-to-riches story, the four Defensive Player of the Year awards, the All-Star appearances, the championship, the Eastern Conference titles, the blue-collar mentality. You know about Ben Wallace. The 2021 Hall of Fame inductee is synonymous…