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…
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…