WFXR Sports Director Jermaine Ferrell has the latest edition of the WFXR Sports Sitdown on WFXRTV.com. Jermaine catches up with Roanoke Times UVA beat writer Doug Doughty. Doug started working at the Roanoke Times in 1974. He has covered so many events for the newspaper. Recently, Doug was told by the paper’s owners in Lee Enterprises he would be let go at the end of January. In Roanoke Times sportstwriter Doug Doughty’s 46 year career with the paper, he’s used his byline more than 15,000 times for a story. Most of them writing about Virginia Cavaliers athletics. Now, Doug has become a casualty of a number game with Roanoke Times owner Lee Enterprises. Doug says it was owner ships decision for him to leave and not his…
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