Hampton’s big move to Big South
Breaking up is hard to do. In the midst of a conference transition, Hampton University’s 2018 football schedule bares slim resemblance to those from the previous 100-plus years.
Bacot says bye-bye to Trinity
The trend continues. Armando Bacot becomes the third top-tier basketball prospect to leave a Richmond school this year.
Stephen Silva, former VCU-VUU point guard, dies
Former Virginia Commonwealth University and Virginia Union University basketball point guard Stephen Silva died Tuesday, July 10, 2018, in his hometown of Brooklyn, N.Y.
LeBron banks on Lakers
The Golden State Warriors may have won the NBA championship, but now the Los Angeles Lakers clearly have the biggest prize in the offseason.
Rockets’ Harden soars with MVP title
James Harden has gone from the sixth man to the main man in the NBA.
Rodriguez ‘bats’ on nabbing Squirrels’ title
Luigi Rodriguez didn’t wait for Independence Day to set off fireworks for the Richmond Flying Squirrels.
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A former Virginian is currently the fastest man on the planet.
Mookie Betts scores big in baseball, bowling
The Boston Red Sox have Major League Baseball’s best record (56-28) entering this week. Many contend, at least among New Englanders, the Bosox also may have the best all-round player, too, in right-fielder Mookie Betts.
World Cup tackles color complex
France won its only World Cup in 1998 with the theme “Black-Blanc-Beur,” meaning black, white and Arab (or North African),” a slogan celebrating integrated France.
After changing his life, Neblett hopes to change others
Raymond Neblett, the former basketball standout who once took a costly wrong turn, continues to make up for lost time.
Trinity Episcopal's Bacot helps national team win gold
Armando Bacot has lifted his basketball game to the international level.
NBA draft roundup
The NBA draft has come and gone and only time will tell who will rise to stardom and who will sink.
VCU’s Justin Tillman still working toward NBA contract
Former Virginia Commonwealth University standout Justin Tillman has one foot in the NBA door.
Kentucky 8th-grader already pulling in scholarship offers
Such football powers as Alabama, Florida State and Louisiana State University are convinced Kiyaunte Goodwin will someday be a college star — even though he hasn’t yet begun high school. The 6-foot-7, 350-pound Goodwin just completed eighth grade at Olmstead …
A star is born: NBA draft expected to pick talent from U.S. and abroad
The NBA’s reward for a team having a miserable season is a high draft pick and hopes of a brighter future. Thus, the Phoenix Suns vault from having the worst standings to first in the 2018 draft of incoming talent.
