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Flying Squirrels pitcher Akeel Morris has major league experience
The Richmond Flying Squirrels and fireworks may be the most tantalizing entertainment combo since popcorn and butter.
Game changer: Attendance, ticket sales surge since Squirrels arrival
The Richmond Flying Squirrels had a good season on the field in 2022 and a great season at the ticket booth.
Flying Squirrels face Erie Sea Wolves in first round playoffs
The Richmond Flying Squirrels have won the Eastern League title in the grandstands. Now they’d like to win it on the field.
Baseball’s Tommy Davis dies at 83
Tommy Davis, among the greatest hitters in Los Angeles Dodgers history, died Sunday, April 3, 2022. He was 83 and residing in Phoenix.
Gridiron pioneer Willie Wood dies at 83
Willie Wood, the college quarterback who became an NFL Hall of Fame safety, died Monday, Feb. 3, 2020, at age 83.
Fayetteville State names new basketball coach
Ken Spencer is the new basketball coach at Fayetteville State University. Coach Spencer succeeds Alphonza Kee, who posted an overall 91-107 record in seven seasons at the CIAA Southern Division university.
Bonds looks forward to NFL draft
Long ago, droves of HBCU football players were drafted by the NFL and many went on to All-Pro and Hall of Fame careers.
Similarities in Dandridge, Arraez are hard to miss
Much of the baseball buzz this spring has centered around Luis Arraez’ quest to hit a next-to-impossible .400-plus.
The boys are back in town
The Richmond Flying Squirrels are in the midst of a six-game Eastern League series at The Diamond. They are taking on the Erie Seawolves, the Class AA affiliate of the Detroit Tigers.
Dennis Parker Jr.’s ascension to N.C. State fueled by academics, athletics, family ties
John Marshall High School’s Dennis Parker Jr. ranks among the most talented and decorated basketball players in Richmond history.
NBA playoffs now down to Final Four
The NBA Final Four consists of four franchises long overdue for a champagne celebration.
Beating Coach John Thompson’s Hoyas remains a sweet memory for former VCU Rams
One of Virginia Commonwealth University’s most memorable basketball victories came at the expense of one of the sport’s iconic coaches — the late Coach John Thompson Jr. of the Georgetown University Hoyas.
First African-American player with Cincinnati Reds dies at 94
Chuck Harmon, a trailblazing African-American athlete in both baseball and basketball, died Tuesday, March 19, 2019, at age 94. Mr. Harmon became the first African-American to play for the Cincinnati Reds baseball team in 1954, and remained a familiar figure around the Queen City of the West as a regular participant in fan and community events.
TJ Vikings looking for victories
Coach Chad Hornik’s checklist for Thomas Jefferson High football is nearing completion.
Hampton U. Pirates favored to win MEAC Tournament
Hampton University has the MEAC’s best basketball record, and arguably the conference’s two best players. Its archrival, Norfolk State University, however, has the last regular season laugh, as well as hometown advantage, heading into this week’s MEAC Tournament at the Norfolk Scope.
‘Sweet Lou’ Johnson, who played 14 years with the L.A. Dodgers, dies at 86
Louis Brown “Sweet Lou” Johnson, so nicknamed because of his infectious smile and friendly habit of clapping his hands, died Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020.
Richmond Flying Squirrels to open at home April 12
Take me out to the ball game. Winter has gone and now it’s time for peanuts, Cracker Jacks and baseball.
Long road to glory
City’s own basketball legends Ben Wallace and Bobby Dandridge to be enshrined in Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame
Richmond and the CIAA will be in the house Sept. 11 when basketball legends Ben Wallace and Bobby Dandridge are inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
Double your pleasure at VSU-VUU Classic
Let Freedom ring. Doors open at 2 p.m. Saturday for the annual Freedom Classic Festival that combines basketball with numerous community and cultural activities.
VCU has rare loss at home — to U.Va.
Two things Virginia Commonwealth University basketball thrives on are quality transfers and home games at the always rowdy, jam-packed Siegel Center.
