Quantcast

Show advanced options

All results / Stories / Fred Jeter

Tease photo

From Henrico to Kentucky

Born to compete, Jada Walker’s unafraid to take the ball

Jada Walker is an honest, law-abiding young woman until she gets on the basketball court. She then turns into a woman of steal.

Tease photo

After homecoming win, VSU eyes championship prizes

Boldly, VirginiaStateUniversity’s football schedule includes games on Nov. 11 and Nov. 18 that aren’t guaranteed. That would be the CIAA Championship Game Nov. 11 and NCAA Division II Playoffs Nov. 18. And while Trojans fans may want to hold off a bit in making travel plans, those games are looking more and more like a reality.

Tease photo

Flying Squirrels second baseman Jalen Miller, 22, already in Baseball Hall of Fame

Jalen Miller achieved one of baseball’s rarest feats a season ago when he hit for the cycle — a single, double, triple and homer in the same game. It was a shining neon sign of coming attractions for the now 22-year-old second baseman with the Richmond Flying Squirrels.

Tease photo

Liberty’s Flames turning into a bonfire

On a winning football scale of one to 13, Liberty University is a 13. There are only four undefeated major college football teams left, and one of them is located only a fast two hours west in Lynchburg.

Tease photo

Richmonders hoping to take Clemson to victory in College Football Playoff

It may be up to two Richmonders to achieve something no one else has been able to do — stop the University of Alabama. Keep your eyes on orange jerseys No. 99 and No. 12 for Clemson University in the College Football Playoff final on Monday, Jan. 7, in Santa Clara, Calif.

Tease photo

VCU Rams jostle the crowns of basketball royalty

Native New Yorker Melvin Johnson wasn’t about to get blinded by the lights on arguably college basketball’s brightest stage, Madison Square Garden. 

Tease photo

For the record books: VUU drubs Lincoln 90-0 at homecoming

Looking back, Virginia Union University football has been on a historical roll. Gazing ahead, there are bumps in the road.

Tease photo

Thomas Jefferson starts football season with new field, new quarterback and new classification

Jaylen Tyler scored three touchdowns in Thomas Jefferson High School’s opening 48-6 win at Colonial Heights High School. Shamar Graham tallied three touchdowns in the home-opening 56-6 rout of Armstrong High School on Wednesday, Sept. 4.

Tease photo

Wide receiver Charles Hall moves into the fast lane at VUU

Charles Hall was merely a background figure — little more than an extra — last season for Virginia Union University football. This year, he has become a leading man.

Tease photo

JM speeds on after speed bump

Don’t worry, John Marshall High fans. The basketball still has plenty of air in it on the North Side.

Tease photo

VSU to meet CIAA champ Bowie State in Saturday's homecoming

Virginia State University has won five straight games with a relatively soft schedule. On Saturday, Oct. 19, easy street ends.

Tease photo

NCAA bound: No. 2 seed VUU Lady Panthers take on Edinboro Friday

The Virginia Union University Lady Panthers basketball team was hopeful it would be playing on campus this weekend at Barco-Stevens Hall.

Tease photo

VCU has history of capitalizing on 3-pointers

Players, even coaches, come and go. But one thing seems constant regarding Virginia Commonwealth University hoops— the 3-pointer is a Rams center-ring attraction.

Tease photo

VCU graduate named to U.S. National Blind Soccer Team

Richmonder Antoine Craig has shown his considerable speed for years as an elite track sprinter.

Tease photo

Women’s soccer league drafts high schooler Alyssa Thompson

Alyssa Thompson is an 18-year-old high school senior with a professional soccer contract.

Tease photo

Kaepernick, Reid reach settlement with NFL

In what amounts to a secret agreement, Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid last week resolved their grievances with the NFL. They will receive an undisclosed settlement based on claims that NFL owners colluded against them as retaliation for kneeling during the playing of the national anthem.

Tease photo

Rams rebuild team under Wade

The process of restocking Virginia Commonwealth University’s basketball roster is an ongoing task.  New Rams Coach Will Wade has added Korey Billbury, a 6-foot-3 transfer from Oral Roberts University, and 6-foot-7 Gerron Scissum, a high school senior from Huntsville, Ala., to VCU’s roster for 2015-16. 

Tease photo

Showing up and showing out

HBCU football attracted more fans this season

Football attendance was way up this season at Norfolk State University and Hampton University.

Tease photo

VSU opens football season in Norfolk at Labor Day clasic

Virginia State University hopes to start its 2018 football season the same way it opened the 2017 season — by defeating Norfolk State University in the Labor Day Classic.

Tease photo

Boxing great Marvelous Marvin Hagler dies at 66

Marvelous Marvin Hagler stopped Thomas Hearns in a fight that lasted less than eight minutes yet was so epic that it still lives in boxing lore. Two years later, he was so disgusted after losing a decision to Sugar Ray Leonard — stolen, he claimed, by the judges — that he never fought again.