On Tuesday, Major League Baseball made Jackson, tied to the “Black Sox” scandal, eligible for the Hall of Fame.
Robert Anderson
Robert Anderson worked for 44 years in Virginia as a sports writer, most recently as the high school sports editor at The Roanoke Times. before retiring in June 2022. He has won multiple Virginia Press Association awards for sports writing portfolio and has been honored nationally by The Associated Press Sports Editors. Anderson is a North Carolina native and a graduate of Martinsville High School in Virginia and Emory & Henry College. He is a 2025 inductee into the Virginia High School Hall of Fame.
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‘I got to live the way I wanted to and I didn’t have to go to work’
Buena Vista dedicates baseball field to former Major League player and manager Charlie Manuel, who grew up there.
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Oak Hill Academy in Grayson County hires former NBA star Carmelo Anthony
Anthony is likely to work remotely in his new position as co-general manager of the highly regarded private school basketball program.
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A day after setting attendance record, Blue Ridge Bobcats’ season comes to an end
The minor league hockey team in Wythe County was eliminated in the playoffs.
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Blue Ridge Bobcats draw a record crowd in Wytheville, but fall behind in playoffs
The hockey team plays again Saturday with a possible game Sunday.
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‘This is a hockey town now.’ A playoff-bound pro team has put Wytheville on ice.
The community has embraced its minor league hockey team. Tonight, the Blue Ridge Bobcats hope to set an attendance record.
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For the first time ever, a pro sports team will host a playoff game in Wytheville
Wytheville’s former minor league baseball team never had a playoff game at home. Now the second-year hockey team does.
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Once there were no women on the field in professional baseball. Now Amanda Kamekona is a hitting coach for the Lynchburg Hillcats.
She is in her third year with the Cleveland Guardians organization. Her manager calls her “truly impressive.”
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Five years ago, the VHSL basketball tournament ended with a secret meeting in the men’s room
In 2020, the pandemic shut down the Lord Botetourt girls basketball championship run before the players got on the bus. Here’s how it played out.
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VHSL state basketball finals set; full list of semifinal scores
William Fleming, Salem, Lord Botetourt and Central Wise girls win; Graham boys win, Northside boys lose three-peat bid. Both George Wythe boys and girls move to finals.
