Here’s what the former University of Virginia football coach is doing now, plus other items.
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Former Tech AD: ‘Colleges and universities were not built for football’
David Braine laments the conference shake-ups and the commercialization of college athletics.
Virginia’s Black hospital for TB patients finally gets a historical marker
More Blacks than whites contracted TB; many went to the Piedmont Tuberculosis Sanatorium in Nottoway County for treatment.
Blue Ridge Discovery Center finds permanent home in Smyth County
The nonprofit is dedicated to “exploring, discovering and sharing the natural history of the Blue Ridge” through classes and camps.
How Virginia Tech and Virginia football recruiting ranks
Also, Virginia lands a 6-10 basketball prospect from Idaho.
Russell County soldier was called ‘a one-man army’
Now there’s an effort to raise a statue in Castlewood to the Medal of Honor winner from World War II.
Girls’ hockey takes the ice in Vinton
Lynchburg-based coach holds All Girls Hockey Camp.
Cavaliers land a familiar name
Plus; more recruiting and other college sports news from both Virginia Tech and Virginia.
State approves 15 new historical markers
New markers include one to Henrietta Lacks in Roanoke; plus sites in Craig County, Lunenburg County, Lynchburg Mecklenburg County and Nottoway County.
Radford University grad impresses as PGA rookie
Radford golf coach talks about how UK native Callum Tarren wound up as a Highlander.