Video golf tipsPosted May26, 2006 at 05:46 PMRoanoke.com is now offering video golf tips in the new golf section. Throw a flag on ConnecticutPosted May25, 2006 at 03:22 PMConnecticut high school football teams will set a record for kneel-downs next season. That's when a rule goes into effect that will suspend coaches for one game if they win by more than 50 points. Hope this never comes to Virginia or any other state. How ridiculous will it be to see a powerhouse playing the worst team in its league and taking a knee all during the second half so that its coach won't be suspended. Steve Spurrier would only get to coach every other game with a rule like that. I always thought it was the losing coach's responsibility to do something to prevent the other team from scoring. It will be far more humiliating to play against a team that can't try than it is to lose by more than 50 points. Whatever happened to rewarding success? Next thing they'll do is give every high school football player a trophy. VT volleyball coach leaves for Notre DamePosted May22, 2006 at 03:35 PMWrestling? Check. Baseball? Coming soon. Now Jim Weaver has a third head coaching vacancy to fill, as Virginia Tech volleyball coach Greg Smith has left to become an assistant coach at Notre Dame. In six seasons with Smith, the Hokies were 81-94 overall and 37-38 in the ACC, the Big East and something called the Independent Volleyball Conference. They were 13-18 (8-14 ACC) last fall. "The six years I have been at Virginia Tech have been great," Smith said in a Virginia Tech news release. "It was a difficult decision to leave the program. I appreciate the support that I have received from the administration for the program, and I will always look fondly upon the past six seasons." A news release from the Irish reflects how "excited" everyone in South Bend is and attributes the following to Smith: "I'm very excited to be coming to Notre Dame and to become a part of a program of that caliber - one that is among the top in the country. I think being a part of Coach [Debbie] Brown's staff will be an amazing experience for me." Brands affidavit supports would-be transfersPosted May19, 2006 at 01:19 PMAn affidavit by former Virginia Tech wrestling coach Tom Brands supports claims by five Hokies wrestlers that VT athletic administrators promised unconditional transfer releases if the wrestlers wanted to leave. For background info, today's RT story is here Bruce Smith elected to college football hall of famePosted May16, 2006 at 12:32 PMBruce Smith will be the sixth member of the College Football Hall of Fame with a Virginia Tech connection. Smith, an All-American at Tech and an Outland Trophy winner, will be inducted on Dec. 5 at the annual awards dinner in New York. He will be officially enshrined in South Bend, Ind., in the summer of 2007. Smith is part of a star-studded class along with Florida State coach Bobby Bowden, Penn State coach Joe Paterno and Heisman Trophy winners Mike Rozier (Nebraska) and Charlie Ward (Florida State). Also in the class is Emmitt Smith (Florida), the all-time leading rusher in NFL history. If you are interested in knowing more about this year's class, go to this site: http://www.collegefootball.org/ You can also search by school and see who the other Tech enshrinees are, etc. Smith's election brings to mind the question of who is the greatest Tech player of all time? Is it Smith? Is it Michael Vick? Someone else? I'm curious to know what Tech fans think. Huskers and HokiesPosted May11, 2006 at 07:48 PMHave you heard the big news out of Tech today? The Hokies have scheduled a home-and-home series with Nebraska for 2008 and 2009. To get a longtime power like Nebraska to agree to such a deal says a lot about how far Tech has come. Nebraska has suffered through a couple of lean years, but they're still Nebraska and they will probably be a top 10 contender again by the time these games are played. On Sept. 20, 2008, the Hokies will travel to Lincoln. Nebraska will come to Blacksburg on Sept. 19, 2009. The Hokies have a good reputation for having fans that travel, but nobody's fans travel like Nebraska. Husker fans will gobble up every ticket they can get their hands on to come to Blacksburg. A lot of red in Lane Stadium will certainly clash with all that maroon and orange. It will be interesting to see how much red turns up that day or night. This is the kind of scheduling Tech needs. They caught a bad break when Wisconsin backed out on them, but give Jim Weaver credit for getting this deal done. Yes, this year's home nonconference schedule is uninspiring, but it does take time to build the kind of schedule you want on a consistent basis. With the Texas A&M series behind them and this one in front of them, Tech is beginning to show that it might have some longterm staying power as a national power. It takes a long time to become an elite program. Tech's not quite there yet, but this is a sign that the program is continuing to move forward. The next step is to beat a program like Nebraska, then win a couple BCS games. And winning a national championship has to come before anybody can truly call you elite. Bonds and RuthPosted May09, 2006 at 10:16 PMThere has been much discussion going around on the significance of Barry Bonds hitting as many home runs as Babe Ruth. People are on both sides. Some think it's huge. Some say, "Not so fast. It's not a record or anything." Well, it is huge. If anyone is bigger than the game, then it's the Babe. If Bonds (no matter what you think of him and no matter what he might have used for boost) surpasses Hank Aaron, then yes that is bigger. But hitting as many home runs as the Babe is something that as little as 10 years ago people were saying wouldn't happen again. Well it's about to, and it's big. In how many all-time categories in any sport can you name who is No. 2. I heard Mike Greenberg ask that question on the radio the other morning. He's right. Off the top of my head I can only think of one: Ty Cobb in all-time hits. Well, I'm off to turn on the TV and see if history happens tonight. All quiet on Vick frontPosted May09, 2006 at 11:24 AMNobody's talking about Marcus Vick in Miami. The most recent Dolphins blog report out of the Miami Herald talked about a lot of players in regards to their work at the Dolphins' minicamp, but there was no mention of Marcus. There were some positive things said about quarterback Justin Holland out of Colorado State. So it doesn't look like Marcus Vick has found a pro home. Sounds like he has a lot of work to do to get to that level. If anything else happens with Vick, we'll let you know. Card-carrying ChristianPosted May05, 2006 at 05:10 PM
Sutton's card features a photo on the front and his Christian testimony on the back. Sutton is hitting just .205 for the Avalanche so far this season. He joked that he'd put in a call to the bat company to ask that they put a few more hits into his bats. But Sutton figures he's due to get a bunch more hits. "They say for every time you get square to the ball and hit it right at someone, there's a flare that'll fall in," Sutton said. "I figure I've got a bunch of flares coming soon." Vick on trialPosted May04, 2006 at 11:06 AMAny Virginia Tech fan I have spoken with was happy to see Marcus Vick go undrafted this past weekend. They're still happy no one has signed him. So now we will all be interested to see how his tryout with the Miami Dolphins goes this weekend. How serious are the Dolphins about Vick? Hard to say. One thing's for sure, they needed to bring a QB into this rookie minicamp because they didn't draft any. Somebody has to throw to the receivers. Nick Saban isn't the type of coach to suffer a less-than-good attitude, particularly from a nonstarter. So Marcus will be evaluated in that regard just as much as he will be in regard to his performance. And he'd better be in pretty good shape. That will say a lot about his maturity. Tech's Hartman will retirePosted May03, 2006 at 11:23 AMNews out of Virginia Tech today is that longtime baseball coach Chuck Hartman will retire at the end of the season. Hartman will talk to the media at 4:30, according to a press release. Hartman has been Tech's coach for 28 years and in his 47 seasons (his first 19 were at High Point) he has won 1,441 games. Hartman's first 12 seasons at Tech were winning ones. That 1991 season was his only losing one until last year, and this year the Hokies are 18-27 and 3-21 in the ACC, the worst record in the league. Tech's press release says that a search for his successor will begin immediately. Hopefully athletic director Jim Weaver will have more to say about that later today. |
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Cards are as common as sunflower seeds among baseball players, but Salem Avalanche second baseman Drew Sutton has a different kind of baseball card.
