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Stanley Land was one of four men who blazed a trail as the first African-American scholarship football players at the University of Virginia. Land joins “The Jerry Ratcliffe Show” for our “No Shoulders to Stand On” podcast series looking back at their experiences on Grounds that began in 1970.
The No. 11 seed Virginia men’s soccer team (6-8-3) will play at No. 6 seed Wake Forest (10-5-1) in the ACC Tournament First Round on Wednesday at 8 p.m. at Spry Stadium in Winston Salem, N.C.
Virginia quarterback Brennan Armstrong was included as one of 15 semifinalists for Maxwell Award for Collegiate Player of the Year. Armstrong is one of four representatives from the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Former Virginia coach Al Groh was the freshman coach in 1970 when the university admitted its first African-American football players. Groh joins “The Jerry Ratcliffe Show” to kick off our podcast series, “No Shoulders to Stand On,” featuring the four – John Rainey, Kent Merritt, Stanley Land and Harrison Davis.
In one of the wildest shootouts in Virginia football history, and on a night when Brennan Armstrong became the Cavaliers’ single-season passing king in just nine games, turnovers spoiled Bronco Mendenhall’s emotional return to BYU.
If you’re looking for a key to tonight’s Virginia at No. 25 ranked BYU, look no further than the Cavaliers’ run defense.
Thomas Jones, Virginia’s legendary running back of the late 1990s, remembers the Cavaliers’ trip to Brigham Young in 1999 like it was yesterday.
The No. 1 Virginia women’s soccer team locked up the ACC regular-season championship and top seed at the ACC Tournament on Thursday night with a 1-1 draw at No. 3 Florida State.
If anyone should know all the particulars of playing a football game at BYU, it would be Robert Anae.
The No. 1 Virginia women’s soccer team hits the road to close out the regular-season on Thursday night with a 7 p.m. contest at No. 3 Florida State.
Due to inclement weather in the forecast, Virginia baseball’s fall exhibition game against East Carolina has been moved to Sunday at noon. Youth Day activities will also take place on Sunday.
Expect a shootout out west. That’s what the panel for this week’s “Jerry Ratcliffe Show” – Jerry, plus Scott German and Chris Graham from #TeamAFP – are expecting. The show also breaks down UVA’s win over Georgia Tech and examines the state of the ACC as the calendar creeps toward November.
Brennan Armstrong is one of 40 quarterbacks named to the official Davey O’Brien QB Class of 2021. The designation makes him eligible to be voted as one of 16 semifinalists for the Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award.
Forward Diana Ordoñez of the Virginia women’s soccer team has been named the ACC Co-Offensive Player of the Week it was announced by the league office on Tuesday with the release of its weekly award winners.
Virginia field hockey senior back Amber Ezechiels has been named the ACC Defensive Player of the Week in honors announced on Tuesday by the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Apparently, Tech didn’t understand how much a defense pays when it leaves UVA wide receiver Dontayvion Wicks uncovered or attempts to defend him with single coverage.
As part of the ongoing Atlantic Coast Conference comprehensive review and assessments, the league’s 15-member Board of Directors today announced its decision to expand the evaluation of the conference office location to include cities beyond Greensboro.
Virginia (6-2, 4-2 ACC) will play its final non-conference road game when it travels to No. 25 BYU (6-2) on Saturday night (Oct. 30). The game is scheduled to kick off on ESPN2 at 10:15 EST.
The obvious sidebar to Virginia’s visit to BYU on Saturday night is Bronco Mendenhall’s return to Provo, where he was head coach of the Cougars for 11 seasons (assistant for two).
Junior Natasha Subhash won the singles title at the ITA Atlantic Regional Women’s Tennis Championships that took place Friday through Monday at the Virginia Tennis Facility at the Boar’s Head Resort.