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On this week’s “Jerry Ratcliffe Show,” Hootie chats with three guests, including longtime Birdwood PGA Director of Golf Martin Winters about the course opening July 1; Dr. John MacKnight of UVA Sports Medicine on how there may not be fans when college football comes back; and Gary Criswell on state football recruiting.
Virginia basketball has made the cut for one of the nation’s top prospects in the Class of 2021. Jalen Warley, a 6-foot-5, 180-pound, 5-star combination guard from Westtown School in Norristown, Pa. narrowed his list to 10 schools on Friday, after receiving more than 25 offers.
At long last, Bronco Mendenhall’s football program has a sequential order at the quarterback position.
Brad Soderberg will apparently return to Virginia basketball’s coaching staff for a sixth season as an assistant to Tony Bennett.
Mark Lorenzoni from Ragged Mountain Running & Walking Shop shares the most recent Central Virginia and UVA running news.
On this week’s Jerry Ratcliffe Show, Hootie welcomes New York Times best-selling author Jonathan Coleman to talk about interviewing Michael Jordan for his book on NBA legend Jerry West (“West by West”).
Virginia coach Tony Bennett and the Cavaliers’ basketball team sent out a video message to the nation on Friday in hopes to set an example of unity.
When 247sports.com asked Charles Barkley what was the toughest loss of his entire basketball career, Sir Charles didn’t blink.
Nick Howell, who has been an assistant coach under Mendenhall since 2007 at BYU, and Kelly Poppinga, who has been under Bronco’s wing since 2009 at BYU, are the Cavaliers’ defensive co-coordinators. So how does that work?
According to sources, Virginia’s football players will return to school for voluntary workouts on July 5.
It was destined from birth that Ty Jerome was going to be a basketball player. His father, Mark, and mother, Melanie, both played college basketball. Mark was a high school and AAU coach. While that doesn’t necessarily mean their child would become a hoopster, the way he was raised perhaps did.
First year outfielder Chris Newell was named the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper National co-Freshman of the Year on Tuesday. Classmate Max Cotier joined him on the publication’s Freshman All-America Team.
Offensive lineman Ty Furnish, from Blessed Trinity Catholic in Roswell, Ga., became UVA’s 14th commitment overall for the class, and the fourth prospect from the Peach State to commit to the Cavaliers.
On the latest “Jerry Ratcliffe Show,” new Virginia football assistant coach and former Wahoo and NFL star linebacker Clint Sintim joins Hootie to talk about his playing days and joining Bronco Mendenhall’s staff.
By Jerry Ratcliffe Bronco Mendenhall told the media last week about his unique way of winding down after his daily work with Virginia football. Mendenhall, who grew up on a ranch in Utah, has horses on his property in Albemarle County. After he takes care of his football work each day, he spends a couple of hours calf roping. In fact, he estimated that he’s spent more time calf roping during the pandemic shutdown than he did all of his life collectively. Media couldn’t resist asking a couple of Bronco’s assistants this week if they had ever calf roped, and […]
I was fortunate to serve as moderator of a Zoom session with World Golf Hall of Famer Davis Love III, Birdwood’s PGA Director of Golf Martin Winters, and UVA golf coaches Bowen Sargent and Ria Scott in a discussion of the “new” Birdwood Golf Course at Boar’s Head Resort.
Should the 2020 college football season go on without a hitch, Virginia will face at least two of the top programs in the country during the regular season, leading off with Georgia in the opener and Clemson later on during the campaign.
For some real entertainment, check out the podcast version of last week’s “Jerry Ratcliffe Show.” You’ll find the fascinating story of how Coach Mark Jerome molded Ty Jerome into the player he is today.
After a three-month hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Virginia State Golf Association will lift its suspension of championship events beginning June 29.
There was no disguising Kelly Poppinga’s enthusiasm about talking to Virginia nose tackle Jowon Briggs during a recent videoconference.