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September 21, 2009

Virginia Tech’s game with Nebraska, which turned into “Saturday Night at the Improv,” may go down as one of the great wins in school history. It will certainly be regarded as perhaps the most dramatic and unlikely finish. ... Read More

September 8, 2009

Three years ago, Chick-fil-A Bowl CEO Gary Stokan and ESPN’s Dave Brown discussed the idea of staging a colossal college football game in Atlanta to open each season. ... Read More

September 1, 2009

Not since the first week of September five years ago has there been more anticipation for a regular-season football game for Virginia Tech than what we’re experiencing this week in Hokieland. ... Read More

August 8, 2009

It was, for lack of a better word, the “perfect” pass. ... Read More

June 12, 2009

When Charley Wiles was finishing up his college football playing days as an offensive lineman at Murray State back in the late 1980s, he didn’t really envision a career in coaching. ... Read More

June 8, 2009

A new era in Virginia Tech basketball begins in roughly eight weeks when the Hokies’ men’s and women’s programs move into their $21 million practice facility. While workers continue to finish up the interior, Tech coach Seth Greenberg is already using the building as a recruiting tool. ... Read More

May 12, 2009

Content-sharing, writer relocation and new media among 2009 strategies ... Read More

May 1, 2009

Following the color, the pageantry and the spectacle that is a Virginia Tech spring football game (that’s a head shaker in itself, no?), one clear conclusion can easily be made on May 1, 2009: the Hokies are a much better football team today than they were one year ago. ... Read More

April 13, 2009

Back before there was cable and satellite TV, and before the internet and the MLB Network, there was radio. ... Read More

April 9, 2009

North Carolina won the NCAA championship this past Monday night, blitzing Michigan State in the title game, which means – of course – that it’s now time to look ahead to 2010 in the ACC. ... Read More

April 1, 2009

When Tyrod Taylor takes the field later this afternoon at Virginia Tech’s first 2009 spring football practice session, he’ll do so with a new role and responsibility for the Hokies. Since his arrival on Tech’s campus in August of 2007, the uncertainty regarding Taylor’s role on the team has seemingly been in constant flux. ... Read More

March 17, 2009

Three months ago, there was much talk about the importance of Virginia Tech’s needed success in its Orange Bowl game with Cincinnati. Atlantic Coast Conference supporters were desperately hoping a Tech win would help salvage the league’s less-than-impressive BCS record. ... Read More

February 25, 2009
February 16, 2009

The world and especially Hokie Nation lost a courageous, talented, and warm-hearted young man yesterday. Allen Calloway, who played basketball for the Hokies from 2002-2005, died in High Point, N.C., after a nearly four-year battle with cancer. Calloway played in 83 games for the Hokies and was one of the most popular players on the team. Always wearing that welcoming, warm smile, AC was always good for a laugh and for keeping things in perspective. Everyone always wanted to sit near him on the team plane. A fun-loving kid.

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