Sports writer for The Roanoke Times
@roanoketimes
. Beats include Va. Tech basketball. AP Top 25 men’s basketball poll voter and Heisman voter. Syracuse grad.
Working on a eulogy. Lost my dad Thursday. Some of you may have had a father, but I had a dad. The kind of dad who played catch with you in the backyard, took you to ballgames, was at the wheel for family trips, and kissed you on the cheek. I hope you had/have/are such a dad too.
I was at the BCS title game for VT-FSU. I was at NCAA men's and women's soccer semis for VT. I was at the NCAA wrestling when VT won a team trophy. And now here I am at the women's Final Four for another VT team. Not a bad career.
Lot of folks whining about this tourney being in Brooklyn and not Greensboro, but I am sure the VT players are glad to be playing UNC here in front of a more neutral crowd than it would be in Greensboro
Blacksburg High and Virginia Tech grad Britney Anderson, former Radford and Hokies assistant, wins NCAA title in her first season as Stanford assistant
Seriously? Did you guys know Virginia Tech made the Final Four last year and is No. 5 in the AP poll and the ACC champ? No pic of Kitley or Amoore in this?
Congrats to Mike Burnop of
#Hokies
, named the state's sportscaster of the year by the Virginia members of the National Sports Media Association, and David Teel, named the state's sportswriter of the year.
@MarchMadnessWBB
Maybe look up who made the Final Four last year and is ranked fifth and is the ACC champ, find a Va Tech pic and try again with this? This account needs to do better
Virginia Tech
#Hokies
announce that starting this Saturday, everyone at Tech athletic indoor events must show proof of vaccination or proof of vaccine medical exemption or a negative COVID PCR or rapid test taken within the previous 72 hrs
Lydia Rivers is transferring from Radford to Virginia Tech
@Radford_WBB
@HokiesWBB
-- and her dad, a former Hokies basketball and football player, couldn't be happier.
Blacksburg grad Cole Beck of
#Hokies
is moving on to the NCAA national championships. Finished 2nd overall tonight at the NCAA East meet in the 100 meters to earn a berth in the national meet.
Virginia Tech
#Hokies
@HokiesMBB
announces Tyrece Radford remains suspended and won't play today, although he did travel to Miami with team. Mike Young says there is a path for Tyrece to return to competition this week. (which I assume means next week)
Story updated with interview with Elizabeth Kitley's dad, who sheds light on why the
#Hokies
@HokiesWBB
star
@elizabethkitley
has decided to return to Virginia Tech
Whit Babcock from Wednesday: "Anything that's leaked out there is done with a motive. And I have great confidence in our ability to not leak it. So if our fans read something out there, they should know that there's a motive behind it all."
While I'm furloughed, I recommend you follow Mike Bar- no, never mind, he just tweets about an unnamed child. Oh, follow Andy Bi- oops no, I may be legally barred from mentioning him. There's Aaron Mc-- no, can't do that to you folks, his jokes are awful. Well, good luck to you.
Remember,
@HokiesWBB
will face some of these Iowa players in November, when Tech picks up another $150,000 to play Iowa in Charlotte. (By comparison, Tech men will get $30K for playing Penn State in Baltimore)
For first time since Feb. 1990, VT wins at FSU! Hokies make 18 treys. Cattoor ties school mark with nine. VT ends 12-game skid in Tallahassee with 85-70 win
Pete D'Amour of
#Hokies
named ACC softball coach of the year, while Carrie Eberle gets pitcher of the year and Kesley Bennett named freshman of the year
Young on Rice: "I don't think I need to say anything more about Rodney's ankle. Rodney wants to play. Rodney's ready to play. He's practicing, and practicing very, very well. That is a matter of the medical staff giving me the green light that he's ready"
#Hokies
AD Babcock says no current players have made any declarations yet about transferring or turning pro, nor have any signees asked yet about getting released from letters of intent
In Tues. paper, online now: I talked to Mike Young and Mike Jones
@DeMathaHoops
about Jones leaving DeMatha to join Young's Virginia Tech
@HokiesMBB
staff
Jalen Cone, rated No. 53 player in Class of 2020 by ESPN, announces to
@GameofInchesHS
he will reclassify, graduate this year and play as a freshman in 2019-20. Announces his top six are
#Hokies
@HokiesMBB
, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Boston College, NC State and Wake Forest
College basketball notebook in Friday's paper, online now: Luke Hancock
@lukeskywalka11
talks about joining the ACC Network
@accnetwork
, plus news about
#UVa
, the ODAC and the A-10
Keely Rochard throws a four-hit shutout and the Hokies win Game 1 of their Super Regional. Tech is one win away from the Women's College World Series! Game 2 at noon today (ESPN)