Digital RSS feed from the Roanoke Times The Roanoke Times en_us Sun, 19 May 2013 17:29:21 http://www.roanoke.com/csp/cms/sites/dt.cms.rss.XMLServer.cls ellen.mosely@roanoke.com After a stellar career as a Buccaneer, the former Cave Spring and Virginia star can now work on his golf game - and maybe becoming an NFL analyst - as he waits to see if he ends up in the Hall of Fame.... http://www.roanoke.com//sports/uva/1940749-10/nfl-grind-over-for-former-virginia-cave-spring.html uva 31585168@rss.roanoke.com Sun, 19 May 2013 17:29:21 LEXINGTON, Ky. — Bkaye Smith’s two-out RBI single in the 13th inning kept the Hokies’ season alive with a 3-2 win over Marshall in a must-win game in the NCAA regional tournament. Virginia Tech (37-20) and Marshall (36-22) had each played a game earlier i... http://www.roanoke.com//sports/uva/1943226-10/in-the-region-virginia-tech-softball-pulls-off.html uva 31593078@rss.roanoke.com Sat, 18 May 2013 17:29:20 The sophomore's catch at the top of the wall in the 11th preserved the Cavaliers' 8-7 win over No. 2 UNC.... http://www.roanoke.com//sports/uva/1943460-10/papi-saves-the-day-as-virginia-baseball-holds.html uva 31593981@rss.roanoke.com Sat, 18 May 2013 17:29:20 LEXINGTON, Ky. — Virginia Tech scored three runs in the top of the fifth inning to erase a 3-1 deficit and give the Hokies a 4-3 win over Notre Dame on day one of the NCAA tournament. Virginia Tech (35-19), the third seed in the Lexington Region, scored f... http://www.roanoke.com//sports/uva/1941217-10/in-the-region-virginia-tech-tops-notre-dame.html uva 31586729@rss.roanoke.com Fri, 17 May 2013 17:29:19 CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Scoring runs in six different innings, the seventh-ranked Cavaliers surgically picked apart the second-ranked Tar Heels 10-4 at Boshamer Field. Mike Papi went 3 for 6 with two RBIs, while Derek Fisher added a hit and two RBIs for Vir... http://www.roanoke.com//sports/uva/1938699-10/in-the-region-virginia-baseball-upends-no-2.html uva 31578204@rss.roanoke.com Thu, 16 May 2013 17:29:18 Richardson was rated the No. 10 prospect in Virginia by The Roanoke Times when he was a senior at Menchville High School in Newport News.... http://www.roanoke.com//sports/uva/1939014-10/no-3-tailback-richardson-leaves-virginia-football-team.html uva 31579506@rss.roanoke.com Thu, 16 May 2013 17:29:18 ... http://www.roanoke.com//sports/uva/1929976-10/virginia-softball-coach-resigns.html uva 31549001@rss.roanoke.com Wed, 15 May 2013 17:29:17 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Caroline McTiernan’s third goal of the game proved to be the game winner as Virginia scored a 10-8 upset over sixth-seed and regional host Georgetown in the NCAA Division I Women’s Lacrosse Tournament. After an opening goal by Georgetow... http://www.roanoke.com//sports/uva/1927602-10/in-the-region-virginia-women-pull-off-upset.html uva 31541159@rss.roanoke.com Wed, 15 May 2013 17:29:17 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Caitlin Dent hit a two-run homer to lead second-seeded North Carolina State to a 3-1 win over sixth-seeded Virginia Tech in an ACC softball semifinal Friday. Tech’s Dani Anderson hit an RBI single in the fifth to tie the score at 1, bu... http://www.roanoke.com//sports/uva/1924272-10/in-the-region-virginia-tech-falls-to-nc.html uva 31530789@rss.roanoke.com Wed, 15 May 2013 17:29:17 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Kylie McGoldrick had two hits, including a two-run homer, and three RBIs to help sixth-seeded Virginia Tech beat third-seeded Maryland 8-5 in an ACC softball quarterfinal Thursday. The Hokies (35-18) will face second-seeded North Carol... http://www.roanoke.com//sports/uva/1921570-10/in-the-region-hokies-win-acc-softball-quarterfinal.html uva 31521353@rss.roanoke.com Wed, 15 May 2013 17:29:17 The Roanoke College softball team received an at-large bid to the NCAA Division III tournament Monday and will get to stay home for its regional. The Moyer Sports Complex in Salem had previously been chosen to be one of the eight regional sites. The Maroo... http://www.roanoke.com//sports/uva/1912917-10/in-the-region-roanoke-softball-receives-ncaa-bid.html uva 31492828@rss.roanoke.com Wed, 15 May 2013 17:29:17 The SEC Network soon will be upon us. On Thursday, conference commissioner Mike Slive and ESPN president John Skipper announced a partnership that will launch in August 2014 and run for 20 years, making it the longest sports-rights contract in U.S. televi... http://www.roanoke.com//sports/uva/1908932-10/coming-soon-to-a-tv-near-you-all.html uva 31480203@rss.roanoke.com Wed, 15 May 2013 17:29:17 http://www.roanoke.com//sports/uva/1908854-10/in-the-region-wl-womens-lacrosse-wins-odac.html uva 31479931@rss.roanoke.com Wed, 15 May 2013 17:29:17 ... http://www.roanoke.com//sports/uva/1907950-10/uva-leading-scorer-bryant-stith-hired-by-odu.html uva 31477957@rss.roanoke.com Wed, 15 May 2013 17:29:17 Virginia Tech’s Amerigo Contini, a native of Italy who was 16-5 in singles, has been named the ACC men’s tennis freshman of the year, He was joined on the All-ACC team by Virginia’s Alex Domijan, Mitchell Frank, Jarmere Jenkins and Mac Styslinger and Tech... http://www.roanoke.com//sports/uva/1904635-10/in-the-region-acc-honors-virginia-techs-contini.html uva 31466032@rss.roanoke.com Wed, 15 May 2013 17:29:17 College baseball’s regular season is rounding third and heading for home, and while many teams will spend the next three weeks jockeying for position in the NCAA tournament, five have shown they are a cut above the rest. North Carolina (41-4), Vanderbilt ... http://www.roanoke.com//sports/uva/1899070-10/uva-a-lock-to-make-ncaa-baseball-tournament.html uva 31448162@rss.roanoke.com Wed, 15 May 2013 17:29:17 ... http://www.roanoke.com//sports/uva/1896690-10/in-the-region-virginia-softball-rallies-to-beat.html uva 31440798@rss.roanoke.com Wed, 15 May 2013 17:29:17 CHARLOTTESVILLE —After winning 22 and 23 games in back-to-back seasons, Virginia men’s basketball has moved the bar to a new height as Tony Bennett prepares for his fifth season as head coach. Anything short of a third straight 20-win season probably woul... http://www.roanoke.com//sports/uva/1895551-10/coach-tony-bennett-says-uva-at-a-good.html uva 31436962@rss.roanoke.com Wed, 15 May 2013 17:29:17 http://www.roanoke.com//sports/uva/1893731-10/in-the-region-wl-captures-odac-mens-and.html uva 31431344@rss.roanoke.com Wed, 15 May 2013 17:29:17 The Cavaliers will misses the NCAA men's lacrosse tournament for the first time since 2004.... http://www.roanoke.com//sports/uva/1893632-10/loss-to-tar-heels-in-acc-lacrosse-tournament.html uva 31431067@rss.roanoke.com Wed, 15 May 2013 17:29:17 The Virginia Tech starter held on to beat UVa in Game 1, then the Hokies cruised in the nightcap to win the series.... http://www.roanoke.com//sports/uva/1892197-10/mantiply-sets-up-hokies-doubleheader-sweep-of-virginia.html uva 31427419@rss.roanoke.com Wed, 15 May 2013 17:29:17 The New York Jets must think there’s something special about left offensive tackles from Virginia. Nine years after taking Cavalier left tackle and future Pro Bowler D’Brickashaw Ferguson in the first round, the Jets may have found his eventual successor ... http://www.roanoke.com//sports/uva/1892030-10/virginia-aboushi-drafted-by-ny-jets.html uva 31426700@rss.roanoke.com Wed, 15 May 2013 17:29:17