Sports

Rugby works to build image

You may look at last season and see that through the first five games, the Virginia Tech men's rugby team failed to win one of those games, but there are reasons to believe that this upcoming season will be much different.

Lacrosse makes mark on campus

The Virginia Tech men's lacrosse team is not a varsity sport, but it has certainly grown to be a lot more than just another club sport.

Column: Football dealing with image

It seems to me, that for about the last three years, every time I turned around there was another student athlete from Virginia Tech in some form of trouble.

Vick's money woes continue

Michael Vick declared bankruptcy last week. Vick's financial problems mostly stem from dealings he had with a few different creditors and enterprises. Vick reportedly owes nearly $4.5 million to Joel Enterprises, which is based in Richmond. He also had dealings with a Canadian bank, to which he now owes nearly $2.5 million.

Stewart to leave Joe Gibbs Racing to form own team

According to the Associated Press, NASCAR star Tony Stewart announced last Thursday that after this season, he will part ways with Joe Gibbs Racing and take on the role of owner-driver at his new home, Haas-CNC Racing.

Volleyball camp offered at Tech

This past Saturday and Sunday, young athletes attended Virginia Tech's annual NIKE Setter/Hitter/Libero Camp. Volleyball head coach Chris Riley and fellow instructors helped to mold the minds of the eager campers.

Harris and Chancellor look to strengthen secondary

Last year, the Virginia Tech secondary allowed little more than 207 passing yards per game as a unit. Senior free safety D.J. Parker and cornerback Brandon Flowers anchored that unit. Parker vacated the free safety spot after graduation, while Flowers left the team a year early to declare for the NFL Draft, where he was drafted in the second round by the Kansas City Chiefs.

Bass fishing team loses No. 1 position

National championships are hard to defend, no matter what the sport. The Virginia Tech bass fishing team found that out first hand last weekend when it failed to defend its 2007 title and finished in 11th place at the College Bass National Championships.

Column: Kobe can't compare to Jordan

"It's just God disguised as Michael Jordan," said Celtic great and Hall-of-Famer Larry Bird after Michael Jordan put up 63 points against the Celtics in game two of the 1986 NBA Playoffs.

Weaver golfs in AT&T National

Another year of Tiger Woods hosting the AT&T National, another year without his presence in the field. Sidelined for the rest of the season following knee surgery, all Woods could do was send a telephone congratulations to tournament champion Anthony Kim. Without Tiger, 120 other golfers did tee it up on the 7,255-yard layout held at the Congressional Country club in Bethesda, Md., and one of them was Virginia Tech's Drew Weaver.

Tech athletes aim for Olympics

With Queen Harrison already a part of the 2008 USA Olympic team, a few fellow Hokies attempted to join her in Beijing last weekend as both the swimming and track and field Olympic trials continued.

Michael Vick declares bankruptcy

Things don't seem to be getting much better for former Virginia Tech standout and former Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick. As a matter of fact, things are looking pretty bleak.

Dillard out four to six months

Last Wednesday redshirt junior Brandon Dillard ruptured his Achilles' tendon during an informal practice rendering him inactive for the 2008 football season.

Harrison headed to Beijing

Tech swimmers take part in Olympic trials

With the 2008 Olympic games held in Beijing, China a little more than a month away, the trials for the U.S. swimming and diving team started this past weekend, and will last throughout the rest of the week in Omaha, Nebraska. Of the hundreds of athletes trying to make the Olympic squad stand seven Hokies.

Washington drafted by Pistons

Virginia Tech forward Deron Washington was chosen by the Detroit Pistons in the second round of the 2008 NBA Draft, which was held last week in New York City.

Column: NFL rookies paid too much

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell really gets it.

Construction under way for basketball facility

At the close of the 2008 spring semester, students watched bulldozers demolish several tennis courts, a roller hockey rink and a parking lot on Washington Street across from Lee Hall.

Tincher's college success not predicted in high school

Coming to Virginia Tech, Angela Tincher wasn't exactly expected to be a superstar athlete. Although she was the Gatorade State Player of the Year of Virginia her senior season at James River High School, she wasn't highly recruited by many schools.

Larregola faced off against former roommate

When Albert Larregola came to Virginia Tech from Spain four years ago to play tennis, he could hardly speak English.