Content by Hattie Francis Ct Sports Reporter

Airport expansion may eliminate playing fields for intramural sports

September 18, 2008

The Virginia Tech Executive Airport runway will be "enhanced to the west" within the next five years, said Airport Director Michael St. Jean, affecting the department of dairy science, along with the intramural sports program.

Alabama remains unconfirmed as 2009 opener

August 6, 2008

The Virginia Tech football team began practice on Monday for the 2008 season, which kicks off in Charlotte, N.C., against East Carolina University. However, it is still undetermined who the Hokies will face in their 2009 season opener in the Georgia Dome

Tech alumnus to swim for Turkey in Olympics

July 30, 2008

Ankara, Turkey, native Kaan Tayla is not a newcomer to the Olympic scene. During the 2004 Olympics in Athens, at the age of 18, Tayla competed in the 50- and 100-meter freestyle for Turkey.

Column: Football dealing with image

July 24, 2008

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.

Volleyball camp offered at Tech

July 16, 2008

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.

Dillard out four to six months

July 9, 2008

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

Construction under way for basketball facility

July 2, 2008

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.

Track and field to send athletes to Olympic Trials

June 25, 2008

Two weeks ago, Virginia Tech's Track and Field team walked into the National Championships in Des Moines, Iowa after the women had just won their second East Regional title and the men's team came off its best performance yet.