His daughter-in-law, Emily Beamer, gave birth to Emma Sutton Beamer

Virginia Tech senior cornerback Victor “Macho” Harris tweaked his left foot during his 37-yard kickoff return in the first half of Friday final scrimmage.

Virginia Tech’s starting quarterback assignment for the Aug. 30 season opener against East Carolina was still a heavily guarded secret following the team’s final preseason scrimmage Friday

Liberty running back Rashad Jennings and Hampton punt returner Jeremy Gilchrist were named to the Sports Network’s Football Championship Subdivision preseason All-America team, announced Friday.

Manuel Reynaert, part of France’s 4x100 relay team in Beijing, has signed with the Rams and head coach Julian Spooner

University of Virginia football coach Al Groh isn’t ready to say who’ll start at quarterback against Southern California on Aug. 30, but he’s settled on a kicker

Two years of redshirting almost every member of the incoming freshman class has given Virginia a talent pool deeper than any Al Groh has had in this, his eighth year in Charlottesville

The University of Virginia has banned all signs at its athletics events, a move that some are construing as an infringement of Cavalier sports fans’ freedom of expression

Virginia Tech has suspended receiver Zach Luckett indefinitely for a violation of team policy, this comes after he was arrested for a DUI charge early Sunday morning.

  The Sparky Woods era of VMI football is a couple weeks from beginning.

William Campbell product Cedric Peerman’s healthy return gives the Cavaliers a formidable one-two punch in the backfield.

Former Marshall head coach and new UVA defensive coordinator Bob Pruett has known his new boss for 40 years

Zach Terrell has scored at least one touchdown in each of his last 16 games

  It was a mixed bag of action for the Virginia Tech staff to sift through, but Redshirt Freshman RB Josh Oglesby was a bright spot.

Already named the Big South’s preseason offensive player of the year, Rashad Jennings earned a national honor Monday, as The Sports Network named him the Football Championship Subdivision’s No. 1 ranked tailback heading into the season.

The QBs were off-limits to reporters after practice Saturday morning, and the cone of silence remains in place, apparently at their request

Former Virginia fullback Kevin Bradley, 22, was found dead of a gunshot wound to the head in Fayetteville, NC

At this time last year, one of the Cavaliers’ biggest question marks was if one tailback could emerge as a reliable ballcarrier.  Now, their biggest problem in the backfield is trying to sort out carries between two established game-breakers

Averett, winless a year ago, picked to finish last in the conference

The final of three VMI Q&As is with Keydets basketball coach Duggar Baucom

Less than a month before the start of the new school year, basketball player Will Harris is leaving the University of Virginia

The Virginia football team reported for training camp in Charlottesville on Monday, ready to take the field and erase the memory of a tumultuous offseason marred by arrests, academic suspensions and dismissals

The mood among Virginia Tech’s football players, coaches and the media members who cover them was pretty mellow Monday evening following the Hokies’ first preseason practice.  But Tech defensive coordinator Bud Foster was annoyed by something.

  The Hokies come into Fall camp the 15th ranked team in the nation, with at least that many questions to answer before their opener on August 30th.

The troubled football career of cornerback Mike Brown at the University of Virginia officially ended yesterday. In a two-paragraph release that included no comments from coach Al Groh, the school announced that Brown, who’s heading into his fourth year at U.Va., is no longer a member of the team.

Apparently, one trip to Tennessee this year was not enough for Debbie Ryan.  Just weeks after Ryan was inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in Knoxville, Tenn., it was announced that the legendary coach will take the Virginia women’s basketball team back to the state for an early-season test this year against the two-time defending national champions.

Charlottesville Police arrested two offensive linemen early Saturday morning

Police believe Michael Brown stole music equipment from a car earlier this year, and sold it on eBay

The son of Tech legend Dell Curry helped coach the next generation of basketball stars in Salem.  Stephen led Davidson to the Elite 8 of the NCAA Tournament.

The Olympic softball team will be in Salem Thursday for an exhibition game.  Today, the Salem All-Stars picked up their jerseys for the game.