For Rebekah Trittipoe of Bedford, Jenny Anderson of Lynchburg and Anne Lundblad of Ashville, N.C., there were plenty of obstacles along the South Beyond 6,000 (SB6K) route through the Smoky and Appalachian mountains of western North Carolina.

Many talented golfers can go a lifetime without making an ace. But Wanda Blackwell has done it three times, including twice within a month this year.

Tyler Baze couldn’t stop shaking hands.  Michelle Sharp couldn’t stop smiling.  Melanie Williams was happy she had changed clothes.  The winner’s circle has that effect on people.

  The rain was relentless on Long Island, setting up this US Open to be a battle with both the field, the course..and Mother Nature!

Despite struggling with his serve, Nathan Thompson was on top of all other aspects of his game

Davenport is the first golfer to repeat as champ in the past five years

Rain could cause postponements in play for today’s matches in the 49th annual Central Virginia Invitational Tennis Tournament

  Pittsburgh has forced Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals with a rousing home victory.

Eddie Meador played for the L.A. Rams from 1959-1970.  In his time in the NFL he was named to 6 Pro Bowls, and still holds the Rams record for career interceptions.

Former NFL and Virginia Tech star Bruce Smith was charged with drunken driving Friday morning after a police officer stopped him for speeding

  The Nats Ryan Zimmerman is now past the halfway point in his quest for Joe DiMaggio’s 56 game hit streak.

Lorena Ochoa finished a sizzling round of 7-under 64 today to maintain her first-round lead at the Michelob Ultra Open at Kingsmill.

Alex Ovechkin got his first playoff hat trick. Sidney Crosby matched him, but his was too little, too late

The Flames star runningback was featured during Liberty’s convocation.

John Phillips and Kevin Ogletree are Texas-bound this week. Would they be participating in the Dallas Cowboys’ rookie mini-camp had John Garrett not spoken so highly of them?

The city received an e-mail from the United National Gridiron League, saying it would not field a team in Salem

Coach Foster says Macho will make an outstanding professional football player, despite how far he fell in the NFL draft

Ten players from Virginia schools were selected in the 2009 NFL draft. Only half were Hoos or Hokies.

Peerman was a favorite of UVA coach Al Groh, and the Ravens raved about the 5-10 216-pounder, too.

Harris, who was a three-year starter at Virginia Tech, went to the Philadelphia Eagles with the 157th pick overall—the 21st of the fifth round

Jennings watched the draft at his family’s home in Forest, spending the day “excited, frustrated, angry a lot of the time.” But once his name popped up in the final hour of the draft, the frustration turned to elation.

Once a top rated pro-prospect, the Hokies’ shutdown corner and standout return man dropped all the way to the 5th round of the 2009 NFL draft

When the draft begins at 4 p.m., and all the buzz surrounding it peaks, Victor “Macho” Harris plans to escape it all.

That could mean signing with a team as an undrafted free agent, port of entry that worked out for dozens of NFL players.

The first day of the Bassmasters “Blue Ridge Brawl” is complete at Smith Mountain Lake.  Now, fans can get a better view of each round, right from home.

Lanny Wadkins won a PGA Championship at Pebble Beach, and played on a record-tying eight Ryder Cup teams

Anglers are out on the waters of Smith Mountain Lake, trying to reel in a few lunkers to survive through to the weekend

The Blue Ridge Brawl begins Thursday on Smith Mountain Lake.  Wednesday’s final practice much colder than the forecast for the weekend.  The anglers fire up the boats at around 7am Thursday morning. 

Mel Kiper, Jr. projects Sidbury, who collected 11½ sacks for the Spiders’ 2008 Football Championship Subdivision title team, as a second-round pick in this weekend’s NFL draft.

Daniel Lanier may not ride bulls or wear a Stetson and alligator skin boots around his Hurt farm