Virginia Tech athletics announced this morning Tyrece Radford has been suspended indefinitely from all men’s basketball team activities, effective immediately, for “not upholding the high standards Virginia Tech has for its students and athletes.” Tech said there would be no further comment “until the matter is resolved.” Radford is Tech’s […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — It took the Kansas City Chiefs five frustrating decades to make their second Super Bowl appearance. Now, the defending champs are headed there for the second straight year. Showing no lingering effects from his concussion, Patrick Mahomes sliced up Buffalo’s secondary with ruthless efficiency Sunday […]
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Tom Brady has a new team, in a new town. The destination is the same: another Super Bowl. At home, too. The man with six NFL titles will become the first quarterback to play a Super Bowl on his team’s home field. He owes the […]
Warren “Junior” Gleaves Bullion, Jr., age 67 of Pulaski, died Saturday, January 23, 2021 at Galax Health and Rehabilitation Center. Arrangements are pending with Seagle Funeral Home, Pulaski.
SYRACUSE, N .Y. (AP) — Normally a team that lives and dies beyond the arc, Syracuse showed it can play an inside game, too. The Orange, in need of a quality win, beat a ranked team for the first time in a year, dominating No. 16 Virginia Tech 78-60 on […]
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Sam Hauser scored 11 of his 22 points during a 15-2 second-half run and No. 13 Virginia survived a scare before rallying to beat Georgia Tech 64-62 on Saturday night. Kihei Clark scored only two points for Virginia (10-2, 6-0 Atlantic Coast Conference), but they came […]
William Elijah McNeely age 87 of Barren Springs VA passed away Friday January 22, 2021. He was born June 13, 1933 in Barren Springs VA the son of the late James Swanson & India Martin McNeely. He was preceded in death by 2 wives Kathleen Hawkins McNeely & Marie Hines […]
Fred Elic Stone, age 76 of Dublin passed away Friday, January 22, 2021 at his home. Born August 15, 1944 in Wythe County, he was the son of the late Oscar Sullivan Stone and Rhoda Ethel Coble Stone. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Ruby Flinchum Harrison-Stone; […]
William Caddall Carson, age 64 of Pulaski died Thursday, January 21, 2021 at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Arrangements are pending with Seagle Funeral Home, Pulaski.
ATLANTA (AP) — Hank Aaron, who endured racist threats with stoic dignity during his pursuit of Babe Ruth’s home run record and gracefully left his mark as one of baseball’s greatest all-around players, died Friday. He was 86. The Atlanta Braves, Aaron’s longtime team, said he died peacefully in his […]
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The jackpot for the Mega Millions lottery game has grown to nearly $1 billion ahead of Friday night’s drawing after more than four months without a winner thanks to bad luck, poor odds and reduced play partially blamed on the coronavirus pandemic. It’s only the […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A panel of Virginia legislators advanced a bill Friday to remove a statue of Harry F. Byrd Sr., a staunch segregationist, from the state Capitol grounds. The decision to advance the bill comes amid a yearslong effort in history-rich Virginia to rethink who is honored in […]