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August 17, 2008
Phelps does it: Passes Spitz with gold No. 8
BEIJING — Michael Phelps locked arms with his three teammates, as though they were in a football huddle calling a play, then hugged each one of them.August 16, 2008
Glavine out for rest of season
ATLANTA — Braves pitcher Tom Glavine is out for the season, and his illustrious career could be over if he needs major surgery on his injured left elbow.
The 42-year-old Glavine still hopes to return next year — unless he needs elbow ligament replacement surgery.
Georgia ranked No. 1
NEW YORK — By the time Georgia was done demolishing Hawaii in the Sugar Bowl, it was apparent the Bulldogs were well on their way to being No. 1 — to start the 2008 college football season.Just like Mike (Phelps)
U.S. Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps has achieved super-stardom after winning eight gold medals, breaking Mark Spitz’s 1972 record. He tied the mark on Saturday morning, Beijing time, winning the 100-meter butterfly by .01 second. The next day he won No. 8 in a relay.
Spitz golden once again in Phelps’ spotlight
BEIJING The famous mustache is long gone, the jet black hair now gray. His record is about to crumble, and someone else has already taken his place as America’s greatest swimmer. The seven gold medals from another time gather dust in a California bank vault.Phelps wins No. 7 by .01 second, ties Spitz’s record
BEIJING — His Olympics looking lost, Michael Phelps decided to flap those gangly arms one more time.August 15, 2008
Back to the film room
STUARTS DRAFT — The scoreboard was lit and fans pounded their feet on the metal bleachers during Stuarts Draft’s scrimmage against the defending Group A, Division 1 champion Buffalo Gap.
Vickers will start up front at Michigan
BROOKLYN, Mich. — Nobody could touch Brian Vickers on Friday in NASCAR Sprint Cup qualifying at Michigan International Speedway. “It was there from the first lap, the first turn,” Vickers said after his lap of 188.536 mph put the Red Bull Racing driver on the pole for Sunday’s 3M Performance 400.Nastia Liukin takes gold in women’s all-around
BEIJING — No runner-up finish to her friend and rival this time. Nastia Liukin, from Parker, Texas, won the biggest prize of all.
August 14, 2008
It’s six for Phelps
BEIJING — Michael Phelps collected the sixth gold medal and stuffed it in his warmup jacket. No time to even savor that one as he rushed off to swim again.
Skins ready for Favre circus, Jets
ASHBURN — The Washington Redskins have already played in the Hall of Fame game. Now they have to face a future Hall of Famer.Phelps’ team could stop him
BEIJING — So, it’s come down to this for Michael Phelps:
State-media story fuels questions on gymnast’s age
Just nine months before the Beijing Olympics, the Chinese government's news agency, Xinhua, reported that gymnast He Kexin was 13, which would have made her ineligible to be on the team that won a gold medal this week.
August 13, 2008
Training the next generation
While most of the Valley has turned its attention to the upcoming football season, members of the Waynesboro varsity boys soccer team are looking ahead not to March 2009, but to long after they hang up their purple jerseys.
After five record-breaking swims, Phelps rests
BEIJING — Michael Phelps finally seems to be grasping what it all means.
Leslie perfect as US routs Mali in women’s hoops
Lisa Leslie sets U.S. Olympic record going 7-for-7 from the field as the women’s team continues its unblemished run through the Beijing Games with a 97-41 victory against Mali.
Ex-Redskins lineman Jacoby joins Shenandoah staff
Former Washington Redskins offensive lineman Joe Jacoby has joined the Shenandoah University football staff as a volunteer assistant coach.Phelps wins 10th, 11th golds of Olympic career
For Michael Phelps, it’s not enough to just set a new standard. He has to demolish the old one.
August 12, 2008
Neb. wrestlers dismissed after posing nude on Web
LINCOLN, Neb. — Two Nebraska wrestlers, including one who won an NCAA championship in 2007, have been dismissed from the team after posing naked for videos and photographs on an Internet pornography site.Washington hyped for a healthy season
ASHBURN — After more than three weeks of hitting each other during the same old drills, the Washington Redskins are supposed to be in the dog days of training camp. Not so on Tuesday, when the morning practice was one of the liveliest so far this year.
3 wins for Venus, Serena at Beijing Olympics
Even by the lofty standards of the Williams sisters, three victories at the Olympics is a good day’s work.
US men’s hoops runs over Angola,
LeBron James and his teammates easily shoved Angola aside. Now come the teams that can push back.
August 11, 2008
WORD FROM THE Y: Go out and play
As the summer comes to a close and school looms on the horizon, we start the annual transition from summer sports into our fall activities. Some kids are trading in their baseball gloves or maybe goggles for high tops and cleats.Phelps not phinished
Michael Phelps is taking care of all unfinished business while he pursues Olympic history.Two old Cougars try to collide
There’s nothing wrong with a little competition.
But what if it’s against a childhood friend? Many would frown about the notion of going against a pal for hardware.
Kyle Busch is history
If Kyle Busch has a weakness, it’s apparently going to be awfully difficult to find. After rivals Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon said during the week they thought he was slipping following two straight lackluster finishes, Busch answered by making NASCAR history on Sunday. He led 52 laps from the pole and won the Centurion Boats at The Glen at Watkins Glen International to become the first driver in NASCAR’s history to win three road course races in one season.Team Redeem hammers hosts
In one heartpounding minute in the first half, LeBron James dunked off a nifty underhanded feed from Dwyane Wade. Then Kobe Bryant flew in and jammed. Then it was Chris Bosh’s turn to rattle the rim.‘The Hammer’ nails another win
Joe “The Hammer” Leavell endured a wild Summer Nationals 50-lap Late Model feature Saturday night, coming away with the top $2,000 to win prize.
August 10, 2008
Lee looks strong in scrimmage
Less than a year after getting ousted by Stuarts Draft in the Region III semifinals, the R.E. Lee football team looked solid as it controlled the tempo of its scrimmage against Heritage-Lynchburg on Saturday night at Gypsy Hill Park.
