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August 27, 2008
Baseball’s replay central resembles NASA control
NEW YORK — Baseball’s replay central is an 18-by-24 foot room on the fifth floor of a former baking factory in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District that’s crammed with so many computers and television screens that it looks like NASA’s Mission Control.No. 2 Jankovic guts out win
NEW YORK — Jelena Jankovic’s leg cramped so badly, she couldn’t take another step.Cougars stay focused
After graduating seven seniors, it was no illusion that the Stuarts Draft girl’s volleyball team made a powerful impression in their season opener against Wilson Memorial High School on Tuesday night.
Daily Pooch Punt: Week 1 Power Rankings (now with instant replay)
The Week 1 Power Rankings for all Augusta County and the two city schools are up and ready for you to read, cry about, agree with and lambaste me for.
August 26, 2008
Glennon will get the start for Va. Tech on Saturday
BLACKSBURG — Sean Glennon will be Virginia Tech’s starting quarterback this year while sophomore Tyrod Taylor redshirts.Groh stays silent about starting quarterback
CHARLOTTESVILLE — At Virginia Tech, Frank Beamer named his starting quarterback yesterday.For bragging rights
FISHERSVILLE — Wilson Memorial and Stuarts Draft battled Tuesday night for bragging rights.
MLB replay debuts Thursday
NEW YORK — Replay ball!
Pooch Punt: Now for something completely different …
Oh, I’m sure there will be bumps in the road as the Daily Pooch Punt Home Office tries something new. (But let’s be honest with each other, isn’t that always the case when “computers” and “the internets” are involved?)
August 25, 2008
Taylor hopes to start opener
Jason Taylor sported a big black brace on his right knee and the type of attitude he hopes will keep his consecutive games streak alive.Thigpen reflects on his record year
Game time at DeVault Stadium is still hours away, and Bobby Thigpen is seated at his desk, typing away on his laptop computer.
His young players quietly joke around in the cool confines of their clubhouse and ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ blares from the television. But Thigpen, the second-year Bristol White Sox manager is oblivious to the distractions. He’s too busy, preparing for that night’s Appalachian League game with the Princeton Rays.
Pooch Punt: Great Scott. He’s pretty, well, great
Don’t care what Southern Valley school you go to or which school’s colors you wear.
When it comes to being a fan of high school football you got to love how Dae’Quan Scott plays the game over at R.E. Lee. Touted as one of the most talented football players to take the gridiron in 2008, Scott did little to dispel that hype in his team’s opener on Friday—scampering his way into the end zone four times against Fort Defiance and keying a 40-18 victory over an overmatched Indians squad that never backed down.
August 24, 2008
Busch, Edwards feud good for NASCAR
BRISTOL, Tenn. — NASCAR has a new rivalry: Carl Edwards vs. Kyle Busch.
Phelps is exactly what swimming needed
Every four years a Summer Olympics rolls around and we all pause to watch the extraordinary displays of athleticism from some of the greatest athletes around the world.Another in the books
AFTON — The Swannanoa Country Club held its yearly Golf Classic on Sunday afternoon in Afton.
Greg Roberson takes another checkers
Greg Roberson zoomed into the lead of the Delmar’s Body Shop Late Model feature on the second lap and never looked back en route to his third win of the season on Saturday night at Eastside Speedway.August 23, 2008
TIM DAHLBERG : In the end, China serves up a memorable Olympics
The horses weren’t talking, but surely they had a tale to tell.Scott takes the lead
STAUNTON
On Friday night, in front of a packed stadium at Gypsy Hill Park, Robert E. Lee quarterback Dae’ Quan Scott was a blur of navy blue.
Fans meet Hall of Famers at Expoland
FISHERSVILLE — Expoland got a visit from Hall of Famers Art Monk and Darrell Green on Saturday afternoon.Slideshow: Friday Night Lights: Week 1
Friday Night Lights: Week 1Draft falls to B’way
STUARTS DRAFT — The first game of the season came down to one possession. After going back-and-forth on the scoreboard, Stuarts Draft could not match Broadway in the fourth, falling to the visiting team 35-28 on Friday night.
Knights topple Giants
BRIDGEWATER — Turner Ashby literally added insult to injury Friday night, scoring 28 second-half points to defeat Waynesboro 56-14 in the gridiron opener for both teams.
Scott puts on an offensive show
The Leemen’s win Friday night over Fort Defiance showed not only on the scoreboard, but also in the stat book.
Leemen win early S. Valley matchup
STAUNTON — Robert E. Lee defeated Fort Defiance 40-18 in both teams’ season opener Friday night at Gypsy Hill Park.August 22, 2008
POOCH PUNT: I know what you did this summer
OK, I really don’t. But for reasons known only to the slack-jawed sports columnist gods, I felt the need to make a movie pun that would have bee funny, oh, I don’t know, back in 1997. But I digress.
NBC trying to continue Phelps’ glow
Trying to keep the Michael Phelps glow, NBC has agreed to televise next year’s World Swimming Championships from Rome, along with the 2009, 2010 and 2011 national championships.
Opening match sweep
Western Albemarle swept Wilson Memorial 3-0 on Thursday night winning 25-21, 25-20 and 25-17.
RIVERHEADS: Keep it simple
It’s a different breed of football player in Greenville.
BUFFALO GAP: It’s a new year
When Buffalo Gap coach Rob Maxwell looked at his football squad he didn’t see them as the Group A, Division I defending champs riding a wave of momentum from an undefeated season — Maxwell looked at his team as if they never held a trophy.
FORT DEFIANCE: It’s about respect
It was just a lesson being taught to a JV player at the end of a practice, but it was one not lost on members of the Fort Defiance football team.
