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Wed, 08/23/2017 - 15:13The Hokies had yesterday off and return to the practice field this afternoon/evening. Before they did so Wednesday, head coach Justin Fuente and former coach Frank Beamer addressed the media.
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Wed, 08/23/2017 - 12:46BLACKSBURG – The most vicious hit he’s ever taken in his life? Deshawn McClease doesn’t have to reach deep into his memory banks for that. It happened just last week, during an...
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Tue, 08/22/2017 - 16:45BLACKSBURG — Career circumstances have changed, and so has the relationship between Hokies kicker Joey Slye and Virginia Tech great Shayne Graham, whose school scoring record Slye is chasing.
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Tue, 08/22/2017 - 10:09Virginia Tech and West Virginia will trot out the two most accomplished football coaches in their history as honorary captains in the season opener.
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Mon, 08/21/2017 - 20:07WYTHEVILLE — Charlie Dietz had 12 kills, Trinity Adams added 6 kills and Emma Minnick dished out 33 assists to lead Radford to an opening-night sweep of George Wythe in a nondistrict volleyball...
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Mon, 08/21/2017 - 12:00Justin Fuente might not think his Hokies should be ranked to start the season, but the writers in the Associated Press poll did.
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Mon, 08/21/2017 - 11:29BLACKSBURG – Lauding season has begun. Across the country, as college football teams assess their Week 1 opponents, they’ll do so in the most glowing terms. Flaws? Ha! No foe has flaws.
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Sun, 08/20/2017 - 22:12SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Heather Timothy’s second-half goal lifted the Virginia Tech women’s soccer team to a 1-1 tie with Pepperdine on the final day of the University of San Diego...
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Sun, 08/20/2017 - 21:151. New digs: VHSL conferences are no more. The two-region format is gone, replaced by a four-region setup similar to the old one. Several Timesland schools have changed classifications. Perhaps the...
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Sun, 08/20/2017 - 18:00BLACKSBURG — Call it confidence. Call it naivete. Call it hubris.
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Sun, 08/20/2017 - 15:00Giles graduate Lauren Sisler, who won a regional Emmy earlier this year, will be a reporter for the football pregame show "SEC Nation."
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Sun, 08/20/2017 - 14:51It was a quote bonanza at the Hokies' media day Sunday. And while that will prove fruitful for this week's worth of stories, there was some newsy stuff to come out of the proceedings.
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Sat, 08/19/2017 - 20:00PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. — Doc Redman of Clemson beat Mark Lawrence of Virginia Tech on Saturday in the semifinals of the U.S. Amateur Championship at the Riviera Country Club.
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Sat, 08/19/2017 - 16:15BLACKSBURG — Once Virginia Tech running backs coach Zohn Burden was finally selected as a NFL’s Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship particpant, one hurdle stood between him and...
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Thu, 08/17/2017 - 16:15The Hokies must replace their all-time leading scorer, Murielle Tiernan.
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Thu, 08/17/2017 - 11:36Because we've got interviews Friday and I've got nothing going on today, I've moved the Hokies mailbag up a day. This is where it will go once the regular season gets here anyway, so everyone might...
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Wed, 08/16/2017 - 17:00BLACKSBURG — At opposite ends of the Hokies’ defensive line, Trevon Hill and Vinny Mihota have different approaches at being problematic for opposing defenses.
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Tue, 08/15/2017 - 18:00BLACKSBURG — Tiquest Terry does a little of everything for Blacksburg’s football team.
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Mon, 08/14/2017 - 15:40The big news today was that Josh Jackson will be the Hokies' starting quarterback for the opener against West Virginia. Read all about that here.
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Mon, 08/14/2017 - 13:00BLACKSBURG — Josh Jackson went into his afternoon meeting with Virginia Tech head coach Justin Fuente and offensive coordinator Brad Cornelsen thinking it was just a regular Monday.
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Mon, 08/14/2017 - 12:11Former radio voice of Virginia Tech sports and current faculty member of the the university's communications school Bill Roth will be the featured speaker at the next Roanoke Valley Sports Club...
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Sun, 08/13/2017 - 16:00The veteran Hokies defender has been a solid role model for his younger teammates.
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Fri, 08/11/2017 - 17:00BLACKSBURG — Which matters more at Virginia Tech: the system or the player who orchestrates it?
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Fri, 08/11/2017 - 15:51BLACKSBURG — If there’s a leader in Virginia Tech’s...
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Thu, 08/10/2017 - 22:00Hidden Valley, led by Ross Funderburke and Andrew Withers, edge Blacksburg by a stroke for the team title at the Bob McLelland Metro tourney.
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Wed, 08/09/2017 - 22:00Blacksburg's Ben Carroll led after the first round by two shots.
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Wed, 08/09/2017 - 17:35Justin Fuente and a few players spoke to us reporters before Wednesday's practice, the Hokies' eighth of the preseason.
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Wed, 08/09/2017 - 17:00BLACKSBURG — If Virginia Tech coach Justin Fuente needs a reality check about the experience on this year’s offense, a quick glance around the field during any particular practice rep is...
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Sun, 08/06/2017 - 17:30Cole Beck began the weekend with one scholarship offer from Virginia Tech.
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Sun, 08/06/2017 - 16:15"Everything I do is kind of for her now," the Blacksburg High School standout said.
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Sat, 08/05/2017 - 15:44Virginia Tech held its fifth preseason practice Saturday. It was not open to the media, but we did speak to head coach Justin Fuente for about 15 minutes prior to practice.
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Sat, 08/05/2017 - 14:59BLACKSBURG — Deshawn McClease’s 2016 season can be summed up in one short, unfortunate line, all from Virginia Tech’s opener against Liberty: 8 carries, 27 yards, 1 torn labrum.
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Fri, 08/04/2017 - 11:19Preseason practice is well underway now, with the Hokies having gone in pads for the first time yesterday. Before we get to the mailbag, read all this:
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Thu, 08/03/2017 - 20:15Virginia Tech opened up practice to us media hacks today for seven periods. It'll be the only such open period this August, so take it all in.
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Thu, 08/03/2017 - 12:58BLACKSBURG —...
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Thu, 08/03/2017 - 12:23Virginia Tech will begin the season ranked in the Top 25, coming in at No. 22 in the preseason coaches poll released Thursday.
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Wed, 08/02/2017 - 14:00Whit Babcock said he did not anticipate all of the internal and external reactions Virginia Tech received when it was announced that the former Hokies quarterback was voted into the school's athletic...
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Tue, 08/01/2017 - 15:00BLACKSBURG — When he ceded play-calling duties to offensive coordinator Brad Cornelsen two years ago, a difficult but necessary decision at Memphis he’d wrestled with for a while, Justin...
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Mon, 07/31/2017 - 19:15BLACKSBURG — Yep, there they are. Buff dudes in their underwear.
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Mon, 07/31/2017 - 17:37BLACKSBURG —...
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Mon, 07/31/2017 - 09:48I'm back from a relaxing vacation -- y'know, outside of the power outage and all -- and just in the nick of time, with Virginia Tech's players reporting for camp today.
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Fri, 07/28/2017 - 11:00Virginia Tech will play another opponent from the West after its latest schedule addition, agreeing to a home-and-home series with BYU in 2026 and 2030.
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Thu, 07/27/2017 - 14:00Since a surprising win at Virginia Tech last November, Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech has been on a heck of a run.
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Mon, 07/24/2017 - 13:47Virginia Tech swingman Ty Outlaw likely will miss the upcoming basketball season after undergoing knee surgery earlier this month, an athletic department spokesman said Monday.
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Thu, 07/20/2017 - 22:21The new leaders of the Christiansburg boys and girls basketball programs were announced on Thursday.
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Wed, 07/19/2017 - 19:30Arizona Cardinals football coach Bruce Arians, who played in college at Virginia Tech, did not forget his alma mater in a book, The Quarterback Whisperer, that he has co-authored with Lars Anderson.
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Wed, 07/19/2017 - 11:05Three Hokies and two Cavaliers were selected to the media’s preseason All-ACC football team Wednesday.
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Mon, 07/17/2017 - 11:05If the media's correct, Virginia Tech will be looking up at Miami in the Coastal Division by the end of the season.
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Sun, 07/16/2017 - 16:15When the Virginia Tech Regimental Band or the Marching Virginians take the field during a football game, their steps are precise, their music never off key.
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Sun, 07/16/2017 - 09:54The ACC Kickoff is over, much earlier than usual this year, which means there are still 16 days until Virginia Tech opens up fall practice on Aug. 1 and 49 days until the Hokies kick things off...
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