If you’ve been a sportswriter AND a sales guy in your life, you’ve told thousands of stories.
I know I have, and I’ve never written about the one I’m about to tell. But it is by far my favorite, plus the...
There are a lot of positive things that could happen if Virginia Tech beats Tulane in tomorrow’s Military Bowl, but only one thing matters to me, and it’s been on my mind for four long years.
Yeah, it’s nice to...
It was March of 1973, Bobby Stevens hit a last-second overtime jumper to give Virginia Tech an NIT championship, and I went running through my house in Norfolk as only a teenager can do, yelling and screaming about how...
Let’s take a walk back in time to the early 1980s.
These were not the best of times for Virginia Tech’s football program. The Hokies were not thought of as a big-time program, despite their stated goal of trying to...
This morning, I was working on the details of a focus group I will be involved in later today, where I will work with an organization to help determine what their brand really is, what they believe differentiates themselves...
Watching Virginia Tech open its season against Coppin State last night, I had to repeatedly remind myself that you cannot judge a basketball team by its very first game. You don’t know the level of competition you’re facing, you’re...
Today it was announced that a monument celebrating Frank Beamer will be unveiled at Moody Plaza, located on the Southwest corner of the Lane Stadium footprint adjacent to Beamer Way. It will happen about 3 hours and 15 minutes...
Yesterday Virginia Tech basketball picked up a commitment via the transfer portal from Robbie Beran, a 6-9 forward-center from Northwestern, and I’ve got to say, I’m probably more impressed than most are about this.
The Hokies definitely got some good...
It’s not often I’m not disappointed when I see a good player leave Virginia Tech when he still has eligibility left.
But this morning’s news that Grant Basile is leaving the Hokies to go play pro basketball in Northern Italy...
The decision will not help gain a single yard, point, or first down for Virginia Tech’s football team this fall.
But when you turn on the radio for the Hokies’ September 2nd game in Norfolk against ODU and hear “From...