New pool house set to open with start of summer season
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Virginia Beach Oceanfront could soon get another parking garage
Located at the southeast corner of 19th Street and Parks Avenue near the convention center, the parking garage plans include more than 1,000 parking spaces and two stories of retail with potential for a sports bar, restaurant and coffee shop.
Sports on TV for Wednesday, May 20
5:30 a.m. (Thursday) FS2 — AFL: Adelaide at Hawthorn 9 p.m. ACCN — Atlantic Coast Tournament: TBD vs. Virginia, Second Round, Charlotte, N.C. 10 a.m.
Deets on extensions for Kitchings, Rudzinski, Gaither
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Inside Kash Patel’s life as a hockey playing, high school coaching, Olympic locker room partying sports fanatic
On most Sunday nights, on the top floor of a parking garage in Arlington, Virginia, a few dozen men gather at an ice rink to play hockey. It’s part of the area’s adult recreational league – also known as a beer league for the beverage consumed before, during and after games. The puck drops at 9:30 p.m.
Westover Taco Makes History as Northern Virginia’s First Women’s Sports Fan Headquarters
Westover Taco in Arlington officially marked a major milestone by becoming the first women’s sports–focused fan headquarters in Northern Virginia.
Transgender athlete focuses on what may be her last track season as Supreme Court ruling looms
A West Virginia transgender girl who competes on her high school girls' track team says she's focused on having fun with her friends. Becky Pepper-Jackson isn't dwelling on her case that was heard before the U.S. Supreme Court. In January, the court’s conservative majority signaled it would rule that state bans on transgender athletes in girls' and women's sports don’t violate either the Constitution or the federal law known as Title IX. Such a ruling would bring an end to Pepper-Jackson's high school sports career. She finished third in the state meet a year ago in the discus as a freshman. The justices are expected to rule by early summer.
Why James Franklin gave up $49 million buyout to rebuild Virginia Tech
USA TODAY Sports visited James Franklin at Virginia Tech to find out why ex-Penn State coach turned down $49 million vacation to rebuild in Blacksburg
THE FRONT ROW with MARK NELKE: Time to do some spring cleaning of the ol’ notebook
A year ago, when former Lake City High star Blake Buchanan was deciding on his new school after transferring from Virginia, the Internet reported he was meeting with Iowa State coaches at a sports bar in Ames, Iowa. Of course, we wondered what the party might have been munching on while discussing the relative merits of how the 6-foot-10 center fit in with the Cyclones.