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Posted at 03:40 PM ET, 02/28/2012

Virginia football player Joseph Williams ends his participation in hunger strike

By Steve Yanda

Joseph Williams, a walk-on on the Virginia football team, eats for the first time in eight days after protesting school's treatment of service-sector employees.

By Steve Yanda | 03:40 PM ET, 02/28/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 03:30 PM ET, 02/27/2012

Tony Bennett on team’s injury situation: ‘Not ideal. But we’ll keep plugging’

By Steve Yanda

By Steve Yanda | 03:30 PM ET, 02/27/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 03:23 PM ET, 02/27/2012

Football player Joseph Williams among 19 Virginia students still on hunger strike

By Steve Yanda

By Steve Yanda | 03:23 PM ET, 02/27/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 03:17 PM ET, 02/27/2012

Virginia Board of Directors approves $10 million loan to help fund indoor football practice facility

By Steve Yanda

By Steve Yanda | 03:17 PM ET, 02/27/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 02:19 PM ET, 02/27/2012

ACC releases Virginia football 2012 schedule

By Steve Yanda

The ACC released the Virginia football team’s 2012 schedule.

By Steve Yanda | 02:19 PM ET, 02/27/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 08:18 AM ET, 02/26/2012

No. 7 North Carolina 54, No. 25 Virginia 51: Three up, three down

By Steve Yanda

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Posted at 03:17 PM ET, 02/24/2012

Mike Scott welcomes attention, leadership role this season

By Steve Yanda

Senior forward Mike Scott has done what he can to expand his game, and now many of his points come from outside the paint.

By Steve Yanda | 03:17 PM ET, 02/24/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 11:13 AM ET, 02/24/2012

Virginia football player Joseph Williams on hunger strike

By Steve Yanda

Virginia walk-on free safety Joseph Williams is on a hunger strike to protest treatment of the school’s service-sector employees.

By Steve Yanda | 11:13 AM ET, 02/24/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 11:12 AM ET, 02/22/2012

No. 25 Virginia 61, Virginia Tech 59: Three up, three down

By Steve Yanda

Sammy Zeglinski and Jontel Evans had a big hand in Virginia’s win over Virginia Tech on Tuesday night.

By Steve Yanda | 11:12 AM ET, 02/22/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 01:16 AM ET, 02/22/2012

Virginia guard Malcolm Brogdon played through foot injury at Virginia Tech

By Steve Yanda

The Cavaliers freshman, pressed back into duty because of his team’s thinned back court, comes up with a key steal vs. Virginia Tech and says of his foot injury, “I don’t think it’s a big problem at all.”

By Steve Yanda | 01:16 AM ET, 02/22/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 09:52 AM ET, 02/21/2012

Mike Scott, Virginia hope new offensive wrinkle yields better results at Virginia Tech

By Steve Yanda

Virginia forward Mike Scott is often the focus of double- and triple-teams, so the Cavaliers are trying out some new wrinkles on offense.

By Steve Yanda | 09:52 AM ET, 02/21/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 04:46 PM ET, 02/20/2012

Tony Bennett provides injury updates on Joe Harris, Assane Sene

By Steve Yanda

Virginia Coach expects swelling to go down soon on Joe Harris’s broken left hand. It remains unclear if Assane Sene, who fractured his right ankle, will return this season.

By Steve Yanda | 04:46 PM ET, 02/20/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 11:19 AM ET, 02/20/2012

Virginia men’s lacrosse coach Dom Starsia signed new five-year contract in January

By Steve Yanda

Dom Starsia agreed to a five-year contract on Jan. 18 that will keep him signed with the university through the 2016 season.

By Steve Yanda | 11:19 AM ET, 02/20/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 07:44 PM ET, 02/18/2012

Virginia 71, Maryland 44: Three up, none down

By Steve Yanda

There wasn’t much to complain about on the Virginia side after the Cavaliers’ win over Maryland.

By Steve Yanda | 07:44 PM ET, 02/18/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 12:04 PM ET, 02/17/2012

Virginia to spend more than $4.2 million on football coaches in 2012

By Steve Yanda

Mike London’s assistants at Virginia will make $2,128,000 per year over the next two seasons, a 10.8 percent increase from what they made during the first two seasons of London’s tenure.

By Steve Yanda | 12:04 PM ET, 02/17/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 02:37 PM ET, 02/15/2012

Without healthy Joe Harris, Virginia must overcome one-dimensional lineup

By Steve Yanda

With guard Joe Harris somewhat limited by a broken bone in his non-shooting hand, forward Mike Scott is Virginia’s only real offensive threat.

By Steve Yanda | 02:37 PM ET, 02/15/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 09:29 AM ET, 02/15/2012

Cavs bemoan ‘questionable call’ that spurred late Clemson run

By Steve Yanda

The Virginia men’s basketball team was dismayed by a non-call that led to fast-break points for Clemson in Tuesday night's loss.

By Steve Yanda | 09:29 AM ET, 02/15/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 12:10 AM ET, 02/15/2012

Clemson 60, No. 22 Virginia 48: Three up, three down

By Steve Yanda

Jontel Evans steps up as a scorer, but little else on offense goes right for the Cavaliers at Littlejohn Coliseum.

By Steve Yanda | 12:10 AM ET, 02/15/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 01:48 PM ET, 02/13/2012

Virginia men’s basketball: Joe Harris (broken left hand) to be game-time decision Tuesday at Clemson

By Steve Yanda

By Steve Yanda | 01:48 PM ET, 02/13/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 03:43 PM ET, 02/12/2012

Virginia’s Joe Harris fractures bone in left hand

By Washington Post editors

Sophomore guard is expected to continue to play with protection on his hand.

By Washington Post editors | 03:43 PM ET, 02/12/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 08:36 PM ET, 02/11/2012

North Carolina 70, Virginia 52: Three up, three down

By Steve Yanda

By Steve Yanda | 08:36 PM ET, 02/11/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 09:00 AM ET, 02/09/2012

Virginia’s three-point shooting could prove critical against North Carolina

By Steve Yanda

By Steve Yanda | 09:00 AM ET, 02/09/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 12:24 AM ET, 02/09/2012

No. 19 Virginia 68, Wake Forest 44: Three up, three down

By Steve Yanda

The Cavaliers enjoyed a breather before a demanding stretch to close the ACC schedule with Wednesday’s rout of Wake Forest.

By Steve Yanda | 12:24 AM ET, 02/09/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 01:48 PM ET, 02/06/2012

Bennett on possibility of bringing Zeglinski off bench: ‘I don’t think that’s the answer’

By Steve Yanda

Coach says bringing struggling three-point shooter off the bench isn’t the answer to his woes.

By Steve Yanda | 01:48 PM ET, 02/06/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 06:58 PM ET, 02/04/2012

No. 21 Florida State 58, No. 16 Virginia 55: Three up, three down

By Steve Yanda

The Cavaliers made a game of it late against Florida State, but sloppy play proved to be their undoing.

By Steve Yanda | 06:58 PM ET, 02/04/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 01:58 PM ET, 02/03/2012

How the ACC’s new scheduling format impacts Virginia

By Steve Yanda

Virginia will continue to face Maryland annually in football, Virginia Tech twice annually in basketball.

By Steve Yanda | 01:58 PM ET, 02/03/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 02:39 PM ET, 02/02/2012

Virginia Coach Mike London not in favor of guaranteed multiyear scholarships

By Steve Yanda

Virginia Coach Mike London says he doesn’t approve of awarding multiyear scholarships to players, as some major college football programs have started to do.

By Steve Yanda | 02:39 PM ET, 02/02/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 08:21 PM ET, 02/01/2012

National Sigining Day 2012: Virginia assitant Shawn Moore says son Mike’s recruitment process was ‘enlightening’

By Steve Yanda

Shawn Moore, Virginia’s wide receivers coach, said he put being a parent first during his son’s recruiting process, which ended with Mike Moore signing with the Cavaliers.

By Steve Yanda | 08:21 PM ET, 02/01/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
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