After the "Dream Team" Philadelphia Eagles lost to my New York Giants Sunday in a game during which Eagles quarterback Michael Vick suffered a broken hand, the multi-talented quarterback called out NFL referees for not protecting him the way they do other quarterbacks.
My first year playing youth soccer, my team's name was Rainbow Lightning. The name was born from a heated debate between the girls, who wanted to be the Rainbows, and the boys, who wanted to be the Lightning. I remember very little about those games, but photographs are proof that instead of attempting to make any contact with the ball, I lingered near the sidelines, twisting my curls around my fingers.
The University of Richmond football team suffered its first loss of the season Saturday evening, 45-43, to the University of New Hampshire.
There was no apologizing after Duke just like there wasn't any after defeating Wagner. Nor was there any apologies given after Richmond hung on during the fourth quarter to defeat Virginia Military Institute. But Saturday's 45-43 loss against the University of New Hampshire, Richmond's season-long issues finally proved to be too much. The problems that hurt Richmond throughout the year -- interceptions, fumbles and a depleted defense -- all presented themselves.
The University of Richmond football team staged a fourth-quarter comeback, but its second-quarter mistakes were too much to overcome. In the first Colonial Athletic Association conference game for each team, the University of New Hampshire defeated the Spiders, 45-43, Saturday night at Robins Stadium. The Wildcats outscored Richmond, 28-10, in the second quarter thanks mostly to Spider mistakes.
Final -- Richmond takes its first loss of the season, with New Hampshire winning, 45-43. ____________ 4th Quarter, 0:26 -- Richmond initially looked like they recovered the onside kick, but a New Hampshire player comes up with the ball.
Everyone knew that one kid when they were little. Lets call him...Charles. He was the kid who told you Santa Claus wasn't real a little too early.
It was announced earlier today that Syracuse and Pitt have accepted invitations to join the ACC, leaving the Big East and inching the NCAA world toward the Super-Conference era.
In its first home game in three years, the University of Richmond men's soccer team got off to a fast start but failed to hold that lead as it dropped a 2-1 decision to the Naval Academy. The game was tied at one heading into the 89th minute when a ball that Richmond failed to clear sailed to Navy's substitute striker, David Jackson.
The University of Richmond football team remained undefeated Saturday night, defeating Virginia Military Institution, 34-19, in front of a sellout crowd at Robins Stadium.
The first part of the season is done and Richmond has gone 3-0. Although the record is pristine, three quarters, two key injuries and one major problem have put a damper on the team's future. But, as interim coach Wayne Lineburg said following his team's 21-6 victory over Wagner College last weekend, there's no apologizing for a win. With that said, let's go over the positives, negatives and down-right brutal from Richmond's now-finished out-of-conference schedule. The positives: ? Any mention of what has gone right so far this year has to start with Richmond's win at Duke to start the season.
In a game influenced heavily by each teams' special teams units, the University of Richmond football team edged Virginia Military Institute, 34-19, thanks to a dominating first-half performance by the Spiders. The special teams unit for Richmond was a story of the "good" and the "bad." The "good" came in the first-half, beginning very early in the game.
At nearly every sporting event leading up to the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11, fans were asked to bow their heads for a moment of silence to reflect on the victims and the heroes who died, and for the thousands of Americans who lost loved ones that day. I too have spent much of this week in reflection. New York City seemed eons away from my fourth grade classroom the day of the attacks.
College athletes deserve to be paid for what they do. Sorry, I should be clear. When I say college athletes should be paid, I mean the money-generating big-men on campus also known as the basketball and football players. Sorry, cross country.
At last weekend's home football game the athletic department kicked off the fourth quarter frenzy, a new program designed to keep students in the stands for the entire game. The fourth quarter frenzy is run by the athletic department, but each week a different student organization will sponsor a game and offer prizes for attending students, said Jana Ross, assistant director of athletic marketing and fan development. The Richmond Rowdies were the first organization to sponsor the event and one student won a colored nook, said Sarah Huang, president of the Richmond Rowdies. Unifying Events will sponsor this weekend's coming game against VMI and one student will win four tickets to the family weekend football game, Ross said.
Is it better to have led and lost or to have never led at all? That is the question that I find myself trying in vein to answer this week.
Q: Where do you think the team's recent success has derived from? A: I think our recent success has come mainly from our attitude coming into practice the last couple of weeks.
The University of Richmond women's soccer team fought its way to a 1-0 win over Liberty University Sunday night at Robins Stadium to tally its third win in four games. Richmond had 28 shots against Liberty's seven, but physical play kept the team from capitalizing on more of those opportunities, head coach Peter Albright said. "The referee allowed physical play all night, which really disadvantaged us," Albright said.
Richmond turned the ball over five times during the first half, but held Wagner to just three points off of those turnovers to pick up the 21-6 victory Saturday night at Robins Stadium.
The scoreboard read 7-3 at the end of the first half in favor of the University of Richmond over Wagner College Saturday night, but the feeling of the game was very different from the score. Five first-half turnovers (three fumbles and two interceptions) prevented Richmond from capitalizing on its 229 yards of offense.
