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“I think my heart is really into teaching, you know, the game of football,” Michael Vick told ESPN’s Adam Schefter in a 2017 podcast. (Peter Casey / For The Virginian-Pilot)

Michael Vick has been hired as Norfolk State’s coach

December 18, 2024 at 5:52 a.m.

Vick and NSU agreed to contract terms Tuesday, multiple sources said, with an introductory news conference expected within a week.

Kentucky Derby hopeful Enticed gets a bath after a morning workout at Churchill Downs Tuesday, May 1, 2018, in Louisville, Ky.

Colonial Downs’ revival faces challenging road

August 18, 2019 at 6:56 a.m.

Like a thoroughbred attempting to win the Kentucky Derby from the No. 20 post position, Colonial Downs faces a challenging path. The logistics, finances and politics of competing against tracks...

Neil Test Blog Item

June 17, 2018 at 5:19 p.m.

The ACC's big four this basketball season are indisputable: Syracuse, Pittsburgh, Virginia and Duke have been the league's class to date. A more nuanced task is parsing the quartet. Is...

Teel Time: FSU, Famous Jameis dominate Clemson, Boyd

July 27, 2019 at 4:29 p.m.

Florida State and Jameis Winston turned the most-anticipated regular-season football game in the ACC's 61 years into a frightful beating that propels them further into the national championship and Heisman...

Teel Time: Sources say Greenberg out as Virginia Tech’s basketball coach after nine years

July 30, 2019 at 9:05 a.m.

Seth Greenberg's nine-season basketball coaching tenure at Virginia Tech is over, two sources said today. The school has called a news conference for 4 p.m. Whether Greenberg's exit will be...

Teel Time: Record talent drain hits ACC with North Carolina trio headed to NBA

July 31, 2019 at 10:09 a.m.

ACC basketball's talent drain continues at a record pace. With the expected news that Duke's Austin Rivers and North Carolina's Harrison Barnes and John Henson are entering the NBA draft,...

Teel Time: Creighton’s 58-57 NCAA victory over Alabama deja vu for former Hampton coach Merfeld

August 17, 2019 at 11:08 p.m.

Steve Merfeld recognized the final score instantly. He didn't celebrate as he did 11 years ago, but he was elated nonetheless. "Awesome," the Creighton assistant coach said Friday after the...

Teel Time: Sugar Bowl of close calls leaves Virginia Tech’s Beamer “about half sick”

July 28, 2019 at 3:04 p.m.

Virginia Tech's 23-20, overtime loss to Michigan in the Sugar Bowl ended more than an hour ago, and I'm still not sure where to start. Coaching? Officiating? Justin Myer? Danny...

Teel Time: Third-down stops, conversions fuel Virginia Tech against Georgia Tech

July 31, 2019 at 10:16 a.m.

Georgia Tech entered Thursday's game against Virginia Tech converting a national-high 57.6 percent of its third downs. Against the Hokies, the Yellow Jackets made 38.5 percent (5-of-13). Meanwhile, Virginia Tech...

Skeen’s move to VCU looks smart now

August 23, 2021 at 12:17 a.m.

HOUSTON — When Jamie Skeen left Wake Forest, four other basketball programs offered him lifelines: Marquette, Seton Hall and South Florida of the Big East, and VCU. "I thought all...

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