DURHAM, N.C. – After upsetting Virginia on Wednesday, Virginia Tech coach Pete Hughes said he has shuffled his starting pitching rotation for Games 2 and 3 of the Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament. The Hokies will start junior right-hander Brad Markey tonight against Florida State at Durham Bulls Park and hold junior right-hander Devin BurkeContinue Reading [→]
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Green’s scoring ability stands out
BLACKSBURG – As he made his way through drills at the NBA combine last week, it became obvious that the nation’s elite players all saw former Virginia Tech star Erick Green in one light – as the nation’s leading scorer. “That’s kind of how everybody knows me, the kid that can score the ball,” GreenContinue Reading [→]
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Coale: Tech-Michigan series ‘exciting’
BLACKSBURG – Virginia Tech fans, still sore over the 2012 Sugar Bowl loss to Michigan that featured Danny Coale’s controversial no-catch in the end zone, will get another couple of shots at the maize and blue. The Hokies announced a home-and-home series against Michigan on Thursday. The two teams will meet in Ann Arbor on Sept.Continue Reading [→]
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Tech 34th in revenue
BLACKSBURG – Virginia Tech ranked 34th in total revenue at $70,723,748, according to the USA Today’s school finance database, which was updated Tuesday. Tech’s total expenses were $66,970,798, with a subsidy of $7,665,205 covering 10.8 percent of those costs. The largest chunk of Tech’s revenue came from rights licensing ($25,302,823), followed by donor contributions ($18,153,190)Continue Reading [→]
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Source: Tech’s Brown transferring to UAB
BLACKSBURG – Virginia Tech guard Robert Brown, a sophomore on this past season’s team, will transfer to the University of Alabama at Birmingham, a source said Tuesday. Former Hokies assistants Rob Ehsan and Jeff Wulbrun joined the UAB staff before this season. The 6-foot-5 Brown, a Florida native, said he was transferring to be closerContinue Reading [→]
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Tech’s Davis talks about Giants deal, not being drafted
BLACKSBURG – More than once during the NFL draft, Virginia Tech’s Marcus Davis saw a wide receiver drafted and couldn’t help but think, Davis was a better player. Yet seven rounds of selections went by, and Davis never heard his name called. “Saturday was a pretty long day,” Davis said Monday. “I kind of hadContinue Reading [→]
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Tech’s Tweedy signs with Giants
BLACKSBURG – Virginia Tech linebacker Alonzo Tweedy has agreed to a free agent contract with the New York Giants, Tweedy said Saturday night. Tweedy, at home in Richmond and surrounded by family and friends – “all of them,” Tweedy said – said someone from the organization telephoned him immediately after the NFL Draft ended SaturdayContinue Reading [→]
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‘Long day’ over for Painter, Fuller
BLACKSBURG – Corey Fuller was tired of watching. Five rounds had gone by and the Virginia Tech wide receiver hadn’t heard his name called. So he walked outside of his family’s Baltimore home and got some fresh air. “I was starting to get a little bit impatient,” Fuller said Saturday, after being selected in theContinue Reading [→]
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Three CAA players taken in Rounds 4 and 5 of draft; Hokies picked in 6th
BLACKSBURG – In the world of brash, big-talking NFL cornerbacks, William & Mary’s B.W. Webb should fit right in. “I’m going to be really politically correct and nice about this,” Tribe defensive coordinator Scott Boone said this week. “He is very confident in his abilities and feels like he can cover anybody at any levelContinue Reading [→]
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Beamer on Holmes: ‘Let it play out’
BLACKSBURG – Virginia Tech football coach Frank Beamer said he’s taking a wait-and-see approach with suspended tailback Michael Holmes, who is facing a felony charge after a fight early Sunday morning. “I think we need to let it play out,” Beamer said during a teleconference Thursday. “I think there’s definitely two sides of the storyContinue Reading [→]