On Tuesday, a day after UVa coach Dave Leitao announced that Mikalauskas would no longer be a member of the program, sources told The Daily Progress that “The Pride of Lithuania” planned to return to the states early next week and go through an appeals process with the university. The exact nature of his appeal is not known. 

The hush policy will likely continue until a candidate is named publicly or emerges to take the first snap against third-ranked Southern California on August 30.

Sworn affidavits in a federal lawsuit implicate former Marshall football coach and current Virginia defensive coordinator Bob Pruett in an academic scandal and a jobs program for athletes that drew NCAA violations in 2001. 

10 high school athletes who are set to rule the gyms, trails and fields this fall. 

Wondering which players are set to rule the gyms, courses, and fields this fall?

On Monday evening, UVa coach Dave Leitao officially issued Lars Mikalauskas his walking papers. 

Raynard Horne — currently third string behind Cedric Peerman and Simpson — realizes that if he keeps working hard, he too could be just a few snaps from having the chance to make a major impact.

Cedric Peerman and Mikell Simpson combined last season for 1,155 yards rushing, 501 yards receiving, 15 touchdowns and a whole lot of headaches for defensive coordinators. 

Tunji Soroye will return for a fifth season

“Tight End U” lost two players at its marquee position in the spring when Virginia’s Tom Santi and Jonathan Stupar took their talents to the NFL. But the future of the position is in good hands.

After capturing back-to-back Battle Trophy championships and winning every local tournament that he entered this summer, local golf fans wondered just what Nick Little was going to do for an encore.

In 2006, Scout tabbed Staton Jobe as a one-star recruit coming out of high school. One measly star. Jobe didn’t let that label stick for long.

The United States won the gold medal in women’s eight rowing, finally knocking off Romania and another crew for a win in the sport’s signature event.

Michael Phelps won his record eighth gold medal Sunday at the Beijing Olympics as a member of the victorious U.S. 400-meter medley relay team.

In just a few years B.J. Cabbell has gone from small town to big time — football, that is.

The first thing big Eugene Monroe noticed when he sat down and looked around the meeting room as Virginia’s football team started training camp was the presence of a lot of fresh faces.

En route to Virginia’s annual Meet the Team Day festivities last week, offensive line coach Dave Borbely looked to his left in amazement.

The best amateur golfers in Central Virginia discovered something during Saturday’s first two rounds of the area’s match play championship at Spring Creek Golf Club: there’s no free lunches.

Paul Kane and 15 other players will tee it up this morning in the second annual match play event that boasts the top 16 finishers and alternates from the season-long Battle Trophy competition. Two rounds will be played today, with the semifinals and finals set for Sunday.

Vic Hall does a little bit of everything for the Cavaliers — starts at cornerback, returns punts, and was recently named one of the team’s co-captains along with John Phillips, Cedric Peerman and Clint Sintim.

Jimmy Howell, a 6-foot-6, 238-pound true freshman from Florence, S.C., is one of three punters on the UVa roster, joining senior John Thornton and sophomore Nathan Rathjen.

Yannick Reyering — who had exhausted his soccer eligibility — elected to give football a try after talking things over with Virginia soccer coach George Gelnovatch.

The Virginia men’s basketball team has an absolute steal in Tristan Spurlock, who committed to the program late Wednesday night. 

A nose tackle can play a perfect game and almost no one would know —there’s not a lot of glory tossed their way.

Rated a three-star recruit by both Scout and Rivals.com, the Norview High product is a good fit as a nose tackle in the Cavaliers’ 3-4 defense because of his space-eating size (6-foot-4, 290 pounds) and overall athletic ability (he also played high school basketball).

Burrell, now a junior, earned early playing time last year and made his first — and only — sack against Duke. But he could not crack the starting lineup as his close friend, Jermaine Dias, kept first-team status.

Aaron Clark has been waiting three years for his chance to shine at Virginia. Now, entering his senior year with the Cavaliers, he hopes to get that 2,000-watt opportunity.

Tristan Spurlock, a small forward from Montrose Christian, is set to become a Cavalier.

Look up just about any state record by a VHSL girls soccer player and most likely that mark will be owned by the same person: Emily Perrin.

With Campbell taking the reins as a first-year coach, taking over a team that had just one senior, it’s safe to say that not many expected Covenant to make it back to the semifinals — much less win the tournament outright.