This site became The Sabre 25 years ago this fall and we're celebrating with the great fan community. As a Hoo-owned business, thank you! READ MORE
Celebrating 25 Years As TheSabre.com – Thank You!
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The Sabre Announces New Ownership Ahead Of 25th Anniversary
In a little more than 30 days, TheSabre.com will begin celebrating a 25th Anniversary year and begins that year as a fully independent site. READ MORE
History of The Sabre – Part IV
Late in the summer of 1998, VirginiaFootball.com and VirginiaBasketball.com found a new level of respectability. The UVa Athletic Department granted the sites media credentials, with full access on a probationary basis for one year. Achieving recognition as a legitimate media outlet was not the simple task it might seem in today's environment. Not only did Mike Ingalls, Matt Welsh and Mark Massey do significant work to establish the sites, but Virginia officials exhibited an admirable ability to embrace the future at a time when many athletic departments viewed such sites as the enemy. READ MORE
History of The Sabre – Part III
The Fall of 1997 was a momentous time in the history of the Sabre.com. Mike Ingalls launched the new VirginiaBasketball.com message board, and the excitement about Virginia football was revved up by a number of events. The Auburn University football team visited Charlottesville in September 1997 for an ESPN night game. During the game a hot recruiting story was broken on the air. Ronald Curry, the high school phenomenon from Hampton in both football and basketball was at the game and announced his commitment to attend the University of Virginia along with his teammates, Bobby Blizzard and Darnell Hollier. Wooohooo! Virginia fans had sugar plums dancing in their heads about the future. Forget the loss to Auburn that night; this was a watershed moment in Virginia sports history. But this proved to be a premature matriculation. READ MORE
History of TheSabre.com – Part II
Our first installment of the story of TheSabre.com left off with Mike Ingalls leaving the hospital early to get back to work on his fledgling web site, VirginiaFootball.com. So now we begin this episode with Mike sitting at his computer at home, still in his hospital gown with his backside airing out. Not a pretty picture, but this history is pulling no punches. READ MORE
History of TheSabre.com – Part I
Virginia football fans in the summer of 1996 were enjoying memories of the climactic win over Florida State in Charlottesville that still brought tingles down their spines. Fans were also anticipating the upcoming season with thoughts of woulda, coulda, shoulda still haunting them from the previous season as well. Trying to stay cool in Charlottesville that summer was one Mike Ingalls, a lifelong Virginia football fan. READ MORE