Spring Training In Charlottesville

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Yes, Wahoo fans: "The University of Virginia" and "Major League spring training" can be used in the same sentence for '12 and '13. In a story that received shockingly little media coverage, The Washington Post announced to the surprise of Washington DC baseball fans and Charlottesville residents that "the home selected for the Nationals is just outside of the university grounds and within a stone's throw of the campus." (Editor's Note: this article originally ran on March 8, 2012 as a Sabre Edge feature, but is re-presented here as a free article for all to enjoy.) READ MORE





Lambeth: Virginia’s Father Of Athletics

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A Tar Heel in Cavalier country doesn't find himself easily acclimated to the ways of a Virginia Gentleman. As the son of a Major in the Confederate Army growing up during the difficult Reconstruction Era, William Lambeth arrived at UVa to study medicine in 1890. Yet when he found himself drawn to the burgeoning athletics program at UVa, not only did he carve out a niche for himself in Charlottesville, he ultimately would revolutionize the way we play sports, not only at the University but across the country. READ MORE


The Varsity-Alumni Spring Game

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This Saturday when Michael Rocco first steps under center for the Cavaliers during the UVa spring football game, imagine his reaction if he saw 6'5" 245-pound Chris Slade lining up on the other side of the line of scrimmage, wearing his New England Patriots helmet. And what if on the other end he saw 6'3" 270-pound Chris Long of the St. Louis Rams digging his cleats in, while in a three-point stance, wearing his St. Louis Rams helmet ready to barrel down on Rocco? READ MORE


Remembering Bill Dudley

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The Redskins led the Philadelphia Eagles 20-14 on Dec. 7 in a late-season game. What made this contest different, though, was that the public address announcer on the loudspeaker kept calling specific fans names in the stadium. A small group of UVa football players, who had driven up from Charlottesville for the game, were sitting in the crowd. They thought it odd, but how often did they get a chance to see a professional football game? Bill Dudley told me this story as I interviewed him for my documentary, Wahoowa: The History of Virginia Cavalier Football. READ MORE


A Rivalry’s Contentious Roots

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It's one thing to dislike a rival, but when fans (and players) start using the word "hate" you wonder how it got this bad. Why do these two programs dislike each other so much? It's as if the two factions have been trained to vilify the other, but don't know why. And whether it's an intentional cover-up, or just lost details over the passage of time, one event in the football feud between the schools has become a little hazy - but it's the reason why the animosity all began. READ MORE


Field Report: A History Of UVa’s Football Fields

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Visitors to the University of Virginia in 1877 were amazed at the 16-foot-tall, life-sized replica of a woolly mammoth displayed in one of its buildings on Grounds. The "Lewis Brooks Hall of Natural Science," now known simply as Brooks Hall, opened in 1877 as one of the few museums of natural history in the United States and its main hall included a included a Siberian mammoth. A more curious sight, however, may have been just outside the building where groups of students chased after an odd-shaped leather ball. READ MORE


Shining Through: The History Of UVa’s Colors

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TheSabre.com is pleased to introduce a new series on the history of UVa football. Writer, director, and alumnus Kevin Edds is currently in production on the upcoming documentary Wahoowa: The History of Virginia Cavalier Football and will highlight some of the most interesting moments in the more than 120-year history of the South's oldest football program. READ MORE