Anwar and Laura Allen closed their cookie business early Tuesday afternoon and brought their three children to John Paul Jones Arena for a taste of sweet redemption. Both are UVA graduates who have waited years for the men’s college basketball national championship that finally arrived Monday night. But they’re also Charlottesville residents who are rejoicing that the world is focused on their city and university for a much different reason than a year and a half ago. Then, a violent white nationalist rally that turned deadly put the city in a different kind of national spotlight.
Since Monday night, when Virginia beat Texas Tech in the NCAA championship game, the word “redemption” has been frequently used to describe this year’s much better season ending. It’s a word that fits for reasons that go well beyond basketball. But there’s another word that fits, too. After Monday’s big championship win, UVA coach Tony Bennett said the word that best described his team was “faithfulness.”
The excitement continues to build over the UVA men's basketball team clinching a first national championship. Cheers from Charlottesville made their way to Capitol Hill as Virginia lawmakers relish victory.
Rural broadband is vital for economic development, raising house values, keeping local businesses connected and attracting new businesses, said Christopher Ali, an assistant professor of media studies at the University of Virginia. It is important, too, for the growing field of telehealth, Ali said via email.
William Shobe, director of UVA’s Center for Economic and Policy Studies, said those programs also reduced costs for ratepayers. “They balance the increase in cost due to controlling CO2 emissions with decreases in costs from shaving costs during the coldest winter days and hottest summer days,” Shobe says.
Larry Sabato at the UVA Center for Politics said Libertarians generally take more votes from Republicans than Democrats, but also generate votes that wouldn’t otherwise be cast for the two major parties.
The three candidates seeking the Republican nomination for the 25th District in the House of Delegates are fighting to prove who is the most conservative. The candidates made their case to about 40 people on Tuesday at Nau Hall at the University of Virginia, in a forum hosted by the Albemarle County and UVA Republicans.
(Commentary) The University of Virginia was given 3,600 tickets behind the team's bench for Monday night's national championship game, and it seemed like every single one of those people had a personal connection to the program. That's what made the Cavaliers' title so special.
March Madness ended Monday with the University of Virginia cutting down the nets in Minneapolis after defeating Texas Tech. For the new champions of NCAA men's basketball, the victory represents a team's redemption and a city's recovery, coming a year and a half after the tragic Charlottesville riots.
There were no burned-out hulks of torched cars, no broken windows and no looted stores. Although no figures were readily available, police said there were few arrests and little vandalism. Virginia’s celebrations stood in stark contrast to other college town celebrations over the past 20 years.
Teeming crowds of screaming students swarmed the streets around the University of Virginia, climbing atop a dump truck, spraying each other with beer and champagne and shouting with joy after the Cavaliers won the NCAA men’s basketball championship game in overtime Monday night.
The University of Virginia athletics department is inviting fans of the national champion Cavaliers men’s basketball team to greet team members when they arrive at the John Paul Jones Arena on Tuesday.
Boylan Heights went crazy after the Wahoos won their first ever national championship on Monday night. Fans would start partying inside Boylan Heights before they flocked to the University Avenue where they met other fans to celebrate the big victory.
As a star basketball player at Friends Central School in Wynnewood, De'Andre Hunter really made a name for himself on the court. But in the halls of the school, it was a different story. But Hunter carried the same work ethic that got him success on the court into the classroom.
Kyle Guy was named the Final Four's 'Most Outstanding Player' as the UVA basketball team beat Texas Tech 85-77 in OT for its first-ever National Championship.
This time, there were tears of joy. Virginia defeated Texas Tech, 85-77, in overtime to win the first NCAA championship in program history Monday night at U.S. Bank Stadium, one year after becoming the first No. 1 seed to lose to a No. 16 seed in men’s tournament history.
This time, there were tears of joy. Virginia defeated Texas Tech, 85-77, in overtime to win the first NCAA championship in program history Monday night at U.S. Bank Stadium, one year after becoming the first No. 1 seed to lose to a No. 16 seed in men’s tournament history.
The NCAA men's basketball title game was an overtime thriller Monday night. The University of Virginia is now home to the national champs, and a player who calls Philly home had a lot to do with it.
Dick Bennett has difficult time watching his son, Tony, coach Virginia. He rarely attends games. The Cavaliers didn’t make it easy on the elder Bennett, beating Texas Tech 85-77 on Monday night in the first overtime NCAA championship game in 11 years. When it was over, Dick and Tony Bennett shared a hug on a court covered in confetti and then posed for a picture with the whole family before the son went to cut down the net.