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Virginia honors slain players in memorial service on campus
Read full article: Virginia honors slain players in memorial service on campusThousands of people have joined Virginia’s football team, coaches and staff in honoring three players who were shot dead as they returned from a field trip last weekend.
LIVE | UVA head coach, athletics director hold press conference
Read full article: LIVE | UVA head coach, athletics director hold press conferenceVirginia athletics will hold a press conference today (Tuesday, Nov. 15) featuring head football coach Tony Elliott and athletics director Carla Williams. The press conference will take place at 3:30 p.m. in the media room at John Paul Jones Arena
Virginia fires head women’s basketball coach Tina Thompson
Read full article: Virginia fires head women’s basketball coach Tina ThompsonUniversity of Virginia Director of Athletics Carla Williams announced the termination of head women’s basketball coach Tina Thompson’s contract on Thursday afternoon.
Cavaliers withdraw from Fenway Bowl due to coronavirus cases
Read full article: Cavaliers withdraw from Fenway Bowl due to coronavirus casesThe Cavaliers are no longer heading to Boston for the Fenway Bowl due to the number of coronavirus cases impacting the team's roster, according to a release from the University of Virginia.
UVA concludes its 2020 football season, declines postseason bowl game
Read full article: UVA concludes its 2020 football season, declines postseason bowl gameThe University of Virginia athletics department announced on Sunday that the football program has completed its 2020 season and will decline to participate in any postseason bowl game. Mendenhall is in his fifth season with the Cavaliers and under him, UVA has made three consecutive appearances in postseason bowl games. The Cavs were at the Military Bowl in 2017, the Belk Bowl in 2018 and the Orange Bowl in 2019. This is the first time in three years they will not participate in a postseason bowl game. I think it is appropriate for this team.”UVA was projected to participate in one of the Atlantic Coast Conference’s affiliated bowl games in 2020.
UVA changes athletics logo design linked with slavery
Read full article: UVA changes athletics logo design linked with slaveryCHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. The University of Virginia is changing the logos it uses for its athletics teams just two months after they were unveiled after criticism that a design element referred to the schools history with slavery. Fans raised objections to the serpentine curves put on the handles of the sabres below the V for Virginia and on the Cavalier shield. They were meant to mimic the design of the serpentine walls that long stood on the campus, according to a statement from the schools athletics department on Monday. There was no intent to cause harm, but we did, and for that I apologize to those who bear the pain of slavery in our history, Williams said. The school has redesigned the detail in the logos to remove the curved handles, and will replace it with another version that has straight-line handles, Williams added.