the 4-4 hokies are at pitt on sunday. louisville is 6-1 and just one game back of north carolina for the league lead. with speedweeks...fast approaching at the birthplace of speed...i wanted to show you this.. it's been a couple years since i've been at the complex.. watch..this time lapse..of the improvement project started in 2013...that has been completed opening daytona 500... very very different in terms of a facility upgrade..that should make the nascar experience there...even more fan friendly.. wow.. virginia tech women..with another chance to take out a ranked team tonight.. super bowl line has gone from 3 1/2 to 5 1/2 in the panthers favor.. and acc men...notre dame is at the carrier dome tonight. cut it out. calgary flames dennis wideman has been suspended pending a hearing ..after this cross check on an official.. he says his attention was elswhere..after taking a big hit...and he collided with the official unintentially... and don't forget join us back here in half an hour for our seven if you need a reason t

the 4-4 hokies are at pitt on sunday. louisville is 6-1 and just one game back of north carolina for the league lead. with speedweeks...fast approaching at the birthplace of speed...i wanted to show you this.. it's been a couple years since i've been at the complex.. watch..this time lapse..of the improvement project started in 2013...that has been completed leading up to this year's season opening daytona 500... it's the same place...but ...it is very very different in terms of a facility there...even more fan friendly.. wow.. rainy wacky day of qualifying at daytona for the rolex 24.....this weekend. super bowl line has gone from 3 1/2 to 5 1/2 in the panthers favor.. and scott brown shot a -6 under to take a share of the lead at torrey pines, but he played the south course which is harder..so he's really your leader. lite o nite. calgary flames dennis wideman has been suspended pending a hearing ..after this cross check on an official.. he says his attention was elswhere..after taking a big hit...and he collided with t

cardinals over the hokies, 91-83 at cassell coliseum. on the acc network. thanks for watch, everybody. >>> new at 6:00, 1 on one with president obama as he weighs in on the racial diversity debate surrounding this year's oscars. >>> a med l technician can get a reading and follow that. >> that device that does what no other health monitor can, plus. >> the school would say go to the doctor. the doctor would say, the school. >> abc7's charl jennings takes you beyond the headlines with the agency that helped this dyslexic student get the ed indication he needed. >> san francisco is preparing for up to a million visitors during super bowl week. most will be from the bay area, which, as you might expect can be a security nightmare. police gave us insight into the plans to keep everyone safe. good evening, thanks for joining us tonight. >> the bay area is on heightened alert for super bowl 50. >> abc7 news reporter vic lee is live to explain the plan. vic? >> reporter: ama, you know that adage, police still say that the best way to stay safe is be alert and tell

and the hokies just not quite enoiugh to get over the hump tonight.what do the hokies do to go forward from here?they need to just get back to basics. they didn't play poorly tonight, they just didn't play well enough to win. they will learn from this and move on. thank you very much kevaney... turning our attention to acc baseball... the preseason coaches poll is out and defending national champs uva are not at the top... last year's national title team... even with that they are still picked second, behind miami... the cavs did get one first place vote... virgnia tech picked to finish 6th in the coastal... louisville is expected to win the overall conference title... for more information you can check out virginia first dot com... coming up... it was an inter- city odac battle with roanoke college hosting randolph this evening... the maroons trying to stay on top of the standings, but the wildcats were thinking upset... and both liberty and radford had conference matchups tonight... a win would help both teams improve their seeding as they get ready for the conference tournament... a

and while we're talking hokies..bryan stinesbing..repor ts have the hokies former assistant coach.. and former offensive coordinator..is joining the jmu staff..not sure of his duties yet. hes spent the past 16 years on and..the collision...is set down under.. roger federer advances to the semis in a straight sets demolision of the 6 seed tomas berdych.... meanwhile--the top seed--novak djokovich- rolls as well.. so we get..the joker--and federer...in another showdown.. federer is a 17 time grand slam champ..he's won the tourmanet four times..the joker is the defending champ... cavs on the road at wake.. blake griffin breaks hand reportedly punched an assistant equipment guy 9th ranked mountaineers hosting k state. a hockey fan in columbus, ohio may have hit paydirt with a may have hit paydirt with a special request she made last night. this young lady hoping that number 13, a-k-a blue jackets' wing cam atkinson, scores so her dad gets her a dog. ...and score he did... three times! buy kibble in bulk because your daughter coincidentally brought that sign to atkinson's third career ha

still time for the hokies. down 2 and time ticking away. seth allen, goes for the win, he gets a good look, but the shot is off the mark. virginia tech blows an 8 point second half lead and the hokies lose to notre dame 83 to 81 in a close one in south bend. if north carolina beats virginia tech on sunday, there is a good chance the tar heels will be the number one team in the nation next week, but tonight had to get by wake forest, no problem even though star guard marcus paige has been cold as ice lately he only had two points tonight, so the heels leaned on its senior brice with 27 points, the only tar heel in double figures as carolina rolls past wake 83 to 68. another week, another big confrence usa game for old dominion, the monarchs continue their home stand tomorrow night against western kentucky. the monarchs have lost three in a row, dispite terrific production from trey and aaron. freeman is averaging over 18 points a game, baycoat over 15--but coach jeff jones these guys can't do it alone, what about some of the other guys stepp

but for the hokies it's not all negative. head coach buzz his players after the north carolina loss, defensive glass, limit opponents' points in transition, and limit their own turnovers. the hokies did all of these things, but still came-up short made-threes from louisville. and as game, his team is still a work in virginia tech men's coach, "i think there maturity and growth, month, partly because of the think. i think when of the experiences we've had since the start of the year, without a coach having to tell you how important a possession is, i think it becomes fairly evident really quick when you've played in the games we've played in. yeah, i have been pleased." apparently the hokies and tennessee volunteers won't be the only ones to play the bristol motor speedway this fall. east tennessee state and western carolina will play a football game at the track on sept. 17th. the game will be exactly one week after the battle at bristol between the hokies and vols. the infrastructure from the that game will remain in place f

then the hokies matmen travel to acc and commonwealth rival virginia on sunday. but tonight..--it's senior night.. and another springboard match that should give the hokies momentum as they re-enter the conference fray this weekend. kevin dresser/vt wrestling coach: ".we look forward to it you know west virginia is a good team you know were excited are you know we want to win an acc title and we want to win to dual meet title and we want to want to team title so we're going to be greedy we want to win both so that's what this team is capable pound redshirt freshman:"this whole year you know i'm i'm building up to to the ncaa tournament and building my skills and techniques and how i wrestle you know on the attack so you know i want to win every match i can virginia tech is 9-2 in dual meets overall this year...and 1-0 in the league.. virginia is 21st... nc state is currently the highest ranked acc team in the country at 3rd in the nation----and 18-0...behind only penn state and iowa. defending champ novak joke-uh- vich is thru to the australian finals.. semifinal.. where world

the only four hokies to score. louisville shot 52% for the game and nailed a season high 12 three hadn't pointers. what is wrong with this shot? the guy in the 14 jersey having too much fun in the castle. cardinals beat tech for the 1th straight time. try to snap a three-game skid at pittsburgh. >>> the acc today announced its basketball legends class for the acc tournament in march in nolan who played with the ca vs from '94 to '98. virginia tech's legend is howard pardeau who played in the early 60s. great shooter who averaged 20 points a game for his career. >>> nascar's daytona 500 is just three weeks from sunday. after opening races at daytona in atlanta, cup drivers head west for three straight stops. at las vegas, phoenix and fontana. >> those are the types of racetracks that are in our choice. we kind of get to figure out how much homework our team has done in the offseason and kind of where you stand. >> both of my primary sponsors, monster energy and haas automation is here in southern california. a lot o

and while we're talking hokies..reports have bryan stinespring-- the hokies former assistant coach.. and former offensive coordinator.. joining the jmu staff..not sure of his duties yet. the oregon state stadium crew...has unearthed mammoth bones believed to be 10 thousand years old. blake griffin breaks hand reportedly punched an assistant equipment guy german angelique kerber is into the women's aussie open semifinals... stay with us. (donkey sound) (elephant sound) there's a big difference between making noise, (tapping sound) and making sense. (elephant sound) (donkey sound) when it comes to social security, we need more than lip service. our next president needs a real plan to keep social security strong. (elephant noise) hey candidates. enough talk. be rescued after it was found stranded in the middle of a highway. the ecuador transit commission shared these photos on facebook of the sloth. the transit commission says it looks like the animal got scared while trying to cross the highway ... which is why its clinging to a roadside barrier. police said the sloth was taken to a ve

he scored the hokies' first six points tonight. then it's jalen hudson, pushing ion transition, and how about the acrobatic finish that gave tech a 12-7 adavantage and the crowd was into it. justin bibbs then got freed up for a long 3 point bomb in the corner pocket. that tickles the twine. zach leday then goes right down the lane and banks it off the window. but the cardinals went on a 19 to 6 run to end the half. the hokies simply had no answer for damion lewis as louisville went on to win it 91 to 83. zach leday/scored 20 points vs. louisville: oh yeah, that was the game. they shot a whole lot of threes and made a whole lot of threes. that's not usually what happens so that was just random. we contested and played as hard as we can. we're just gonna keep on getting better and better and move on from allen/scored 26 points vs. louisville: they hit some big shots. they got going and got in a rhythm early and anytime you get in a rhythm and you're on the road, i feel like they got confidence too early and that's what it was. in sal

the hokies hanging on to a 3-point lead...3. but here come the 17th ranked 'canes... laura cornelius skip pass to jessica thomas who 12...4. keyona hayes not only rocking the rip hamilton mask but also knocking down the elbow jay just like the detroit piston great used to... 19-14 miami...the hurricanes would hold off all tech rallies as miami goes on to win 57-45... the hokies 2-5 in conference play... vmi on the road at mercer in a big south battle tonight...1. the keydets were actually tied early in the second half... trailing by 14 now... tim marshall cuts into the lead... hits the corner 3... he had 14... the lead is 11...2. vmi continuing to trim into the deficit... trey chapman drives and finishes off the glass... the keydets only down 7 with 2:38 left...3. but vmi could get no closer... mercer breaks the press and finishes on the other end to push the lead to 9...the keydets battle but come up short at mercer, 73-58... to high school hoops... radford has been unstoppable this season, tonight hosting eastern montgomery...1. the this evening... radford wins the

hokies come roaring back. up three. he scores 23. pat got it to overtime. hokie's win it. >>> clemson playing home games in greenville while little john gets renovated. they call it the well. i'll tell you who really feels good about the well, jordan roper. scores 23. clemson wins this one by a score >>> western carolina's open up southern conference game today at home. the catamounts enter the streak in the so-con tourney in march. cats took the court with confidence. there's tj chromer for three of his 16. they had eight triples in the day. cats down 16. they tried to rally. mike brown set one up of his own. right before the half, down 17, power move inside. nice spin there. jams it home. they get it to ten in the second half. too tough for the buccaneers today. they roll by westerer 82-66. >> it wasn't a real pleasing performance. i thought their execution, their energy, they shot the ball extremely well all night long. we couldn't find a way to get them under control. >> stan: unc asheville wins on the road. >> frank: it's funny to see coach williams. >

he scored the hokies' first six points tonight. then it's jalen hudson, pushing ion transition, and how about the acrobatic finish that gave tech a 12-7 adavantage and the crowd was into it. justin bibbs then got freed up for a long 3 point bomb in the corner pocket. zach leday then goes right down the lane and banks it off the window. but the cardinals went on a 19 to 6 run to end the half. the hokies simply had no answer for damion lewis as louisville went on to win it 91 to 83. zach leday/scored 20 points vs. louisville: oh yeah, that was the game. they shot a whole lot of threes and made a whole lot of threes. that's not usually what happens so that was just random. we contested and played as hard as we can. we're just gonna keep on getting better and better and move on from this. seth allen/scored 26 points vs. louisville: they hit some big shots. they got going and got in a rhythm early and anytime you get in a rhythm and you're on the road, i feel like they got confidence too early and that's what it was. in salem, roanoke c

hokies looking like they are in control. late in the game. under 30 seconds. anthony gil knocks down the three. with a hoos within two seconds of the game. uva down. can't get it to go. some contact there. no foul called. and virginia tech takes down fourth ranked virginia, 70-68. first win over a top five team for the hokies since 2011. >> big deal. >> it sure was. >>> and finally, our big boss here at nbc washington is a self-proclaimed table tennis star, or ping-pong star. but she better watch out, because we think we found somebody who can take her on. check him out. he is 93. his name is bill. he is from missouri. he has been playing table tennis for eight decades. he is now headed to north carolina in hopes of qualifying for the 2016 summer olympic games in brazil. guilfoyle is expected to be the oldest athlete at the trials. and while qualifying may be a long shot, he says the competition keeps him young. he's got some moves. he is not moving a lot. but he's got some strokes. >> he has a spin serve there. >> balls are going straight at his paddle. >> th

this will be an interesting day to both virginia tech and virginia in action today--- the hokies take north carolina to the wire----while the cavaliers take on syracuse--- and super bowl 50 is set---a recap of championship weekend next sportswrap. i'm nathan epstein---super bowl 50 is set. the top seeds from both the nfc and afc are headed to sunny---santa clara----while a certain hall of fame quarterback will have a chance at maybe---a storybook finish to his career--- first the afc---- the new england patriots and denver broncos for the afc title-------peyton manning----39 years old---facing off against time------ first quarter--first drive--- manning to owen daniels---broncos lead 7-nothing--- end of the first---after a denver turnover---pats capitalize with stephen jackson-- touchdown---but extra point no good--so it's 7-6 denver--- and manning adds to the lead--after a brady intercpeption----danie ls again---- manning threw for 176 yards---two scores--- fourth quarter---pats down 20 to 12 final seconds---- brady to rob gronkowsk----pats have life---they need tthe two point conver

. >> mark: a former hokie and bowl >>>. >>> hi, everybody, the acc released their football schedules for the coming near. virginia tech and justin fuente and battle of bristol against tennessee and home game with boston college and east carolina open week. then at unc in ciriaco. tech has back-to-back thursday night games hosting miami and at pittsburgh, and then at dukeat pittsburgh, and then at duke, hosting georgia tech at notre damenotre dame and the first-ever meeting with the irish at home. bronco mendenhall get a break out of the gate early. host richmond. they travel to oregon and play at uconn. host central michigan at duke open week, then hosting pittsburgh. second half uva home against unc and louisville at wake. home against miami before finishing at georgia tech and the cavs and hokies both avoid facing clemson and florida state in the regular season. >>> college basketball, uva is 0-3 on the road in acc games this year. the cavs trying to put an end to that skid at wake forest. >> always the same guys back from last year. so they are really talented team. i know they ha

hokies down just four at the break. second half, jalen hudson got tech within 7, he scored 27.but louisville too strong, jaylen johnson jammin'. hokies fall 91-83. 3 odac action at lynchburg, the hornets faced off with emory & henry. first half, lc's zach burnett drives to the basket and lays it in, the hornets outscored the wasps in the paint 32-16. emory & henry stayed right with lc early, kevin anzenberger knocks down a three. lc down one, a.j. hamilton drills a three, hamilton scored a game-high 15. lynchburg wins 73-53. 3 high school boys at e.c. glass, the hilltoppers battled the minutemen of liberty. third quarter, hilltoppers on the break, derrell calloway nice dish to anthony williams who hits the reverse layup, williams led all scorers with 23 points. liberty's ethan payne beats the buzzer to end period three. but e.c. glass wins big 3 and barney hall, known by millions of race fans as "the voice of nascar" , has passed away at age 83.the elkin, north carolina native years through seven decades. frustrated wit

hokies fight back. le day hits the turn around in traffic. hokies take their first lead of the game up two. hunt can't get a shot up and no foul called. hokies win snapping an 18-game road acc losing streak. 78-77 the final. >>> when the cats signed mike richards to a one-year, $1 million deal it was easy to overlook. he will play his first game tonight when they steak the ice against the sabers. he'll be only the third cash player on the current roster that has won a stanley cup. while his time on the ice may not be an x-factor this season, his leadership could provide that extra spark the team has been searching for. >> a lot going on. you don't want to be messing up the drills or checking pucks at people's feet. so, it's just feeling better on the ice. feeling better and certain pickup speed a little bit better, too. so, you know, just progression of a shortened training camp maybe. but feel good. >> don't look now, but the wizards are streaking, too. a season high four wins in a row for them. last night washington took it to the pacers 67

the hokies are on the road for three of their four games in october. the only home game is a against miami on the 20th and they'll finish out the month a week later at pitt. tech will finish the season with a trip to south bend to face notre dame, while virginia comes to blacksburg for the traditional thanksgiving weekend finale. as for the cavaliers, bronco mendenhall's debut as coach will come against richmond on september 3rd. the cavs also have early season trips to oregon and connecticut. they'll open acc play on october 1st at duke and follow that up with three straight conference home games. miami will be the only home game for uva in the final month of the season. former virginia tech assistant coach bryan stinespring has landed on his feet in harrisonburg. stinespring is joining the staff of new jmu head coach mike houston. he is a 1986 jmu grad who spent the past 16 years in blacksburg. stinespring was the hokies' offensive coordinator for 10 years and most recently served as tech's tight ends coach and recruiting coordinator over the past th

and the canes outscored the hokies [indiscernible] and v.m.i. had 14 3s. and maryland knocks off iowa 74-68. and the j.m.u. dukes hired stinespring. he is j.m.u.'s tight endcoach. the past three years as tight ends coach and recruiting coordinator. scott downing is a former head coach at northern colorado and sterling college. we're coming right back. >> mark: be careful on the roads in the morning. >> george: there'll be some slippery parking lots. in the morning we'll have temperatures below freezing in the upper 20s. by 9:00 a.m., we'll be above freezing. we'll see highs in the 40s going to make it feel >>> and now, abc's "jimmy kimmel live." >> jimmy: from hollywood it's "jimmy kimmel live"! "this week in unnecessary

seth allen--- finds shane henry-- lead down to 4--- and with the game tied at 59-- kerry blackshear---hokies lead for the first time all day--- they just finish-- joey barry the steal and the layup--- tar heel lead bac to four--- and with a minute 15 to go--hokies need a stop down two--- easy layup--- great effort by tech falls a little short---75-70 the final--- more scores today---william and mary falls to 5 and 3---tied for second in the caa after a huge road losss at hofstra----they're next game is thursday at delaware---and odu falls to 3 and 3 in conference usa after a loss at marshall---20 points for junior guard jennie simms-- and odu coach jeff jones has to be perplexed right about now--- all four conference usa losses---have been by a combined 9 points---and yesterday---it came down to the final seconds yet again--- marshall came to the ted averaging 90 points a game--- freeman, fade-away----yes---he had 20 by halftime---and odu led second half----they're down 5--- freeman---wicked cross over----three pointer----and odu is only down 3 with less than 3 to play--- then it's jordan ba

and how bout them hokies----at georgia tech---virginia tech erased a 10 minute deficit over the final 4 and a half minutes---zach leday the go-ahead layup with 55 seconds left---hokies held on for the comeback win over the yellowjackets---hokies now 4 and 1 in the acc---their first acc road win in two years---they get notre dame on wednesday. survive and advance---that's all that matters in the nfl playoffs---and for the first time in 11 years, carolina panthers are headed to the nfc championship game---at the same time---wondering how they almost gave up a 31-nothing halftime lead--- the nfc top-seeded panthers led 14- nothing in the blink of an eye---- scoring a touchdown on the opening drive---and series---got a pick six----russell wilson picked off by luke keuchly--- quarterback cam newton----mvp type season----only threw for 161 yards---one touchdown---greg olson the catch---made it 31-nill at halftime-- all seattle in the second half-- wilson---picked off twice in the first half---3 over the final two quarters-- the second to kyle lockett-- the pro bowl rookie--- and the third--

we hear from the hokies. and super bowl 50 is a week away and the teams are en route.. (phone ringing) you can't deal with something, by ignoring it. but that's how some presidential candidates seem to be dealing with social security. americans work hard, and pay into it. to keep it strong. (elephant noise) (donkey noise) the hokies continue acc play tonight on the road at pittsburgh.. they are 4-4 in conference play coming off a 3 game skid. we need to just moveon go up there playing hard as we can listen to what coach has to say and we can get a win a road when they're and syracuse as well guard all their sets and actions they run a lot of sense and limit them to one shot artisan young can't get glass. the uva men's basketball team ranked #11 had a statement acc win last night at louisville. in a tough environemnt against the 16 ranked cardinals.. the cavaliers handed them the worse loss they've seen all season winning 63-47. anthony gill and malcolm brogdon piece. against boston college. more acc action happening this afternoon.. wake forest on the dame. -the fightin

justin bibs burries the 3 to put the hokies up 6. final 30 seconds of the half step allen driving in for the jam. down 4 at the break. hudson got within 7. johnson jamming. hokies fall none -83. >>> hornets facing off with emery and henry. jack burnett drives to the hoop and lays it in. outscoured watts in the paint. knocks down a 3. lc down one. aj hamilton drills a 3. lc outscored. 32-25 at the break. alex graves chipped in 12. hornets outscored the wasps in the second half. also tonight lu won on the road. ryan chem upon right. john dawson led with 17. ya yaand erson. cory brown led 6 wild cats in doubles. randolph at roanoke. joey miller at 26 for the maroon maroons. ham den sidney came from behind. avery over fair em. women lynchburg lost to gill ford. randolph beat randolph make up. also virginia fell to nc state. roanoke won over holins 70-54. high school boys at dc glass. hill toppers on the break. calloway nice dish to williams liberty in pain beats the buzzer to end period 3. drive the minute men with 13. he drives here for

a big 6-point pick-up for the hokies, who lead it 13 to 4. onto the this one all wrapped-up for the hokies, but third- ranked and undefeated ty walz picks-up the 8-6 decision over patrick gillen just for good measure. virginia tech beats virginia 31 to 7, winning 8 of the 10 weight classes. virginia tech's women's basketball team on the road this afternoon, where they fall to 11th- ranked florida state 68 to 50. chanette hicks was all over the court for the hokies with a team- high 11 points, 6 assists and 5 steals. florida state's shakayla thomas led all scorers with 22 points. virginia tech's men's basketball team just tipped-off against pittsburgh at 6:30-- also on the road. we'll have highlights of that at 11. the men's final of the australian open early this morning, where novak djokovic makes quick work of andy murray, in a rematch of last year's final. djokovic wins the first set 6-1 in just 30 minutes, then takes the next two 7-5 and 7-6. the top-seeded won all 6 of his aussie open finals matches, and has won it 5 of the last 6 years.

the hokies are on the road for three of their four games in october. the only home game is a thursday night affair against miami on the 20th and they'll finish out the month a week later at pitt. tech will finish the season with a trip to south bend to face notre dame, while virginia comes to blacksburg for the traditional thanksgiving weekend finale. as for the cavaliers, bronco mendenhall's come against richmond on september 3rd. the cavs also have early season trips to oregon and connecticut. they'll open acc play on october 1st at duke and follow that up with three straight conference home games. miami will be the only home game for uva in the final month of the turn to our webpage at wdbj7.com and be sure to follow us on facebook and twitter for weather headlines and more at wdbj7weather. thanks for watching your hometown

they go-on to beat virginia their 9th-straight win over the hokies. baseball hall of fame is celebrating 25 years this year, and honored their 4 newest members thursday night. this year's class included don gresh, josh herman, bo trumbo and tom williams. before the banquet, the 4 inductees of the 2016 class met with the media in the hall of fame building next to the salem red sox stadium, signed baseballs, and got to see their plaques on the wall next to all the other members. ray cox received the community service award and the guest speaker at the banquet was randy tomlin, a 2000 inductee who played for the pirates and is currently the head coach at lca. for the new members, they're humbled by the recognition. bo trumbo, 2016 salem- roanoke baseball h.o.f. inductee, "this has been a very unusual and very unexpected honor. i've known many people in this organization prior to that through my scouting and coaching days and several of my coaching mentors and my scouting mentors are here. to be included in them as for posterity has been very much a great

she led the hokies with 11. sidney cook chipped-in 8 points for tech, but miami took the lead by the end of the first quarter and never trailed again. they go-on to beat virginia tech 57 to 45, for their 9th-straight win over the hokies. the salem-roanoke baseball hall of fame is celebrating 25 years this year, and honored their 4 newest members thursday night. this year's class included don gresh, josh herman, bo trumbo and tom williams. before the banquet, the 4 inductees of the 2016 class met with the media in the hall of fame building next to the salem red sox stadium, signed baseballs, plaques on the wall next to all the other members. ray cox received the community service award and the guest speaker at the banquet was randy tomlin, a 2000 inductee who played for the pirates and is now the head coach at lca. for the new members, they're humbled by the recognition. bo trumbo, 2016 salem- roanoke baseball h.o.f. inductee, "this has been a very unusual and very unexpected honor. i've known many people in this

tech is on a 3 game losing streak to set their acc record at 4-4, the hokies is coming off a loss to the louisville cardinals wednesday night. speaking of 16th ranked louisville, they were the 11th ranked virginia cavaliers opponet this afternoon in acc play. uva ended their road fashion with a buzzer beating triple tuesday night at wake forest. the cavs looking to start a road winning streak. to the kfc yum! center in louisville!1st half... virginia up 2anthony gill gets the steal... he finishes the later in the 1st half... virginia up 2...malcom brogdon drives... he finds isaiah wilkens who finishes the dunk cards head coach rick pitino not happy with louisville's 14 first half turnovers... virginia up 15 at the break... 2nd half... virginia up 14off the miss... anthony gill throws down the put back dunk virginia up 16later in the 2nd...mike tobey takes the pass and slams it home... virginia rolls...beating louisville 63-47 the cavaliers win their 2nd straight road acc game beating in the cards 63-47. the liberty flames winners of three in row hit the road to play presbyterian in b

second quarter, hokies down eight, young steps into a three and knocks it downbut the hurricanes led by 13 at the half. down 17, tech stormed back to tie the game. but the 'canes outscore the hokies 17-5 from there and win 57-45. 3 and longtime virginia tech assistant bryan stinespring has a new job. he's jmu's new tight ends coach. stinespring is a 1986 jmu grad. that is sports. have a great weekend. >> will: earlier in the show we were talking about melting snow. we melted more yesterday outside of our storm board we have an and really if you want to the snow to really condition to be on the grand charlottesville and the western facing slopes in west virginia the snow is starting to melt. tell do so a lot this weekend talking temperatures in the 60s. the temperatures back in the 40s. sunny for central virginia. breezy, cool and dry. similar on the south side. 46 in martinsville. 48 for south boston. there are a few snow flurries flying in the mountains this morning. once those go we'll increase the sun even out west and the breezes today highest here they are gusting from 20-30 mil

second quarter, hokies down eight, young steps into a three and knocks it downbut the hurricanes led by 13 at the half. down 17, tech stormed back to tie the game. but the 'canes outscore the hokies 17-5 from there and win 57-45. 3 and longtime virginia tech assistant bryan stinespring has a new job. he's jmu's new tight ends jmu grad.3 mona yesterday, on 13 news midday i introduced you to our lynchburg pet of the week... bagel bite. yeah the 5-year-old cat had quite a bizarre name. but what happened next was even more bizarre.pattie turns out bagel bite's real name is gabriel and he disappeared from a home in hurt.. more than 6-months ago. once his owner saw him on our show..he knew that was his long lost cat. our marissa parra has the story. 3 guy johnson, pet owner: "we were just emotionally a wreck..." 6 months ago, guy johnson's furry pal gabriel vanished from their home.guy johnson, pet owner: "we searched and searched. it was probably at least two nothing. we couldn't find one hair of him anywhere." (butted sots) they had all but given up hope... until they turned on the t-v.g

the virginia tech hokies are back in action tonight against the panthers. the tip off in ten minutes. we'll have highlights at 11:00. notre dame, number two u.n.c. and most recently, louisville. laday, hudson, and allen all scored at least 20 points. there was a 13-point loss to clemson on wednesday. and u.v.a. put up a convincing win on the road in louisville. gill and brogdon both scored 13. and the team rode that hot handed in the second half shooting 58% against the second ranked defense in the and bennett said the key was getting the squad to believe in themselves. >> i said you can do this. will you, i don't know. you can and you have in the past played a team like this in this kind of setting and performed and been right. will you? you got to know first you can. don't ever forget that. and they did in the first half and i said you did it for 20. will you try to do it again? you're capable. >> reporter: and last night the team members were presented with their championship rings at a fundraiser in charlottesville. while most of the team will suit up f

college wrestling the 10th ranked hokies..hosting the hokies..hosting the mountaineers at cassell coliseum..on senior night.. and at 125..christiansb urg product joey dance...against zeke moisey..and dance...18-1 on the season..with the nice low single leg takedown early.. clearly superior in the nuetral position..pretty through-by coming up ...and 2 more.. dance..ranked #4 in the nation..with a 9-5 decision..over the reigning national runnerup from a year ago. -------------------- and at 174..he welcomes back his former christiansburg teammate zack epperly....the all american returns to action with a solid 8-3 decision victory.... as virginia tech makes quick work of the mountaineers...3 2-3 is the dual meet score tonight.. acc hoops coming this weekend.. when the carolina panthers hit the field next weekend for super bowl fifty ... their cheerleaders will be behind them to cheer them on. one top cat says dancing has always been apart of her life but says dancing on the big stage come next sunday hasn't sunk in yet. leslie spearman grew up in pickens county in south carolina. she attended

the hokies return to acc action tomorrow at pittsburgh. not including the 24 point loss to duke.. virginia tech has been competitive in every conference game... and hopes to continue that trend. verbatim to news and notes... police responded to a call that brown's johnny manziel had an altercation with his girlfriend.. he was not arrested. -angelique kerber upsets serena williams to win the australian open. -and another top-25 matchup tonight #4 kansas beats #20 kentucky 90-84. for your light of the garret was among many nfl coaches and scouts at the senior bowl today... in the second quarter..on the south's defense is virgina tech's defensive end dadi nicholas! he would get ahold of stanford quarterback kevin hogan... shawn oakman of baylor would get the sack.. but dadi did work. south won 27-17. tonight: mostly clear and chilly with lows in the upper 20s to mid 30s. sunday: sunshine and high clouds. very mild with temperatures in the upper 50s to low 60s. sunday night: partly cloudy and rather mild with lows in the lower to middle 40s. monday: a weak cold front brings more cloud

wins, off to a 2-0 start now for the first time in four years the hokies beat virginia. orangeburg bryce johnson a career night for north carolina, against florida statete seminoles coming off a loss to clemson. both career highs, 39 points. they win. right now. >> there you go. coldest night so far this season. temperatures in the mid-20's. some of the colder spots, low 20's. and the wind will be dying down. if you are up early you will have to 3u9 on the warmest stuff you have. >> wow! >> tomorrows the sleeping day. >> tomorrow is the blood drive. 7-7. we'll be out there -- >> i'll be there at 2:30. >> we definitely want you to gift of life. >> tim will be on the radio. shameless plug. [laughter] >> yes, youill. >> thanks for joining us. thank you for making us your choice. >> we'll back here. we hope to see you at the center tomorrow. have a great nightght -- jennifer lopez, the bachelor, ben higgins. and music from tori kelly.

drives the lane, the floating bank shot, the hokies with the lead for good. the final of this, 73-68. alex ovechkin has been selected to be one of the four captains for the all-star game in nashville. the caps are on the road tonight in columbus after their new year's eve lost to carolina. the redskins wrapped up their final full practice yesterday before heading to dallas to take on the cowboy sunday. trent williams did not practice yesterday and is listed as questionable sunday. if you does not play sunday, do not expect kirk cousins to stay in the game very long. coaches talk about sitting a guys, let's take a break, but if you have a hot hand, keep going, don't stop. there will be a point in the time were you get your legs back, get your body back, get your mind back. following the game, penn state's quarterback declared for the nfl draft. kimberly: i agree about keeping the momentum going. robert: cannot relax right now. kimberly: a pair of twins born in san diego, minutes apart, in different years. one was born a minute before midnight new year's eve, h

as the hokies host #16 ranked louisville. i don't think they were going to be judged based on our test against north carolina or tested notre dame i think in the end we keep getting the same test because we keep having the the same test and i think we have to be accountable in a different way and that's why am different than just being a ball coach or a ballplayer. tip off tonight is at cassell coliseum at 8-pm... we will have highlights from the match-up at 11. coliseum at 8-pm... we will have 11. ranked 11th in the country this week and had a phenomenal come-back win last night to beat wake forest. it's too good not to show again... virginia trailing by 7 late in the game.. when wake's devin thomas makes the basket and draws the foul to extend their lead. -it looks like the deacs have put this one away but oh no... uva makes a comeback to get within 2 points. -and with 4 seconds on the clock .. virginia on the inbounds to devon hall.. hall passes to darius thompson who lobs up a 3 in hopes of getting fouled and going to the

-and led by 10 with under 5 to go---from there--tech went on a 13-1 run---zach leday---layup good---hokies up 2----final seconds---they're up 1---desperation from georgia tech----no miracle--and virginia tech comes back from 15 to win their first acc road game in 2 years---they're 4 and 1 in the acc for the first time in 7 years----i see you coach buzz williams--- and speaking of notre dame---the irish inside cameron indoor stadiu---taking 9th ranked duke---notre dame in gold---demetrious points--irish up 6 with 8 and a half left----duke not going quietley---luke kennard---off balance and the foul---team- high 30 points----minute and a half left----irish up one---greyson allen---18 points for the sophomore and duke's gotta one point lead----35 seconds left---bonzie colson---career high 31 points----basket and one---irish have a 2- point edge---last seconds---notre dame at the line----no good---zach august with the rebound--and that's it---back to back losses for duke---their first home loss in over a year---- still on tobacco road---dicky v doin the dance-----acc-leading north carolina----

-hokies not going down without a fight.. jalen hudson driving and will bank in the shot for 2... he had a good night... he finished with 27 points and 7 rebounds. -more from lee.. this time on the assist..looking inside to chinanu onuaku for the easy jam. -and this is what buzz does not want to see on defense.. lee on the inbounds play.. hits jaylen johnson in the backcourt for the dunk and the foul.. the cardinals top th ehokies 91-83. more acc action.. pittsburgh at clemson.. -tigers up 5 in the first half.. avry holmes passes to jaron drains the 3 from the wing. -jordan roper gets the steal and the fast break and finishes it off with the layup to take a 12 point lead. -pittsburgh trying to stay in it.. michael young will sink the jumper capping off pittsburgh's 9-0 run... but clemson would close it out 73-60 your final. the uva men's basketball team is ranked 11th in the country this week and had a phenomenal come-back win last night to beat wake forest. it's too good not to show again... virginia trailing by 7 late in the game.. when wake's devin thomas makes the basket and d

--but bonus points the difference there as the panthers drop a tough battle against the 12th ranked hokies -- cedar falls at waterloo west early on it was all cedar falls aj green off the inbounds corner three and its good tigers are turning defenes into offense tayler alexander with the steal takesit all the way for the lay in titiers started off on an 11-2 run. west climbing back in it carondis harris-anderson with the pretty baseline spin move and off the glass for the deuce west is down 7 after one sececnd half west started on a run gabe pepin splits two defenders kisses one off the glass timeout by the tigers west is down just big matchup in girls basketball tonight denver hosting sumner- fredricksburg cougars destiny mohlis three ball top of thth key is good sumner-fred down 3 megan brunscheon of denver with the drive and pull up jumper denver has got the lead ti 8 then its krayton allen in the for the cougars... foot was on the line they well call it a deep two its tied up at 21's cyclones maty ulrich.... that one was behind t t line... she knocks it down denver took a 3 point lead

hokies up by three. later, dials long distance, this time justin. upset,hold on for the 70-68, their first win over a top five team since 2011. and this may come as a surprise, given agano has been four-year contract extension to stay with the colts through 2020. i thought he was out. leon: whoa, he was dead man walking yesterday. erin: the extension came out of nowhere. alison: good for him. up, something believed to be an unbreakable record. le: starting 2016 in the record books -- imagine riding your bike every day for an average of 12 hours per day. smashed aold man decades-old record last year by cycling more than 75,000 miles in a year. putting this in perspective, he wrote enough miles across the u.s. to cross 55 times. he could have cycled the earth three times. alison: incredible. and the original record was set in something like 1939. erin: inspiring. not your thing? leon: not the seat. alison: it is uncomfortable outside. steve: it is. will not be pleasant, the windchill factor in the single digits. at least the sunshine will make it look

. >> just over -- in just over three weeks the hokies' will kick off in iowa for the republicans. >>> the president is fighting back by be doing it will that would blow away with his health care law thursday house speaker ryan signed a republican inspired legislation appealing obamacare and defund planned parenthood would reverse the significant progress that we've made in improving healthcare in america. the health care plan was made law in 2010 and ever since many republican lawmakers have bought it claiming it is costly and ineffective. the president disagrees saying it is fire than before, and with butter consumer protections. >>> before you finalize any plans for the weekend, you might have some rain or snow to take in consideration. madison corney joins us with a complete look at the friday forecast. >> that's right, we have quite a it of activity making its way late tonight and early tomorrow . here's a look at our official daytime high in reno, 42 degrees. still slightly below average for this time of year but warming up compared to what we have seen. we also have a morning lo

steve: an acc matchup between the tar heels and hokies is moved because of the weather. people not to go, but >> now, abc 11 eyewitness news sports, sponsored by your local toyota dealer. >> the blue devils rode in the eye of the storm. they had dropped three straight over all before heading to raleigh. good turnout despite the weather conditions, they had plenty to cheer about early on. how about six straight makes from beyond the arc. then cat barber who had a good first half, 19 total points, he gets another one on the bounce here, the wolfpack led by as many as 10, took a seven-point lead into the locker room at the half. the second half belonged to duke. brandon ingram ties it with a three. duke hit seven of their eleven threes in the half. 25 for ingram. state fans holding their breath here. barber a knee on knee collision, and he wasn't the same after that. duke takes advantage. grayson allen driving and laying up. he led all scorers with 28. matt jones to ingram for the slam. the blue devils win, 88-78 to avoid a four-game losing streak. reporter: the second half

howard pardue represents the hokies and was one of the greatest shooters in school history, starring for coach chuck noe in the 1960's. he averaged 20 points a game and was named an ap all american as a norman nolan is the legend from the university of virginia. nolan played in 121 games as a cavalier from 1994 to 1998. he helped the cavs to two ncaa tournaments, scoring more than 13 hundred points and grabbing 765 career rebounds. the tenth ranked virginia tech wrestling team will host west virginia tomorrow night on senior night in blacksburg, followed by a trip to uva on sunday. it's the start of a five match stretch to end the season, that will decide a lot in the dresser/virginia coach: we want to win every time we step out there but the acc competition is first and foremost in our what we're gonna hit a lot of in the next month. we just little bit of luck and we're being smart. we're being a little cautious right now we stay healthy. if we stay healthy, this is a super really good dale earnhardt, jr. summer and coming off a season which saw him go to victory make the chase, jun

close calls against notre dame and north carolina have left the hokies at 4 and 3 in the conference. slow starts have been an issue at times and that has to be fixed with the meat of the league slate coming up. seth allen/virginia tech point guard: you can say we're supposed to be 6 and 1 but we're 4 and 3 so when we play louisville, we're gonna have to come and play harder than we ever played. buzz williams/virginia tech head coach: we've got to figure out how we can make it more of a pseudo fight from the beginning because we can't play three rounds of a fight and just get beat up because we're already trying to make up ground. uva pulled-out a buzzer-beater over wake forest last night, picking-up a the cavaliers have had plenty of success on their home court at 10 and oh there this season, but winning an acc away game is something they hadn't achieved until last night. tony bennett, uva men's basketball head coach, "we'll take the win. the quality wasn't there the way we needed it to but it did i guess get the monkey off our back as far as a road win in the conference. every win i

. >> noreen: former hokies star sunday's pro >>> hi, everybody, barney hall the man known by millions of race fans known as the voice of nascar passed away at the age of 83. the north carolina native covered nascar for 55 years through seven decades. his easy conversational delivery made you feel like you were listening to a close friend. he painted a great picture of the race through radio. hall called his first daytona00 in 1960. he join the racing network first as a turn announcer and moved to the booth in the late '70s where he had been a fixture since 2014. most trusted man in the garage saying drivers felt comfortable talking to him. campbell added he wishes we had more like barney. >>> it is came of the week wednesday with high schools missing a loft time since the weekend snow. we will change gears today and spotlight a college team. after last night's late heroics at wake forest, that team has got to be uva men's basketball. the cavaliers were headed to a fourth straight loss on the road down 10 with only 1:20 left in the game but malcolm left in the game but malcolm brogan w

two eleven fsu takes is a former athlete of the week morris has started all twenty one games for the hokies this season eight robot twenty seven thirteen at halftime we picked up second half another transition buckets drive thru for to know she was the longtime player in double figures this one hope in hard she had ten points. it wasn't enough though as the seminoles won the winning bid my final sixty eight to fifty in that contest. yes we mention the old lady mocs they were honoring the players and coaches for the pass off the recent one thousand wins in school history can give you six the last hill dr tisch lines jen knows o among those that they're only fourth program the top of thousand wins are heading that group marry that man stanley won multiple titles help with the program on the map room in the end that my education my family i came from and the words the way i'm really grateful so in the design of the every year as we come back you know he's even nice to everybody but this one's really special and really raise the fact that life just like his sister to be one of only four or five

staying in the nba, former hokie erick green from winchester has signed a ten day contract with the utah jazz. green had been playing with the nba developmental league's reno bighorns since being waived by the denver nuggets earlier this season. green averaged nearly 27 points and 4 assists in 23 games with reno. he played for denver in 43 games last season and in three games this season. the virginia cavaliers are in winston-salem tonight to face wake forest. tony bennett's team has shown some versatility in back to back wins at home over clemson and syracuse and now take things on the road, looking for the first acc win of the charlottesville. london perrantes/ virginia point guard: just having guys that can fill each other's roles is huge. you know with foul trouble and things like that, things can change at the drop of a dime so just having people to be able to step up and do different things is huge for us. nascar released its race times for the upcoming season today. the spring race at martinsville, the stp 500 is set for a 1pm green flag on april 3rd while the goody's 500 gets a 1