Friday, June 15, 2018

Zimmerman Double Header (of stories)

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Former UVA baseball player and current Washington National, Ryan Zimmerman, stopped by the Today Show this week to promote the ziMSFoundation with Carson Daly and Jenna Bush Hager. You can watch this off camera video by clicking here.
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Ryan Zimmerman and the Nationals are having a solid year so far. Between trading the NL East lead back and forth with the Braves, helping the Capitals celebrate winning the Stanley Cup, and hosting the MLB All-Star Game, 2018 is shaping up to be their year. SB Nation sat down with the former UVA star to talk about everything from watching the Capitals bring a championship to D.C.,  how the Washington fan base has grown and the National’s chances of winning a championship. You can read the entire article by clicking here. 

Thursday, June 15, 2018

CFL Opener

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The CFL season starts tonight for the Edmonton Eskimos and former UVA defensive end Mike Moore. The Eskimos and Moore open the season against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, a team his former UVA teammate Trent Corney plays for. You can watch Mike’s outlook on the season and the opener by clicking here

Wednesday, June 13, 2018

Urban Renewal

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Former UVA defensive lineman Brent Urban has suffered various long-term injuries during his NFL career with the @Ravens. The UVA graduate had some fun on social media in regards to his rehab and and video of head coach John Harbaugh telling the media “It is fun having Brent out there.” Urban has dubbed this time as “Urban Renewal in Progress.” You can watch all of Coach Harbaugh’s comments by clicking here.

Greetings from Oregon

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AD Carla Williams recently tweeted from Nike’s headquarters in Beaverton, Oregon during a recent trip. She is joined in a group UVA picture with senior associate athletics director for external affairs Todd Goodale, deputy athletics director for administration Jim Booz and senior associate athletics director for business operations/CFO Steve Pritzker.

Tuesday, June 12, 2018

#ProHoos

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Sunday marked the second time this season that John Hicks and Artie Lewicki were battery mates for the Detroit Tigers. The duo were teammates at UVA for one season, 2011, which resulted in an ACC Championship and the program’s second all-time trip Omaha. In Sunday’s loss to the Indians, Hicks was 2-for-3 with a run scored, while Lewicki went 5.0 IP, allowing three runs and striking out four. 

Monday, June 11, 2018

Hoos in the CFL

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Two UVA graduates met over the weekend in Canadian Football League preseason action. OL Justin Renfrow (2009-12) and QB David Watford (2011-14) were roommates during their time on Grounds. Currently, Renfrow plays for the Calgary Stampeders and Watford for the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Former UVA wide receiver T.J. Thorpe also plays for Saskatchewan. Watford and Renfrow posed for a picture after the preseason game that the Stampeders won, 39-12. UVA has two other alums playing in the CFL currently. DL Trent Corney is playing for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and DL Mike Moore plays for the Edmonton Eskimos.