Student News Source at Piedmont Virginia Community College
All were welcomed to PVCC basketball courts on Wednesday, April 20, to play the Charlottesville Cardinals in a game of basketball. The event was hosted by Susan Hannifan, the director of student accessibility and accommodations at PVCC. This basketball game provided students with the opportunity to try out wheelchair basketball against a professional wheelchair basketball […]
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Twenty-five years ago, former NBA Commissioner David Stern founded the WNBA on April 22, 1996, centered around the marketing campaign “We Got Next.” However, in the year 2021, it is safe to say the WNBA has got now. In celebration of the WNBA’s 25th birthday, the W (as the sport is referred to by fans) […]
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Father, Entrepreneur, recording artist, and ¼ of the Through The Wire Podcast, Pierre Andresen is making a name for himself in the content creation and sports media industries. Andresen, a Chicago native, possesses a deep affinity for the game of basketball. Now at the age of 26, Andresen successfully parlayed a reverence for the sport […]
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In a 2010 interview on ESPN, the late Kobe Bryant waxed poetic about Elgin Baylor saying, “Everything I heard about Elgin [Baylor] was that he was Dr. J [Julius Irving] and Michael Jordan… before Dr. J and Michael Jordan.” Bryant went on to explain that what set Baylor apart from others in his generation was […]
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After the Virginia Cavaliers’ third consecutive loss, the headline from ESPN’s Jeff Borzello read, “What’s wrong with UVa…?” Borzello writes, “They lack playmakers on the offensive end and their defense isn’t nearly as stingy as it has been in recent years.” Borzello’s critique may or may not be true. After all, Virginia is ranked 115th […]
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In a battle of cross-state rivals, Wofford Transfer Keve Aluma’s career night helped lead No. 20 Virginia Tech to a 65-51 home win over ACC opponent No. 8 Virginia on January 30. Keve Aluma’s well-rounded 29 point, 10 rebound, and 4 assist effort helped propel Virginia Tech (13-3, 7-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) to a strong […]
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Danny O’Connor, staff writer On Tuesday, Jan. 28, the Virginia Cavaliers pulled off their biggest win of the season by beating the No. 5 rated Florida State Seminoles, 61-56. In this action-packed game, Virginia players Mamadi Diakite and Kihei Clark led the way combining for 34 points, while Florida State star freshman Devin Vassell was held […]
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Mathew Fragola, staff writer Sports are for everybody, regardless of physical disabilities. That is why on Wednesday, April 18, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., PVCC hosted an event for students and staff to play in a pickup game of wheelchair basketball with the Charlottesville Cardinals. “Charlottesville Cardinals teach students people with […]
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After a close game, a team of PVCC students won the local D-League basketball championships on Sunday, April 12. In the first minutes of the game, spectator and PVCC student Treshawne Henderson summed up the players attitude: “the boys in red want it.” At that point, PVCC led 8-0. They quickly lost the lead and […]
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