Sports Briefs

BASEBALL Rain once again interfered with VCU’s schedule in its weekend series at James Madison. Junior R.J. Schenk’s (Yorktown/Tabb) seventh-inning two-run home run put the Rams on top and gave them the 6-4 win. Saturday’s action was suspended in the bottom of the third inning with the Rams leading 5-3 and was resumed Sunday morning. […]

Thank goodness for the NFL draft

I’m not going to beat around the bush
here. I love Al Davis. For years, the owner
of the Oakland Raiders has had my affection.
Obviously, I’m not a Raiders fan. If
I were, I’d be saying exactly the opposite.

THIS WEEK

BASEBALL Tue., April 29, vs. VMI, The Diamond, 7 p.m. Wed., April 30, vs. Norfolk State, The Diamond, 7 p.m. May 2-4, vs. Towson, The Diamond MEN’S TRACK & FIELD Sun., May 4, @ George Mason Invitational, Fairfax, all day WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD Sat., May 3, @ George Mason Invitational, Fairfax, all day

For Nicole

Dozens of people gathered for a common cause at
Richmond’s Byrd Park Sunday. Some talked, smiled
and laughed. Some kicked around a children’s soccer
ball. Others enjoyed the taste of free bagels and orange
juice.

War to the max

Have you checked your credit score lately? I usually
check mine about twice a year, and discrepancies are
somewhat common. I’ve seen some little stuff (an old
hospital bill-that can wait), and I’ve seen some big stuff
(the Internal Revenue Service-whoa, that can’t be me).
What I had yet to see – until now – was my share of a
trillion-dollar war.

SGA Holes

Abraham Lincoln once said, “a house
divided against itself cannot stand.” If
this is so, the Monroe Park Campus
Student Government Association is in
shambles.

‘Follow code of ethics’

Glenn Proctor, executive editor of the Richmond
Times-Dispatch, didn’t hesitate to fire a reporter
for writing a fake news story.