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Chris Graham
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Editor, Augusta Free Press (Waynesboro, Va.)
UVA '94
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The Virginia Tech baseball program has now placed another one of its own into the rarefied ranks of Major League Baseball manager.

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Wife of new Colorado Rockies manager was standout at Broadway
Warren Schaeffer, who ended his Virginia Tech career in 2007, has been named the manager of the Colorado Rockies.
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November 29, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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We’ll be in and out all day Saturday with updates on the ACC Championship Game race, ahead of tonight’s Virginia-Virginia Tech game, in which the ‘Hoos hold all the cards.

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Live Coverage: UVA set to face Virginia Tech
We’ll be in and out all day Saturday with updates on the ACC Championship Game race, ahead of the UVA Football vs. Virginia Tech game.
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November 29, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Donald Trump, fighting drug-runners from South America, is, shockingly, showing mercy on one – and no, of course, not some rando clinging to life on the side of fishing boat.

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Trump pardon for man who wanted to shove drugs up our noses
Donald Trump, fighting drug-runners from South America, is, shockingly, showing mercy on one – and no, of course, not some rando.
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November 29, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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November 29, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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I wonder how long it’s going to take UVA Basketball coach Ryan Odom to realize that Chance Mallory needs to be the starting point guard?

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UVA Basketball: Chance Mallory doesn’t start, but he’s the point
I wonder how long it’s going to take UVA Basketball coach Ryan Odom to realize that Chance Mallory needs to be the starting point guard?
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November 29, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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Seems to fit the definition of an “illegal order.”
rgoodlaw.bsky.social Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 23h
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing

"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."

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Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
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November 29, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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The two best college basketball options for Shiloh Robinson, who grew up in wintry Nebraska, were on opposite sides of the country: the University of San Francisco and Liberty University in Lynchburg.

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Liberty alum Shiloh Robinson playing hoops in snowy Poland
The two best college basketball options for Shiloh Robinson were on opposite sides of the country: San Francisco and Liberty.
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November 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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In the quiet mountains of Wise County, a narrative whiplash has occurred that is so severe it has attracted the gaze of the entire internet.

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The Travis Turner story: True crime wannabes hijacked manhunt
Travis Turner, the celebrated head football coach of the undefeated Union High School Bears, has transformed overnight from a local hero into a fugitive.
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November 28, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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UVA Football coach Tony Elliott is cognizant of Virginia Tech’s ability to chew up yards – and clock – on the ground.

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UVA Football: Focus will be on containing Virginia Tech run game
Augusta Free Press provides breaking news and sports coverage for Waynesboro, Va., Virginia and across the United States and the world.
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November 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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The increasing strain on the power grid from the rapid buildout of new data centers in Virginia is going to push your utility bills up the next two years, with a small bit of good news.

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Growth in data centers will push your electric bills higher
The increasing strain on the power grid from the rapid buildout of new data centers in Virginia is going to push your utility bills up the next two years.
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November 28, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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AEW has reveled in plunder in 2025, culminating in a pair of vicious “Blood and Guts” matches. So, it’s only fitting that the promotion rejects modernity this holiday season and embraces tradition – hitting the reset button with the “Continental Classic.”

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AEW ‘Dynamite’ review: Great start to the 'Continental Classic'
AEW has reveled in plunder in 2025, culminating in a pair of vicious “Blood and Guts” matches two weeks ago.
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November 28, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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So, if she’d been from East Virginia, he’d be like, nah, lost there three times, eff those people.
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Q: Do you plan to attend Sarah's funeral?

TRUMP: I haven't thought about it yet, but it's certainly something I can conceive of. I love West Virginia. You know, I won West Virginia by one of the biggest margins of any president anywhere.
November 28, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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What a weird place we’re in this year with the UVA-Virginia Tech football series.

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Virginia is the big favorite, but it's still UVA vs. Virginia Tech
What a weird place we’re in with the UVA-Virginia Tech football series. Tech has won 23 of the last 25, but the ‘Hoos are in the prime position this season.
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November 28, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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Some of the progressives in the audience at Beth Macy’s listening tour event in Waynesboro earlier this week chafed at hearing her say that she plans to reach out to disaffected MAGA voters.

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Beth Macy has it right: Democrats need to reach out to MAGA
Some in the audience at Beth Macy’s listening tour event in Waynesboro earlier this week chafed at hearing her say she plans to reach out to MAGA voters.
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November 27, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Let’s say you and your buddy live within a couple hours of Charlottesville, and you’re trying to decide: UVA-Virginia Tech on Saturday night, or, if the good guys win that one, UVA in the ACC Championship Game in Charlotte next weekend.

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More doable for UVA Football fans: Charlottesville, or Charlotte?
You and your buddy are trying to decide: UVA-Virginia Tech, or, if the good guys win that one, UVA in the ACC Championship Game in Charlotte.
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November 27, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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In perhaps his last interview, former Lynchburg College standout Brad Babcock told this reporter how he got his start as a college baseball coach.

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Dennis Womack, Brad Babcock to be honored by VBCA
In perhaps his last interview, former Lynchburg College standout Brad Babcock told this reporter how he got his start as a college baseball coach.
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November 27, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Somebody needs to sue the crap out of these companies to get this contract language nulled and voided.
November 27, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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The People’s Brow
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2/ nor can we forget Thomas Fugate, the 22 year old Trump campaign worked appointed as the lead counter terrorism coordinator at DHS.
November 27, 2025 at 4:15 AM
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“I want a hippopotamus for Christmas …” #dogsofbluesky
November 27, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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A report in the News Leader treaded quite lightly in its reporting on the move by the Frontier Culture Museum to cancel its planned Nov. 22 Native American History Day event, citing the possibility of a “disturbance” based on social media posts.

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Frontier Culture Museum cancelled Native American History Day
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November 27, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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A Virginia-based startup that wants to get into the industrial shipping market has invested $1.1 million to open a manufacturing site in Lynchburg.

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Lynchburg: Startup aims to elbow its way into industrial shipping
A Virginia-based startup that wants to get into the industrial shipping market has invested $1.1 million to open a manufacturing site in Lynchburg.
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November 26, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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Two members of the West Virginia National Guard in the nation’s capital as part of Donald Trump’s show of force were shot near the White House Wednesday and are, at this writing, in critical condition.

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Two West Virginia National Guard members shot near White House
Two members of the West Virginia National Guard in the nation’s capital as part of Donald Trump’s show of force were shot near the White House.
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November 26, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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Despite moving to #12 in this week’s College Football Playoff rankings, Miami is still very much on the outside looking in for an at-large bid to the playoff.

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ACC Football: Nightmare scenarios for the ACC
Despite moving to #12 in this week’s College Football Playoff rankings, Miami is still very much on the outside looking in for an at-large bid to the playoff.
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November 26, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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It’s UVA-Virginia Tech football week, so I got the gang together to preview the game, and we do, eventually.
But first: why are tickets so ridiculously expensive?

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Podcast: UVA-Virginia Tech preview
It’s UVA-Virginia Tech football week, so I got the gang together to preview the game, and we do, eventually.
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November 26, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Alright, so, I just gave UVA Football fans hell because we may be playing the biggest game ever played in Scott Stadium with 10,000 empty seats.
Flip side: Carla Williams, Kevin Miller, others in the inner circle: seriously, $146 to $186 for upper-level seats?

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Empty seats: Hard to blame UVA Football fans, with these prices?
Augusta Free Press provides breaking news and sports coverage for Waynesboro, Va., Virginia and across the United States and the world.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM