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Thomas Dale rising jr. Dex Richardson, a football, basketball and track athlete, passed out in gym class on February 1.
@RTDSports
@RTDNEWS
A monthslong medical saga leading to open-heart surgery followed.
On the most courageous of Knights 🙏🔴🩶📰👇
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Harriet Tubman graces the Lee monument this evening, beneath a quote: “Slavery is the next thing to hell,” and “BLM.”
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Now Frederick Douglas replaces Tubman, beneath:
“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did, and it never will.”
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Police just ambushed protesters at Monroe Park. Some protesters were tackled. It happened fast, just as I arrived on scene, I got as much as I could. I heard police saying “if they’re in the park, grab them.
@RTDNEWS
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Police deploy chemical agents in clash with VCU student-protesters tonight on campus outside Cabell Library
@RTDNEWS
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Thomas Dale defensive lineman Malachi Madison (
@ActiveMadison44
) announced his commitment to
@HokiesFB
today
@GoTDKnights
.
“Go Hokies!!”
#804Varsity
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The Jefferson Davis statue on Monument and Davis is down. RPD has formed a perimeter.
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The projector switches again, now it’s W.E.B. Dubois beneath:
“Either America will destroy ignorance, or ignorance will destroy the United States.”
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WOW TOUCHDOWN STONE BRIDGE ON A 3rd and 16 IN OVERTIME AND THE BULLDOGS ARE CLASS 5 STATE CHAMPIONS
#804Varsity
@StoneBridgeFB
@gohshsfootball
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More info on the artists behind the projections:
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The Howitzer Statue at VCU is the latest Confederate memorial in Richmond to meet its end.
@RTDNEWS
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The current situation in what’s become a standoff between police and protesters outside VCU’s Cabell Library …
@RTDNEWS
“If you leave, we will leave,” protesters chant.
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Countryyy Roooooaaaaaddddssssss !!
It’s
@WVUfootball
for
@lancer_footbal
first team All-Metro D-end
@Showtimekai
🏈🏟
@RTDSports
@RTDNEWS
@804Varsity
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Update: situation at Cabell Library remains tenuous but unchanged. Protesters are assembled in Compass, police in field by encampment as tents are cleared out
@RTDNEWS
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An image of Jacob Blake graces the Robert E. Lee monument tonight beneath “BLM,” the latest in a long line of powerful projections produced by local artists Alex Criqui and Dustin Klein.
Blake was shot in the back multiple times by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
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I spilled my heart at the end of Brooklyn but just wanted to say thank you so so much again to everyone for following the coverage and reading this season love u guys your support means the world … onward !! ✌️🫶🟡⚫️🐏🏀📰🥹🫡🙏
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Not the Senior Day VCU fans were hoping for, but as I walk out of the Stu for the last time this season I just wanted to thank everyone from the bottom of my heart for following the coverage ✌️🫶
This beat means the world to me. Hope I’m doing OK. Huzzah !! 🖤💛🐏🏀
@RTDSports
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Joe Bamisile on
@thepeppas
- “I think it’s super lit, I’m not gonna lie. As you guys know, I’ve been to a bunch of schools. I’ve never been to a school with a band like that. It’s super cool to see how invested, musically, a basketball game can be.”
@ryankopVCU
👏🎶
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Can confirm the news from
@JonRothstein
that
@VCU_Hoops
Sr. G Zeb Jackson will return for his final year of eligibility …
@RTDSports
Zeb averaged 11.4 pts, 4.4 rebs, 3.3 assists, 1.4 stls in 2023-24.
Here’s a story on his hoops journey ⚫️🟡🏀🐏📰👇
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LOL VCU has 46 points shortly before half here and a fan just yelled very loudly “where’s the Happy Valley Havoc Rhoades?!” 😅🤣
@RTDSports
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A new one - Maggie Walker now up on the Lee monument.
“Stand up and be counted or lie down and be counted out.”
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And here’s an emotional
@AntFisher
postgame after he carried 14 times for 136 yards and a TD and threw a 20-yard TD pass to
@mylesderricott
. He and
@mlew620
hopped on a FaceTime with injured Blue Devil Jamari Dabney in the hospital
#804Varsity
@VarinaFootball
28,
@BroadRunFB
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Everything you need to know about
@VCU_Hoops
2024 commit
@B_Jennings1
, a 6-4, 175-lb PG from
@STCAthletics
who grew up in Prince George County and whose mother,
@DemetriaJenni10
, is a two-time
@VCU
grad … ⚫️🟡🐏🏀⚜️✅
@RTDSports
@RTDNEWS
@VCURamNation
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Raise your hand (🙋🏼♂️) if you are SO FREAKING PROUD of these guys right now. VCU has dealt with so much these last few weeks and with the Derry news today, would’ve been easy to lay down. But naah. They’re some fighters 🙌😤
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And the MAN OF THE HOUR FATS BILLUPS LADIES AND GENTLEMEN CAREER HIGH 23 in
@VCU_Hoops
86-74 W over
@PennStateMBB
@RTDSports
@ESPNEventsInv
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During this exchange a protester with two shields ran to my side saying “shield press!” We were on the sidewalk. You can hear the officer telling us the sidewalk was not an OK place to be.
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VCU coach Ryan Odom to
@RobbyVCU
in postgame interview when asked about 10-man rotation: “I wanted Fats (Billups) to get on the floor and feel it.”
Billups, who fans have advocated for all year, played 13 minutes, scored 9 on 3-of-6 shooting from beyond the arc
@RTDSports
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Thank you so, so much, from the bottom of my heart, to everyone for following along with the coverage this week, and to all my colleagues for making this a magical experience.
What a ride. Love you guys. 🫶📰🏀😊
@WVCWSports
@A10Talk
@theCT
@VCUAthletics
@AwaddRadio
@RTDSports
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It’s official -
@VCUWBB
has set the program’s all-time attendance record with 6,054 fans at today’s Support[HER] Game against
@MasonWBB
⚫️🟡🐏🏀
@RTDSports
@RTDNEWS
@rohana_meade
@natalienewfield
@VCUAthletics
@GoVCURamsAD
@A10WBB
@A10Vault
@A10Talk
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VCU hoops is headed to its first
@NITMBB
quarterfinal since 1988 after tonight’s 70-65
@VCU_Hoops
win at
@USFMBB
…
@RTDSports
Jackson 14, Bairstow 13, Fermin/Lawal 10 apiece ⚫️🟡🏀🐏
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VCU will play in the NIT if it is invited, said
@VCU_Hoops
@Coachryanodom
.
Zeb Jackson has not made a decision on his future, “I’m not sure I’m done yet (at VCU),” Jackson said.
@RTDSports
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CBS announcers - "VCU just put down the gauntlet that they're the best team in this conference."
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BREAKING
@VCU_Hoops
news tonight exclusive to
@RTDNEWS
@RTDSports
-
@VCUAthletics
is prepared to pursue legal action over the
@NCAA
’s denial of Joe Bamisile’s waiver. ⚫️🟡🐏
@JasonMiyaresVA
is involved.
@GoVCURamsAD
says
@VCU
will “exhaust every option.”
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No portal news today that I’m able to share yet, but hearing from a couple places that the VCU coaching staff is set to soon add another familiar face with strong local connections 🏀🐏✌️⚫️🟡
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There were 50-75 protesters walking out of the park as I arrived. That video on the top of this thread was taken immediately after at least 100 police swarmed the park, all storming out of vans at one time. Some police have riot gear. Some of the police vehicles appear unmarked.
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DOWN GO THE FLYERS DOWN GO THE FLYERS
@VCU_Hoops
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@DaytonMBB
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@atlantic10
CHAMPIONSHIP
@RTDSports
@RTDNEWS
Hometown hero Jason Nelson leads the way with 11 points.
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Sunset at the ACL Railroad Bridge by Pumphouse Park tonight 🙌
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Last one out. Thanks for following along, Ram Nation. You guys rock. This place was electric tonight. Had some technical issues, full story with full pressers posting shortly.
@RTDSports
Onward! 🟡⚫️🏀🐏📰✌️🫡
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Updated story on this momentous potential 804 reunion at
@VCU_Hoops
after some great conversations this morning with Rose Wheeler and his mom, Deborah Bryant Davis, plus Efton Reid’s mother Maria (
@rebbie8041
)
@RTDSports
@RTDNEWS
🐏🏀👇
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Oh btw some career news they done goofed up and put Zach in charge I’m the
@RTDNEWS
(Deputy) Sports Editor now love y’all 😁🫶📰
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Recruitment is very susceptible to the domino effect. HUGE first step for Mike Rhoades and VCU today, getting Ace Baldwin.
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This was one of the more poignant moments, when Springers coach Reggie Tennyson and players
@yae1k
and
@Sauceekidd1
presented Jah’s mother with the No. 1 jersey and a team photo signed by all his
@hshsboysbball
teammates 💛🖤
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Make that two former
@JayemMarshall
stars to commit to
@VCU_Hoops
today! The 804 / Team Loaded reunion is on! And a Spider becomes a Ram for I believe the first time in history? ⚫️🟡🐏🏀📈
@Coachryanodom
MAKIN MOVES
Everyone welcome
@jaynelofficial
to the black and gold 👏
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Christian Fermin deserves some sort of award for his defense on DaRon Holmes tonight. Absolute masterclass in post D by the sophomore against one of the best players in the country
@RTDSports
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🥹 man Fats loves his city and this program … it’s been so much fun covering his path from
@AthleticsVarina
to
@VCU_Hoops
incredibly beneficial for VCU hoops culture when hometown heroes wear the black and gold ⚫️🟡🐏🏀
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Just had an awesome 30-minute interview with
@iamzebjackson1
and my goodness guys
@VCU_Hoops
is just so lucky to have him. Zeb gets it and cares so much about this program and fanbase. Story publishing tomorrow 🫶🟡⚫️🐏🏀📰🫡
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Springers standout DB and
@HokiesFB
commit
@BJ1WAY
has been very involved offensively, this pretty 26-yard TD from
@KhrisMartin2024
closed out the first half and gave
@gohshsfootball
its first lead
@DSACoachHlee_4
#804Varsity
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Thankful for VCU Twitter today been having to kill a whole day in the airport and this fanbase is so wonderfully passionate, unstable and wholesome all at once I love it 🤣🟡⚫️🫶✌️
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Guys I did a cool bucket list 🏀 thing and played at Rucker Park and it was beautiful🥹🫶
@RTDSports
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Thomas Dale football player Kaziyen Jones was on a ventilator in the ICU and lost 55 pounds after contracting COVID-19 in September.
His team and community helped lift his spirits and bring him home 👇
📸
@sathumanPEIC
#804Varsity
@VHSL_
@GoTDKnights
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Good evening RVA! ✌️ I’m out at the Reconcilliation Statue with
@AliSullivan9
we have
@RTDNEWS
coverage of tonight’s
#BlackLivesMatter
demonstrations. There are about 100 protesters here, many sitting down listening to speakers. Bike lines have a block of E. Maine closed off.
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Amid
@VCU_Hoops
coaching and roster turnover,
@BoysVarina
alum Fats Billups (
@AlphonzoBillups
) chose to stay home.
His love for Richmond was a big part of that decision.
@RTDSports
@RTDNEWS
On Fats’ upbringing, role in the RVA homecoming + more 🐏🏀👇
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FINAL in the 92nd Capital City Classic
@RTDSports
@RTDNEWS
@VCU_Hoops
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Down goes the
@atlantic10
’s last unbeaten, and the Siegel Center continues to be a house of horrors for the Rams’ crosstown neighbors. Shulga, Kuany 15 points apiece.
@A10Vault
@A10Talk
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🥹🫶🟡⚫️🐏🏀 Has been an honor to be here, THANK YOU SO MUCH to everyone following the coverage ✌️
@RTDNEWS
@ByChrisCoates
Thank you
@RTDSports
for sending Zach down to Orlando. Was so terrific to have the local reporting and video!! Worth the annual subscription just for this!
#LetsGoVCU
🖤💛
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Had to check out the notorious pool under Tom Gola Arena 😂😭🏊♂️
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Ryan Odom
@Coachryanodom
had great support at Belk Arena tonight, including his dad Dave Odom, high school teammates, former players at Charlotte, Lenoir-Rhyne. Here’s a shot of him holding court postgame, plus some words on tonight’s 63-58
@VCU_Hoops
W at Davidson
@RTDSports
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🌹⚫️🟡🐏🏀
Former
@JayemMarshall
star, All-Metro honoree, top 100 recruit Roosevelt Wheeler is coming home
@RTDSports
@RTDNEWS
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Posting VCU stories on the bird app doesn’t feel the same without
@RichmondGL
😔😢 … fly high, friend. You’ll always be a part of this community 💛🖤🐏🏀
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WOW.
@VCU_Hoops
goes into UD Arena and, behind a phenomenal second half fueled by defense and David Shriver (18 pts, six 3s), knocks off Dayton 63-62 to take over the top spot in the
@atlantic10
and grab its first quad-1 W of the season
#VCU
#FridA10
#A10MBB
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Going to start a new thread, check here for
@RTDNEWS
updates the rest of the night. I’m back at MDPC with
@aeringle
and
@edace2936
where at least 75 protesters and 10 cars have assembled in preparation for a march.
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🇦🇺🇺🇦🐏🐏⚫️🟡🏀
@VCU_Hoops
landed commitments from Utah State transfers Sean Bairstow and Max Shulga tonight.
They started all 35 games for the Aggies last season 👇
@RTDSports
@RTDNEWS
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Did Michael Belle just hit a … turnaround lefty hook? Maybe the prettiest offensive move he’s made all year that’s a great sign for his offensive development
@RTDSports
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FATS BILLUPS IS ON FIRE 🔥 the
@AthleticsVarina
product hits a pair of catch-and-shoot treys, he leads the Rams with 18 points now. 72-64
@VCU_Hoops
up on Penn State. Timeout Nittany Lions with 5:39 to play.
@RTDSports
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Goodnight from Belk Arena, friends. Thanks for following along. I love my job. Grateful every day.
🫡✌️🫶🟡⚫️🐏🏀📰
@RTDSports
I turned the lights out this time
@RTDjohnoconnor
😆
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The details on an enormous
@VCU_Hoops
recruiting weekend as
@Coachryanodom
looks to make a potentially era-defining local splash
@RTDSports
@RTDNEWS
Bamisile (Monacan) committed. Reid (Steward), Wheeler, Nelson Jr. (John Marshall) visiting tomorrow 🐏🏀
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“We are stronger with all of us together."
@VCU_Hoops
@RTDSports
@RTDNEWS
Joe’s back for good. Sean’s return is imminent. And hope springs anew on Broad Street.
Feels a lot like last December before VCU reeled off 19 of 22 to win the A-10. ⚫️🟡🐏🏀📰👇
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“I think we have the best combination of four guards in the entire country.”
Led by Shulga, Jackson, Bamisile, Russell, this
@VCU_Hoops
team wants high expectations.
Big thanks to
@MatSheltonEide
@VCURamNation
and
@GoVCURamsAD
for the time! ⚫️🟡🐏🏀👇
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A resurgent
@VCUBaseball
season came to a promising end last weekend in the
@NCAABaseball
Greenville Regional.
Rams coach
@BradleyLeCroy
couldn’t be prouder of his squad ⚾️⚫️🟡🐏📰👇
“It’s all about those kids in that dugout."
@VCUAthletics
@atlantic10
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.
@VCU
has finalized a contract extension with AD Ed McLaughlin (
@GoVCURamsAD
) 🐏⚫️🟡👇
"I will continue to give our student-athletes, coaches and campus community my very best every day.”
@RTDSports
@RTDNEWS
@VCURamNation
@VCUAthletics
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Huge tip of the cap to former
@VCU_Hoops
coach Anthony Grant for addressing the media after tonight’s 49-47 Rams win over
@DaytonMBB
…
@RTDSports
@RTDNEWS
“Maybe it’s just Richmond,” Grant joked of the Flyers scoring troubles against VCU and UR.
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FINAL from Belk Arena
@RTDSports
@VCU_Hoops
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@DavidsonMBB
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GUTSY road
@atlantic10
W for the Rams. Shulga, Lawal lead way with 18, 13 pts, respectively. Tobi 6 boards. Zeb hit some big FTs late in his return. Davidson just one FG in the final 7 minutes. Rams to 13-7, 5-2.
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New from
@VCUHorns
-
@VCU_Hoops
coach Ryan Odom (
@Coachryanodom
) will throw out the first pitch at
@VCUBaseball
’s Tuesday night game at The Diamond against No. 8
@UVABaseball
!!
@RTDSports
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VCU basketball coach Ryan Odom said he texted Hampden-Sydney coach Caleb Kimbrough this morning to congratulate him on the Tigers reaching the D-III national championship after semifinal W over Guilford yesterday. Odom left
@HSCathletics
as all-time 3-point leader
@RTDSports
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Column for tomorrow’s paper on this prospective coup from Ryan Odom, what it’s designed to do for VCU hoops and its connection to the city of Richmond 🏀🐏⚫️🟡✌️👇
@RTDSports
@RTDNEWS
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A local volleyball coach needed a kidney. The mother of two of his players donated hers
#804Varsity
Honored to tell the story of
@XCoachChrisX
and Tammy Wright. Hope it inspires others as it did me 🙏🏐
@GodwinPride
@Godwin_students
@RTDSports
@RTDNEWS
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Run it back, Auto-Max-Ic 🇺🇦⚫️🟡🏀🐏
Your all-
@atlantic10
guard is coming back to
@VCU_Hoops
for his final year of eligibility in a massive win for
@Coachryanodom
and Co. 📰👇
@RTDNEWS
@RTDSports
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Some words from
@Coachryanodom
at
@VCU_Hoops
media availability, first official 2024-25 season practice today 🏀🐏⚫️🟡 … story w/ Zeb Jackson, Joe Bamisile interviews incoming ✌️📰
@VCUAthletics
@VCURamsRewind
@RTDSports
@RTDNEWS
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Some
@VCU_Hoops
Sunday perspective for tomorrow’s paper as the exodus of Rhoades Era transfers reaches its conclusion
@RTDSports
Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened 🟡⚫️🐏🏀
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With this weekend’s results,
@VCU_Hoops
, in a transitional year, is the last
@atlantic10
hoops program still playing basketball
@RTDSports
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Some words from your
@VCU_Hoops
leading scorer in tonight’s gutsy 63-58
@atlantic10
road W over Davidson, Max Shulga (18 pts, 4 of 8 from 3)
@RTDSports
@RTDNEWS
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Did some off-season
@VCU_Hoops
interviews this afternoon with
@Coachryanodom
+ Max Shulga, stories posting shortly! Got to meet the newcomers, say hey to a few familiar faces. Some really good energy in the BDC ⚫️🟡🐏🏀
@RTDSports
What are your biggest questions rn Ram Nation?
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Varina coach
@mlew620
postgame here, the former All-Metro defensive player of the year and Blue Devils linebacker wins his program’s first state title in his first full season as head coach
#804Varsity
@VarinaFootball
👇
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Some words from Zeb Jackson (22 points) on
@VCU_Hoops
86-74 W over Penn State this morning
@RTDSports
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