Sports reporter at NBC29 since 2003. Washington Capitals fan since 1974. Hail to the Commanders! I tweet mostly about UVa athletics & Charlottesville sports.
2-time Super Bowl Champions Chris Long and Heath Miller wanted to have a camp for the lineman in Central Virginia. The result was the inaugural Big Man Bash. It appeared to be a big success.
@STABFootball
@JOEL9ONE
Former
@UVAFootball
running back Perris Jones has made close to a full recovery from a spinal cord injury suffered in Virginia's football game at Louisville in November. He's been resilient his entire life... and is now sharing his story.
Some personal news to share: I am taking a break from broadcasting. Much thanks to
@NBC29
for 16+ outstanding years. Thank you to the viewers! The family is staying in Charlottesville. When you see me around town, please stop & say hi. My next chapter is yet to be written.
Sportswriter Jerry Ratcliffe will be inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame this weekend along with several athletes, including two he covered at UVA, Ryan Zimmerman and Shawn Moore.
A look at the remarkable career of
@JerryRatcliffe
tonight on
@nbc29
news at 5 and 6pm.
Nice game off the Wizards bench for former
@UVAMensHoops
standout Anthony Gill in a win against Brooklyn. He joked in his postgame interview he was motivated with his former college teammate Joe Harris on the opposing bench.
The U.S. men's 4X100 medley relay team won the silver medal today in Paris. 17-year-old, Thomas Heilman from Crozet, swam the butterfly leg for that relay team in PRELIMS on Saturday... so Heilman too earns a silver medal as being part of that relay team. Wow!
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Eight months after suffering a spinal cord injury in Virginia's football game at Louisville, Perris Jones says he's about 80% recovered and now sharing his life story of perseverance and resilience. The story on
@29NewsWVIR
at 5 and 6pm.
Kyle Guy was voted "Most Outstanding Player" of the 2019 Final Four leading UVA to its only national championship. Watch what he's saying about joining Tony Bennett's coaching staff, plus tonight on
@29NewsWVIR
news, what the UVA players are saying about facing Guy in practice.
NC State basketball is in the NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen. If Virginia's best free throw shooter could have made 1 free throw with 6 seconds left in an ACC tournament semifinal game... NC State wouldn't be in the Big Dance at all.
Greene County (VA) basketball star Samantha Brunelle says she'll play in college at Notre Dame.
@ndwbb
She is the top rated recruit for the class of 2019 according to ESPN.
@babybruney33
Kobe Jerome, the younger brother of former
#UVa
star Ty Jerome, has been named one of three team captains for the
@blueridgeschool
basketball team. Jerome is a 6'3" junior guard transfer from New York.
Former
#UVa
All-American linebacker Micah Kiser had a game-high 6 tackles for the Los Angeles Rams tonight in his NFL debut. It was a preseason game against the Ravens. Kiser, a rookie, was playing in front of friends & family in his hometown of Baltimore.
UVa's Todd DeSorbo is set to lead the U.S. Swim Team into the Paris Olympics. It's his first time as head coach of the team. He brings five of his UVA swimmers with him.
Former
#UVa
pitcher Artie Lewicki is pitching right now for the Detroit Tigers in the 8th inning against the Pirates. His catcher is John Hicks. The two were teammates at
#UVa
and were a part of Virginia's 2011 College World Series team.
Former
#UVa
basketball star Ty Jerome is trolling during the Phoenix Suns NBA Summer League game tonight wearing a UMBC T-Shirt covered with a Virginia "championship 2019 shirt" emblem.
Today, Charlottesville's Chris Long will be inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame. The former UVA football star and 2-time Super Bowl champion was on the golf course Friday raising money for clean water hosting his Waterboys Charity Challenge at Birdwood GC.
@JOEL9ONE
St. Anne's Belfield basketball star
@_ChanceMallory
says UVA felt like family to him. Two of Mallory's former
@STABHoops
teammates are already on UVA's team. Mallory explains why he committed to
@UVAMensHoops
and why UVA was the best fit for him.
Former UVA star quarterback Matt Schaub is joining the UVA radio broadcast crew for four Cavalier football games this season. The 17-year NFL veteran made his debut in UVA's season opener against Richmond.
@MattSchaub
@JohnFreemanUVA
Former
#UVa
basketball star Joe Harris made 4-of-5 three-pointers tonight and scored 16 points in the Brooklyn Nets 102-86 win over Cleveland. Harris is averaging 14.3 points in a starting role in Brooklyn's first 5 games this season.
The 4-time defending national champion, UVA women's swim team was recognized at Saturday's football game at Scott Stadium. This year's team features a handful of Olympic medalists. Virginia hosts Florida in a big swim meet on Friday, October 18th.
Charlottesville's
@CarterLang_23
joins UVA basketball as a preferred walk-on. The former
@STABHoops
standout had scholarship offers from other programs when he entered the transfer portal after one season at Vanderbilt... but wanted to return home.
The Liberty University basketball team wins its first ever NCAA Tournament game. The 12-seed Flames upset 5-seed Mississippi State 80-76. Liberty is coached by Ritchie McKay who was Virginia's associate head coach for six seasons.
It was "Sam Brunelle Night" at William Monroe High School. Two of Sam's jerseys will now permanently be on display in the WMHS gym. The story tonight in minutes on CW29 news at 10 and
@nbc29
news at 11.
@WMHSDragons
@SamBrunelle_33
@rab319
Charlottesville's Chris Long had 2 tackles, 2 quarterback hits and 2 passes defended in the Eagles' NFC championship game win. His son and dad were there to watch.
@JOEL9ONE
@STABathletics
#UVa
's Tony Bennett is named
#ACC
Coach of the Year. Isaiah Wilkins is voted ACC Defensive Player of the Year. De'Andre Hunter is named ACC Sixth Man of the Year. Kyle Guy is voted First-Team All-ACC.
College Basketball FINAL: Kyle Guy hits three free-throws with 0.6 seconds left. Virginia beats Auburn 63-62 advancing to Monday's NCAA championship game.
#amazing
#FinalFour
Thomas McConvey and Payton Cormier grew up outside Toronto playing hockey and lacrosse. Now the childhood best friends will try to lead
@UVAMensLax
to a national championship. The story tonight on
@NBC29
news at 5 and 6pm.
#UVa
football gets a Saturday commitment for the class of 2019. Kicker Justin Duenkel helped Flint Hill (Oakton, VA) to an 11-0 record last year and a VISAA D1 state title kicking 62 out of 80 kickoffs out of the end zone. Duenkel chose UVA over VT.
UVa quarterback Bryce Perkins was asked about his status for next week's game against Virginia Tech. Perkins says, "I'm playing". He says he'll treat his knee and ankle injury this week.
#UVa
's De'Andre Hunter is named the Defensive Player of the Year by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) He joins UVa's Malcolm Brogdon (2016) and Darion Atkins (2015) as National Defensive Players of the Year.
Former
#UVa
basketball star Joe Harris had the game-winning bucket for the Brooklyn Nets last night with 43 seconds left helping the Nets to a 96-93 win over Chicago. The Nets have won an NBA-best 7 straight games. Harris is averaging 14 points per game during the streak.
#UVa
's Austin Katstra and Grant Kersey this afternoon in the Virginia lockeroom on the eve of the biggest game of their lives. Hear from the Albemarle County natives Monday on NBC29 news at six as part of our pregame coverage from Minneapolis.
@AustinKatstra
@WhiteMamba_GK20
The
#UVa
baseball team signed its youngest recruit ever today in 9-year old John "Parker" Staples from Waynesboro. Staples was diagnosed with Lymphoma last year. WATCH his story and see his special day with the
@UVAbaseball
team:
Craig Littlepage spent 45 years on UVA grounds working as both a coach and athletic director. On Saturday he'll be inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame.
The Olympic swimming events start Saturday in Paris. 17-year-old Crozet native Thomas Heilman is the youngest male on the U.S. swim team since Michael Phelps in 2000. Heilman says he feels prepared to compete on the biggest stage.
UVa running back Perris Jones has made "tremendous progress" over the last three weeks since suffering a spine injury in Virginia's game at Louisville.
Today Jones is being discharged from the Frazier Rehabilitation Institute in Louisville & set to return home to Virginia.
Hundreds of UVA football fans showed up Sunday for Virginia's annual Meet the Team Day. Fans are feeling optimistic about the upcoming season.
@UVAFootball
Bradley overcomes an 18-point second-half deficit to beat Northern Iowa 57-54 to win the Missouri Valley championship for first time since 1988 (Hersey Hawkins)!! BU is headed to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since reaching the Sweet 16 in 2006.
Beyond the Arc with Sam Brunelle had a successful debut Thursday with special guest Kihei Clark. Why the show is a valuable opportunity for
@SamBrunelle_33
and also an opportunity for
#UVA
athletes to make money through the NCAA's NIL policy... tonight on
@nbc29
news at 5 & 6.
Charlottesville's Chris Long has been named the 2018 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year, considered one of the league's most prestigious honors. It recognizes an NFL player for outstanding community services off the field as well as excellence on it.
UVA baseball fall practice has begun. Cavalier players have high expectations for this year's team with Jay Woolfolk, Harrison Didawick and Jacob Ference all passing up the pros to return for one more season.
Reece Beekman tells ESPN he's withdrawing from the NBA draft and returning to
#UVA
for his senior season to work towards becoming an NBA first round draft pick and finish getting his degree.
@NBC29
UVa women's basketball player
@SamBrunelle_33
was honored at her alma-mater in Greene County Monday night. Brunelle's McDonald's All-American jersey and Team USA jersey will forever hang in the gym at William Monroe High School. WATCH:
@WMHSDragons
@UVAWomensHoops
#UVa
's Kyle Guy is named one of five FINALISTS for the Jerry West Award which goes annually to the best shooting guard in college basketball. Last night, Guy made a career-high 8 three-pointers in Virginia's win at Syracuse... second most in school history.
Nice seeing former
@UVAMensHoops
star Justin Anderson play in a G-League game tonight in Washington DC.
@JusAnderson1
had a game-high 31 points in a Fort Wayne win. Anderson's college teammate Anthony Gill (Wizards) was at the game to watch.
Congratulations to Charlottesville natives Chris Long
@JOEL9ONE
and Rashard Davis
@rasharddavis6
on winning a Super Bowl championship with the Philadelphia
@Eagles
!
The Virginia Sports Hall of Fame announces its class of 2023 inductees. It includes former
#UVa
sports stars Ryan Zimmerman and Shawn Moore. It also includes long-time Daily Progress sports writer Jerry Ratcliffe. Congrats Jerry!
@JerryRatcliffe
UVA's Kate Douglass wins her first ever gold medal, winning the 200m Breast with a time of 2:19:24 breaking her own American record. See it... and hear from her on NBC29 news at six.
Former
@STABHoops
star
@CarterLang_23
turned down scholarship offers from a handful of programs when chose to transfer from Vanderbilt... to return to his hometown to be preferred walk-on for Tony Bennett &
@CoachWillyUVA
at UVA. The story tonight on
@29NewsWVIR
at 5 & 6pm.
Quin Blanding unofficially signed more autographs than any other Redskins player following today's training camp practice. Hear from the former
#UVa
star on NBC29 news at six.
@_QKB_3
College Basketball FINAL:
#1
Villanova loses to St. John's 79-75. It is St. John's first conference win of the season. If
#UVa
beats Virginia Tech on Saturday, the 'Hoos will be ranked
#1
for the first time in over three decades.
UVA running back Mike Hollins has been given the ACC's 2023 Brian Piccolo Award. That award is given out annually since 1970 to the "most courageous" player in the ACC. The award is named after Brian Piccolo, who played at WF, and whose NFL career was cut short by cancer.
Greene County All-American Sam Brunelle
@sambrunelle33
got her cast removed today and is now in a walking boot. While unable to play basketball the last few weeks... she's been getting a head start on her broadcasting career. The story later this week on NBC29 news at six.
UVa's Kyle Guy has been named the ACC Player of the Week. He averaged 25.5 points and 6.5 rebounds in Virginia's wins against Marshall and Florida State. He also set a
#UVa
school record making 11 straight 3-pointers spanning over those two games.
#UVa
's De'Andre Hunter is named the ACC basketball Player of the Week. Hunter was named the MVP of the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament averaging 19 points and 8 rebounds. Hear what coach Tony Bennett is saying about Hunter on NBC29 news at six.
On Senior Day...
#2
Virginia clinches the top-seed in the upcoming
#ACC
tournament and wins the ACC regular season championship for the 4th time in the last six years... beating Louisville 73-68.
The Washington Capitals win the Stanley Cup in 2018. University of Virginia basketball wins the national championship in April... and now the Washington Nationals win the World Series.... WOW!!! And yes, even the Washington Mystics are champions in 2019. What a run!
The UVA football team is 2-0 in the ACC and 4-1 overall for the first time since 2019. Here's postgame reaction from Virginia's 24-14 win over Boston College Saturday.
UVA announces that Tony Bennett has signed a contract extension that goes through April of 2030.
"We will continue to build one of the best basketball programs on and off the court without compromising the values of our university" -Bennett
At 28 years old, Morgan Moses is now a seasoned NFL veteran. The former
#UVa
standout explains how he's slimmed down for this upcoming Redskins season and why he's excited for UVa football. WATCH!
The
#UVa
men's lacrosse team beats Yale 13-9 to win its first national championship since 2011. Virginia built an 11-4 lead and was never really threatened. Matt Moore led the 'Hoos with 4 goals. Michael Kraus had 3.
Tyler Wilson and Danny Hultzen are 2 of 15 former
#UVa
baseball players and coaches who on Saturday will be inducted into the Virginia Baseball Hall of Fame. They are a part of the inaugural class.
@t_willy18
@UVABaseball
UVA point guard
@KymoraJohnson_
has been named the ACC Rookie of the Week for the second time this season. The former
@STABAthletics
standout averaged 20ppg in two Virginia wins against Miami and Louisville. Johnson has helped the 'Hoos win four of their last five ACC games.