THERE IS NOBODY LEFT FROM VIRGINIA

With Virginia & Virginia Tech losing yesterday in the NCAA basketball tournament all 4 team from the Commonwealth have been eliminated. Virginia fell to Tennessee 77-74 and Virginia Tech fell to Southern Illinois 63-48. I don't know who I will root for the rest of the tournament. The UVA baseball team had a pretty good weeken taking 2 out of 3 from the #1 team in the land UNC, the Cavalier baseball team will play Miami in ACC play next weekend at home. The Colonial Heights baseball team will be back in action at home Tuesday at 5pm against the Nottoway Cougars. The Thomas Dale baseball team will be in action today at home against the Manchester Lancers. The Richmond Renegades might not win another game this year, the Gades were pounded in Knoxville yesterday 8-2. The Gades have 2 regular season games left and they are both at home on Thrusday and Friday nights. Jimmy Johnson won yesterdays Nextel Cup race for the 2nd week in a row, the series will race at the always exciting Bristol Motor Speedway next weekend. Well my right arm and shoulder are feeling a bit better after 3 days rest so I should be in good shape for practice today. MICKEY

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak. Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
Sir Winston Churchill

1831 - The first bank robbery in America was reported. The City Bank of New York City lost $245,000 in the heist.
1941 - Jimmy Dorsey and his orchestra recorded one of their biggest musical successes. It became one of Decca Records’ all-time greats. Green Eyes featured vocalists Helen O’Connell and Bob Eberly.
1949 - The American Museum of Atomic Energy opened in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
1954 - Viewers saw the first televised prize fight shown in living color as Joey Giardello knocked out Willie Troy in round seven of a scheduled 10-round bout at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
1968 - Dean Martin received a gold record for the album, Houston. Martin charted 17 hits on the pop music charts in the 1950s and 1960s. Houston was his 12th.
1977 - The staff of WJM-TV had a going-away party, as the last episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show was broadcast. Everyone was fired except the inept Ted Baxter. The show had been a popular hit for seven years. Syndication continues to keep Mary, Lou, Murray, Ted, Rhoda and the rest of the crew going with what was called “the best television of the 1970s.”

Actor-director Patrick McGoohan is 79
Actress Renee Taylor is 74
Singer Clarence "Frogman" Henry is 70
Singer Ruth Pointer (The Pointer Sisters) is 61
Actress Glenn Close is 60
Actor Bruce Willis is 52
Football coach Andy Reid is 49
Actor Craig Lamar Traylor ("Malcolm in the Middle") is 18