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augustafreepress.com | Christopher Graham
Indiana Pacers coach Rick Carlisle did something at the end of last night’s NBA Finals Game 1 that reminded me of how Tony Bennett would have played things. With a timeout in his pocket, Carlisle let his team play after a miss from Oklahoma City star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander with 11 seconds left, leaving the door open for the Pacers, down 110-109 at the time.
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augustafreepress.com | Christopher Graham
Earlier in the day on Thursday, our colleague, Jerry Ratcliffe, wrote that he had talked with Brian O’Connor, to give the former UVA Baseball coach the chance to address directly why he’d abruptly left UVA for the head coaching job at Mississippi State. “This is exactly what it is: after 22 years, I needed a change and a new challenge. That’s it,” O’Connor told Ratcliffe.
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1 day ago | 
augustafreepress.com | Christopher Graham
Elon Musk said today that the reason Donald Trump hasn’t authorized the release of the notorious Epstein Files is because Trump would be implicated. The next move in the tit-for-tat between the two man children could be Trump threatening to deport the South African billionaire. Holy bejeezus, indeed.
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2 days ago | 
augustafreepress.com | Christopher Graham
Home Video: Court ruling in NASCAR charter case involving 23XI, Front Row
A federal appeals court has lifted a temporary injunction that was allowing NASCAR teams 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports to compete as charter teams. How will that impact 23XI and Front Row this weekend in Michigan, and going forward? Rod Mullins joins us to break down the breaking news.
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2 days ago | 
augustafreepress.com | Christopher Graham
Donald Trump ignited the war that we now see raging between him and paper billionaire Elon Musk this morning when he said Musk was criticizing his “Big, Beautiful Bill” because he has “Trump Derangement Syndrome.”Where things have gone since:Musk on Twitter: “Without me, Trump would have lost the election.
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2 days ago | 
augustafreepress.com | Christopher Graham
By day, Chris Womack is a JMU kinesiology professor, and his wife, Dawn Womack, is a podcaster. When they get together on stage, they’re The Funny Womacks, a husband-and-wife comedy duo. Putting the two together, the Womacks are offering a four-week training course, running on Wednesday nights, beginning next week, June 11, designed to help aspiring standup comics develop their comedic voice and create their own unique five-minute set.
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2 days ago | 
augustafreepress.com | Christopher Graham
Four members of the UVA Swimming team were crowned U.S. champions on Wednesday at the 2025 Toyota National Championships. Gretchen Walsh broke her own U.S. record in winning the 50m Butterfly title, posting a 24.66, becoming one of only two women ever to break the 25-second mark in the event. She also went sub-25 in prelims, clocking a 24.98. Kate Douglass took silver in the event (25.39). Douglass was one of five Cavaliers to make the A-Final of the 200 Breaststroke.
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2 days ago | 
augustafreepress.com | Christopher Graham
One of our readers from the faculty at Darden tipped me off to a neat story catching up with former UVA Football All-American left tackle D’Brickashaw Ferguson, who went back to school after his 10-year NFL career to study nursing, and earned his degree from Thomas Jefferson University last month. Ferguson, 41, was a four-year starter at the height of the Al Groh era, and was the fourth pick in the 2006 NFL Draft, spending his entire career with the New York Jets, earning three Pro Bowl nods.
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2 days ago | 
augustafreepress.com | Christopher Graham
A new Congressional Budget Office report tells us that the Big, Beautiful Bill passed by the U.S. House last month would push 16 million Americans off the health insurance rolls. To be clear, the CBO isn’t an America-hating group of far-left radical leftist communists, but rather, a nonpartisan office that provides budget and economic information to Congress. So, yes, nonpartisan to MAGAs is, America-hating far-left radical leftist communists, but whatever.
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2 days ago | 
augustafreepress.com | Christopher Graham
Home Prince William County: Authorities lead search for missing 14-year-old
The Prince William County Police Department is attempting to locate a missing 14-year-old. Emma Elise Anderson was last seen at her home in Haymarket on May 31. She was last seen wearing black shorts and a black hoodie with stars on the sleeves. If you have any information regarding her whereabouts, contact the Prince William County Police Department at 703-792-6500.
