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1 week ago | odusports.com | Harry Minium

By Harry MiniumNORFOLK, Va. –  It had been three months, the hardest, most painful and heartbreaking three months in his life, since Ted Alexander had been behind a microphone. He sat with Andy Mashaw, the lead broadcaster for Old Dominion’s baseball game against Norfolk State last Tuesday, until the clock struck 3, and then Mashaw said it all in his introduction. “I’m Andy Mashaw and let’s get this out of the way first.

2 weeks ago | odusports.com | Harry Minium

By Harry MiniumNORFOLK, Va. – The reputation of Old Dominion’s football fans as passionate tailgaters began on Sept. 5, 2009, and it happened very organically. ODU played its first football game in 69 years that day, defeating Division II Chowan before a sellout crowd at old Foreman Field. Hours before kickoff, thousands of cars, SUV’s and trucks appeared in designated tailgate parking lots as if by magic. ODU fans had precious little tailgating experience.

2 weeks ago | odusports.com | Harry Minium

By Harry MiniumNORFOLK, Va. – Chris Finwood was shaking hands with Troy Head Baseball Coach Skylar Meade Sunday evening at Harbor Park when he learned he had just won his 400th game as ODU’s head coach. As public address announcer Jack Ankerson was recounting the final score – ODU 9, Troy 5 – Ankerson also told the crowd that the victory was Finwood’s 400th at ODU.

3 weeks ago | odusports.com | Harry Minium

Skip To Main Content Share By Harry MiniumNORFOLK, Va. – Ricky Rahne was in the Old Dominion football locker room talking to his players at halftime of ODU’s first Thursday night game ever last season, and thus missed the show that everyone left the stadium talking about. At halftime of ODU’s nationally televised victory over Georgia Southern, more than 350 drones rose behind the Atlantic Bay Football Complex and for nine minutes, put on a show unlike any seen in Hampton Roads.

4 weeks ago | odusports.com | Harry Minium

Share By Harry MiniumNORFOLK, Va. – Old Dominion will once again play one of the most exciting football schedules among the Group of 5 in 2025, and many of ODU’s biggest games will be played at S.B. Ballard Stadium. The Monarchs open at Indiana, a College Football Playoff participant last season, on Aug. 31, and then host North Carolina Central a week later on Sept. 6. And while N.C. Central is an FCS school, the Eagles have a rich history.