Thursday, December 4, 2008

Post ODU Game

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Sorry to report that I am shutting down this blog for a while, maybe for good. I have been somewhat sporadic about posting...and I now know...
Monday, November 17, 2008

MBB Television

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Hope you have had the opportunity to check out of Spider Men's Basketball Broadcast & Ticket Info post on our web site. You can fin...
Friday, October 31, 2008

Men's Basketball Promotions

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With basketball season fast approaching, I thought you might want to know a few our new ticket prices and game day enhancements... > We w...
Tuesday, October 28, 2008

New Basketball Video

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2 big basketball events this week... FIRST>> Mark Kwolek, Assistant Director of Athletic Public Relations, has produced a great men...
Monday, October 20, 2008

Football Scheduling Questions

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During the last week or so, I have received a few questions regarding football scheduling. Let me take a few minutes to review how football...
Sunday, October 19, 2008

UMASS

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The way the fb team played at UMass is the perfect example of the strong character and resiliency of these student-athletes and coaches. Co...
Monday, October 13, 2008

JMU Game #2

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Another question I heard was about stadium size...What are we going to do about big games like this [i.e., 16,000+ in attendance] when we mo...
Sunday, October 12, 2008

JMU Game

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WOW...what a tough loss...great atmosphere, great effort, but didn't close the deal... Thought I would answer a quick question I heard s...
Wednesday, October 8, 2008

BIG GAME!!!

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I hope you are as pumped about this Saturday as I am. It looks like we may be in the 15,000 range. Shame on you if you don't get out t...
Monday, September 29, 2008

Looking Forward

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Man, it was a long drive home Saturday night from Philly. The Villanova game was further reinforcement that we play in a tough fb league a...
Tuesday, September 23, 2008

#1

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Although it's great to have a football team voted #1 in the country after 4 weeks of play, that's not really the important thing... ...
Thursday, September 11, 2008

A Few Follow-Up Comments

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I am pleased with the responses regarding the NCAA issue. Almost everyone I talk with recognizes the importance of adhering to NCAA rules an...
Tuesday, September 9, 2008

NCAA VIOLATIONS

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I am sure that you have had the opportunity to review the Fact Sheet that we posted a little more than 24 hours ago. Obviously, we are disa...
Monday, September 8, 2008

This & That

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1. The first Sportsline show at Outback was a big hit. We had a great crowd and Outback did a wonderful job of getting everyone fed quickl...
Monday, September 1, 2008

Lunch at Outback

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Tomorrow [Tuesday, September 2], be sure to join Coach London and me for lunch and the Spider Sportsline from noon-1pm at the Outback Steakh...

Increased Coverage

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Recently I was asked the following question: WE NEED MORE STATIONS BROADCASTING SPIDER SPORTS. VIRGINIANS OUT SIDE OF RICHMOND AND RICHMONDE...

First FB Game

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What a great way to start the "London Era". We had a couple of buses filled with Spider Club members that added to the 2,000 Spide...
Monday, August 25, 2008

First Day of Classes

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Today is the first day of class…I’m expecting to see many wide-eyed freshman roaming the halls of the Robins Center looking for classrooms. ...
Thursday, August 21, 2008

Return from Spain

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Jim and and the rest of the Men's basketball staff and team return from Spain this evening. Please join us in wishing them safe travels....
Monday, August 18, 2008

Greetings from Spain

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Here are some of my thoughts from the Spain trip so far: Its hot, especially with limited air conditioning... We have some really good guys ...

New RichmondSpiders.com site

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I hope you have all had the chance to check out our newly-designed RichmondSpiders.com website… Don’t forget to check out the video portio...
Friday, August 1, 2008

Welcome Back

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Welcome back to the Jim-nasium . My blog is up and running again after taking some time off this summer. Check back in for regular Sunday e...
Friday, April 4, 2008

Future Blogging??

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Due to unforseen circumstances, my blogging hit a serious roadblock during the basketball season... The men's team certainly made great ...
Thursday, January 24, 2008

A Little Surprised

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I have been told that there has been "message board" criticism of my post calling for Spiders fans to band together to support our...

DAYTON game

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Hope to see all of you at the Dayton game Saturday night...a bunch of good things happening... 1. Playing a nationally-ranked team at home 2...
Sunday, January 6, 2008

MISC>>>>>

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Hope you were able to read john's article about the A10 in the T-D this morning. Several teams in the league are really having a great...
Tuesday, December 25, 2007

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Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays to all the jim-nasium fans. I hope to see you in the Robins Center on the 30th when the Spiders ta...
Wednesday, December 19, 2007

ODU

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Nice to see the Spiders whoop the alma mater tonight.... Good win guys!!!
Friday, December 14, 2007

RPI

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Not quite finished with the non-conference portion of the schedule, but thought you might like to see this... Number of RPI TOP 20 teams in ...
Monday, December 10, 2007

Attendance Report

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Take a minute and read this comment that one of my loyal blog-readers sent in... Just curious about our attendance in the first round. I kno...
Sunday, December 9, 2007

Back From Boone

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Back from the mountains of Boone, NC with a few thoughts>>> 1. What a GREAT, GREAT year! Always tough to end on a loss, but Preside...
Friday, November 30, 2007

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Well...the team is scheduled to take off in a few minutes [8 am]...Hope this charter is a little more timely than our trip to Vanderbilt...a...
Wednesday, November 28, 2007

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Thought you might want to see my recent response to a comment... It will be interesting to hear Friday night who is selected to host the sem...
Monday, November 26, 2007

And Away We Go

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I have received a number of questions about why we are playing at Wofford this Saturday rather than hosting the game at UR Stadium. Since I ...
Wednesday, November 21, 2007

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Sorry that its been so long since I have added something to the Jim-nasium... What a great fb season!!! 9-2 and hosting a first round playof...
Wednesday, September 26, 2007

FB PARKING

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Be sure to check our web page [richmondspiders.com]. There is new information about parking at UR Stadium. At the request of the neighbors, ...
Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Moliva or Noliva Deja Vu

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Sorry to report that Gaston has recently had more surgery...this time on his "good foot". It was a pre-emptive strike. From what...
Sunday, September 16, 2007

West Coast Alumni Swing

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Just got back this evening from a trip to visit with alumni in San Francisco and Seattle. It was great to see the enthusiasm of alum's w...
Wednesday, September 5, 2007

Where's Jeff & Elise?

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I know many jim-nasium readers are Spider Club members and might be interested in how Jeff & Elise Myers are doing. They live in Chicago...
Monday, September 3, 2007

Imelda Crone

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One of the things you learn when you are you spend 7 hours in an airport lobby with the football team is that John Crone owns 175 pairs of a...
Friday, August 31, 2007

AIRPORT WOES

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The team's flight was orignally scheduled to leave at noon... then 1... then 2... then 3:30... the 5:30... now is scheduled for 6:30 Oh,...

NASHVILLE

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Heading to Nashville in a few minutes. Should be a good trip. It sounds as if the team is ready for this major test. Vanderbilt is developin...
Wednesday, August 29, 2007

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This is the first week of classes and things are really getting cranked up. All week Celia and I are hosting teams at the house for Moe'...
Thursday, August 23, 2007

HEAD COACHES' DINNER

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Last night we had our annual Head Coaches' dinner to kick off the year. The last two years we were at Fleming's...this year we tried...
Wednesday, August 22, 2007

MAJOR GOLF NEWS

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If you have not seen the pictures of our new golf practice facility, you should visit our web site and take a look. It is quite a nice addi...
Monday, August 20, 2007

MBB Turny Field Set

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As has been previously announced, mbb is playing in the Coaches vs. Cancer event November 5 & 6. I am able to report tonight that the Sp...

The Jim-nasium gets a Plug

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Oh...what great publicity the jim-nasium received in the Richmond Times Dispatch on Sunday morning. I will do my best to keep semi-regular u...
Tuesday, August 14, 2007

It's Soccer Time....

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MEN...The men’s soccer team starts practice tomorrow, looking for their fifth Atlantic 10 Tournament berth in the last seven years. Pretty g...

IN THE PASSING LANE

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If you haven't been out to football practice you are missing some great action. For the first time in many years, we have several good-s...
Wednesday, August 8, 2007

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It is HOT!!!!! The fb team practiced at 6:45 this morning to try to beat the heat. It may look glamorous on gameday, playing in front of th...
Monday, August 6, 2007

Football

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Had dinner with the football team last night...a nice BBQ. All members of the team with a 3.0 gpa or higher had ribs, china, silverware, etc...
Saturday, August 4, 2007

Start Up for 2007-08

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With the football team getting cranked up tomorrow, its time to kick-off the 2007-08 edition of the Jim-Nasium. Look for regular entries sta...
Friday, May 18, 2007

UPDATE>>>

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It's been a while since my last update...sorry about that... Thought you might like to know about a few issues we have been dealing with...
Thursday, April 5, 2007

A-10 BB SCHEDULING GUIDELINES

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Thought you might like to know what the general A10 basketball scheduling guidelines are: PURPOSE: Encourage member schools to schedule in s...
Tuesday, March 20, 2007

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We will host two opportunities for the community to hear a description of the current stadium Concept Study and provide input prior to the f...
Monday, March 12, 2007

TEAMS WITH NCAA ISSUES

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First, let me congratulate the Virginia schools playing in the NCAA mbb tournament. It's great to have 4 state schools playing. Here ar...
Saturday, February 24, 2007

Basketball Scheduling

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I have received a few questions about our basketball scheduling philosophy and the A10 scheduling rules/ guidelines. There will be some deci...
Saturday, February 17, 2007

IN-STATE MBB GAMES

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Recently I heard a comment that the Spiders don't play enough of the other men's basketball teams in the state. Criticism, when base...
Friday, February 16, 2007

Man It Was Cold

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You may not recognize our women's lacrosse players in this picture, but this is the team preparing for their snorkeling adventure during...
Thursday, February 15, 2007

Baseball Season Starts Tomorrow

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Spider baseball starts tomorrow at The Citadel Shootout in Charleston , SC. Head coach Ron Atkins, retiring after this season – his 23 rd...
Friday, February 2, 2007

FOOTBALL SCHEDULE

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I hope you have had a chance to see the 2007 football schedule that was recently posted on our main web site [richmondspiders.com]. As is us...
Friday, January 26, 2007

Spider Legend Retires

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Just got home from the Ronnie Atkins retirement dinner. What a great night. A sellout crowd of more than 200 was on hand to wish Ronnie well...
Thursday, January 25, 2007

MEN'$ LACRO$$E

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I have recently received a few suggestions/questions regarding starting a men's lacrosse team. The primary argument to start a varsity m...
Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Whit Hummel

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Sadly, I report that Elizabeth “Whit” Hummel died last night. She had been seriously injured in a fall and died of the complications involve...