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Alley-Oops! George Mason Basketball Team Duped By Sham Travel Agent In $100K Scheme: Feds Alley-Oops! George Mason Basketball Team Duped By Sham Travel Agent In $100K Scheme: Feds
Alley-Oops! George Mason Basketball Team Duped By Sham Travel Agent In $100K Scheme: Feds The George Mason University men's basketball team planned an exciting summer trip to the Bahamas, but instead, they were left grounded after an Atlanta travel agent allegedly pocketed over $100,000 without booking a single ticket or hotel room. Maurice Eugene Smith, 44, is facing charges of wire fraud for allegedly scamming the Patriots out of their international trip, according to the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia. In June 2023, GMU representatives began planning the trip with a company referred to as "Company A" in court records.  Smith, operating through…

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by Zak Failla
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University Of Virginia Men's Basketball Coach Tony Bennett Retiring Unexpectedly University Of Virginia Men's Basketball Coach Tony Bennett Retiring Unexpectedly
University Of Virginia Men's Basketball Coach Tony Bennett Retiring Unexpectedly Weeks before the. season was set to tip off, Tony Bennett abruptly announced that he will be stepping down from the University of Virginia men's basketball team. The all-times wins leader at UVA - who won the NCAA Tournament in 2019 - Bennett, 55, announced that he would be retiring from coaching, effective as of Friday, Oct. 18. His announcement comes weeks before the Cavaliers were set for their opening game on Wednesday, Nov. 6 against the Campbell Fighting Camels at home. BREAKING: Tony Bennett to announce his immediate retirement in a press conference on Friday at 11 a.m. pic.twitt…

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by Zak Failla
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DMV Hoops Superstars Make It To NCAA Final Four In Phoenix DMV Hoops Superstars Make It To NCAA Final Four In Phoenix
DMV Hoops Superstars Make It To NCAA Final Four In Phoenix When the NCAA Final Four tips off on Saturday night in Phoenix, there may be some faces on the court familiar to basketball fans in the DMV. There will be no shortage of players who hail from Maryland and Virginia during this weekend's showdown, as Purdue, UConn, Alabama, and North Carolina State look to secure their spot in Monday's final.  For the Wolfpack, Fort Washington resident Casey Morsell is looking to help lead NC State to an upset after three years playing at the University of Virginia. He'll be joined by Richmond native Dennis Parker, Jr. a 4-star freshman recruit who playe…

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by Zak Failla
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Virginia Interior Designer Progresses On 'Golden Bachelor' Virginia Interior Designer Progresses On 'Golden Bachelor'
Virginia Interior Designer Progresses On 'Golden Bachelor' Nancy Hulkower got the rose. The 60-year-old retired interior designer from Alexandria, VA met Gerry Turner, ABC's first-ever "Golden Bachelor — or senior contestant — on the show's Thursday, Sept. 28 premiere. Nancy Hulkower meets Gerry Turner.Craig Sjodin/ABC Hulkower and 14 other women received a rose during the final rose ceremony, and will be progressing to the show's next round. The other women who got a rose were Ellen, Theresa, Natascha, Leslie, Christina, Edith, Susan, April, Sandra, Jeanie, Kathy, Marina, Peggy and Joan. Many of them widows and divorcees, the contestants don…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Don't Miss Alexandria Senior On The 'Golden Bachelor' This Week Don't Miss Alexandria Senior On The 'Golden Bachelor' This Week
Don't Miss Alexandria Senior On The 'Golden Bachelor' This Week A retired interior designer from Virginia will be competing for love on a new "The Bachelor" concept airing this week. Nancy, of Alexandria, is among 22 women competing for a shot with Gerry Turner on the "Golden Bachelor." The show airs Thursday, Sept. 28, on ABC at 8 p.m. View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Golden Bachelor (@goldenbachabc) Nancy is ready to receive the love she gives to so many others. She loves playing golf, walking her golden-doodle, Max, and watching college basketball.  The mother of three is loyal, fait…

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by Cecilia Levine
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March Madness: These DMV-Area Teams Are Going Dancing In The NCAA Tournament March Madness: These DMV-Area Teams Are Going Dancing In The NCAA Tournament
March Madness: These Dmv-area Teams Are Going Dancing In The NCAA Tournament March will certainly be mad for some college basketball fans in the DMV area after several teams from the region were chosen by the selection committee to enter the NCAA Tournament. Several colleges from the region are among the field of 68 who will be going dancing in the tournament, which kicks off on Tuesday, March 14 with the “First Four” set of games. In total, 37 states, plus Washington, DC, are represented among the men’s field that will be vying for one of the most coveted in all of sports. The University of Maryland is back in the “big dance” after notching 21 wins in coach Kevin…

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by Zak Failla
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Virginia Tech Guard's Celebratory Fist Pump Goes Very Wrong Virginia Tech Guard's Celebratory Fist Pump Goes Very Wrong
Virginia Tech Guard's Celebratory Fist Pump Goes Very Wrong The end of the controversial Virginia Tech-Duke game on Monday night, Jan. 24, had a little bit of everything for college basketball fans. Things started off with less than 20 seconds left in the game, when Hokies guard MJ Collins gave Virginia Tech a 77-75 lead, though his celebration added insult to injury immediately after making the bucket. After making the shot in the closing seconds, Collins pumped his fist in celebration, but wound up accidentally cold-cocking Duke freshman Kyle Filipowski straight in the throat, sending the five-star seven-footer to the floor, though no foul was …

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by Zak Failla
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DC Basketball Star, MD Native At Center Of Alabama Murder Investigation DC Basketball Star, MD Native At Center Of Alabama Murder Investigation
DC Basketball Star, MD Native At Center Of Alabama Murder Investigation A University of Alabama basketball player from Washington DC and a Maryland native have been charged with gunning down a 23-year-old woman over the weekend. Junior forward Darius Miles, 21, and Charles County's Michael Lynn Davis, 20, have both been charged with the capital murder of 23-year-old Jamea Harris near campus over the weekend, according to police in Tuscaloosa. Jamea HarrisTwitter/@diamondaxls Shots rang out early on Sunday, Jan. 15 in The Strip off University Boulevard, not far from the Alabama campus, when a pair of gunmen fired into a vehicle in the area, police said, noti…

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by Zak Failla