The Fayette Area Historical Initiative launches an exhibit featuring pro athletes from Martinville, the earliest dating to 1916.
Robert Anderson
Robert Anderson worked for 44 years in Virginia as a sports writer, most recently as the high school sports editor at The Roanoke Times. before retiring in June 2022. He has won multiple Virginia Press Association awards for sports writing portfolio and has been honored nationally by The Associated Press Sports Editors. Anderson is a North Carolina native and a graduate of Martinsville High School in Virginia and Emory & Henry College. He is a 2025 inductee into the Virginia High School Hall of Fame.
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VHSL football schedules for 2025: Every game in the state listed
High school football kicks off Aug. 28.
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Salem’s Murray Cook built baseball’s ‘Field of Dreams.’ Now he’s turned the Bristol speedway into a diamond.
When Major League Baseball needs a field built for a special location, be it the “Field of Dreams” or this weekend’s game at the Bristol Motor Speedway, it turns to Murray Cook, who grew up in Salem and now lives in Roanoke County.
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VHSL: Auburn, Appomattox win state baseball titles, Eastside takes softball championship
Here are scores and reports from the state tournament.
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VHSL: Glenvar boys win third straight soccer state championship
Here are scores and reports from the state tournament.
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VHSL: Salem boys win state lacrosse championship
Here are scores and reports from the state tournament.
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VHSL: Both Marion boys and girls teams win tennis titles; Radford, Salem, Patrick Henry and Fort Chiswell players win singles and doubles
Of 11 state tennis champions in team play, eight were repeat winners, highlighted by Western Albemarle’s boys who won their eighth championship in a row.
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Staunton River student wins a scholarship — in rodeo
Emma Bays and her two horses, Soldier and Louise, are heading off to Kansas State University, where she’ll join the rodeo team.
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108 years ago today, my grandfather pitched against Shoeless Joe Jackson (and didn’t give up a hit)
On Tuesday, Major League Baseball made Jackson, tied to the “Black Sox” scandal, eligible for the Hall of Fame.
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‘I got to live the way I wanted to and I didn’t have to go to work’
Buena Vista dedicates baseball field to former Major League player and manager Charlie Manuel, who grew up there.
