Anthony Tolliver gets around.

It took Yermin Mercedes 11 years to work his way up to the big leagues. And when the green light finally arrived, he hit the gas and sped into the spotlight.

The John Marshall High School gymnasium and athletic field are getting new names to honor two coaches who were instrumental in the North Side school’s sports history and in mentoring youths.

In college basketball, they come and they go. The exit sign and the welcome mat are never far apart.

Dawson Odums is the new head football coach at Norfolk State University.

Call it the reincarnation of Hinchliffe Stadium.

If any team appears to be on the runway and prepared for WNBA takeoff, it’s the Dallas Wings.

ATLANTA Former Atlanta Dream guard Renee Montgomery made history recently as part of a three-member investor group that was approved to purchase the team.

It didn’t take teenager Trinity Rodman long to prove she could play with the pros.

.Leroy Keyes, who was among the greatest athletes in Virginia sports history, has died.

If Jackie Robinson had done anything wrong in1947, it might have set back the movement for racial equality many years. Instead, he did everything right.

Talik Bryant has earned a spot on the “A Team” at Rich- mond’s George Wythe High School.

Today’s minor leaguers become tomorrow’s major leaguers.

LaMelo Ball did everything and more that could have been expected of him — everything, that is, but stay healthy.

As star newcomers go, Ray Felix was a trailblazer in 1954 when he became the first African-American to be named NBA Rookie of the Year.