55º
wsls logo
    • News
    • Watch Live
    • Local News
    • Virginia
    • National
    • World
    • Education
    • Money
    • Trust Index
    • Politics
    • Coronavirus
    • 30 Days of Hope
    • Health
    • Entertainment
    • Sports
    • 1st and 10
    • High School Sports
    • Virginia Tech
    • Virginia Tech Stats
    • Take on 10
    • Around the Way with EJ
    • NFL
    • Features
    • WSLS Insider
    • Contests & Rules
    • Community Calendar
    • Connecting Communities
    • Dining for Charities
    • Find Your Money
    • Ask 10
    • Tasty Tuesday
    • In Your Town
    • Get Fit with Britt
    • John Carlin's Outdoors
    • The Deep Blue Ridge
    • The Morning Sprint
    • Feel Good VA
    • Local Business Spotlight
    • Clear the Shelters
    • Father's Day
    • Travel
    • MeTV
    • Watch Live
    • Recent Newscasts
    • Meet the Team
    • Solutionaries
    • Something Good
    • TV Listings
    • Weather
    • School Closings
    • Pin It
    • Picture of the Day
    • 3 Degree Guarantee
    • Skycams
    • Forecasting Change
    • Know Your Zone - Lynchburg Area
    • Know Your Zone - Roanoke
    • Know Your Zone - New River Valley
    • Know Your Zone - Southside
    • Know Your Zone - Highlands
    • Traffic
    • Newsletters
    • Contact Us
    • Careers at WSLS
    • Digital Transparency Guide
    • Advertise with us
  • News
  • Sports
  • Features
  • Watch Live
  • Weather
  • Traffic
  • Newsletters
  • Contact Us
WSLS.com
  • News
  • Sports
  • Features
  • Watch Live
  • Weather
  • Traffic
  • Newsletters
  • Contact Us

An air quality alert and a special weather statement in effect for 6 regions in the area

See the complete list

WEATHER ALERT

An air quality alert and a special weather statement in effect for 6 regions in the area

JOHN THOMPSON


Bearing down: Baylor routs Houston 78-59 to reach title game

Jared Butler scored 17 points to lead five Baylor players in double figures, and the Bears roared to a 78-59 victory over Houston in the Final Four.

Ewing, Georgetown take Big East, NCAA bid with stunning rout

Georgetown is champion of the Big East again, with the greatest Hoya of them all leading the way. AdNow he is the first person in Big East history to be the most outstanding player on a Big East Tournament champion and coach a team to a Big East Tournament title. 8 seed to win the Big East Tournament and the lowest seed since Connecticut did it as a No. That seems unlikely for these Hoyas, who entered the Big East Tournament with a losing record. UP NEXTThe Hoyas likely give the Big East four teams in the NCAA Tournament along with Creighton, Villanova and UConn.

From Kobe to Maradona, a year of staggering losses in sports

FILE - In this Nov. 14, 1993, file photo, Miami Dolphins coach Don Shula is carried on his team's shoulders after his 325th victory, against the Philadelphia Eagles in Philadelphia. Not long after came a seismic jolt, the helicopter crash of Kobe Bryant in the fog-shrouded California hills that reverberated across sports and across continents. Football lost a big piece of its heart: Don Shula, Gale Sayers, Paul Hornung, Bobby Mitchell. The losses, of course, came against a backdrop of a pandemic, its number of fatalities rolled out daily on TV screens. Kurt Thomas in 1978 became the first U.S. male gymnast to win a world title but lost an Olympic shot in 1980 because of the boycott.

Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2020

The world also said goodbye to U.S. Rep. John Lewis, a lion of the civil rights movement who died in July. Other former political figures who died this year include Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak, New York Mayor David Dinkins, Arizona Gov. Here is a roll call of some influential figures who died in 2020 (cause of death cited for younger people, if available):___JANUARY___David Stern, 77. The guitarist who supplied the scratching, seething sound that fueled the highly influential British punk band Gang of Four. He fused African rhythms with funk to become one of the most influential musicians in world dance music.

Supreme Court halts census in latest twist of 2020 count

After the Supreme Court's decision, the Census Bureau said field operations would end on Thursday. At issue was a request by the Trump administration that the Supreme Court suspend a lower court's order extending the 2020 census through the end of October following delays caused by the pandemic. “A census count delayed is justice denied," Liccardo said. The Census Bureau says it has counted 99.9% of households nationwide, though some regions of the country such as parts of Mississippi and hurricane-battered Louisiana fall well below that. “That said, the Supreme Court’s order will result in irreversible damage to the 2020 Census," Clarke said.

Sports world mourns death of John Thompson, but if not for fate, he would’ve likely died in Sept. 11 attacks

But while the world is sad over Thompson’s passing, he at least had 19 more years of living after nearly dying during the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. But Rome’s producer, Danny Schwartz, asked that he fly out a day later to accommodate the show’s schedule. Thompson told Schwartz that wouldn’t work and he was unhappy at the suggestion, but after Schwartz insisted, Thompson changed his flight. Ten years after that day, Thompson went on Rome’s radio show to reminisce, starting with a message Thompson’s assistant relayed to him. “Let me tell you something, if you’re ever in Washington, D.C., you look me up,” Thompson told Schwartz.

Reaction to the death of Hall of Fame coach John Thompson

FILE - In this April 2, 1984, file photo, Georgetown head coach John Thompson, left, gives a happy pat to the most valuable player Patrick Ewing, after Georgetown defeated Houston 84-75 in Seattle. He was a great coach but an even better person and his legacy is everlasting. Patrick Ewing, former Georgetown star and current coach. Coach Thompson, saved my life ... continuously motivating and molding me into the man that I am today. former Georgetown star Alonzo Mourning. He was a great coach, but he was also a role model for a lot of coaches white coaches and Black coaches. ___Last night, we lost a towering figure in coach John Thompson, whose shoulders many of us stand on.

  • TV Listings
  • Contests and Rules
  • Email Newsletters
  • RSS Feeds
  • Closed Captioning / Audio Description
  • Contact Us
  • Careers at WSLS 10
  • Internships at WSLS 10
  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy Policy
  • Public File
  • FCC Applications
  • Do Not Sell My Info
Follow Us
facebook
twitter
instagram
rss
Get Results with Omne
Omne Results Logo

If you need help with the Public File, call 540-512-1558.


Graham Media Group LogoGraham Digital Logo

Copyright © 2023 WSLS.com is managed by Graham Digital and published by Graham Media Group, a division of Graham Holdings.