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Senior Writer @ODUSports for 8 years. Retiring on July 1. RIP beloved daughter Ginny Minium. Love wife Kerstin in Berlin, daughter Amy. 🇮🇱🇩🇪🇺🇸 🇮🇷
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Minium: ODU to be Well-Represented at Norfolk Sports Club Jamboree

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By Harry Minium Verified
| ODU Athletics
Share By Harry Minium NORFOLK, Va. – The Norfolk Sports Club has found a home at Old Dominion University, and the club’s 79th annual Jamboree later on this month will have a distinctive Monarch flavor. Dr. Wood Selig, ODU’s long-time director of athletics, Head Football Coach Ricky Rahne and Ray Wittersheim, a long-time Monarch fan and booster, will all be honored at the Jamboree, to be held Thursday, June 18, at 6:30 p.m. in the Big Blue Room of Chartway Arena.
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Minium: ODU Men's and Women's Tennis Continue to Dominate In Large Part Because of the "Two Doms"

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By Harry Minium Verified
| ODU Athletics
Share By Harry Minium NORFOLK, Va. – Thanksgiving always occurs on the last Thursday in November and Christmas always follows a month later on December 25. And while not quite as predictable as the holidays, the men’s and women’s tennis teams of Old Dominion always seem to gather on the last Monday in April at the L.R. Hill Sports Complex to watch the NCAA Tournament show to see where they will be playing.
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Clarisse Machanguana to be Inducted into FIBA Hall of Fame

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By Harry Minium Verified
| ODU Athletics
Share By Harry Minium NORFOLK, Va. – You have to have had a stellar basketball career, including international success, to win a place in the Fédération Internationale de Basketball Hall of Fame. But it takes more than just success on the court. You must have worked to promote the game in your home country and around the world, and it helps if along the way, you helped lift thousands of young women out of poverty.
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ODU Concludes Spring Practice With Priority Bowl Spring Game and Fan Fest

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By Harry Minium Verified
| ODU Athletics
Share By Harry Minium NORFOLK, Va. – At 75 minutes, the 57th Annual Priority ODU Charity Bowl Spring Football Game on Saturday was one of the shortest on record. But for hundreds of fans who then gathered on the turf at Old Dominion’s S.B. Ballard Stadium, the fun had just begun. For the second year in a row, the Monarchs ended their spring game by holding a fan fest on the stadium turf on a sun-kissed afternoon. Fans tried their luck at kicking, tackling and throwing a football.
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Minium: Dennis Ellmer's Philanthropic Endeavors a Key for Old Dominion University

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By Harry Minium Verified
| ODU Athletics
Share By Harry Minium NORFOLK, Va. – Dennis Ellmer and I were on the way to the Ocean View Democratic Club, a private social club in the heart of Norfolk’s bayfront community, for an afternoon gathering that meant a lot to both of us. A group of former Norfolk rugby players were gathering to fete Ken Whitley, the former Norview wrestling and football coach who played rugby with Ellmer for more than two decades.
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Minium: Faith, Family, Football Drives ODU Defensive Coordinator, Blake Seiler

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By Harry Minium Verified
| ODU Athletics
Share By Harry Minium NORFOLK, Va. – A few months ago,Blake Seiler was in the office of a Power 4 college football head coach who really wanted him and was giving him the hard sell. That’s not been an unusual thing for Seiler, the Old Dominion defensive coordinator who in his seven years turned ODU’s D from among the worst in FBS to among the best. He’s often turned down jobs at power schools. But this was a particularly attractive offer from a successful program.
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Minium: Position Change, ODU, Best Fit for Zion Frink

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By Harry Minium Verified
| ODU Athletics
Share By Harry Minium NORFOLK, Va. – Zion Frink announced shortly after the end of last football season his intention to enter the transfer portal, and who could blame him for thinking the grass might be greener? He was coming off a very good redshirt sophomore season for Old Dominion in which he started 13 games. He was sixth on the team in tackling with 60 and tied for the lead with six pass breakups. Had he entered the portal, surely he would have had some lucrative offers.
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Minium: ODU to Honor Former Lacrosse Student-Athlete Haley Rineer on Saturday

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By Mary Katherine, Harry Minium Verified
| ODU Athletics
Share NORFOLK, Va. – Haley Rineer was living a great life. The Harrisburg, Pennsylvania native graduated from Old Dominion in 2020 and moved to Philadelphia, where she lived with Brittney Rineer, her sister. Her older sister, Lauren, also lived in Philly and all three enjoyed a close relationship in the city of Brotherly Love. She was building a career as a sales representative at Medallion Bank, where family members say she was greatly admired for her hard work and her warm personality.
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Minium: ODU Begins Spring Football Practice

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By Harry Minium Verified
| ODU Athletics
Share By Harry Minium NORFOLK, Va. – Old Dominion once again has a ton of newcomers on its football roster, and for the first time in a while, a significant number of newcomers on its coaching staff. But as the Monarchs opened spring practice on Thursday, Head Coach Ricky Rahne expressed confidence that the Monarchs have enough talented players, and perhaps more importantly, players who have the desire to win, to have yet another good season.
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Minium: Your ROAR Contribution is Needed to Help ODU Football Grow

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By Harry Minium Verified
| ODU Athletics
Share By Harry Minium NORFOLK, Va. – In a sports world that has seen ticket prices explode in recent years, Old Dominion University football season tickets remain one of the best bargains around. Major league sports prices have increased by more 200 percent over the last two decades, with average cost of an NFL ticket coming in at $280 per game last season.
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Minium: Milton-Jones' Guidance Has Helped Riley Stack Become One of ODU's Most Improved Players

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By Harry Minium Verified
| ODU Athletics
Share By Harry Minium NORFOLK, Va. – Riley Stack loved her teammates, her coaches and the campus at Coastal Carolina University. She played high school basketball in Piedmont, South Carolina, just four hours away from Conway, and felt at home in the Palmetto State. But after two seasons, the 6-foot-4 forward hadn’t made much progress on the basketball court. She wasn’t playing a lot, and worse, she said, “I wasn’t getting much better.
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Minium: A Primer For How to Attend ODU Baseball Games This Season

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By Harry Minium Verified
| ODU Athletics
By Harry Minium NORFOLK, Va. – Baseball returns to Old Dominion’s campus for the first time in 21 months on Friday when the Monarchs host Quinnipiac at 2 p.m. But if you’re an ODU fan, and you plan to attend, you’re going to need a primer on where to park, purchase your tickets and find a seat. Things have changed a bit since May 12, 2024, the last time the Monarchs played at home when they defeated App State, 11-10.
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Minium: New ODU Athletics Dining Hall is a Hit With Monarch Student-Athletes

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By Harry Minium Verified
| ODU Athletics
Share By Harry Minium NORFOLK, Va. – As you head to the “made to order action” station, you can pick your type of pasta or vegetables along with your choice of meat and watch it be cooked on a gas stovetop right in front of you. For breakfast, the cooks will fix a three-egg omelet with any combination of a dozen fixings. The menu changes daily, but on this night the “comfort food” is Dijon herb flank steak with cut green beans and roasted red potatoes.
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Minium: ODU Student-Athletes Had Record Academic Performance

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By Harry Minium Verified
| ODU Athletics
By Harry Minium NORFOLK, Va. – A decade ago, Old Dominion coaches sometimes worried if their student-athletes would be academically eligible. Now, the main question is how many will make the Dean’s list. “We’ve made so much progress academically,” said Dr. Ron Moses, ODU’s Deputy Athletics Director for Student-Athlete Advancement, Revenue Growth and Competitive Strategy.
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Men's Basketball Knocks Off Ohio in MAC-SBC Challenge, 78-72

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By Harry Minium Verified
| ODU Athletics
Share By Harry Minium NORFOLK, Va. – The Old Dominion Men's Basketball team defeated Ohio, 78-72 in the second round of the MAC-SBC Challenge, as KC Shaw led four Monarchs in double-figures on Saturday night. The Monarchs rallied from an early 10-point deficit, took control midway through the second half and then held off an Ohio rally before 6,657 cheering fans at Chartway Arena.
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ODU Men's Basketball Begins 5-Game Home Stand With 85-79 Loss To ULM

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By Harry Minium Verified
| ODU Athletics
Share By Harry Minium NORFOLK, Va. – The Old Dominion men’s basketball team began its final home stand of the season with an unexpected and frustrating loss as the Monarchs fell to ULM, 85-79, Wednesday night at Chartway Arena. The victory ended a 13-game losing streak for the University of Louisiana at Monroe (4-20 overall, 1-11 Sun Belt), which had not won since Dec. 9, when the Warhawks defeated Arkansas Baptist, an NAIA school.
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ODU Women's Basketball Succumbs to Southern Miss, 86-83, In Overtime

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By Harry Minium Verified
| ODU Athletics
Share By Harry Minium NORFOLK, Va. – The Old Dominion women’s basketball team lost a game it dearly needed to win, and in heartbreaking fashion, as Southern Miss erased a 17-point ODU lead and stunned the Monarchs in overtime, 86-83, Friday night at Chartway Arena. It was a rare home loss for ODU (13-10 overall, 5-6 Sun Belt), which had won 10 of its previous 12 games at Chartway Arena.
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Minium: ODU Alumni Stepping Up to Help Former Women's Basketball Star Clarisse Machanguana

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By Harry Minium Verified
| ODU Athletics
By Harry Minium NORFOLK, Va. – When her basketball career ended in 2014, Clarisse Machanguana had a choice. She could find her way into the private business world, perhaps in America or Europe, and make a ton of money. Or she could go home to her native Mozambique and work to help young girls there escape poverty. Given her background, it was an easy decision for Machanguana.
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Riley Stack Has a Career Night as ODU Women's Basketball Blows Past ULM, 85-62

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By Harry Minium Verified
| ODU Athletics
Share Riley Stack poured in a career-high 22 points, seven blocked shots, three steals and 10 field goals. By Harry Minium NORFOLK, Va. – There’s no place like home for the Old Dominion women’s basketball team, which got a career night from 6-foot-5 forward Riley Stack and played perhaps its most complete game of the season, as ODU rolled past ULM, 85-62, Wednesday at Chartway Arena.
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ODU Men's Basketball Falls in Double OT, 83-77 to Troy

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By Harry Minium Verified
| ODU Athletics
By Harry Minium NORFOLK, Va. – An Old Dominion basketball team that has struggled much of this season gave the home fans a lot to cheer about Wednesday night before coming up just short against the Sun Belt Conference leader. Troy finally pulled away in the final minutes of the second overtime to claim an 83-77 victory over the Monarchs before a Chartway Arena crowd of 5,263.
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Minium: ODU Will Honor One of its Legendary Basketball Players, Ronnie Valentine, on Saturday

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By Harry Minium Verified
| ODU Athletics
By Harry Minium NORFOLK, Va. – Ronnie Valentine crammed a lifetime of accomplishments into his four-year basketball career at Old Dominion. As a freshman in 1976-77, he helped lead ODU to one of the most successful debuts ever by a school moving up to Division I. The Monarchs won 22 games in a row at one point, upset Virginia and Georgetown on the road and went to the NIT at a time when the NCAA Tournament invited just 32 teams.
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ODU Women's Basketball Honors its Historic Past, Then Edges Marshall in Overtime, 84-82

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By Harry Minium Verified
| ODU Athletics
By Harry Minium NORFOLK, Va. – On a day when the Old Dominion women’s basketball program honored its storied past, the Monarchs won a game they had to in order to keep pace with the leaders in the Sun Belt Conference. The Monarchs saw an 18-point lead slowly disappear in the second half and were then forced to rally in overtime to defeat Marshall, 84-82, Saturday at Chartway Arena. Simaru Fields made two free throws with six seconds left in overtime to provide the winning points for ODU.
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Minium: Former ODU Lacrosse Player Sarah Damato to Be Honored as Nation's Best Teacher

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By Harry Minium Verified
| ODU Athletics
By Harry Minium NORFOLK, Va. – Growing up with an older sister who is autistic, Sarah Damato was often disappointed at how her sibling, Lauren, was treated by others. “When I was younger, I would sometimes see the way she was treated and the opportunities that she didn’t have,” Sarah said. “I wanted to change that. She brings joy to everyone’s life.
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ODU Women's Basketball Relies on a Gritty Defensive Effort to Down App State, 65-54

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By Harry Minium Verified
| ODU Athletics
Share By Harry Minium NORFOLK, Va – It wasn’t an artful game, but the Old Dominion women’s basketball team relied on a gritty, rough-and-tumble defensive performance to hold off App State, 65-54, Wednesday night at Chartway Arena. The Monarchs were outrebounded, 46-35, and didn’t shoot particularly well, making 19 of 54 (35%). But they forced 18 turnovers, including 12 steals, and blocked five App State shots.
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Minium: Adrienne Goodson Knew She Would Play Women's Basketball for ODU When She Was 13

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By Harry Minium Verified
| ODU Athletics
Share By Harry Minium NORFOLK, Va. – Adrienne Goodson was a precocious, 13-year-old girl growing up in a rough-and-tumble New Jersey neighborhood. She lived in Bayonne, a city on the Jersey waterfront across the Upper New York Bay from Brooklyn. Bayonne is surrounded on three sides by water and newspapers often carried stories at the time about young people drowning. Adrienne had wandered too close to the water one day and her mother, Margo Goodson, was furious.
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ODU Men's Basketball Falls to Georgia Southern, 93-86

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By Harry Minium Verified
| ODU Athletics
Share By Harry Minium NORFOLK, Va. – The Old Dominion men’s basketball team dug itself into a huge early hole and in spite of a valiant rally in the final minutes, fell to Georgia Southern, 93-86, Saturday at Chartway Arena. The victory was the ninth in a row for Georgia Southern (12-5 overall, 4-0 Sun Belt), which hasn’t lost a game since late November. The loss was the fourth in a row and ninth in the last 10 games for ODU (4-12, 1-3 Sun Belt) and followed a familiar script for the Monarchs.
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Simaru Fields Scores Career-High 29 Points As ODU Women's Basketball Wins Third in a Row

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By Harry Minium Verified
| ODU Athletics
Share By Harry Minium NORFOLK, Va. – Simaru Fields made a fallaway three-point shot with 46.2 seconds left that gave the Old Dominion women’s basketball team the lead for good, and the Monarchs held on to defeat Georgia State, 73-68, Saturday afternoon at Chartway Arena. Fields, a senior from Gulfport, Mississippi, scored a career-high 29 points on an afternoon in which she contributed far more than just scoring. She added seven rebounds and six assists.
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Minium: Former ODU Football Quarterback Taylor Heinicke Finally Has His College Degree

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By Harry Minium Verified
| ODU Athletics
By Harry Minium NORFOLK, Va. – Taylor Heinicke, the record setting former Old Dominion quarterback who is the most well-known and perhaps the most popular football player the University ever produced, has added another category to his impressive resume – college graduate. More than a decade after leaving ODU for a career in the NFL, Heinicke finally completed his degree in mathematics in December. He left ODU in 2014 needing seven courses to finish and completed the final class online.
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Former Major League Star Michael Cuddyer to Receive 48th Annual Bud Metheny Award

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By Harry Minium Verified
| ODU Athletics
Share Cuddyer will speak at the Step Up To The Plate Fundraiser for ODU Baseball on Jan. 16 at 6 p.m. at the Priority Club at S.B. Ballard Stadium. By Harry Minium NORFOLK, Va. – When he was seven years old, Michael Cuddyer’s parents took him to the Old Dominion Baseball Clinic, an event that four decades ago drew big-time Major League Baseball stars to the area to mentor young players. Cuddyer drew inspiration from that camp that helped lead to a 15-year Major League career.
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ODU Men's Basketball Falls To Sun Belt Rival Coastal Carolina, 76-74

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By Harry Minium Verified
| ODU Athletics
By Harry Minium NORFOLK, Va. – The Old Dominion men’s basketball team outshot and outrebounded Coastal Carolina, but dropped a 76-74 Sun Belt Conference loss largely because of turnovers and ODU’s inability to execute in the game’s final minutes. The Chanticleers scored 18 points off 13 ODU turnovers and made all 10 free throws they attempted in the final 2:47. Crucially, four of ODU’s turnovers occurred during the final 5:53.
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ODU Football Rallies to Defeat South Florida, 24-10, to Claim 10th Victory in StaffDNA Cure Bowl

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By Harry Minium Verified
| ODU Athletics
Share By Harry Minium ORLANDO, Fla. – Old Dominion finished off one of the finest football seasons in school history with one of ODU’s biggest victories ever as the Monarchs rallied to defeat South Florida, 24-10, in the 11th annual StaffDNA Cure Bowl Wednesday night at Camping World Stadium. ODU finished with 10 victories for the first time since 2016, and it was quite an accomplishment given that the Monarchs tackled a rugged schedule that included two Power 4 schools, including No. 1 Indiana.
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Minium: Marcyana Easterly Will Cheer For Her Brother, Mario, For the Last Time Today in StaffDNA Cure Bowl

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By Harry Minium Verified
| ODU Athletics
By Harry Minium ORLANDO, Fla. – Mario and Marcyana Easterly aren’t twins, although you’d hardly know that by how close they are. Twins, it is said, have a closeness that goes well beyond the typical relationships that most siblings have. Growing up in York, Pennsylvania, they went to school together, and often took the same classes even though they were born 13 months apart. Mario started school a year late, which is why they have always been in the same grade.
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Minium: ODU Football Fans Are in Orlando and Revved Up For 11th Annual StaffDNA Cure Bowl

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By Harry Minium Verified
| ODU Athletics
By Harry Minium ORLANDO, Fla. – At least 1,000 and perhaps as many as 2,000 Old Dominion fans will be in the stands today at 5 p.m. at Camping World Stadium when the Monarch football team takes on South Florida in the 11th annual StaffDNA Cure Bowl. But I doubt many will root as hard for ODU as 12-year-old Delaney Thrift, a seventh grader at Great Bridge Middle School.
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Minium: Running Back Devin Roche Is the Comeback Story of the Year for ODU Football

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By Harry Minium Verified
| ODU Athletics
By Harry Minium ORLANDO, Fla. – Old Dominion’s football season has been something of a comeback story. After being blown out in successive weeks at archrivals Marshall and James Madison, the Monarchs won their last five regular-season games to clinch their first winning season since 2016. But the individual comeback story of the year for ODU is a diminutive running back named Devin Roche. In August, he suffered a severe injury that threatened to end his season.
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Minium: ODU Men and Women's Basketball Open Sun Belt Schedules Wednesday at Chartway Arena

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By Harry Minium Verified
| ODU Athletics
Share By Harry Minium NORFOLK, Va. – While the Old Dominion football team is nearly 800 miles to the south, preparing to play in the StaffDNA Cure Bowl, the ODU men’s and women’s basketball teams are preparing for their Sun Belt Conference openers. And alas for ODU fans of all three teams, all three games will be played on Wednesday. The ODU women kick things off at 11 a.m. when they host Troy in the Monarchs’ annual Education Day game.
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Minium: ODU Football Lineman Zach Barlev, Stephon Dubose-Bourne Honored at Cure Bowl Press Conference

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By Harry Minium Verified
| ODU Athletics
Share By Harry Minium ORLANDO, Fla. – Offensive lineman are usually anonymous and for the most part, they like it that way. As Old Dominion left tackle Zach Barlev said, “If you hear my name on TV, it’s probably because I missed a block. “I’d rather no one know my name.” But Barlev and right tackle Stephon Dubose-Bourne stole the show at the StaffDNA Cure Bowl press conference Monday afternoon at the Orlando Renaissance Hotel.
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Minium: For ODU Football, Cure Bowl is a Combination of Warm Weather, Fun and Hard Work

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By Justin (Chewie) Cook, Harry Minium Verified
| ODU Athletics
By Harry Minium ORLANDO, Fla. – Sunday morning at 9:15, as the Old Dominion football team began a 90-minute practice session at the L.R. Hill Sports Complex, temperatures were in the low 30s and players, coaches and staff were continually pelted with a mixture of rain, sleet and snow. “The wind was so bad that the snow and sleet were hitting you right in the face,” said Remington Rebstock, assistant defensive coordinator and safeties coach.
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ODU to Retire Jerseys of Former Basketball Stars Ronnie Valentine and Adrienne Goodson

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By Harry Minium Verified
| ODU Athletics
By Harry Minium NORFOLK, Va. – Ronnie Valentine and Adrienne Goodson, who were All-Americans, collectively led their teams to conference championships and, in Goodson's case, a national title, and left an indelible mark on Old Dominion men’s and women’s basketball, will have their jerseys retired in January, Dr. Wood Selig, ODU’s director of athletics, announced Monday. Goodson’s jersey number 24 will be retired on Saturday, January 17, when the Monarchs host Marshall.
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Simaru Fields Scores Season-High 21 Points as ODU Women Rally to Defeat Howard, 63-59

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By Harry Minium Verified
| ODU Athletics
Share By Harry Minium NORFOLK, Va. – Simaru Fields came off the bench to score 21 points and the Old Dominion women’s basketball team rallied from a nine-point deficit to claim a 63-59 victory over Howard University on Sunday afternoon at Chartway Arena. Kelsey Thompson added 16 points and eight rebounds and En’Dya Buford eight points.
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Minium: Date With South Florida in Cure Bowl Puts ODU Football on its Biggest Bowl Stage Ever

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By Harry Minium Verified
| ODU Athletics
Share By Harry Minium NORFOLK, Va. – Every bowl game is special, and that was clearly the case when Old Dominion competed in the Bahamas (2016), Myrtle Beach (2021) and Famous Toastery (2023) bowl games. But the Monarchs will be playing on their biggest bowl stage ever when they take on South Florida in the StaffDNA Cure Bowl on December 17 in Orlando, Florida.
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Minium: ODU's Dr. Jim Jarrett Feted With Humor and Praise at Celebration of Life

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By Harry Minium Verified
| ODU Athletics
Share By Harry Minium NORFOLK, Va. – It was the early 1980s – Debbie Harmison White could not quite recall the exact year – when she and Dr. Jim Jarrett, Old Dominion’s director of athletics, were in the offices of executives at WYAH-TV in Portsmouth. At the time, WYAH was connected with the fledgling Christian Broadcast Network, and through CBN had the ability to broadcast Old Dominion men’s basketball games to nearly every major TV market in the United States and many around the world.
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ODU Women's Soccer Coach Angie Hind Steps Aside to Return Home to Her Native Scotland

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By Harry Minium Verified
| ODU Athletics
By Harry Minium NORFOLK, Va. – After 12 seasons as the head women’s soccer coach at Old Dominion, where she took over the reins of a struggling team and built it into a championship program, Angie Hind says it’s time to return home to Scotland.
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ODU's Ellmer Family Baseball Complex Will Open With Temporary Outfield Seating

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By Harry Minium Verified
| ODU Athletics
By Harry Minium NORFOLK, Va. – The renovation of the Ellmer Family Baseball Complex at TowneBank Field will narrowly miss being complete in time for the upcoming 2026 baseball season. However, Old Dominion has made plans to play every home game there, and fans will be accommodated in exceptional fashion.
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ODU Women's Basketball Overcomes Slow Start and Blows Out Delaware State, 68-45

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By Harry Minium Verified
| ODU Athletics
By Harry Minium NORFOLK, Va. – The Old Dominion women’s basketball team got off to a slow start but turned on the after burners in the second half and rolled past Delaware State, 68-45, Monday night at Chartway Arena. The victory allowed the Monarchs to get their mojo came after back-to-back losses to Texas Tech (67-42) and Oregon (84-46) at the Women's Hoopfest Challenge over Thanksgiving week in Frisco, Texas at Comerica Center.
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ODU Football Defeats Georgia State, 27-10, to Finish Regular Season 9-3

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By Harry Minium Verified
| ODU Athletics
By Harry Minium NORFOLK, Va. – It wasn’t an artful game, but the Old Dominion football team finished off one of its finest regular seasons ever with a 27-10 victory over Georgia State Saturday in the 75th annual Oyster Bowl at S.B. Ballard Stadium. The victory was the fifth in a row for the Monarchs (9-3 overall, 6-2 Sun Belt), who won nine games for the first time since 2016 and went unbeaten at home, also for the first time since 2016 and only the third time in school history.
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Minium: Ricky Rahne Asks ODU Football Fans to Give 22 Seniors a Rousing Sendoff

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By Harry Minium Verified
| ODU Athletics
Share By Harry Minium NORFOLK, Va. – Fifth-year senior is the college football equivalent of an endangered species. Given the advent in recent years of the transfer portal, Name, Image and Likeness and other forms of revenue sharing, it has become far too prevalent for players to transfer and compete at two, three or sometimes even four schools. Rarely does a player redshirt a season and play four more years at the same school.
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Minium: Media Speculation About ODU Bowl Destination: New Orleans? Myrtle Beach? Boca?

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By Harry Minium Verified
| ODU Athletics
By Harry Minium NORFOLK, Va. – Media speculation about where Old Dominion’s football team might play in a bowl game runs the gamut, from Orlando or Boca Raton, Florida to Shreveport, Louisiana and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. But at this time of year, it’s usually the smart thing to pay attention to veteran sports writer Brett McMurphy given that the last time ODU went to a bowl, he was on the money in predicting who and where Old Dominion would play.
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ODU Women's Basketball Claims Fifth Victory in a Row, Trouncing NC Central, 85-48

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By Harry Minium Verified
| ODU Athletics
Share Monarchs now prepare for next week's By Harry Minium NORFOLK, Va. – The Old Dominion women’s basketball team extended its winning streak to five games Sunday as the Monarchs dominated North Carolina Central, 85-48, at Chartway Arena. ODU (5-1) has won five in a row since a 58-52 loss at UMass on the first game of the season. And while NC Central, at 1-5, does not have a strong record, the Eagles were coming off a three-point loss at Wake Forest.
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ODU Football Rolls to 376 Rushing Yards and a 45-10 Victory Over Georgia Southern

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By Harry Minium Verified
| ODU Athletics
STATESBORO, Ga. – Old Dominion’s red hot football team played perhaps its most complete game of the season, as the Monarchs racked up 376 rushing yards, the second-most in school history, and rolled to a 45-10 victory over Georgia Southern Saturday afternoon at Allen E. Paulson Stadium.
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ODU Men's Basketball Rolls Past Morgan State, 88-56

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By Harry Minium Verified
| ODU Athletics
By Harry Minium NORFOLK, Va. – In need of a solid victory, and perhaps a jolt of confidence, the Old Dominion men’s basketball team got both Friday night against Morgan State. The Monarchs rolled past the Bears, 88-56, at Chartway Arena in what was their most lopsided victory over a Division I team since Dec. 10, 2017, when ODU crushed Bowling Green, 88-46.
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