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Arts | Entertainment | Sports 2025: CAMPBELL, CLAY
Campbell’s life has taken him off to the races for as long as he can remember. Grandson of Martinsville Speedway founder H. Clay Earles, who built the paperclip-shaped speedway in 1947, Campbell has worked at Martinsville since he was a child. He worked in maintenance, concessions and souvenirs before moving up to vice president and […]
Arts | Entertainment | Sports 2025: NYERGES, ALEX
Nyerges is now in his 19th year as director of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Free to all visitors, the museum opened in 1936 and has more than 545,000 square feet of galleries, event space and dining. In the works is a 173,000-square-foot, $261 million expansion to be named for the late philanthropist Jim […]
Arts | Entertainment | Sports 2025: ROTHROCK, BEN
Becoming COO in 2023, Rothrock is now the highest-ranking Virginia- based boss of the Richmond Flying Squirrels Double-A baseball team, although he shares leadership with Brendon Porter, the team’s president, who spends part of his time in Alabama. Rothrock also held the title of general manager from 2017 until this year, when the team announced […]
Arts | Entertainment | Sports 2025: ODOM, RYAN
Odom became head coach of the ‘Hoos in March, after Tony Bennett’s unexpected October 2024 retirement less than three weeks before the start of the season. Now in his fifth collegiate head coaching role, Odom previously led Virginia Commonwealth University’s Rams for two seasons, coaching them to a 52-21 record, an appearance in the 2025 […]
Arts | Entertainment | Sports 2025: PRY, BRENT
A former defensive coordinator at Vanderbilt University and Penn State and a player for the University at Buffalo until he suffered a career-ending injury, Pry became the Hokies’ 35th head coach in November 2021. His first season, not surprisingly, was not exactly stellar, with a 3-8 record, but in 2023, the Hokies improved to 7-6 […]
Arts | Entertainment | Sports 2025: EDMUNDS, ANDY
Edmunds originally began his career in the music industry. As a musician and songwriter, he produced a video for MTV, thus beginning his love affair with film production. As director of the Virginia Film Office since 2011, Edmunds helps land TV and film projects that touch all parts of the commonwealth’s economy, from buying office […]
BigBear.ai grabs naming rights to Commanders training facility
BigBear.ai has partnered with the Washington Commanders football team and secured the rights to name the team's training facility in Ashburn.
NFL on the verge of selling media assets to ESPN for an equity stake in the network, AP sources say
ESPN is nearing a multibillion-dollar deal with the NFL for key media rights and an equity stake, including RedZone and NFL Network access.
Virginia scores big with booming sports tourism industry
Henrico and other Virginia counties see major economic growth from sports tourism, with events and new venues boosting jobs, tax revenue, and visitors.
Virginians bet almost $761M on sports in Nov. 2024
Virginians bet more than $760.96 million on sports in November 2024, 19.1% more than they bet in November 2023, according to Virginia Lottery data released Tuesday. Virginia bettors won more than $674.6 million in November. About $756.76 million of November’s gross sports gaming revenues came from mobile operators, with the other $4.2 million coming from […]
Washington Commanders hire Campbell’s exec as team president
Mark Clouse, president and CEO of food giant The Campbell’s Co., will be the Washington Commanders’ next team president, the Ashburn-based NFL team announced Tuesday. Clouse starts his new post in late January. He replaces Jason Wright, the NFL’s first Black team president, who was hired in August 2020 by former team owner Dan Snyder, […]
Sports betting brings in tax money, gambling helpline calls
RICHMOND, Va. — Football season has kicked off and stretches from September to February. The sport is forecasted to bring in $35 billion in legal bets this season, according to the American Gaming Association. In Virginia it is one of the top types of sports wagers made, according to Virginia Lottery gaming updates. Sports betting […]
