AFP Podcasts

UVA-Northeastern preview, ’Hoos news and notes

AFP editor Chris Graham gets us ready for the return from the exam break, with the ‘Hoos set to face Northeastern on Saturday night in JPJ.

We also talk about how the Class of 2023 transfer class (the guys who left) are doing at their new schools.

Tony Bennett opening up the Virginia offense

When you talk about Virginia Basketball, you talk about the defense, but there are some things being done by coach Tony Bennett to open up the offense.

Chris Graham breaks down the trends – more transition, more triangle sets in the halfcourt – and offers thoughts on how it’s working out.

Photo: Mike Ingalls/AFP

Virginia Football portal, recruiting season updates

The chatter around Virginia Football ahead of the opening of transfer portal season, almost entirely on message boards and social media, was that the Dec. 4 portal opening date would be the beginning of a mass exodus of players – which, you have to now assume at this point, isn’t going to happen.

#TeamAFP discusses dog shooting, Swiftie ticket scam, winter storm

Crystal Graham joins the show to discuss the latest in the case of an Augusta County man accused of shooting the service dog of a neighbor, a military veteran with PTSD.

We also get the details on a recent attempt by a scam artist to separate Crystal and $1,600 of her money, ostensibly the price for four tickets to a 2024 Taylor Swift concert, but when it seems too good to be true, it probably is – and was in this case.

We wrap with the latest on the wild Sunday weather forecast, which includes wind, thunderstorms and … snow?

UVA Hoops rebounds from tough week in South Florida

Virginia bounced back from a tough week in South Florida with an impressive showing in a 59-47 win over #14 Texas A&M on Wednesday in the ACC/SEC Challenge.

#TeamAFP’s Chris Graham and Scott German break down what we saw from the win, focusing on the role that Oklahoma grad transfer Jake Groves will play for Tony Bennett going forward, and the defensive efforts of Ryan Dunn and Reece Beekman.

The segue from basketball to football includes a brief conversation about JMU losing football coach Curt Cignetti to Indiana, before shifting into a full-contact breakdown of UVA Football’s 55-17 loss to Virginia Tech, and a look at how the first week of the offseason is going for Tony Elliott & Co.

Virginia Basketball needs to get back to basics after ugly loss to Wisconsin

Virginia, pantsed on national TV in its 65-41 loss to Wisconsin in Fort Myers on Monday, is back to the drawing board, with a quick turnaround for its next game, vs. West Virginia on Wednesday.

The ‘F--k Joe Biden’ crowd let its feelings get hurt over a double-bird

MAGA snowflakes got their bloomers in a bunch after actress Nia Renée Hill flipped a double-bird at Donald Trump at UFC 295 earlier this month.

This is the crowd that chants “F--k Joe Biden.”

TikTok gives Osama bin Laden what he couldn’t give himself

It’s just a coincidence that a relative handful of videos on the Chinese-owned social-media platform TikTok promoting Osama bin Laden’s 2002 “Letter to America” got tens of million views last week.

2023 NASCAR Season in Review

The 2023 NASCAR season has come and gone. Just seems like yesterday that we were talking about the February race in LA as the drivers were getting themselves ready for Daytona.

Rod Mullins, our NASCAR reporter, joins us for our 2023 season in review podcast.

Who was the biggest surprise? The biggest disappointment?

The names Kyle Busch, Bubba Wallace and Denny Hamlin fit in here somewhere.

What can we look forward to in 2024?

This and more in our season in review.

Recapping the Florida win, the Louisville loss and other UVA sports news

The Jerry Ratcliffe Show breaks down the UVA-Florida men's basketball game, the football team's loss to Louisville on the road, and recaps the women's basketball team's first week, along with Olympic Sports news.