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Sports FEATURES

Ready… Set… Go Green Bikes!

By Jesse Scaccia

A new company in Norfolk rents bikes, and will even pick up and drop off.

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No Sweat: Biking Through Ol’ Virginny Summer and Loving it

By Wes Cheney

Local biker Wes Cheney talks about his methods of staying cool and professional riding his bike to work in the summer heat.

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Tour de Pants, Part Two

By BC Wilson

Continued from The Cycling Life: Tour de Pants

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The Cycling Life: Tour de Pants

By BC Wilson

With the Tour de France entering its last week, we thought it an opportune time to take a look at Hampton Roads’ bizarro version of the race, the Tour de Pants.

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The Bicycle Highways of Norfolk

By BC Wilson

We’ve posted an interactive Google map called Bike Routes in Norfolk that shows the best ways to get from the North to South and East to West.

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First Landing: A Runner’s Chapel Amidst the Trees.

By Jenn Sloggie-Pierce

We are the runners of First Landing State Park. It is our commons, our church, our hallowed place of worship and meditation… and of sweat.

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Enter the Ju… Ju-Tang, that is!

By Lea Marie Ponessa

One of Hampton Roads’ top pro skateboarders, Julian Etheridge, has earned a reputation for pulling off some of the most innovative and insane tricks ever seen.

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On the Verge: xvd Longboards

By Jesse Scaccia

Rob Stuart and Randy Carnell are two Hampton Roads kids about to make a name for themselves.

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AI: Hampton’s Anti-Hero

By George Booker

Local Review: No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson, directed by Hampton native Steve James.

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Batter Up! Opening Night With The Tides

By Jesse Scaccia

Last night was my first time at a Tides game. I resisted the fried Twinkies. A Norfolk Southern train passed in the distance. A big ole barge passed on the Elizabeth River to the right. My friend got all Zen-like doing The Twist.

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RECENT Sports BLOGS

The Hampton Roads Cyclists’ Manifesto: Forty Billion Rides Can’t Be Wrong

By Wes Cheney

We have an opportunity to demonstrate that bicycles can once again become a common and normal part of our transportation infrastructure. Towards that end, here is a manifesto for cyclists in the 757.