Many Native Americans across the U.S. are coming together for Indigenous Peoples Day to celebrate their history and culture and acknowledge the ongoing challenges they face with a focus on the election.

There might be a FaceTime call on Sunday, as there is just about every week, in which Miami quarterback Cam Ward and Virginia Tech quarterback Kyron Drones connect to talk about their most recent games.

Conference tournaments across men's college basketball begin in earnest Tuesday and there are plenty of teams riding the NCAA tourney bubble.

No. 2Stanford and No. 3 Iowa have jumped up behind top-ranked South Carolina in The Associated Press Top 25 women’s basketball poll.

South Carolina will try to wrap up the Southeastern Conference regular-season crown this week while Stanford attempts to move closer to winning its 27th regular-season Pac-12 title.

Alijah Martin scored 17 points, Vladislav Goldin had 14, and No. 19 Florida Atlantic beat Virginia Tech 84-50 to win the ESPN Events Invitational championship.

Virginia Tech coach Kenny Brooks could only shake his head when asked about trying to slow down Caitlin Clark, the college women’s basketball sensation from Iowa.

Caitlin Clark had 44 points, eight rebounds and six assists, and No. 3 Iowa pulled away late from eighth-ranked Virginia Tech en route to an 80-76 victory in a neutral site game.

North Carolina coach Mack Brown is calling out the NCAA for dragging its heels on the case of transfer wide receiver Devontez Walker, who has not yet been ruled eligible.

LSU is going to the women's national championship game for the first time.

Ticket prices on the secondary market are substantially higher for the women’s Final Four than for the men.

Elizabeth Kitley scored 25 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, Georgia Amoore added 24 points and top-seeded Virginia Tech advanced to the Final Four for the first time in school history with an 84-74 win over No. 3 seed Ohio State in the Seattle 3 Regional final.

Georgia Amoore scored a career-high 29 points and top-seeded Virginia Tech advanced to the Elite Eight for the first time in school history with a 73-64 win over No. 4 seed Tennessee.

The women’s college basketball Sweet 16 features a new format and a bit of history when it begins later this week.

Georgia Amoore scored 25 points to help No. 8 Virginia Tech beat Louisville 75-67 on Sunday to win its first Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament title.

The battle for the national championship in women’s basketball is on.

The University of Virginia has canceled its game against rival Virginia Tech scheduled for Saturday following the slaying of three football players on campus just over a week ago.

New research says highly processed foods meet all the criteria used by the U.S. to classify cigarettes as an addictive substance.

First-year quarterback MJ Morris threw for three second-half touchdowns to help No. 24 North Carolina State rally from 18 down in the third quarter to beat Virginia Tech 22-21 on Thursday night.

Israel Abanikanda ran for 320 yards to break Tony Dorsett’s Pittsburgh record and scored six touchdowns in the Panthers’ 45-29 victory over Virginia Tech on Saturday.

Blake Watson scored on a 1-yard run with 33 seconds to play and Old Dominion beat Virginia Tech for the second time in as many tries on its home field, 20-17.

Groups across the state of Virginia work all year long to get students registered to vote in high school and college -- the idea being, if these students start young, they’ll vote their entire lives.

Andrew Jones scored 21 points, Marcus Carr beat the halftime buzzer with a shot from well beyond halfcourt to put Texas ahead for good, and the Longhorns beat Virginia Tech 81-73 for their first NCAA Tournament victory since 2014.

Karli Seay made a 3-pointer from the corner with 26 seconds remaining, and 12th-seeded Florida Gulf Coast ousted fifth-seeded Virginia Tech 84-81 despite a career-high 42 points by Elizabeth Kitley.

ESPN’s Basketball Power Index projected Michigan (16%) as one of the double-digit seeds with the best chance to reach the Sweet 16 in the 2022 NCAA Tournament.

No. 7 Duke faces Virginia Tech in the title game of the ACC Tournament.

Wake Forest meets Boston College in the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament looking for another win on its NCAA Tournament resume.

Paolo Banchero had 23 points and second-ranked Duke shot 62% after halftime to beat Virginia Tech 76-65 in its Atlantic Coast Conference opener.

Virginia coach Bronco Mendenhall is stepping down after the Cavaliers play their bowl game.

Virginia Tech athletic director Whit Babcock says Justin Fuente is out as the Hokies' football coach.

Jonathan Doerer kicked a 48-yard field goal with 17 seconds remaining, capping a dramatic rally to give No. 14 Notre Dame a 32-29 victory over Virginia Tech on Saturday night.

West Virginia survived No. 15 Virginia Tech’s furious rally from a 20-point deficit to beat the Hokies 27-21.

Teams from the Atlantic Coast Conference have some work to do to back assertions that they can play with anybody.

Arguments presented at a bond hearing for a Virginia Tech freshman linebacker charged with second-degree murder reveal that he told police he beat his victim after discovering that his Tinder match, “Angie,” was a man.

In 2016, 2013 and 1991, seed lines 1-15 all had a team reach the second round. UMBC in 2018 is still the only 16 seed to make the round of 32, but no 15 seed won that year. Ad___8:00 p.m.Don’t expect a track meet when Villanova and North Texas play in the second round of the South Region on Sunday. The matchup between the fifth-seeded Wildcats and 13th-seeded Mean Green features two of the most deliberately paced teams in the NCAA Tournament. UNC Wilmington’s John Goldsberry holds the record for most 3-point attempts without a miss in an NCAA Tournament game.

10 seed Virginia Tech 75-70 in a first-round game on Friday. He finished with 30 points and scored the final 12 of regulation for Virginia Tech. Virginia Tech hit 5 of its first 10 3-point attempts, but made just two the rest of the way. Virginia Tech coach Mike Young said he considered keeping Aluma on the bench to start overtime. AdHINKLE'S LIGHTThe first NCAA Tournament game at Hinkle Fieldhouse in 81 years was rife with history, nostalgia and ... sunlight.

(AP Photo/Paul Sancya)The Latest on the first round of the NCAA Tournament (all times Eastern):___6:50 p.m.Another first-round upset as 12th-seeded Oregon State defeated No. 9 seed Georgia Tech 71-60 on Friday to mark a triumphant return to the NCAA Tournament. Senior guard Bubba Parham, who is 5-10, got the start instead as Georgia Tech went with a guard-heavy look. AdIllinois will face eighth-seeded Loyola Chicago or ninth-seeded Georgia Tech in the second round of the Midwest Regional on Sunday. Ad___2:10 p.m.Players from several NCAA Tournament teams took a knee during the playing of the national anthem before their first-round games.

It’s the seventh consecutive postponement for A&M, which hasn’t played since beating Kansas State 68-61 on Jan. 30 in the SEC/Big 12 Challenge. The SEC has built in March 5-7 to make up games postponed because of COVID-19 protocols, but no makeup date has been determined. Kentucky’s Dec. 29 SEC game against South Carolina was also postponed. The school said Saturday that the Tar Heels will host Marquette on Wednesday, which comes after they had a fourth game postponed in Atlantic Coast Conference play. AdLast week the school added a nonconference game against Northeastern two days ahead of time after a game against No.

BLACKSBURG, Va. – Kenny Brooks has won nearly 63% of his games since becoming the Virginia Tech women’s basketball coach in 2016. Aisha Sheppard scored 18 of her 28 points in overtime to help Virginia Tech upset No. Virginia Tech had never beaten an opponent ranked higher than No. That was the difference.”AdElizabeth Kitley added 17 points and 11 rebounds, and Azana Baines had 16 points for Virginia Tech. Virginia Tech: Hosts North Carolina on Sunday.

Louisville coach Jeff Walz gestures during the first half of the team's NCAA college basketball game against Virginia Tech on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021, in Blacksburg, Va. (Matt Gentry/The Roanoke Times via AP, Pool)For the first time in school history, coach Jeff Walz has Louisville at No. 1 in The Associated Press women’s college basketball poll. Louisville received 20 first-place votes from a 29-member national media panel. UConn coach Geno Auriemma is tied with the late Pat Summitt for the second most victories in women’s basketball history. ___More AP women’s college basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/womens-college-basketball and https://twitter.com/AP_Top25

(AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)Virginia Tech is ending the nation’s longest bowl streak at 27 years. Hokies coach Justin Fuente said Wednesday the players decided to bypass postseason, ending their pandemic-hit season at 5-6. Kansas State lost its last five games but was in line for a bowl game because it finished seventh in the Big 12. Its opponent, UTSA, switched to the First Responders Bowl — likely against Kansas State before its own outbreak. The Frisco Bowl is among a dozen bowl games that have been canceled.

(AP Photo/Morry Gash)The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:___The Southeastern Conference championship game between No. This will be the ninth time Alabama and Florida have met in the SEC title game, which has been played in Atlanta since 1994. It was moved to take the place of the Michigan-Ohio State game, which was canceled due to COVID-19 issues within the Wolverines’ program. ___UConn has postponed a second men’s basketball game as it continues to deal with a player’s positive coronavirus test. Should the game be played, the winner of the Washington-Oregon matchup will be Pac-12 North champions and play in the conference title game on Dec. 18.

D’Eriq King threw for 255 yards and a touchdown and ran for a score, rallying the Hurricanes to a 25-24 victory over Virginia Tech on Saturday. Miami announced it had 13 players unavailable before the game, including three starters and several offensive linemen. Hendon Hooker paced Virginia Tech, throwing for 201 yards and rushing for 53 yards and a touchdown. “I hurt for them,” Virginia Tech coach Justin Fuente said of his players. Virginia Tech: The Hokies travel to Pittsburgh — if the Panthers are ready to play.

The Ivy League became the first Division I conference this year to cancel all winter sports, including mens and womens basketball. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)The Ivy League became the first Division I conference this year to cancel all winter sports, including men’s and women’s basketball. That's still well below the peak of about 2,200 deaths per day in late April,The Ivy League has tried to be in front of the virus. The Ivy League announcement affects not just basketball, but wrestling, indoor track and field, swimming, fencing and other sports. Also, Conference USA announced Rice at Louisiana Tech scheduled for Saturday had been postponed because of COVID-19 issues with La Tech.

Liberty's CJ Yarbrough catches a touchdown pass during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Virginia Tech, Saturday, Nov. 7 2020, in Blacksburg, Va. (Matt Gentry/The Roanoke Times via AP, Pool)

25 Liberty to a 38-35 victory over Virginia Tech. But officials ruled that Virginia Tech had called a timeout before the kick. “I’ve always done this,” Virginia Tech coach Justin Fuente said. Hendon Hooker paced Virginia Tech, throwing for 217 yards and three touchdowns and rushing for 156 yards and a touchdown. Virginia Tech: The Hokies play Miami at home on Saturday.

North Carolina running back Javonte Williams (25) scores a touchdown against Virginia Tech during the first half of an NCAA college football game in Chapel Hill, N.C., Saturday, Oct. 10, 2020. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

19 Virginia Tech. 19 Virginia Tech 56-45 on Saturday. Khalil Herbert ran for 138 yards and two touchdowns for Virginia Tech (2-1, 2-1), which again played shorthanded due to coronavirus and injury issues. “North Carolina’s explosive on offense,” Virginia Tech coach Justin Fuente said. Things got closer, but the Tar Heels rolled with an offense that looked equally as prolific whether throwing or running.

Louisiana-Lafayette and Appalachian State were among 10 new teams ranked Sunday in first regular-season Associated Press college football poll, which was stripped of the teams not yet scheduled to play a fall season. 9 Oregon, along with six other Big Ten and Pac-12 teams, dropped out of the rankings. Among the new teams in the rankings were Sun Belt powerhouses Louisiana-Lafayette at No. 23 and are the one team currently scheduled to play to fall out of the rankings after being in the preseason Top 25. 25 Pitt opened the season by beating Austin Peay 55-0 in a game that was shortened in the second half.

3 Clemson will try to stand its ground and run its winning streak to 26 games when the Tigers host Wake Forest on Saturday. It looked as though the game might decide the ACC Atlantic title until the Demon Deacons slipped up with a 36-17 loss at Virginia Tech last week. ABOUT CLEMSON (10-0, 7-0)The Tigers are the total package, ranking second in the nation in total offense and fourth in total defense. Wake Forest has outscored opponents 68-20 in points off turnovers. PREDICTION: Clemson 41, Wake Forest 14

ATLANTA Virginia Tech started October with an 0-2 ACC record and little hope of contending in the Coastal Division, but the Hokies head into Saturdays game at Georgia Tech squarely in the race. Junior linebacker David Curry recorded nine tackles and a sack last week, and leads the Yellow Jackets with 74 stops. Yellow Jackets freshman WR Ahmarean Brown has caught a touchdown pass from Graham in three consecutive games and owns five receiving scores this season. Virginia Tech is one victory shy of becoming bowl eligible for the 27th consecutive season. PREDICTION: Virginia Tech 27, Georgia Tech 17

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. Virginia sits atop the ACC Coastal Division entering Saturdays home game versus Georgia Tech, and Bryce Perkins begins the stretch drive after a career outing last week against North Carolina. Getting turnovers was a big deal, Georgia Tech coach Geoff Collins told reporters after the loss, as the Yellow Jackets converted those turnovers to just seven points. The Yellow Jackets rank second in the ACC and 20th in the country in pass defense (187.9 yards allowed per game). Georgia Tech WR Ahmarean Brown has four touchdown receptions, most by a Yellow Jackets true freshman since Calvin Johnson (seven, 2004). PREDICTION: Virginia 35, Georgia Tech 14

BLACKSBURG, Va. Missing three weeks with a left shoulder injury didn't seem to bother Wake Forest quarterback Jamie Newman in the least. LINE: Wake Forest -2. Virginia Tech is 4-1 against Wake Forest since joining the ACC but lost the last meeting between the two programs - a 6-3 double-overtime affair in Winston-Salem in 2014. Virginia Tech has used three starting QBs this season for the first time since 1998 (Al Clark, Dave Meyer, Nick Sorensen). PREDICTION: Wake Forest 31, Virginia Tech 23

(AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)SOUTH BEND, IN Ian Book delivered the type of clutch, game-winning drive that can make Notre Dame fans forgive the quarterbacks' mistakes. After getting blown out at Michigan last week, Notre Dame faced some harsh criticism. After two incomplete passes, Notre Dame caught Virginia Tech in a blitz and Book ran away from it and darted into the end zone. "Just a lot of grit and perseverance," Notre Dame tight end Cole Kmet said. "It's a tough locker room in there," Virginia Tech coach Justin Fuente said.

NOTRE DAME, Ind. Just watching the (Michigan) game, I know that we will see the Notre Dame team that we saw in all the weeks before that, Hokies coach Justin Fuente told reporters. Notre Dame senior OL Tommy Kraemer is expected to miss 4-6 weeks after suffering an MCL sprain against Michigan. The Irish won 45-23 at Virginia Tech last season and the Hokies won the first meeting 34-31 at Notre Dame in 2016. PREDICTION: Notre Dame 34, Virginia Tech 24

BLACKSBURG, Va. – North Carolina used its bye week to rest and reset, and now looks to push toward an ACC Coastal Division title starting Saturday at Virginia Tech. LINE: North Carolina -3.5"It's there for us," Brown told reporters Monday, following a week during which he gave his players Friday and Saturday off. "We've been holding our own and winning those battles," Virginia Tech coach Justin Fuente told reporters Monday. North Carolina and Virginia Tech are tied for second in the ACC with a 95.8 percent red-zone scoring percentage. PREDICTION: North Carolina 33, Virginia Tech 27More college football scores

... Now, we just have to look at how we can fix some of our issues and our self-inflicted wounds which are keeping us from being a good football team right now. "We have to get our defense playing like the Miami Hurricanes defense. Miami leads the series 9-7 but Virginia has won five of the last nine meetings, including a 16-13 decision at home against a ranked Hurricanes team last season. The Hurricanes showed big-play ability against Virginia Tech with three of their five touchdowns covering at least 25 yards. PREDICTION: Virginia 27, Miami 23More college football scoresCopyright 2019 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit - All rights reserved.

MIAMI - It's back to the gridiron for Miami (Fla.) after a week off following an unexpectedly narrow 17-12 victory at home over non-conference foe Central Michigan. "(Head coach Justin Fuente) wants to find an identity, but we want to be known like what we say: Hard, smart, tough," Hokies offensive lineman Lecitus Smith told reporters. Bud Foster's defense (352.3 yards per game) gave up scores (six TDs, one field goal) on seven of Duke's final eight possessions last week. The Hurricanes have played in three games decided by five points or fewer, winning just once (against Central Michigan). PREDICTION: Miami 30, Virginia Tech 20More college football scoresCopyright 2019 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit - All rights reserved.

It was a heartbreaking anniversary for Heidi Lynn Childs and David Lee Metzler, the sweethearts from Virginia Tech who were slain 10 years ago. Heidis mom, Laura Childs, choked up as she and her husband spoke at a local news conference about their daughter. She missed her sisters and her brothers high school and college graduation.Heidis sisters stood by, trying to contain their emotion. Heidi and David, who were 18 and 19 at the time of their murder, were sophomores at Virginia Tech. On Aug. 26, 2009, they drove up to an isolated spot in the Jefferson National Forest popular among Virginia Tech students.

DETROIT If you live in Flint, you certainly feel like we hit another Flashpoint last week in that city's long-running odyssey. On Thursday, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced she was dropping all of the standing charges in the Flint water investigation and basically rebooting the entire case. That the highest lead levels might actually have been from before Flint's water was switched over to the Flint river. It's a lot to sort through -- and on Sunday morning we tried to get to the bottom of it with Dr. Marc Edwards from Virginia Tech who talked about his new findings. Segment One:Marc Edwards of Virginia Tech discusses his new finding on the Flint Water CrisisSegment Two:Former state senate majority leader, Randy Richardville and Detroit area journalist Stephen Henderson talk about what happened this week with the Flint Water Crisis investigationSegment Three:Dan Carmody, president of the Eastern Market Corporation talks about the historic area's future.

Flowers form a small memorial in front of a bar in the Oregon District following Sunday's mass shooting on Aug. 5, 2019, in Dayton, Ohio. (CNN) - Organizers have canceled a Dayton, Ohio, gun show that was set to take place this weekend just a few miles from the scene of Sunday's mass shooting. C&E Gun Shows Inc. announced the cancellation on its website and Facebook page and offered its condolences to the community. New Zealand's largest gun show was canceled in March after a gunman killed 51 people at two Christchurch mosques. Gun shows were also canceled in Las Vegas after the 2017 shooting at the Route 91 music festival.

FLINT, Mich. – Mayor Karen Weaver held a news conference Friday morning to discuss the ongoing Flint water crisis. Weaver provided an update to the FAST Start initiative, a program to replace all the lead service lines in Flint and restore safe, clean drinking water. Weaver is also expected to discuss plans to hire Flint residents to increase water and filter distribution. Virginia Tech Professor Marc Edwards announced the results of the most recent Flint water tests Friday. READ: Virginia Tech Professor Marc Edwards to release recent Flint water test resultsCOMPLETE COVERAGE: Flint water crisisStay with Local 4 and ClickonDetroit.com for updates to the Flint water crisis.

MARTINSVILLE, Va. – Tuesday night's down-to-the-wire Sugar Bowl victory for the University Michigan was quite sweet for Michigan International Speedway president Roger Curtis, but a bit sour for Martinsville Speedway president Clay Campbell. The game was a nail-biter to the very end, and while I'm obviously pleased Michigan won, it was a thrilling game for fans of both teams." The bet was simple: if the Hokies won, Curtis would have travelled to Martinsville to serve the Famous Martinsville Speedway Hotdog® to media. If Michigan won, Campbell would visit MIS to serve the Coney Dogs to the press. Founded in 1947 by the late H.Clay Earles, Martinsville Speedway is the only track remaining on the NASCAR Sprint Cup circuit that hosted an event in the series' inaugural year, 1949.