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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Three Virginia women’s basketball student-athletes were named to the 2024-25 All-ACC Academic Team, the league office announced Monday (April 28). Kymora Johnson, Taylor Lauterbach and Casey Valenti-Paea were among the league’s honorees. Johnson and Lauterbach were each honored for the second consecutive season. Academic requirements for selection to the All-ACC Academic Team are a 3.0-grade point average for the previous semester and a 3.0 cumulative average during one’s academic career. In addition, student-athletes must compete in at least 50 percent of their team’s contests. 2024-25 Virginia All-ACC Women’s Basketball Academic Team Selections **Kymora Johnson, G, So., Arts & Sciences **Taylor Lauterbach, C, Gr., Higher Education Casey Valenti-Paea, G, Gr., Higher Education * – Indicates the number of career All-ACC Academic Team distinctions

Oli Scarff/Getty Images X, formerly Twitter, has changed a lot over the years, but occasionally, there’s a conversation that restores the feeling. Over the weekend, one person questioned if 100 people could defeat one gorilla, and endless jokes ensued. “i think 100 ni**as could beat 1 gorilla everybody just gotta be dedicated to the sh*t,” one user wrote on Friday (April 25) with laughing emojis. There were a myriad of responses to this, ranging from serious explanations of how lethal gorillas could be, to suggestions on the type of combatants that should comprise the collective of 100 people, pure delusional confidence from some folks, and humorous depictions of how gorillas would act after handling their enemies. One X user shared a video of Steve Harvey making money noises during a stand-up show and wrote, “When I’ve just seen 99 ni**as get massacred and I’ve gotta confuse the gorilla I’m just as mad as he is.” Another user shared a clip of Pinky from Next Friday saying, “Sh*t, that ni**a had me scared but I held my own, f**k that” and included the following caption: “Me after the gorilla passes out and dies before he gets to me because he got

PALO ALTO, Calif. – The Cavaliers were hot at the plate on Saturday (April 26), pounding out 13 hits and a pair of home runs as No. 25 Virginia (35-15, 14-9 ACC) downed No. 15 Stanford (34-10, 12-8 ACC) by a score of 9-4 at Stanford Stadium. With the win, the Cavaliers evened the weekend series with the Cardinal. Jade Hylton also set the Virginia single-season home run record with one of the Hoos’ two home runs on the day. The Hoos have a new single-season home run leader! Jade Hylton takes over with her 16th of the year!#GoHoos | #HoosNext pic.twitter.com/2OkCw1sykn — Virginia Softball (@UVASoftball) April 26, 2025 HOW IT HAPPENED Virginia scored in the first with an RBI double to the wall in left from Macee Eaton. Kelly Ayer scored on the two-out hit after reaching on a single and stealing second. The Cavaliers then doubled the lead with an RBI single in the third inning from Sydney Hartgrove to drive in Sarah Coon. Stanford took the lead in the bottom of the third with a three-run home run with two outs from Kyra Chan. Virginia responded in the top of the fourth with a three-run home run

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Check out the best reactions to the Bengals drafting Shemar Stewart in round 1 pick 17. Shemar Stewart KILLED IT during the Draft cycle.We all know about the amazing Combine, but his Senior Bowl performance was even more important to me… DOMINANT. pic.twitter.com/nwwRzxGbIK— NFL Draft Files (@NFL_DF) April 25, 2025 Shemar Stewart is my guy now. I want him to go eat people alive. You’re here? You’re my guy.— Willie Lutz (@willie_lutz) April 25, 2025 Shemar Stewart. Chance to be a superstar. DISRUPTION IS PRODUCTION!!! #WhoDey— Chris Simms (@CSimmsQB) April 25, 2025 My official comp for Shemar Stewart is the t-rex chasing the car in Jurassic park. You can see him in your rear view mirror but he’s gaining on you and there’s nothing you can do to avoid it. pic.twitter.com/uc02AhGdKr— Andy Herman (@AndyHermanNFL) March 24, 2025 The Bengals need pass rushers and Shemar Stewart has everything you want in one. Big, long and an explosive athlete with prototypical measurables and production that will only get better with coaching. He can run, is strong on the edge and had 79 QB pressures in 37 games.#NFL pic.twitter.com/cybomulpoI— Robert Griffin III (@RGIII) April 25, 2025

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April 25, 2025Softball will battle the No.12-ranked Arizona Wildcats at SDSU Softball Stadium at 6 p.m. PT. Mountain West Netwprk Live Stats

A senior Norfolk Reform UK official has deleted a series of social media posts described by opponents as "conspiracy theories and crude scribbling". David Harding, chairman of the party's Great Yarmouth branch, had published a series of comments on his Twitter/X account attacking figures including the King, and using offensive terms to describe politicians. In one post, he responded to an image of the monarch, shown with a thought bubble saying "Should I dissolve Starmer?", with the remark that "Charles is part of the problem, sold his soul to the WEF ". Responding to another tweet, which pictured former prime ministers David Cameron, Boris Johnson, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, Mr Harding used an offensive term to describe them. Dave Harding, chairman of the Great Yarmouth Reform UK branch (Image: Submitted) King Charles III (Image: Victoria Jones/PA Wire) He also shared a photo of former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn with a penis drawn on his head. READ MORE: Norfolk MP launches fresh attack on 'woke bastion' and calls for changes READ MORE: Probe into death of forklift driver with broken neck Mr Harding, who served for 14 years in the Royal Green Jackets, declined to comment when asked about the

Defending champion Iga Swiatek avoided a second loss to Alexandra Eala in a WTA 1000 event in as many months with a three-set comeback at the Mutua Madrid Open on Thursday, coming from a set and a break down to top the teenager from the Philippines, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2. Madrid: Draws | Scores | Order of play | Tournament info Swiatek lost in a surprising straight sets to Eala in the quarterfinals in Miami, and in Madrid, she looked on course for another stunner as she fell behind a set and a break, 6-4, 3-2. But this time, the World No. 2 steadied, and won five consecutive games from 4-4 in the second set before finishing off the comeback in 2 hours and 15 minutes. Swiatek avoided her earliest loss at a WTA 1000 event in nearly four years, having last lost in the second round of a tournament of this magnitude at the 2021 Cincinnati Open. She has won 58 consecutive opening matches at Hologic WTA Tour events, including the United Cup and WTA Finals, dating back to a first round-robin loss to Maria Sakkari at the 2021 year-end championships. "It wasn't easy to get into the rhythm and feel the right timing, so I'm happy