WANTED TO REPLACE DRISCOLL ... SOMONE EXACTLY LIKE DRISCOLL

 Of all things … briefly told (at least that’s the goal): 

If you’ve got lots of energy, have a gift of gab, are a 

people person and fund-raising is your idea of a 

good time … then check it out. The Virginia State 

Sports Hall of Fame is calling your name … 

Executive director WILL DRISCOLL has 

resigned after eight fun-filled years to join LifeNet 

Health, a Virginia Beach-based company that 

locates organ transplants for people in need ... But, 

before the Hall names a replacement, there are a 

number of questions to be answered … such as: 

should the headquarters be moved, from Virginia 

Beach to, say, Henrico County? … which seems to 

be the prevailing opinion. Oh … and uh … can the 

Hall count on the General Assembly to come up 

with the funds needed long-term to keep it from 

going under? … To the latter Driscoll, ever the 

optimist, gives a resounding “YES.” At the same 

time he wants everyone, most of all worthy 

candidates for the position, to understand why he’s 

leaving, effective March 1. “I know you are not 

going to believe this,” Driscoll said, “but it has 

nothing to do with the struggles we are going 

through … and has everything to do with 

something that was an opportunity too good to turn 

down.”

Driscoll isn’t abandoning the state HoF. He’s 

remaining as a member of the board and will be 

point man for the 2025 induction ceremony 

April 26 at The Westin Virginia Beach. This 

year’s class of inductees includes TV basketball 

analyst DAN BONNER, a resident of 

Waynesboro and U.Va., alumnus who played 

hoops as an undergraduate and later coached 

the women’s team … The 2026 and 2027 

induction weekends will be celebrated at the 

new Henrico Events and Sports Center on the 

north side … where the 2024 ceremony was 

held for the first time outside of the Hampton 

Roads/Tidewater area … all part of Driscoll’s 

plan to bring the Hall to all parts of the state 

and drum up interest.

-------  So … a Hanover County official accuses The 

Times-Dispatch of bad journalism because … the 

supervisors (board of) weren’t given enough time to get 

their stories straight regarding the suspension of the 

high school baseball team? Get serious! … To think 

they redacted practically all results of an investigation 

into what apparently was a hazing incident (incidents?) 

likewise leaves the Freedom of Information Act just 

about worthless, a joke … that is no laughing matter … 

What a waste! Sooner or later someone with direct 

knowledge of what went down will fess up to set the 

record straight. It is always better to get out in front of 

misleading information and/or gossip … Meanwhile, the 

county looks foolish … especially, it says here, hiring an 

outside source – seemingly learning on the job – to 

handle the inquiry and presumably make a 

recommendation … at an outrageous price.

------- Raise your hand if you believe …

…..  VIC FANGIO, Philadephia Eagles’ defensive 

coordinator, did not call one blitz in Sunday’s 40-22 

Super Bowl romp over Kansas City … OK, so who 

did?

….. This country’s 17-under soccer team should be 

very proud of itself, punishing the Virgin Islands 

22-0. One player scored 10 goals, which was bad 

enough, except he had three of them in the second 

half. U.S., reserves accounted for two goals … I 

know, I know … the coach will say something 

nutty like he couldn’t, in good conscience, tell his 

hard-working athletes not to do their best … that it 

was their opponents who should be criticized … for 

not doing better. Yeh, right!

Until next time ...