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Press Room
To view the highlights of the 2007 Hampton Roads Youth Foundation Event weekend July 12-14, 2007 please click on the below link. The video includes highlights of the 2nd Annual Gridiron Legends Golf Classic, Hampton Roads Gridiron Legends Gala with keynote speaker Coach Mike Tomlin, Pittsburgh Steelers, 2 Day Youth Football Camp, and the NFL Players Bowling Party."
http://www.gearshiftvideo.com/hamptonroads/
July 15, 2007
Francis’ camp like a family
Carl Francis began with a local sports camp, of which there are dozens. Longevity, vision and connections have set it apart.
Francis' Peninsula All-Star Football Camp -- the 11th edition concluded last weekend -- includes the standard and joyous frenzy of kids turned loose on a perfect summer's day. There's football instruction, life lessons and free grub to boot. More...
July 15, 2007
Hampton Roads Youth Foundation camp wraps up
There is not a pro football franchise within the state lines of Virginia and the two in-state Division I colleges are both over two and a half hours away by car meaning that football junkies in the Tidewater area latch on to the Friday night heroes as the players to talk about. More...
July 14, 2007, 9:03 PM EDT
Decidedly less roar from Williams
Former Virginia Tech defensive back Jimmy Williams is settling into life in the NFL -- quietly.
NEWPORT NEWS -- If character issues still dog Jimmy Williams, no evidence of that struggle was visible Saturday.
Williams, a Bethel High graduate and Virginia Tech product preparing for his second NFL season with Atlanta, was one of several current and former pros guiding area high school players through drills at the Peninsula All-Star Football Camp at Christopher Newport University. More...
July 13, 2007
Mike Tomlin speaks at Hampton Roads Dinner
Who is Mike Tomlin?
If you google his name, you will find that he is the first year Head Coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers. He is a kid who graduated from Denbigh High School then attended William & Mary where he played wide receiver for the school. More...
Tomlin is favorite son, fortunate one
Mike Tomlin is proud to be from the Peninsula. And we're proud of him.
He began by telling the crowd of family, friends and gawkerazzi that he is no different than they are -- an accurate, if incomplete, assessment.
Mike Tomlin is indeed a Peninsula guy. He can navigate Mercury Boulevard and can get to Patrick Henry Mall and Darling Stadium and Paul's Deli. His deep roots here mean that he is never more than three minutes from someone he knows or someone who knows him and his family. More...
July 8, 2007, 11:53 PM EDT
Tomlin to speak at Gala
Daily Press
Peninsula native and first-year Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin is scheduled to be the keynote speaker Thursday at the second Legends of the Gridiron Gala at the Hampton Roads Convention Center. Tickets to the event, which benefits the Hampton Roads Youth Foundation, cost $40. Before the gala, there will be a benefit golf tournament. For information, call 886-3079. More...
June 20, 2007
Hampton Roads Youth Foundation Football Camp
Just over a month ago, I wrote about the 11th Annual Hampton Roads Youth Foundation Football Camp scheduled for July 12-14, 2007 as the group will bring former Peninsula high school players, current college players and NFL stars back to the Hampton / Newport News area to give youngsters football and life lessons. More...
PHOTO SPREAD ON THE CAMP: http://virginiapreps.rivals.com/photofeature.asp?SID=914&fid=17854
May 21, 2007
11th Annual Hampton Roads Youth Foundation Weekend
Anyone around the high school football scene knows that, in the Hampton Roads area, football is a year-round activity. Most teams hit the weight rooms in January and February to prepare for the combine / camp circuit in March, April and May before participating in the June and July passing leagues / tournaments which takes them into August practice and the regular season. Many of the camp and combine events can blend into a blur as players run, lift and test their way through the offseason, but one event in the area stands out every year -- the Hampton Roads Youth Foundation Celebration Weekend. More...
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