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The Portsmouth Invitational Tournament, (PIT), is the oldest amateur basketball tournament in the United States and the only postseason camp restricted to college basketball seniors.

The four-day tournament format consists of twelve games (eight teams of eight players each play three games) and has been held annually since 1953.[3] The tournament is recognized by the National Basketball Association (NBA) and European scouts as a showcase for future professional players.[4] Approximately 200 NBA representatives attend the event.

The tournament typically begins the first or second Wednesday that follows the championship game of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. All games are played at Churchland High School in Portsmouth, Virginia. Admission to day games is free, single-night general admission tickets are available at the door. Discounted four-day passes are sold at the Portsmouth Visitor Center.

NBA players who are alumni of the Portsmouth Invitational include Scottie Pippen, Dennis Rodman, John Stockton, Tim Hardaway, Ben Wallace, Avery Johnson, Jeremy Lin, Rick Barry, Dave Cowens, and Earl Monroe.




I might check out a few games ...

one of my clubs is in P-town ...bout 10 mins from Churchland ... :yes:
 

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Dr. Marie McDemmond, Norfolk State University’s first woman president, has died

The first woman to be named president of Norfolk State University, Dr. Marie V. McDemmond, died Wednesday at the age of 76.

McDemmond served as president from 1997 to 2005, before retiring due to illness. She made history by becoming the first Black woman to lead a four-year college in Virginia and the first woman to be named president of NSU when she took the job.
 

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Portsmouth native and 5-time Grammy winner Missy Elliott will return to her alma mater — Manor High School — this afternoon for the dedication of Missy Elliott Boulevard.

The free dedication ceremony will be held from 3:30-6:30 p.m. Monday at Manor High School’s football stadium, located at 1401 Elmhurst Lane in Portsmouth.

The ceremony will include a parade that will begin in the stadium, and remarks by Portsmouth leaders, Congressman Bobby Scott and Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin. Doors will open at 2 p.m. Attendees can approach on Elmhurst Lane traveling from Airline Boulevard.

Local high school and college bands will perform at the parade. The college bands slated to make an appearance are the Norfolk State University Marching Band, Hampton University Marching Band and Elizabeth City State University Marching Band. The high school bands participating will be Churchland High School Band, Manor High School Band and I.C. Norcom High School Band.

Elliott herself will be at Missy Elliott Boulevard to take pictures. Other big names in hip hop expected to attend are Virginia-native Pusha T, Trey Songz and Timbaland.
 

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Rivers Casino Portsmouth Celebrates Grand Opening!
RIVERS CASINO PORTSMOUTH

3630 Victory Blvd
Portsmouth, Virginia 23701

Rivers Casino Portsmouth is a $340 million casino resort located three miles southwest of downtown Portsmouth. The casino opened Jan. 23, 2023 and features 1,448 slot machines, 57 table games, a 24-table poker room, high-limit gaming areas and a BetRivers sportsbook. A 4-star hotel will open at a future date.
 

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Virginia State survives gaffe in final seconds and beats Norfolk State in wild finish - YouTube. Upton Bailey rushed for 183 yards and a score on 18 carries and Virginia State survived a gaffe in the final seconds to defeat Norfolk State 33-24 in a season opener on Saturday. :smh:


Grant Wells threw three touchdown passes and rushed for a score to lead Virginia Tech to a 36-17 season-opening win over Old Dominion on Saturday night.
 

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Rivers Casino Portsmouth Celebrates Grand Opening!
RIVERS CASINO PORTSMOUTH

3630 Victory Blvd
Portsmouth, Virginia 23701

Rivers Casino Portsmouth is a $340 million casino resort located three miles southwest of downtown Portsmouth. The casino opened Jan. 23, 2023 and features 1,448 slot machines, 57 table games, a 24-table poker room, high-limit gaming areas and a BetRivers sportsbook. A 4-star hotel will open at a future date.

My band has played there 5-6 times already. Nice spot.
 

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Norfolk State fight not enough in NCAA Tournament first round loss to Stanford​

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PALO ALTO, Ca. (WTKR) — After losing to South Carolina in the 2023 NCAA Tournament, Gamecocks coach Dawn Staley made sure to point out that Norfolk State never played like a 16-seed.
The Spartans once again showing that fight on Friday night against Stanford, but the effort not enough to calm down the Cardinal powerhouse.
Behind 18 points from Elena Bosgana and Cameron Brink's 17 points and 15 rebounds, Stanford held off NSU's challenge in a 79-50 game.
From the tip, Norfolk State showing no signs of intimidation against the second seeded Cardinal, trailing 15-12 after the opening quarter. After Tara VanDerveer's group opened up a 16-point advantage in the second frame, the Spartans stayed locked in with a couple of buckets down the stretch to go to the locker rooms down 32-19.
Stanford would open things up out of the half, taking a 40-21 lead just a minute into the third quarter. Again, the green and gold would whittle it down to 13 on three straight field goals from MEAC Player of the Year Kierra Wheeler.
The host team, however, would never let it get closer, grabbing a 58-37 lead going to the final quarter and only growing it for the final ten minutes.

Diamond Johnson would finished the game with a team-high 19 points while Wheeler posted 17 points and eight rebounds. The Spartans turned the Cardinal over 14 times and gave the ball away on nine occasions, but nine three-pointers from Stanford made up the difference. Bosgana and Hannah Jump tallied much of that hot-shooting performance, nailing four triples a piece.
Norfolk State's 15-game winning streak came to a close with the loss, the season ending at 27-6. It's the green and gold's second straight season making the NCAA Tournament, the first time the program accomplished that milestone in its Dl history.
 
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The Wailers are coming to Chesapeake! They’ll be performing alongside Jeremy Jackson and Steve Forss at Rock The Park, the outdoor fundraiser concert at Chesapeake City Park on Saturday June 22nd!
The Wailers Band is a reggae band formed by former members of Bob Marley and the Wailers after his death in 1981, one of several spinoffs from Marley's original group.
 

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I used to go down there and fuck alot back in the day. Treated the place as my own bordello, but for the free. You know how niggas from "Uptop" used to come to town ejaculate in your hoes and have you raise the kids, because t is the "honorable" thing to do.
 

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Between 1986 and 1989, a series of brutal murders along the Colonial Parkway in Virginia left eight young people dead and a community in fear. These horrific cases, known as the Colonial Parkway Murders, involved four couples who were attacked in isolated areas, their bodies discovered in or near their vehicles. Despite extensive investigations, the perpetrator(s) remain unidentified, leaving these cases as some of the most haunting unsolved mysteries in American history.
 
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