Chris Greisen

SATURDAY UPDATE: The league that is always short of money is now trying to buy one more thing — time. The cash-strapped United Football League announced Saturday it will postpone the second half of its season until the spring of 2013 before...

Evidently, all the Virginia Destroyers needed was a little time. Nine days after a disappointing performance in their season opener, the defending United Football League champions snapped back into title-winning form in their home debut and held off...

A little over a week ago, the slogan may as well have been, "Ready or not, here come the Virginia Destroyers!" The answer turned out to be "or not" — the hastily assembled Destroyers bowed out meekly at Las Vegas 19-6 on Sept. 26 in their season...

LAS VEGAS — There is no preseason in the United Football League. But if there were, the Virginia Destroyers would have been in perfect form.  The Destroyers, who had only been practicing on the field for five days, showed they were in dire need...

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Chris Greisen remembers the feeling. "And it stinks," the Virginia Destroyers quarterback said. Greisen and 20 of his current teammates were on the Florida Tuskers team that dropped a 23-20 decision to Las Vegas in the 2010 UFL championship game. The...

VIRGINIA BEACH — There may have been a two-time Academy Award winner on the sidelines, but for Virginia Destroyers fans, the biggest star on the field Friday night was running backDominic Rhodes. The former Indianapolis Colts star ran for a...

Midway through the second quarter, a chant started up in Section 100 of the Sportsplex: "Mar-ty Ball! Mar-ty Ball!" The chant didn't catch on. But if this is any indication of how the Virginia Destroyers will perform, there's a pretty good chance the...

Kyle Whitehurst never dreamed of playing professional football in Hampton Roads. Which is just as well, because at times getting the United States Football League's Virginia Destroyers up and running has been more of a nightmare. But after a drama-filled...

Chris Greisen directed Virginia to two second-quarter touchdowns and Delbert Alvarado kicked three field goals Thursday to lead Virginia to a 23-13 victory over Omaha in the opening game of the United Football League season. The win, before an...

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