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Chesapeake’s Brenden “Butterbean” Queen, shown celebrating last year's victory in the Hampton Heat 200, will pursue a record third consecutive victory in the race Saturday night. (Kendall Warner/Staff)

Rising NASCAR star ‘Butterbean’ chases third straight Hampton Heat title

Queen's accelerating rise through the stock-car racing ranks includes the 2024 CARS Tour title and the points lead this season in the ARCA Menards Series, the top two NASCAR feeders.

Former Little League star and Hampton University softball player Mo'ne Davis will try out for the Women's Professional Baseball League, which is set to start next year. (Mike Caudill/Freelance)

Mo’ne Davis to try out for new women’s pro baseball league

Former Lafayette High star Luke Hanson, who was part of two College World Series teams at the University of Virginia, is headed to the Texas Rangers' rookie camp next week. (Olivia McLucas/UVA Sports)

Former UVA, Lafayette baseball star ready to get started with Texas Rangers

Hampton University volleyball players Taylor Shumate, left, and Morgan Warren helped lead an HBCU all-star team to the title in the Ditsala International Cup in Gaborone, Botswana. (Courtesy of Hampton University)

Hampton duo helps HBCU team win volleyball tournament in Africa

Driver Atley Wiese, 16, talks with his pit crew in between practice laps at Larry King Law’s Langley Speedway in Hampton on Saturday, July 12, 2025. (Kendall Warner / The Virginian-Pilot)

16-year-old Atley Wiese on the rise at Langley Speedway as driver, announcer

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