The Virginia football practice facility continues to make progress. Here’s a picture that was posted on Facebook by Hoo’s in the ‘Ville. Like the page to keep up with the UVa program in the community.

Hoo-Tube Video Of The Day

The Afternoon Break includes a daily video. This Friday, the 2012 Olympics open in London so this week The Afternoon Break is featuring Dawn Staley in the video section. Staley, who was inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in early June, is a three-time Olympic gold medalist (1996, 2000, 2004) and she carried the flag for the USA in the opening ceremony for the 2004 Olympics.

Break Links

• The folks over at Virginia Sports TV tweeted about hype songs for HooVision this fall so we started a thread. Join in!
• The Olympic Sports board has a message board link to a fun USA Swimming video that includes Lauren Perdue and Matt Mclean, who are representing UVa and the USA in London.
• The Corner variety pack: Jackson Hole, Wyoming, suggestions, Scott or Johnson with AC/DC, torque, history podcasts, ELO, and tablets.

Daily Retweet

This portion of the break looks at TheSabre.com’s favorite Twitter retweet of the day. Follow @thesabre.

Today’s retweet is from UVa field hockey player Paige Selenski (follow ‏@paigeselenski), who is a member of the U.S. Field Hockey Team at the Olympics! The USA opens play on Sunday at 4:15 p.m. ET against Germany. Make sure to check out Selenski (No. 20) and fellow Hoo Michelle Vittesse (No. 9) in action in London. Here’s the field hockey schedule from NBC. Fans can also read this recent article on Selenski. Here’s a list of UVa athletes in London as well.

‏@paigeselenski: Trying to contain my excitement. Opening ceremonies are so soon!!!! #olympics #london2012

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