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Street Knowledge is hosted by Chris Graham, the award-winning editor of The Augusta Free Press (Waynesboro, Va.), with episodes highlighting local news, Virginia and national politics, arts and culture, mental health, sports and professional wrestling.

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Interview: Waynesboro City Council candidate Lorie Strother talks with AFP

Oct 25 2024 34 mins

Lorie Strother, a candidate for the Ward A seat on Waynesboro City Council, sits down for an interview with AFP editor Chris Graham to discuss the 2024 election. The biggest issue facing the city involves the lack of affordable housing, which plays into the growth in the homeless population. Strother, who was homeless herself as a teen, shares her perspective on what the city needs

UVA Basketball: Ron Sanchez addresses media for first time as interim head coach

Oct 24 2024 11 mins

I hate that I feel the need to start this story about Ron Sanchez being formally rolled out as the interim head coach at UVA Basketball by addressing an interwebs rumor, but this is the world we live in.

UVA Basketball: Tony Bennett, with humility, decides, it’s finally time

Oct 23 2024 40 mins

Tony Bennett, after giving a lot of thought to things during a weekend trip on the Rappahanock River, decided, on Wednesday, so, two days ago, that he was going to step down from the UVA Basketball job. It was far from a spur-of-the-moment decision; he’d been going back and forth about his future in college basketball for the past three years. “The thing that has choked me up t

UVA Basketball: ‘Towering Fraud’ Pat Forde gets one last lick in at Tony Bennett

Oct 23 2024 18 mins

Dean Smith retired on Oct. 9, 1997, to engineer giving the North Carolina job to Bill Guthridge, and SI.com columnist Pat Forde was so offended that he helped create an award in Smith’s honor.

Donald Trump's Daddy paid him $300K a year at age 3, but now he can make French fries!

Oct 23 2024 11 mins

Like Kamala Harris, I worked at a McDonald’s, in my case in high school. Unlike Donald Trump, I never got a French fry certification pin for learning how to drop a basket of fries in the grease, which takes all of five seconds to master.

NASCAR Cup Series: Joey Logano wins Las Vegas, a spot in the Championship 4

Oct 23 2024 16 mins

Two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Joey Logano executed Team Penske’s fuel strategy flawlessly on Sunday, securing victory in the South Point 400 Playoff race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. This win earned him the first of four spots in the NASCAR Cup Series Championship 4.

Catching Up With: Former Mid-Atlantic heavyweight champion Sam Houston

Oct 19 2024 59 mins

Sam Houston has been involved with professional wrestling his entire life. The son of Grizzly Smith, Houston’s family is ingrained in the fabric of the business. His older brother is WWE Hall of Famer Jake “The Snake” Roberts, and his younger sister is former WWE women’s champion Rockin’ Robin. From setting up the ring and shuttling wrestlers across Louisiana as a teenage

23XI Racing, Front Row Motorsports seek injunction in suit over NASCAR charters

Oct 19 2024 36 mins

Front Row Motorsports has not turned a profit in its 20 years in NASCAR, according to a court filing from its owner, Bob Jenkins, who along with Michael Jordan at 23XI Racing is suing the privately-owned racing circuit to challenge the legality of its charter system, aimed at teams being able to get a bigger share of NASCAR’s $3 billion annual revenues.

Tony Bennett steps down as UVA Basketball coach

Oct 19 2024 40 mins

Tony Bennett retired on Friday after 15 seasons as the head coach for the UVA Basketball program. AFP editor Chris Graham was at Bennett's retirement press conference on Friday, and reports on the mood in the room, which, yes, obviously somber, looks back on what led to the shocking move by Bennett, and ahead to the prospects for the upcoming UVA hoops season, and beyond.

Prayers for AEW stars Dax Harwood, Cash Wheeler, Adam Copeland in Asheville

Sep 29 2024 44 mins

This week’s “Street Knowledge” podcast on AEW, with AFP editor Chris Graham and columnist Ray Petree, opens with a segment acknowledging the tragic flooding down in Western Carolina, including Asheville, N.C., the home of AEW stars Dax Harwood, Cash Wheeler and Adam Copeland. “Dax Harwood kind of lives on social media, it seems, and he did post yesterday, just that the stor