John Wuehrmann answers the question he often hears - "Will the Virginia Destroyers play another football season?" - with his own question - "When did we say we wouldn't play another football season?"

NEWPORT NEWS PeoplExpress Airlines Inc. has named the owner of a United Football League team as its chairman of the board.

VIRGINIA BEACH

The Virginia Destroyers Cheerleaders will be holding preliminary auditions on Saturday at Epic Cheer and Dance at 1024 Bells Road in Virginia Beach.

Registration is at 8:30 a.m. and women 18 and older by April 21st are eligible. No dance or cheerleading experience is required. Visit Facebook.com/DestroyersCheerleading for more information.

As United Football League operations remain on hold, the public presence of the Virginia Destroyers is shrinking from view. The team is in the process of closing its Virginia Beach Town Center office and will use vacant space for free at the U.S. field hockey national training center at the Virginia Beach Sportsplex.

Tuesday's resignation of United Football League commissioner Michael Huyghue won't alter the league's intent to play a fourth season, according to Bill Mayer, who funds the UFL-champion Virginia Destroyers.

Marty Schottenheimer confirmed that he was to interview in Naples, Fla., on Tuesday to become head coach of the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Tuesday afternoon in Naples, Fla.

Marty Schottenheimer said Monday morning he could interview for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coaching job as early as Tuesday. A report by Chris Mortensen on ESPN.com cited unnamed sources as saying Schottenheimer, who coached the Virginia Destroyers to the United Football League championship last fall, would talk with the Bucs on Tuesday.

The United Football League's fate rests upon expanding from four to six teams by early spring, league commissioner Michael Huyghue said Wednesday. To continue, the three-year-old UFL - whose champion is the Virginia Destroyers - must secure new investors and add two franchise cities, Huyghue said in a phone interview.

Hold onto your helmets, but the United Football League is behind in its payments to players, including the champion Virginia Destroyers.

NORFOLK Old Dominion's field hockey team earned the No. 2 overall seed in the 16-team NCAA Division I tournament when the bracket was announced Tuesday.

The Lady Monarchs (20-2) will host first- and second-round games Saturday and Sunday at Powhatan Sports Complex.