June 13, 2012 at 9:48 am
Filed under Baseball, Basketball, Chris Young, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News, Will Venable
C. Young (1-0) 5.2 IP 9 H 2 ER 2 BB 4 K 3.38 ERA. 106 pitches, 72 strikes.
Chris Young picked up his first major league victory in over a year as the Mets rallied for an 11-2 win at Tampa. Young teetered in the first inning but recovered nicely, allowing his team to stay in the game. It was Young's 50th career W.
Young's former teammate Will Venable, seen here (video) making a terrific diving catch, still trails his father in one key area.
Princeton recruit Mike Washington Jr. picked up a significant honor at his high school and earned several scholarships for his collegiate education.
June 12, 2012 at 8:58 am
Filed under Baseball, Basketball, Chris Young, Judson Wallace, Mason Rocca, Pete Carril, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News, Will Venable
Will Venable returned from his oblique injury and promptly smacked three hits versus Milwaukee, including his fifth home run of the season to lead off the game.
It was pointed out to me that in the process Venable passed his father Max for most career hits in his family.
You can watch Pete Carril receive his honorary doctorate from Princeton here. Go 1:02:46 in to see.
Chris Mooney shared stories of Coach Carril at the Richmond head man's recent lecture on leadership.
While it has some errors, this Princeton recruiting page also acts as a class-by-class depth chart. Worth bookmarking.
Not on this list is a two sport standout who currently has no plans to keep playing basketball as a Tiger.
2013 Princeton recruit Steven Cook is a part of Fundamental U.
Coming off the "craziest 12 hours or 14 hours of my life," Chris Young takes to the mound for the Mets, this time in Tampa versus the Rays.
Judson Wallace scored a team-high 13 points for FC Barcelona in the third game of the ACB finals. Wallace's team trails Real Madrid 2-1.
His contract is up at the end of this season and apparently Virtus Bologna has interest in signing Mason Rocca. Siena is on the verge of sweeping Rocca's current team, EA7 Emporio Armani Milano, in the Lega A championship.
Al Dufty is remembered fondly.
June 8, 2012 at 9:28 am
Filed under Basketball, Chris Young, Fairfield, Pete Carril, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News
Ian Hummer cracked Basketball Prospectus' list of last season's Top 100 players.
TigerBlog has a piece on Doctor Pete Carril.
A panel of ESPN writers/personalities went conference by conference ranking the best and worst jobs in each. An interesting exercise.
One day after making his first major league start in 13 months, Chris Young went on the team's "paternity list." Young's wife gave birth to the couple's third child on Wednesday morning.
A forward who plays on the Main Line apparently holds offers from Princeton and Fairfield.
Here's the official press release on Kendrick Saunders being named an assistant coach at Navy.
June 6, 2012 at 8:58 am
Filed under Baseball, Basketball, Chris Young, Pete Carril, Princeton, Today's News, Will Venable
Photo Credit: Sacramento Bee / Mel Evans
Princeton bestowed an honorary Doctor of Humanities degree to Pete Carril during yesterday's Commencement.
Far less momentous, but there's a brief, funny Carril anecdote in this piece on how social media has limited what contemporary coaches say and do.
It was an encouraging return to the major leagues for Chris Young. Making his first start in 13 months, Young allowed two earned runs on six hits in five innings for the Mets (75 pitches, 52 strikes), a small part of an odd 12 inning loss at Washington.
Will Venable is likely going to avoid the disabled list but remains out with a strained right oblique. Venable has been reunited with fellow Princetonian Ross Ohlendorf in San Diego.
Friend of the site Andy Glockner examines the rise of Harvard for Sports Illustrated.
June 4, 2012 at 9:48 am
Filed under Baseball, Basketball, Chris Young, Judson Wallace, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News, Will Venable
Princeton center Brendan Connolly talks about running the school's 15th Reunion.
The plan was originally for Chris Young to make two more starts for AAA Buffalo before returning to the major leagues, however Johan Santana requires extra rest following his no-hitter so Young will pitch for the Mets tomorrow night in Washington.
Racing out of the box on a ground ball, Will Venable strained his right oblique and had to leave yesterday's Padres game early.
Judson Wallace had nine points (including the game-sealing free throws) and nine rebounds as FC Barcelona advanced to the ACB finals versus Real Madrid. The best of five series begins on Wednesday.
Richmond coach Chris Mooney is speaking on Friday in the City of Pride and Purpose.
June 2, 2012 at 8:28 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News
The Daily Princetonian caught up with Kareem Maddox at Reunions about his season in Europe.
A brief blurb on Princeton recruit Steven Cook popped up recently.
Georgetown will host Tennessee on November 30th as part of the SEC/BIG EAST Challenge.
My condolences to Zach Woolridge and family on the passing of his father, former NBA veteran Orlando Woolridge.
June 1, 2012 at 8:58 am
Filed under Baseball, Basketball, Chris Young, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News, Will Venable
Yesterday morning Chris Young pitched six shutout innings of two hit baseball for AAA Buffalo. There's postgame audio from Young attached to this link.
Will Venable has put a slow start behind him.
Why not vote for Princeton recruit Mike Washington, Jr. as HeraldNet Prep's top student-athlete of the year.
There are some good points to take away from this "how to" non-conference scheduling guide.
The next time the Tigers visit Rutgers, the RAC should have a different look. Michael Graves & Associates has been hired to do a complete renovation.
Brown finally has a new head coach. Mike Martin will be introduced by the school later today.
May 29, 2012 at 9:28 am
Filed under Baseball, Basketball, Chris Young, Georgetown, Kevin Mullin, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News, Will Venable
You may be seeing new variations of the above image rather soon. Building off a successful six+ inning start for St. Lucie, Chris Young has been transferred to AAA Buffalo and will pitch for them Thursday morning.
Incoming Princeton freshman Michael Washington, Jr. and his Oak Harbor High School DECA team won their second straight national title.
Kevin "Moon" Mullin will speak at the Courier-Post/Kiwanis Scholar-Athlete Awards Banquet on June 13th.
Here's an article on how John Thompson III has developed big men at Georgetown.
In praise of Will Venable who hit his fourth home run of the season (video) at Wrigley Field yesterday.
The Harvard Crimson's Dennis Zheng was one of my favorite student reporters the past four years. His final column can be found here.
May 24, 2012 at 8:58 am
Filed under Baseball, Basketball, Bill Bradley, Craig Robinson, Marvin Bressler, Oregon State, Today's News, Will Venable
Less than two years after he was hired, Princeton Director of Basketball Operations Kendrick Saunders is leaving the program to accept an assistant coach position at Navy. I'm sorry to see him go but I wish him the best of luck with this hands-on opportunity. The job description for the now-open DOBO position can be found here.
The Princeton Varsity Club will honor Stu Orefice with the Marvin Bressler Award at their annual banquet.
Batting well over .400 for his career versus St. Louis coming into last night, Will Venable was a triple short of San Diego's first cycle against the Cardinals.
Bill Bradley talks about his new book as well as his days with the Knicks.
Craig Robinson is taking Oregon State to Spain and France this August.
There was a report yesterday that Brown was hiring Penn assistant and former Bears standout Mike Martin as their next head coach but a different report paints the situation as more up in the air.
May 22, 2012 at 10:28 am
Filed under Baseball, Basketball, Chris Young, Fairfield, Georgetown, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News, Will Venable
A top 2013 small forward is going to Georgetown. His "short list" of 10 schools had included Princeton.
The Hoya wrapped up 2011-12 with John Thompson III.
Chris Young delayed his next rehab start for worthwhile non-injury-related reasons.
Over the weekend Will Venable hit his second home run of the season.
A guard from Seton Hall will transfer to Fairfield.
There's a now-local power forward who is debating going to the Ivy League.
One more recruiting tidbit: A 2013 shooting guard listed Princeton among his suitors when asked.
Trenton TV station WZBN has been sold, which means no more highlight packages of random basketball games.
May 17, 2012 at 10:18 am
Filed under Baseball, Basketball, Chris Young, Georgetown, Luke Owings, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News, Will Venable
Tonight is Luke Owings' charity bout. Read our interview with Owings about his training and motivation to step in the ring here and consider making a donation to support Haymakers For Hope.
Chris Young pitched into the sixth inning during yesterday's second rehab start down in Florida. Young's next stop is likely AAA Buffalo.
Georgetown's Jeff Green will graduate this weekend, five years after leaving school for the NBA. A great story.
Will Venable had four hits (video) in a San Diego victory at Washington. Venable is third on the Padres with a .278 batting average.
On the recruiting front a guard from New Jersey lists Princeton as one of his four Ivy League suitors.
May 15, 2012 at 8:58 am
Filed under Chris Young, Denver, Judson Wallace, Northwestern, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News
FC Barcelona fell to eventual champion Olympiacos in the Euroleague Final Four on Friday. In the game Judson Wallace scored three points off the bench.
Wallace received extended playing time during his team's subsequent third place game victory versus Panathinaikos, tallying 12 and grabbing four rebounds. Highlights are streaming here.
He might not have made it into a varsity game last season, but Princeton's Tom Noonan is succeeding off the court writing about music and culture, including this thoughtful piece on Tom Gabel from the band Against Me!.
See how Jadwin Gym and other Ivy venues stand up in the NCAA's 2012 Men's Basketball Attendance report.
A few recruiting tidbits for today...
There's a wing from Florida who has interest from Princeton as well as other Ivy programs.
A high scoring New Jersey guard whom the Tiger staff reached out to earlier this year has opted for a Division II school.
Heading to Princeton to play football, this Nevada quarterback plans to try out for the basketball team during the Fall workout period.
Northwestern will host Maryland in November's ACC/Big Ten Challenge.
A forward who spent two seasons at Xavier is transferring to Denver.
The first rehab start by Chris Young received a positive review from the Mets' pitching coach.
The NCAA's Rules Committee is addressing issues ranging from court surface consistency, sportsmanship and monitor reviews.
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