The Mets get their first look at Chris Young in spring training versus the Braves
Around the Ivy League: Brandyn Curry's layup attempt rolled off at the buzzer and Yale (14-12 / 7-5) knocked off Harvard (21-5 / 10-2) in New Haven, 70-69. Cornell (8-18 / 4-8) swept their season series with Penn (12-13 / 6-5), holding on for a 74-72 final at the Palestra. Tyler Bernardini's three at the buzzer caught the front rim. Brown (11-15 / 4-8) hit the century mark versus Dartmouth (5-21 / 1-11). Adrian Williams scored 26 in the 100-76 final.
Denver vs. Louisana-Lafayette - 8:00 pm ET
Penn State vs. Northwestern - 9:00 pm ET - ESPN2
Stanford vs. Oregon State - 9:00 pm ET - FSN Northwest
Steve Goodrich is quoted extensively in a Daily Orange story about the "Princeton Offense."
Georgetown (21-7) not only suffered through an awful 25% shooting night in a 58-46 loss to Cincinnati, but senior point guard Chris Wright broke his left hand early in the second half. Hoya Hoops was first with the postgame audio.
Princeton recruit Denton Koon scored 11 as Liberty opened postseason play with a 86-54 win over William Chrisman.
The latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. Above, John Rogers is interviewed on CBS Moneywatch's Ask The Experts.
Seton Hall and Georgetown face off in Newark. Look for full coverage of the game on the site later tonight.
Around the Ivy League: Brown (7-8 / 0-1) defeated a quality Quinnipiac squad, 87-78. Dartmouth (4-11 / 0-1) suffered a disheartening 67-64 loss to a Colgate team that had won once this season.
Oregon State (7-9) rallied from 17 down to lead UCLA by two with under three minutes left. The Bruins then scored the game's last seven points as the Beavers missed a pair of free throws and consecutive backdoor layups for a 62-57 final.
Rhode Island nipped Richmond (13-4), pulling out a 78-74 decision.
Mercer (6-12) lost by three to Brookdale.
Rutgers coach Mike Rice doesn't think his team struggled defending the "Princeton" style. They struggled defending Dan Mavraides.
The Daily Princetonian is already previewing the Tigers' opening weekend of Ivy play.
Denver coach Joe Scott took part in an online Q&A yesterday that you can read an archive of.
The 2011 McDonald's All American nominees are out. Princeton recruits Denton Koon and Bobby Garbade are on the list.
Northwestern won their exhibition over Robert Morris (IL) by 20.
Will Venable is part of a group of MLB players pitching to special needs children in a fundraiser for the Miracle League of San Diego on November 13th.
Richmond's Kevin Anderson is one of 30 finalists for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award.
The San Diego Padres officially declined their $8.5 million 2011 option on pitcher Chris Young. Now a free agent, Young told the Union-Tribune that he would like to remain with the team.
New Egypt (NJ) High School basketball coach Jay Corby says it is "down to crunch time" in the recruitment of star center Desmon Hubert. Corby talks about Princeton in comparison to Hubert's other four suiters in this Baltimore Sun piece. When he mentions the several visits Hubert has made to the campus over the years, I can add that one took place last season when the Tigers hosted Harvard.
Former Princeton standout Tim vanBlommesteyn unofficially collected two percent of the vote running as an independent candidate in the race for Congress in New Hampshire's second district.
Northwestern hosts Robert Morris (IL) in an exhibition this evening. Head coach Bill Carmody tells ESPN his team is working on improving their defense and rebounding.
According to the Chicago Tribune, the Wildcats can't mask their ambition for 2010-11.
Spend close to an hour with Bill Bradley by watching this 1987 video from the C-Span library.
2009-10 Ivy Rookie of the Year Kyle Casey broke a bone in his right foot over the weekend and will miss the next 6-8 weeks. He is expected to return to Harvard's lineup before Ivy play begins.
Mason Rocca (left) scored nine points and grabbed five rebounds off the bench for Armani Jeans Milano, but the host team could not hold off the New York Knicks in yesterday's high scoring exhibition. Rocca was a game-best +15 for his squad in 20 minutes of play. Penn product Ibby Jaaber scored 16 points, swiped seven steals and committed nine turnovers. I have the game on my DVR and hopefully I can watch to write up a few notes shortly.
When Will Venable (video) struck out against Brian Wilson in the top of the ninth yesterday, San Diego's improbable final weekend push to make the NL playoffs came up one win short. Venable played in 131 games in 2010, batting .245 with 13 home runs, 29 stolen bases and 129 strikeouts. After making an adjustment to his back elbow in his swing and raising his average as high as .253, Venable went hitless in his final 12 at-bats.
Chris Young only was able to make four starts for the Padres this season. One in the second game of the year and three down the stretch. Young was 2-0 for the Friars with a 0.90 ERA in 20 innings. It is unlikely San Diego will pick up Young's option year.
Bishop John Barres told stories of Pete Carril at the Mayors' Prayer Breakfast in Reading.
Another collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. Above Coach Carril talks about the improvement of Sacramento Kings guard Tyreke Evans.
C. Young (2-0) 5.0 IP 3 H 0 ER 2 BB 6 K 0.90 ERA. 82 pitches, 51 strikes.
Chris Young (video) made what could have been his last start with the Padres a memorable one, throwing five shutout innings as San Diego blanked the Cubs 3-0.
But the story of the game was a pair of amazing catches by center fielder Will Venable. The former Princeton two sport star blocked 23 shots while playing basketball in college but his rejections of a pair of run-scoring plays last night may have been the defensive highlights of his professional baseball career.
In the top of the second inning Venable leapt full extension at the center field fence to rob Alfonso Soriano (video) and one inning later he pulled a sure home run out of the stands (video) while on the run to keep Chicago from tying the game. Not a bad night in the field for a guy who almost didn't play due to his sore back.
Because of Young and Venable the Padres remain in the playoff chase, trying to catch either Atlanta for the Wild Card or San Francisco for the NL West crown.
Northwestern has finally published their 2010-11 men's basketball schedule.
Princeton will welcome a 6'6" prospect to campus next weekend for a visit.
Center Desmond Hubert, who listed Princeton as one of his final seven schools said "everybody's even" when asked by NJHoops.com about which direction he's leaning.
Bill Bradley is interviewed by Bleacher Report about the social impact of sports.
Georgetown's Austin Freeman was named Big East Preseason Player of the Year by Blue Ribbon.
An awkward attempt at a joke made by NRCC chief Pete Sessions behind closed doors has Princeton basketball as an indirect news item on Politico. Don't read the comments, or your eyes will start burning.
Will Venable was scratched from the Padres' lineup on Monday night due to a sore back, the same ailment that landed him on the disabled list in early July. With Venable out of commission, the San Diego offense sputtered and the Friars are currently two games behind San Francisco in the NL West and 1.5 games behind Atlanta for the Wild Card with five games remaining on the schedule.
Before he went down, Venable smacked his 13th home run of the season (video) into the right center sandbox at PETCO Park.
Desperate to get back on track, the team turns to Chris Young versus the Cubs tonight at 10:05 pm ET.
Denver finalized their 2010-11 basketball schedule with the addition of a December 8th game at St. Mary's.
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Sun. 11/10 vs. Florida A&M
Sat. 11/16 at Butler
Wed. 11/20 vs. Lafayette
Sat. 11/23 at Rice
Tue. 11/26 vs. George Mason
Sat. 11/30 at Bucknell
Sat. 12/7 vs. FDU
Wed. 12/11 at Rutgers
Sat. 12/14 at Penn State
Fri. 12/20 vs. Portland*
Sat. 12/21 vs. Pacific*
Tue. 12/31 vs. Kent State
Sat. 1/4 at Liberty
Sat. 1/11 at Penn
Sun. 1/26 vs. Kean
Fri. 1/31 at Harvard
Sat. 2/1 at Dartmouth
Fri. 2/7 vs. Columbia
Sat. 2/8 vs. Cornell
Fri. 2/14 at Brown
Sat. 2/15 at Yale
Fri. 2/21 vs. Dartmouth
Sat. 2/22 vs. Harvard
Fri. 2/28 vs. Yale
Sat. 3/1 vs. Brown
Fri. 3/7 at Cornell
Sat. 3/8 at Columbia
Tue. 3/11 vs. Penn
2,503 - B. Bradley, 1962-65
1,625 - I. Hummer, 2009-13
1,550 - D. Davis, 2008-12
1,546 - K. Mueller, 1987-91
1,451 - P. Campbell, 1959-62
1,441 - C. Robinson, 1979-83
1,428 - B. Earl, 1995-99
1,365 - B. Scrabis, 1985-89
1,321 - G. Petrie, 1967-70
1,292 - H. Haabestad, 1952-55
1,277 - G. Lewullis, 1995-99
1,239 - B. Taylor, 1970-72
1,207 - S. Goodrich 1994-98
1,133 - F. Sowinski, 1975-78
1,130 - R. Hielscher, 1991-95
1,122 - C. Thomforde, 1966-69
1,099 - T. Manakas, 1970-73
1,090 - J. Wallace, 2001-05
1,088 - C. Belz, 1956-59
1,079 - B. Hauptfuhrer, 1973-76
1,076 - B. Roma, 1976-79
1,071 - C. Mooney, 1990-94
1,064 - A. Hyland, Jr., 1960-63
1,062 - L. Brangan, 1957-60
1,057 - A. Hill, 1973-76
1,054 - D. Mavraides, 2007-11
1,044 - S. Johnson, 1993-1997
1,031 - J. Hummer, 1967-70
1,010 - W. Venable, 2001-05
