The season came to a close for Will Venable and the San Diego Padres yesterday. Venable finished the year in a 1-22 slump, dropping his average from the mid-.270s down to .256. In 293 at bats over 95 games, Venable hit 14 home runs, drove in 38 runs, scored 38 runs and struck out 89 times.
TexasHoops has a story about new Princeton recruit Daniel Edwards.
Craig Robinson will preside over the Washington County Museum’s 20th annual fundraising gala on October 17th.
Judson Wallace and Benetton Treviso have begun the qualifying rounds for Euroleague. After dropping their first game to BK Ventspils 78-73, Benetton won the return match 88-76 to advance on aggregate. Wallace had 12 points and nine rebounds. Their opponent in the next round is Entente Orleanaise Loirest.
It has been six weeks since Chris Young had shoulder surgery. He will resume a throwing program in November.
Enjoy the transcript of this 2005 interview with Pete Carril.
Princeton's first opponent in 2009-10, Central Michigan, has been named the favorite to win the MAC West by both Lindy's and Blue Ribbon.
Penn is the sixth Ivy school to release their men's basketball schedule. The Quakers open with games at Penn State and Villanova.
Former Cornell assistant Zach Spiker is the new head coach at Army.
SportsProf has some nice things to say about this site!
A good night in Colorado for Will Venable - his 12th home run of the season and a bases-clearing double (video) in the fifth inning as he drove in four runs for the victorious Padres.
Judson Wallace is back to blogging on the Euroleague web site.
Northwestern picked up a high profile recruit - four-star Georgia shooting guard Jershon Cobb. The Daily Herald offers several additional thoughts following the Wildcats' second full-team workout.
Sean Gregory interviews Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald.
Former Georgetown forward Jeff Green was back on campus this summer, working towards his degree. He is expected to graduate in 2012.
The emergence of Will Venable is one of Five Things To Reflect On for Bleacher Report.
If you're not reading Craig Moore's blog, where the Wildcat sharpshooter writes about his experience playing overseas, this mailbag is a good place to start.
This morning I was able to confirm news of Princeton's second 2010 verbal commitment. Look for a piece about the next Tiger big man on the site later this week.
Northwestern will play 20 home games at Welsh-Ryan Arena this season. The Wildcats' full schedule was announced yesterday.
Will Venable may have been 0-4 at the plate in San Diego's extra inning loss to Arizona last night, but on Sunday Venable had two hits, including his eleventh home run of the season (video) as the Padres beat the Rockies 7-3.
Will Venable hit his 10th home run of the season (video), a solo shot to center in the top of the seventh inning, as San Diego came back to beat San Francisco, 4-3.
Lafayette announced their 2009-10 basketball schedule. In addition to a game at Princeton, the Leopards will visit Georgetown on November 28th.
Richmond has released the dates for their Atlantic 10 slate, completing their schedule for the upcoming season.
Chris Young may be out for the season, but his presence still looms large outside Petco Park in the form of this enormous billboard. Thanks to the reader who sent this snapshot from San Diego along!
Got plans on Friday? Going to the California State Fair? You can meet Sacramento Kings GM Geoff Petrie at the County Exhibits Building from 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm.
A California center who played for Scott Greenman at the 2009 Maccabiah Games has decided to play collegiately for Yale.
San Diego swept a three game series against Washington with a 7-0 victory yesterday afternoon. Will Venable was 2-4 on the day and drove in the game's final run.
Related to the link I shared on Friday about St. John's retaining someone to use Twitter during basketball games comes this piece on colleges hiring official "Sportswriters".
One name to add and one name to remove from your recruiting radar - A 6'7" North Carolina forward says Princeton is one of the schools that have made him an offer, while a 6'9" post player from Arizona who had previously listed the Tigers among his suitors verbally committed to Weber State.
Finally, there was a post on TigerBlog on Monday called "Jon Solomon, Media Member?" that I'd be curious to hear your opinions on. While, as I said in that site's comments, I'm not sure how comfortable I am with my name being the focal point for this discussion - I think both this post and the Washington Post article I shared here that inspired it raise some interesting, important issues. I had only hoped that by this point I would have earned a period in the subject line, not a question mark.
Forward Konrad Wysocki has signed with the Polish team PGE Turow Zgorzelec of the Liga Koszykówki.
Oregon State head coach Craig Robinson spoke at Friday's Albany Beaver Huddle.
A decent weekend for Will Venable, who had two hits in the second inning on Friday night as the Padres scored six times versus Florida. Venable followed that up with a solo home run (video), his ninth of the season, in San Diego's 7-4 victory over the Marlins on Saturday. While his team was unable to pull of the sweep yesterday afternoon at Land Shark Stadium, Venable made another great diving catch (video) and raised his average to .274 with a pair of singles.
Cornell became the fifth Ivy League school to release their 2009-10 men's basketball schedule, joining Princeton, Brown, Harvard and Yale.
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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
