Will Venable led off with his first home run of the season as San Diego trumped Boston at Fenway Park, 5-1. The shot to right was Venable's first HR in his last 170 MLB at bats.
In a move likely to place the program under increased scrutiny, Georgetown officially hired Kevin Broadus as John Thompson III's "Special Assistant."
After one season on the bench next to Steve Donahue at Boston College, former Columbia coach Joe Jones is moving across town to take over the head coaching position at Boston University.
The demotion of Will Venable did not last long. Less than three weeks after being shipped to AAA Tucson, Venable was recalled by the San Diego Padres.
Alex Wolff will be honored by the Basketball Hall of Fame with the 2011 Curt Gowdy Media Award. Congratulations, Alex!
A book by Kevin "Moon" Mullin will hopefully help student-athletes find their way.
A South Jersey guard lists Princeton among the schools that are recruiting him.
This photo gallery of college coaches to visit prep school Northfield Mount Hermon includes severalfamiliarfaces. There are 11 NMH alums on tentative 2011-12 Ivy rosters.
It is official that Northwestern will compete in the 2011 Charleston Classic. When the Wildcats head to South Carolina, former Rutgers head coach Fred Hill will be on the bench - filling the spot that opened up when Mitch Henderson left for Princeton.
The Tigers are among the programs who have reportedly offered a senior forward from Minnesota.
Princeton recruit Denton Koon made the MBCA Missouri Challenge's All-Tournament team.
Next Saturday you can catch future Tiger Clay Wilson playing for Team Oklahoma at the Faith 7 basketball game.
Georgetown head coach John Thompson III remains the highest paid employee on the Hilltop.
Former Princeton player David Rosenberg will be inducted into the Vineland High School hall of fame on Monday.
Will Venable has seen his batting average at AAA Tuscon drop to .194.
The Princeton Packet writes about last week's dedication of a field at Blakely Park in memory of Christian "Crunch" Regulski. The entire Tigers coaching staff was present at this event.
Harold Camping might have been right! Princeton men's basketball is now on Twitter. One of the first things their account shared was a photo of this year's seniors at graduation.
Houston Baptist signed a swingman who was recruited by Princeton and several other Ivies.
Kareem Maddox was honored at Friday night's Princeton Varsity Club banquet as a recipient of the William Winston Roper Trophy. Maddox is the first basketball player to earn this award since Will Venable in 2005 and he shares this distinction with four other male Tiger student-athletes.
Princeton recruit Denton Koon represents Kansas City at today's MBCA Missouri Challenge.
Will Venable homered twice and was 3-5 at the plate in Tucson's 11-1 win over the Salt Lake Bees.
Judson Wallace saw his season end on Sunday. Gran Canaria 2014 lost 93-76 to Caja Laboral and fell out of the Liga ACB quarterfinals. Wallace had nine points and six rebounds in the game.
A right hand injury is hampering Will Venable. The former Princeton player is hitting .244 in 134 at bats for the Padres.
princetonbasketball.com readers were the first to read about Clay Wilson's acceptance to Princeton on Thursday night and now reporters in Wilson's home town of Tulsa are picking up the story we broke.
Wilson was named second team All-State in April by Tulsa World.
A sophomore big man from TCU will transfer to Northwestern.
The Wildcats are expected to play in the Charleston Classic this November.
Fairfield officially announced the additions of Tony Newsom and Martin Bahar to Sydney Johnson's coaching staff.
Those of you in Italy now have the option of attending the Mason Rocca Basketball Camp. The staff working this camp includes several familiar names for those who follow Princeton basketball.
Kareem Maddox is the Daily Princetonian's Male Athlete of the Year.
The Mets' Chris Young opted for shoulder surgery and his season is almost certainly done. ESPN New York writes about how Young's four starts and 24 innings pitched were actually statistically amazing.
Princeton coach Mitch Henderson was part of a group that rang the closing bell at the NASDAQ on Thursday. Here is video of the ceremony.
Armani Jeans Milano coach Dan Peterson checked in with his perspective on a 92-74 home victory over Vanoli Cremona. Peterson writes:
"The MVP was Mason Rocca, from my home town of Evanston, Illinois, with 14 points (7-10 shooting) and 9 rebounds. He played 29 minutes at the '4' position and we were +34 in those minutes on the plus-minus."
Milan's Jonas Maciulis suffered a serious knee injury during the game.
The above YNN piece about Jim Boeheim's trip to Yankee Stadium on Wednesday shows an adjacent Mitch Henderson several times.
Henderson, fourth from the right wearing a white turtleneck, was standing between Hofstra coach Mo Cassara and Rutgers' Mike Rice during the pregame ceremony recognizing the work accomplished by Coaches vs. Cancer.
All 10 coaches present were introduced by the PA announcer and received a handshake from Yankees manager Joe Girardi before a group photo was taken.
Higher resolution video of the entire ceremony can be streamed here.
A 29th round selection in the 1994 Major League Baseball Amateur Draft, Mitch Henderson will be on the field of the team that selected him this evening. The Yankees will recognize 10 collegiate coaches connected to Coaches vs. Cancer at home plate before New York and Kansas City play. Henderson is among those expected to attend the ceremony.
It is not a great shock what the Daily Princetonian has selected as their game of the year.
Craig Robinson will be part of a panel discussion on May 17th as part of a new film series at Oregon State.
A forward from southern Indiana will play for the defending Division II national champion over interest from Penn and Princeton.
Former Tiger Bill Kingston has become the the winningest high school tennis coach in history. In 38 years, his teams have an incredible 957-171 record.
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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
