Maui Invitational bracket.
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Tuesday News:
Chris Young is still on track to come off the disabled list and start Thursday against the Cardinals.
Princeton's first round opponent for the Maui Invitational? Duke. The game will be broadcast on ESPN2 at 9:00 pm ET. The Tigers' second opponent will be either Arizona State or Illinois.
Will Venable was 1-3 with a run scored in San Antonio's 5-1 victory over Frisco.
Former Princeton star and current Brown head coach Craig Robinson will be the special guest at the Hoops. Action. Change. basketball tournament finals in New Hampshire.
Brian Taylor.
1981 was the last year until the early 1990s that Topps made basketball trading cards. Each card in this set had three players on it, with perforations that allowed for division into three smaller cards. This Brian Taylor card was #221 in the ill-fated series, from Taylor's penultimate NBA campaign.
Monday News:
Will Venable was named the minor leagues' tenth best corner outfielder by Baseball America. Venable's San Antonio team has lost three of four since our last update.
August 2nd: 2-5 in a 4-3 loss to Corpus Christi.
August 3rd: 1-4 with a run scored in a 5-0 win over Frisco. Venable also made two big catches in the game to keep the RoughRiders scoreless.
August 4th: 1-3 in a 4-1 loss to Frisco.
August 5th: 0-5 in a 7-2 loss to Frisco.
Check your local listings for NBA TV's rebroadcast of the sixth game of the 1976 ABA finals. I happened upon the second half of this program late Saturday night. Former Nets Brian Taylor and Julius Erving are in-studio for the whole show.
Thursday News:
Princeton will host Manhattan College at Jadwin Gym on December 16th.
Boston assistant coach Armond Hill just finished coaching the Celtics' Summer League team in Las Vegas. The team went 3-2.
Chris Young is tentatively scheduled to come off the disabled list and start for the Padres on August 9th at St. Louis.
The San Antonio Missions ended their five game losing streak on Wednesday night. Will Venable was 0-4 with a stolen base in the team's 5-1 victory.
Wednesday News:
Back from my annual vacation in Canada. Here's the week in review...
Another game from the tentative 2007-08 schedule has a date. Princeton will play at Penn State on December 12th. Joe Scott's Denver team will be in Happy Valley three days later for a meeting with the Nittany Lions.
Dan Connelly is Princeton's new Director of Basketball Operations.
The Padres placed Chris Young on the Disabled List on Saturday, retroactive to July 25th.
An anonymous American League scout sees Will Venable as one of six or seven San Antonio Missions players that project as future major leaguers.
Venable's team has lost five straight in Texas League play.
June 26th: 0-3 with a run scored in a 9-5 loss to Midland.
June 27th: 0-4 in a 7-1 loss to Midland.
June 28th: 2-4 with a run scored and a double in a 7-5 loss to Midland.
July 31st (game one): 1-4 with a double in a 4-3 loss to Corpus Christi.
July 31st (game two): 1-4 in an 8-4 loss to Corpus Christi.
